Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) (L) introduces U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced that he will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense ...

Combat veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth is among President-elect Trump's more controversial cabinet nominees.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced Friday that he would vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.

The former Fox News host will be forced to comment publicly on several controversies in detail for the first time as he ...

Will Trump's controversial slate of Cabinet nominations get enough votes to pass the Senate? After the first week, a couple ...

Hegseth's nomination immediately sparked backlash ... News senior congressional reporter Andrew Desiderio. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana responded to the news by asking, "who?" ...

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, struggled to answer a series of questions from Democratic Senator ...

Pete Hegseth on Tuesday battled through a high-stakes Senate hearing in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee ...

Hegseth wants to restore honor to Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the native North Carolinian whose name was replaced at Fort ...

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots ...