The defense secretary annoyed Donald Trump with a favor for Elon Musk. Hegseth’s problems only grew from there.

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to field sharp ... he squeaked through his Senate confirmation with a tie-breaking vote. It was the closest vote of any Cabinet ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was lambasted for boasting about his patriotic suits after a fashion guru revealed ...

Michael Erik Kurilla, who leads U.S. Central Command, used a secure U.S. government system to send detailed information about the operation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The material Kurilla ...

for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon. Hegseth, a longtime Fox News host, had the hardest time getting confirmed of any Trump cabinet member, with a tie-breaking vote from Vice ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum. But just as the case was during the recent ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing renewed scrutiny after a new report that he shared the timing of U.S. air strikes on Houthi rebels with his wife and brother on an encrypted ...

When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to access Signal from the Pentagon despite restrictions preventing it, he knew just who to ask: Col. Ricky Buria, a close military aide. Buria ...

Hegseth admitted that his first months at the helm of the nearly 3 million-member department have been challenging, saying President Donald Trump warned him, “‘Pete, you’re going to have to ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's chief of staff is moving to a new role at the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CBS News — the latest staffing shift after days of upheaval ...

Long, long ago, a month to be precise, Pete Hegseth got in some trouble for being a part of that unauthorized Signal chat where a reporter was accidentally added and attack plans were shared.