A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

The GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee voted 14–13 along party lines to advance Hegseth’s nomination Monday ...

After Donald Trump takes the oath of office and Congress concludes the inaugural pageantry, the Senate will get back to work.

President Trump sees “great promise" in the United Nations, according to his U.N. ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik, who is ...

Republicans appear poised to confirm Trump’s controversial nominee to lead the government’s largest and most complex agency ...

Even though Trump has not officially been inaugurated, the Senate can confirm cabinet members before his Oath of Office.

The former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, the nominee for secretary of the U S Department of Defense, has accused him of abusing his ex-wife However, the ex-wife denies there was any physical abuse ...

Representative Elise Stefanik was in Washington D.C., facing a confirmation hearing to become U.S. ambassador to the United ...

It is the first full day of President Trump's second term. After the inauguration at the Capitol Rotunda, he signed dozens of ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik, the nominee to become ambassador to the U.N., seemed mostly to impress Senate Foreign Relations members ...

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the ...

The outgoing president issued the last-minute pardons to prevent his successor from enacting retribution against his political opponents.