Pete Hegseth and other appointees of President-elect Donald Trump headed to the Senate this week for hearings. In particular Hegseth – tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Defense – faced scrutiny.

The executive orders mirror recommendations in Project 2025, a policy blueprint issued last year by the Heritage Foundation think tank.

Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary.

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

The Department of Defense ... The order came with President Donald Trump's approval from the White House and will remain in place until his pick for defense secretary is confirmed and directs ...

Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth's announcement followed a heated exchange with Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing earlier this week.

Jan. 14, 10:10 a.m.Hegseth in his opening statement said the “primary charge” Trump gave him was “to bring back the warrior culture to the Department of Defense” and said that “unlike ...

FILE - Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ... the standards of the Secretary of Defense?” Peters asked. Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth also asked that, saying ...

The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.

Pennsylvania's junior senator must show he is willing to put the Constitution first. His vote for Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense bodes ill.

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