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 ...

He has slammed media coverage of the allegations as "fake" and "BS" and has said he will not "back down ... He didn't say whether he would support Hegseth's nomination, though.

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, brushed aside suggestions Wednesday that he drop ... Before. I Won’t Back Down.” ...

Despite the controversy, Hegseth has said that he won’t back down, and in a post on the social platform X, he suggested he is the target of a smear campaign by Democrats. Fetterman also said in the ...

"I would just say I haven't heard from West Point," Hegseth said Tuesday ... US Army." RFK JR. SAYS HE PLANS TO ALSO MEET WITH DEMS IN BID TO GET CONFIRMED AS TRUMP HHS HEAD The "error" at ...

Donald Trump is going all in on his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon. The incoming president vigorously backed his secretary of defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, during a news conference Monday in ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) didn’t rule out Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s picks for Defense secretary and head of the FBI, respectively, as nominees for their roles in ...