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Pete Hegseth is attempting to defend himself against a slew of misconduct allegations that threaten his nomination as Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense — with some help from his mom. Penelope Hegseth appeared on Fox & Friends on Wednesday to defend her son’s nomination and counteract the damage done by …

Pete Hegseth’s quest to take over the Pentagon has been fraught — to say the least. The former Fox News host has been struggling to weather a firestorm of scrutiny stemming from a series of damning revelations about his past since Donald Trump tapped him as his secretary of defense …

Republican senators don’t seem too worried about all of the damning reporting emerging about Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. “They’re throwing disparaging remarks at someone who has earned a great deal of credibility. Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) told NBC News …

Pete Hegseth has had a rough go of it since Donald Trump nominated him to run the Pentagon last month. The former Fox News host’s past has come into the full focus of the media and the Republican lawmakers who must vote to confirm him, and it doesn’t look pretty. …

The mother of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, accused her son of mistreating and abusing women in an email released by the New York Times. Penelope Hegseth sent the email, which recounts his treatment of women, on April 30, 2018 while he was in the midst …

Within Donald Trump’s government-in-waiting, there is a fresh debate over whether and how thoroughly the president-elect should follow through on his campaign promise to attack or even invade Mexico, as part of the “war” he’s pledged to wage against powerful drug cartels. “How much should we invade Mexico?” says a …

True to character, Donald Trump is already flouting ethics laws and norms even before he takes office as president in 2025. The president-elect is accepting secret donations to fund his transition while refusing to sign ethics pledges or deliver an ethics plan mandated by the Presidential Transitions Act. The transition …

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, pulled no punches when discussing Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the Department of Defense. The Democratic senator sounded off on Hegseth’s lack of experience, calling him a “pretty low-ranking guy” when he was in the …

When President-elect Donald Trump chose the television commentator Pete Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense, a panoply of national security stalwarts — retired generals and admirals, former appointees, and elected officials — evinced surprise. Some of us found the defense establishment getting caught off guard par for the …

Matt Gaetz may have withdrawn his name from consideration to become Donald Trump’s attorney general over sexual misconduct accusations — but alleged sexual abuser Pete Hegseth is still fighting to persuade Republican senators to confirm him to one of the most powerful positions in government. Hegseth was already facing an …