14 hours ago · U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2025 in Washington, DC ...

4 days ago · Pete Hegseth seemed well on his way to becoming Trump’s next Defense secretary on Thursday evening when a bombshell landed in the laps of Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Donald ...

6 days ago · President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders focused on the military. One directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.

Jan 25, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, newly sworn-in as President Trump’s defense secretary, issued his set of priorities for the department on Saturday, saying that the Pentagon will “put America first, and we will ...

Jan 14, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth faced an important test in his fiery confirmation hearing on Tuesday — but he didn’t just have to prove himself to the senators who immediately began sparring over his nomination as defense secretary.

Jan 23, 2025 · There’s some last-minute drama to the confirmation vote for Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, slated to be held at 9 p.m. Hegseth is still working on ...

Nov 12, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran, to serve as his secretary of defense. Hegseth’s selection was a surprise, as he was not among...

Jan 14, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defence secretary in his upcoming presidency, cleared his first hurdle on the way to confirmation: a long - and at times tense - hearing before the US Senate ...

Nov 13, 2024 · President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to lead the Pentagon and the 1.3 million active-duty men and...

Nov 13, 2024 · US President-elect Donald Trump has named Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, author and military veteran, as his pick for defence secretary. Hegseth, 44, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq,...