President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not ...

Robert Salesses will serve as President Donald Trump’s acting defense secretary as the nomination of Pete Hegseth to lead the ...

Long speculated as a potential GOP holdout, Sen. John Curtis said Wednesday that he supports Donald Trump's embattled defense ...

Even though Trump has not officially been inaugurated, the Senate can confirm cabinet members before his Oath of Office.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20, Republicans will have a majority in the Senate. This means that his ...

The first hearing involving a Trump cabinet nominee will be held on Tuesday as controversial defense secretary nominee Pete ...

As Senate confirmation hearings begin, here's the latest on who in the Trump administration has, will or doesn't need to be ...

Pete Hegseth faced an important test on Tuesday — but he didn't just have to prove himself to the senators who immediately ...

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of U.S. Defense, Pete Hegseth ... have expressed concerns that Hegseth would, as Defense secretary, politicize the department and take on unnecessary ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department, survived his confirmation hearing Tuesday without drawing any Republican opposition or new lines of attack ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling from the Armed ...

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for his second term are slated for Senate confirmations this week, after a series of ...