Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, said Wednesday that he won’t back down amid growing scrutiny over his nomination. Hegseth posted a photograph of himself in ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell detailsrob Pete Hegseth’s latest efforts to try to save his “already lost nomination,” including sending his mother on Fox to say he’s a changed man from the ...

Hegseth said Donald Trump told him to "keep going, keep fighting." Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, said on Wednesday he would not "back down" as new ...

They don't want truth. Our warriors never back down, & neither will I," he added. Approached by a reporter in the Capitol on Wednesday, Hegseth said he spoke with Trump in the morning and he told ...

I Won’t Back Down.” In the morning, Hegseth huddled with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., in his committee office. Around noon, he met with Sen. John Thune ...

One might expect that a nominee facing this much heat would back down, as former Rep. Matt Gaetz did. Instead, Hegseth ... That says it all. Pete is actually of Norwegian ancestry, but he proudly ...

Pete Hegseth ... t drink alcohol if confirmed. On Thursday, Hegseth said he had changed and added that God, his family and his wife, who accompanied him to the Senate on Thursday, helped get him ...