Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in a series of controversies.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization ...

The vote may indicate whether fresh allegations about his personal conduct that surfaced this week are enough to stop his confirmation.

Political polarization in the U.S. is at the highest level ever measured. Growing majorities of both Republicans and Democrats say they consider members of the other party to be unintelligent, ...

Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead on Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, and a new report detailing ...