As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, came under close scrutiny. News media reports shone a spotlight on the former "Fox ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary Saturday morning, declaring it an "honor of a lifetime," and he promised to put America first by bringing peace through strength. Hegseth ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

Pete Hegseth has lived in the public eye for years. As a well-known television personality and political commentator, he has drawn significant interest in his personal life. In late 2024 ...

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was officially confirmed as Donald Trump’s new Secretary of Defense on Friday. The vote was exceptionally close and required Vice President JD Vance to break ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary late Friday in a dramatic tie-breaking vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Now that Pete Hegseth has been confirmed as defense secretary, he may quickly need to take on several ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as the defense secretary on Saturday morning by Vice President JD Vance after the Senate narrowly confirmed Mr. Hegseth the night before. The Trump pick survived a ...

He joined the publication on the crime beat. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has been confirmed as the next United States secretary of defense ...

Six years later, as Pete Hegseth is confirmed as President Donald Trump's next defense secretary, those details are haunting my memory, too. Because despite accusations of sexual assault and ...

Pete Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement at two veterans' groups he ran to narrowly win Senate approval to become Donald ...

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth testified during his confirmation hearing this month that he wasn’t aware of any nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in connection with his two divorces.