Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to lead the Defense Department, is on track to be confirmed as soon as Friday night if his support holds.

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.

The newly sworn-in defense secretary outlined plans on Saturday to advance the president's defense priorities.

Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate as defense secretary Friday night in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie, takes over leadership of the Pentagon at a time of great turmoil around the world. Let's hope, for our nation's sake, that he's up for the job.

We're getting going here. We knew the confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was going to be an ugly affair, as Democrats delved into allegations from his past including sexual assault and excessive drinking,

Sycophancy runs as wild in Washington DC as the wildfires in Los Angeles and the time-honored practice is being pursued with a new vigor this January among some Republicans seeking favor with our new president,

Thom Tillis reportedly assured Hegseth’s former sister-in-law that her statement would turn the tide against him.

Vice President JD Vance was forced to step in after Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell broke ranks and voted against Hegseth.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

A Fox & Friends host suggested that U.S. senators should ask Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing Wednesday about his ripped physique and use of testosterone replacement therapy. “You know what’s going to happen today?

They’re mad because McConnell had the audacity to speak the absolute truth — that Pete Hegseth, who allegedly drinks too much, paid a woman $50,000 to settle a sexual assault allegation, and drove two nonprofit groups into the ground, wasn’t qualified to be U.S. defense secretary. And he voted against confirming Hegseth.