Hegseth has a history of supporting controversial policies, including using the US military to put down domestic riots, ...

There is also new leadership in Washington, where Netanyahu expects to be met with a friendlier reception than in July, when ...

File photo: Retired US Gen Mark Milley (left) and US defence secretary Pete Hegseth (Picture credit: AP) Milley, a four-star general with over four decades of service, became chairman of the Joint ...

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 ...

As the dust settles on the fight over Pete Hegseth's nomination, his confirmation is emblematic of a larger truth about the state of Republican politics.

“Pete’s next ... Two days earlier, Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke to Capitol Hill journalists on the record and conceded that the allegations surrounding Hegseth were “very disturbing.” ...

Lindsey Graham is fully aware that Donald Trump ... the fortunes of three of his picks—Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence prospect Tulsi Gabbard ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives for a hearing on the nomination of ...

Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth as Donald Trump’s defence secretary received the affidavit, which was later obtained by the Associated Press. The affidavit alleges that Pete’s ...

Republican lawmakers celebrated after the Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary ... a passion for the warfighter," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wrote on the social media ...

Pete Hegseth — a former Fox News personality who has been accused of sexual assault, alcohol abuse, mismanaging two nonprofits he helmed, and a litany of other indiscretions — has been ...