President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was praised in military evaluations as an "incredibly talented, battle-proven leader." ...

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.

The moment that Pete Hegseth’s life changed forever came in Iraq at a base named for two U.S. soldiers killed in a mortar attack. It was March 2006, and the war was going badly for the Americans.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq, talked to TIME ahead of Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing about his opposition to women in combat roles ...

It is the first serious test of Donald Trump’s newly invigorated strongman model of governance and of whether he can continue to bend the Republican Party to his will even as Hegseth breaks procedural ...

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and former Fox News host who promised to “return the Pentagon to the warfighters,” was confirmed as President Trump’s defense secretary in a ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon ... women villagers because they would talk to them. When we were in Iraq, especially in the early days of the war, we were attaching women who ...

U.S. military bases around the world have celebrated Black History Month and similar events for decades. Now, Hegseth says ...

Hegseth joined Fox in 2014 after being hired as a contributor by network boss Roger Ailes. Hegseth co-hosted Fox & Friends as well as the station’s New Year’s Eve special All-American New Year with ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth ... a leader in the initial invasion of Iraq. During the confirmation hearing, Hegseth did not directly address the ...

The U.S. military will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in ...