“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is facing allegations of excessive drinking and ...

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to defend Hegseth against allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse. It ...

Senator Markwayne Mullin was grilled on CNN over remarks that lawmakers turn up to vote drunk as he tried to defend Pete ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

At his confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in.

A GOP senator who controversially defended President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon against allegations of ...

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin said it's hypocritical to reject Trump's Defense pick: "How many senators have shown up drunk to ...

Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon endured fierce Democratic grilling over everything from his inexperience, alleged drinking ...

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed ...

He can communicate so well to the American people," Waltz said, adding that Hegseth can articulate "why we need what we need ...

Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, his past comments about women and Black troops and allegations of excessive ...