Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping ...

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday ...

Rarely has a Cabinet nominee faced such wide-ranging concerns about his experience and behavior as Hegseth, particularly for ...

However, a source familiar told Fox News Digital that Hegseth reached out to Democrats in early to mid-December to meet. The only Democrat who was willing to was Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's ...

Hegseth breezed through the bulk of the four-hour hearing, most of which he spent talking over Democrats who quietly waited for the “Fox and Friends” host to finish his monologues. Only a few ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who stepped down from the leadership at the end of last year, cast a ...

Hegseth will be the first nominee of President-elect Donald Trump's second administration to face the Senate. Here's what to ...

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who Trump has nominated to serve as secretary of defense.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Pete Hegseth, Trump's controversial pick to be the secretary of defense ...

Democratic lawmakers ... around the former Fox News host. Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) declared the hearing a “tour de force” and “triumph” on the part of Hegseth.

I don’t think it could have gone any better.” Hegseth, who raised his fist to applause at the end of the hearing, can afford to lose three Republican votes, should every Democrat and Independent vote ...