Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, faced some tough questions from Democrats on the ...

Pete Hegseth is widely expected to face the steepest uphill battle of any nominee for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet.

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, saw little resistance from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

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

Pete Hegseth faces Senate confirmation hearings as Trump's Defense Secretary pick. Newsweek's live blog is now closed.

This week's news included Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing and the top Marine general voicing concern over moving Marines ...

Senators argued that Pete Hegseth does not have the management experience to lead the military's 3.4 million service members ...

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth ...

After the hearing wrapped up, Hegseth was treated as a hero by his supporters. He embraced his wife and a long line of ...

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.

Republican lawmakers congratulated Pete Hegseth after he was narrowly confirmed as defense secretary on Friday, with GOP ...

US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee was grilled for hours about his ability to run the defence department.