A Defense official told VF initial glow-up estimates were too high for Sec. Hegseth, who of course shouldn't unwittingly text ...

Pete Hegseth is no stranger to life in the public eye, but since his nomination as U.S. Secretary of Defense, he has faced criticism over his past. In late 2024, The New York Times published an ol ...

Pete Hegseth has been working in the public eye for several years. As a previous on-air Fox News co-host, the Minnesota native is a published author, a father, a husband, and a vocal conservative.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s promises to defend Guam in the event of an attack drew a confident response from Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Del. James Moylan this past week, but his visit also ...

Pete Hegseth met with senators on Capitol Hill last month. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Pete Hegseth has been accused of financial mismanagement while leading two small nonprofit organizations ...

Pete Hegseth is an outspoken critic of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, blaming them for some of the recruitment challenges the military has faced in recent years. He denounced “woke ...

The revelations set off a firestorm of criticism against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Michael Waltz, and others in the group for discussing highly sensitive matters on ...

Pete Hegseth drilled for hours last week in a mock hearing room with Republican senators playing Democrats, preparing for what is expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing for the defense ...

Pete Hegseth cited Donald Trump's election as the primary way he will be able to rid the Pentagon of so-called wokeness. But he botched his usual mantra, that unity—not diversity—is America ...

Tammy Duckworth (D., Ill.) focused on Pete Hegseth’s lack of experience with audits at two veterans organizations he led. “Yes or no, did you lead an audit?” asked Duckworth, a military ...

Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Victor J. Blue for The Wall Street Journal) The Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was an embarrassment to the U.S. military and begot ...

The Senate Armed Services panel has 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats, so Hegseth can only lose a single Republican, if all Democrats oppose him, for the nomination to be voted favorably out of ...