The U.S. Senate late Friday night approved Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump ... I supervised 100 people before,'" Democratic Senator Gary Peters said. The Defense Department oversees more ...

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary ... Tim Kaine, Andy Kim, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen and Elissa Slotkin.

Peters, 66, is leaving Washington to spend more ... Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is also a Michigan resident, having moved to the state from nearby Indiana after serving as ...

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D-N.J., Gary Peters, D-Mich.; Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. About 12 hours after the Senate voted to confirm former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new position as secretary of defense Saturday morning after being confirmed in a contentious Senate vote the night before. Hegseth, a former Fox News host ...

WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, moved an important step closer on Thursday to Senate confirmation despite an 8-year-old rape allegation and ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, came under close scrutiny. News media reports shone a spotlight on the former "Fox ...

Pete Hegseth has been accused of excessive drinking and aggressive behavior toward women. Hegseth is a former combat veteran and FOX News host. The final confirmation vote was 51-50. The ...

The second wife of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee who has been accused of threatening and abusive conduct toward her, is bound by a nondisparagement clause as a condition of the ...