"I think it's the president's choice. That's our system," the retired four-star general said ahead of Friday's Senate vote.

Recently confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth starts work at the Pentagon on Monday and already he is facing several ...

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping ...

Former Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell on Friday night criticized President Donald Trump's nominee for Department ...

From the editorial, "It was McConnell, who joined with persistent Trump GOP critics, to vote against Hegseth, showing that ...

Mitch McConnell said he doesn't think Pete Hegseth has passed the test proving he is capable of helping the military stand up ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

The Senate’s 50-50 vote for Pete Hegseth marked the second time in history that a vice president was called upon to break the ...

Thanks to the tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance, Pete Hegseth was confirmed as the Trump Administration’s ...

The 44-year-old former Fox News host is set to begin the job as the least experienced defense secretary in modern history.