Much of the opposition to former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to serve as defense secretary, has centered on allegations that he has abused women and ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

“After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense,” Ernst said in a statement. “Our next commander in chief selected Pete Hegseth to serve in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats ...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer was infiltrated and unclassified files were accessed as part of a broader breach of the agency by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, according to two ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference was interrupted on Thursday by two journalists who blasted him over the US’s support for Israel's war on Gaza before they were ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Housing, testifies at a ...

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth issued a directive Thursday permanently establishing the Command Assessment Program, introduced as a pilot nearly five years ago to review officers and senior ...

WASHINGTON — Journalists and aides to President Biden are seething over White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s refusal to let a national security expert discuss the tentative Israel ...

On Wednesday, outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that extending the 2017 tax cut will add to unsustainable deficits. "The projected fiscal path under current budgetary policies is ...