Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.

The Defense Department pick backtracked on past positions and gave a broad denial of the sexual assault allegations against him.

Pete Hegseth’s ex-sister-in-law sent an affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding his nomination.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has concluded its hearing Tuesday reviewing President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth ... said after the exchange that Mr. Hegseth has “supervised far more people than the average United States senator.” The next questioner, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma ...

FILE - Pete Hegseth ... for Democrats to question Hegseth on the specifics of how he would manage the huge department — and how he would represent the United States in diplomatic situations ...

“Let me just say this, the Capitol ... Pete Hegseth is going to kill them with kindness,” Miller said on CNN, previewing Hegseth’s strategy ahead of the hearing. On Fox News, Miller said he believed Hegseth was the war hero the United States needs ...

In a combative hearing, no Republicans came out against Pete Hegseth as he made his case to overhaul the Pentagon.

You are asking us to lower the standards to make you the secretary of defence simply because you are buddies with our president-elect?”

Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 5, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will publicly face ...

Danielle Hegseth also claimed that Samantha told her that she once hid in a closet at home because she was afraid. Hegseth has denied the allegations through his attorney, who called Danielle Hegseth an “anti-Trump far left Democrat who is divorced from Mr.