Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary, despite allegations
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.
Pete Hegseth Survives Contentious Hearing in Key Senate Confirmation Battle
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, will appear before the Senate on Tuesday morning.
Pete Hegseth faces grilling from Democrats at confirmation hearing as GOP senators voice support
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, faced some tough questions from Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
WATCH: Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon nominee, comes under fire at Senate hearing
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, came under fire during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as the top Democrat on the Senate committee accused him of lacking th
Trump names acting defense secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed
President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate
Pete Hegseth Confirmation: Defense Secretary Nominee Faces New Allegations Of ‘Aggressive’ Behavior
Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is facing stiff criticism from Democrats—but most Republicans back him.
Robert Salesses to serve as acting defense secretary as Hegseth nomination lingers
Robert Salesses will serve as President Donald Trump’s acting defense secretary as the nomination of Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department lingers in the Senate.
Senate panel advances Defense secretary nominee Hegseth on party-line vote
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines. Senators on the Armed Services panel also voted to waive the seven-day rule that usually requires at least a week to elapse
U.S. Senate to vote on Minnesota native Pete Hegseth’s confirmation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate is set to decide as soon as Friday night whether to confirm Forest Lake native Pete ...
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GOP Jewish group chair a key player in reviving Hegseth nomination
That was my idea,” Norm Coleman said of Pete Hegseth’s fiery Dec. 5 message to the press, which marked a “turning point” in ...
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Pete Hegseth’s Preposterous Selection
A telling moment in the supremely depressing Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality who is Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, came right at the beginning, when ...
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Fact-check: Senate confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, center, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed ...
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The Latest: Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing adjourns following Senate questioning
Who’s sitting with Hegseth? Pete Hegseth is seated between two close allies who’ve helped advocate for his nomination ...
Trump nominee Pete Hegseth fends off Democratic attacks at fiery confirmation hearing
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department sat for a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday after ...
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Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Exhibits the Senate’s Slow Decline
Fashion is essentially a story of what the paleontologists Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge called “punctuated ...
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‘A Change Agent’: Pete Hegseth Admits He Doesn’t Have ‘The Right Credentials’ in Confirmation Hearing Opener
Hegseth used his opening statement at his confirmation hearing to promise a decisive shift in Pentagon culture should he ...