CT, sharply criticized Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, during a Senate Armed ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote after Sens. McConnell, Murkowski and Collins voted against the Fox News ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee for Secretary of Defense, was subjected to a morality-based confirmation hearing by Democrats, despite his past infidelity ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was expected to deliver fireworks — and it didn’t disappoint. While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Hegseth if he'd be willing to submit to an expanded background check with interviews of former colleagues, ex-wives, "sexual assault survivors and others." ...

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV ... with the situation who insisted on anonymity to discuss it. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Hegseth if he'd be willing to submit to an ...

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right, listens at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the ...