Jan 14, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host, appeared to have united support among Republican members of the Senate Armed Services committee but he faced intense criticism right out of the …

Dec 5, 2024 · Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault.

Jan 25, 2025 · Pete Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement at two veterans' groups he ran to narrowly win Senate approval to become Donald Trump's defense secretary.

Dec 4, 2024 · Mr. Hegseth has been accused of various misconduct, including allegations of sexual assault, infidelity in his first two marriages, financial mismanagement of veterans organizations he ran and...

Jan 14, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host, faces a critical test in his public hearing before the Senate Armed Services committee Tuesday to serve as President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary.

Jan 14, 2025 · WASHINGTON — Senators jockeyed to magnify contrasting aspects of Pete Hegseth’s life at his confirmation hearing Tuesday on whether the veteran, Fox News personality and accused perpetrator of sexual misconduct is qualified to lead the nation’s military and its nearly $900 billion budget.

Jan 15, 2025 · Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said Tuesday that she plans to vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, despite having earlier expressed a...

Jan 24, 2025 · Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and his family arrive at the US Capitol, on Friday. ... After the Hegseth vote, the Senate will next consider the nominations of South Dakota Gov. Kristi ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) announced that he plans on keeping the chamber in session “over the next couple of days” to vote on the Cabinet confirmations of Pete Hegseth ...

Jan 14, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defence secretary in his upcoming presidency, cleared his first hurdle on the way to confirmation: a long - and at times tense - hearing before the US Senate ...