A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote ... Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 14, 2025. “Trump's got the bullhorn now to ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of ... which he more recently recanted. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a military veteran, had been considered a possible GOP ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Monday along party lines to send Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be defense secretary to the Senate floor as President Donald Trump tries to move ...

The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, brushing aside a litany of misconduct allegations and the ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of Pete Hegseth ... which he more recently recanted. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a military veteran, had been considered a possible GOP ...

Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, broke ranks to oppose Hegseth.

President Donald Trump signed the first nine executive orders, memorandums, and letters of his presidency, including a ...