WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a ...

As senators weigh the Pentagon nominee's fate, the former Fox News host is dealing with yet another personal controversy.

Amid Republican claims of “anonymous smears,” a named person — and a Hegseth, at that — accuses the defense secretary nominee ...

Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in his opening remarks that he ...

All but two Republicans voted to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense to a final vote, as Democrats raced to bolster fresh allegations about his personal conduct.

Democrats said Hegseth’s lack of experience, his past comments about women and Black troops and allegations of excessive ...

Pete Hegseth vowed to restore “warrior ethos ... much less being confirmed as the Secretary of Defense,” said Sen. Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island). Hegseth insisted that he reveres all service ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald ... which has to be considered,” Rhode Island's Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, which will conduct Tuesday's hearing ...

Amid Tuesday's Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee ... and Senator Jack ...