House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., in the ...

The conventional wisdom is that Pete Hegseth is probably on course to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary, despite plenty of uncertainty and personal baggage. His ...

Mich., pressed Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Defense Department, Tuesday during Hegseth's ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary, faced tough questions from senators during ...

Elissa Slotkin, Michigan's new US senator, wanted to know if Pete Hegseth would reject an unlawful order to use the military ...

Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked defense-secretary nominee Pete Hegseth whether presidents can give illegal orders to the military, ...

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) called out defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth for "genuflecting" to President-elect Donald Trump instead of saying he would obey the U.S. Constitution.During Tuesday's ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, was grilled by the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

Pete Hegseth told senators “restrictive rules of engagement” have “made it more difficult to defeat our enemies” as Democrats ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for secretary of Defense, sat for a brutal four-hour confirmation hearing that was ...

Would Pete Hegseth carry out an order to shoot American protesters on American streets? His reluctance to give a straight ...