WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off allegations of ...

McConnell said in a statement that leading the United States Armed Forces is ... but he heard it was "explicit." Sen. Jack Reed, the Armed Services Committee's top Democrat, who opposed ...

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

The new defense secretary’s goals run counter to the military’s apolitical tradition and efforts to build a force that ...

Credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON — The first Trump administration threatened to take federal money, mainly policing funds from states ... Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Jack Reed ...

Some Senate Armed Services Committee ... Hegseth, Reed said, has advocated the reinstitution of interrogation methods such as waterboarding that the United States considers torture.