A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is denying that she reportedly rejected an offer to meet privately with the woman who has accused ...

The Iowa Republican’s decision dramatically increases the likelihood that Mr. Hegseth will have enough votes to be confirmed ...

WASHINGTON − Senators pressed Pete Hegseth on his alleged history of heavy drinking, shifting views on women in the military, ...

The senator needs to join a group of distinguished Maine predecessors in taking a principled stand.

Senators of both parties hammered Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense nominee, over his past comments about women serving in the ...

Stonewalling questions about his sexual behavior and excessive drinking as “anonymous smears,” the Fox host charmed the ...

It is the first serious test of Donald Trump’s newly invigorated strongman model of governance and of whether he can continue ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa announced on Tuesday that she would be voting for Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee ...

Maine's independent senator questioned the former Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan about women ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — If Pete Hegseth were still in uniform ... has piled pressure on those seen as not fully on board. Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Maine Republican, said after meeting Hegseth ...