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

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

At a time of war, nuclear arms races and great global danger, the president-elect picks a martial cable-TV host to run the ...

Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon was investigated for an alleged assault in California in 2017, though no charges were filed.

When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. She now fears ...

Donald Trump spent much of his first term feeling stung and betrayed by those he’d placed in power. This time, he’s not ...

A Washington Post review of Pete Hegseth’s writing shows he rejected steps to integrate women and transgender troops across the military, and called for a “crusade” to protect “Judeo-Christian” values ...

Hegseth has two tattoos of Crusades-era symbols that are associated with far-right extremism and Christian nationalism.

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Donald Trump's nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as Defense Secretary is generating blowback and confusion ...

President-Elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense — Peter Hegseth — has gotten a lot of attention for his tattoos.