President-elect Donald Trump has nominated the Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense (DOD). If confirmed, the military veteran will lead the nation’s armed forces in ...

Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, left, walks with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, to meet with senators at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday said he was “optimistic” about the path forward for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon. “I’m ...

Donald Trump is going all in on his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon. The incoming president vigorously backed his secretary of defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, during a news conference Monday in ...