According to NBC's Julie Tsirkin, the nomination of Fox News personalty Pete Hegseth to be Donald Trump's secretary of ...

The chamber will need a simple majority in what will be his first test vote that comes as several key Republicans hold their cards close to their vest.

Though new reports on the former Fox & Friends co-host’s behavior have emerged, he’s likely to be confirmed as Defense secretary this week.

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in a series of controversies. Two Republicans are opposed to Hegseth.

A transition aide and an attorney for defense secretary nominee said Pete Hegseth “categorically denies” new allegations ...

Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, broke ranks and voted against nominating Hegseth.

WASHINGTON — Defense secretary nominee Pete ... elect JD Vance could cast a tie-breaking vote. South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican member of the Armed Services panel, said Hegseth ...

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on President-elect Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, to divest from thousands of dollars worth of defense company stocks held by his wife, ...

FILE - Pete Hegseth ... Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (J.