President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to announce his choice of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 9, 2020.

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faced a contentious confirmation hearing before a Senate committee on Tuesday. Who had the heavier burden: Hegseth, making his case for the powerful job in ...

Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing. The ...