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An interview with historian Julian Zelizer about what Trump's angry gloating over Jack Smith and Pete Hegseth's menacing ...

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst announced that she would vote for Pete Hegseth to become Defense Secretary, making his path to Senate ...

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, acknowledged Tuesday he is “not a perfect person” but was defiant ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was expected to deliver fireworks — and it didn’t disappoint. While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from ...

Would Pete Hegseth carry out an order to shoot American protesters on American streets? His reluctance to give a straight ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, on Tuesday emerged largely unscathed from an at times ...

Megyn Kelly opens the show live from Washington, D.C. after attending Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing by discussing what ...

He can communicate so well to the American people," Waltz said, adding that Hegseth can articulate "why we need what we need ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary is facing senators for the first time after weeks of questions from ...

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) called out Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee, after he refused ...