There was surprise when Donald Trump announced that he was tapping Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.

The selection of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Trump Defense Department has renewed scrutiny of his political and ...

Historically, presidential cabinet picks are background checked by the FBI—but Donald Trump’s administration has instead ...

There has never been a week like this one in the long history of U.S. presidential transitions. There have of course, over ...

Secretary of Defense nominee and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was accused of and investigated for sexual assault in 2017 ...

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary in his second term, Pete Hegseth, was investigated for alleged ...

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, on Thursday Trump announced that he had chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr for ...

Congress has already ceded too much power to the executive branch, but it shouldn't make it worse by allowing President-elect ...

President-elect Trump is challenging the Senate to dare defy him over the nominations of Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Pete Hegseth is too aligned with the Christian right and too much of a culture warrior to lead the US military, says Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andreas Kluth.

The president-elect was bruised by internal squabbles during his initial term in office but appears focused on remaking ...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously investigated for sexual assault, Vanity Fair first reported Thursday. Susie ...