US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth began his tenure by pledging the military's continued support for President Trump's mass ...

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is generating turbulence at the Pentagon, where his new defense secretary, ...

Donald Trump will huddle with House Republicans at a GOP retreat on Monday. Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY Network.

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi ...

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Pete Hegseth has been sworn as the secretary of defense, taking the oath from Vice President JD Vance less than 12 hours ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

The Republican-controlled Senate on Friday night confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary by the narrowest of margins, ...

The newly sworn-in defense secretary outlined plans on Saturday to advance the president's defense priorities.

Hegseth received ... part of the Cabinet. These positions, in order of presidential succession, are: All of the positions above, except for Vice President and White House Chief of Staff, require ...