Pete Hegseth is the U.S. Defense Secretary under President Donald Trump. He was sworn in to serve the Trump administration’s second term by Vice President JD Vance on Jan. 25, 2025. Hegseth is a ...

“If you were to take the confirmation vote again today, would you vote to make Pete Hegseth defense secretary?” Bash said. “That’s a question I can‘t answer without as much thoughtful research as I ...

In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said ...

Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, expressed uncertainty about whether he’d vote again to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if given a second chance, arguing there isn’t enough information about the top ...