Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth narrowly secured his nomination to President Donald Trump 's cabinet, nudged into the role by the tiebreaking vote of Vice President JD Vance after a handful of ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new position as Secretary of Defense Saturday morning after being confirmed in a contentious ...

Lawmakers voted 51-50 to make Hegseth the civilian leader of America’s armed forces, forcing Vice President JD Vance to break the tie.

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives update on American Airlines flight deadly collision with Black Hawk helicopter ...

The Defense Department will no longer use “official resources, including man-hours” to celebrate “cultural awareness months.” ...

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in ...

The United States used fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, according ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee ... (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Collins went on to say Hegseth lacks “a sufficient appreciation for some of the policies ...

Like many Pentagon chiefs who have come before him, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is standing up a task force to support his ...

There is also new leadership in Washington, where Netanyahu expects to be met with a friendlier reception than in July, when ...

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