Jan 25, 2025 · The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote. The ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Republican Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday he will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of defense.

Jan 15, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, defended himself against allegations of public drunkenness, misconduct and sexual assault during his confirmation...

Dec 2, 2024 · Trump’s picks for taking over the federal government range from the conspiratorial to the absurdly underqualified. But it’s former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for secretary of...

Jan 18, 2025 · Pete Hegseth has picked up another key vote for confirmation as President-elect Trump's secretary of defense. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Friday said he will vote to confirm Hegseth, an...

Jan 23, 2025 · WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday advanced the nomination of veteran and onetime Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the nation’s military, despite numerous allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct, and his history of disparaging women in the armed forces.

Dec 2, 2024 · Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host who’s President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the Pentagon, was forced out of top roles at two veterans groups, according to a new bombshell report from The New Yorker.

Dec 15, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will release the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 from a confidential settlement agreement, Sen. Lindsey ...

Jan 14, 2025 · WASHINGTON — Senators jockeyed to magnify contrasting aspects of Pete Hegseth’s life at his confirmation hearing Tuesday on whether the veteran, Fox News personality and accused perpetrator of sexual misconduct is qualified to lead the nation’s military and its nearly $900 billion budget.

Jan 17, 2025 · Hegseth, a veteran who came to prominence as a Fox News commentator, is one of the more controversial of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations. He was criticized for allegations of...