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 ...

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

Trump is reportedly weighing backup options—including his ex-rival Ron DeSantis—as Pete Hegseth faces a tough Senate ...

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

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

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 ...

Nominee Pete Hegseth will expose generals and admirals who act out of self-interest and will refocus the military on its core ...

Pete Hegseth, who has already been accused of sexual assault, was forced out of leadership positions at veterans’ advocacy groups amid allegations of financial and sexual misconduct.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has offered billionaire investor Steve Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary, a Washington Post reporter said Tuesday in a post on X.