The president-elect discussed the role with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from the head of two nonprofit ...

Hill staffers are watching the Pete Hegseth nomination with little certainty. At least a half-dozen Republican Senators are ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte led a fresh push Wednesday for European countries to ramp up defense ...

Pete Hegseth has been named as President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Defense secretary nominee. He has drawn controversy ...

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 4: Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary, walks from the Russell Senate Office ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent a second day on Capitol Hill meeting privately ...

The nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Donald Trump’s secretary of defense is in trouble, a senior Trump transition source tells CNN. Follow for live updates.

In a thread now pinned to his X profile, the Utah Republican laid out a case for overhauling the program and amending the ...

Pete Hegseth's lack of senior military experience and alleged alcohol abuse would torpedo any other Secretary of Defense ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, singled out as a possible nominee for Defense Secretary, ought to reject the nomination.