Ryan English, 24, was carrying makeshift explosives and knives near the U.S. Capitol building on Monday, police charge in ...

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV news show host, says he will be a "change agent" and a "warrior" for the department as Republicans demand new and strong leadership in the Pentagon.

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense ...

Readers criticize the vote on the defense secretary nomination. Also: President Trump and tariffs; silencing health officials ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is getting to enjoy his honeymoon phase for a little while longer. Anti-establishment conservatives who fought his rise to leader remain satisfied with Thune’s ...

McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott stood by President Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth in a nail biter Friday night on the Senate floor.

Rick Scott, R-Fla., left, at the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, ...

It seems that Pete Hegseth has taken a page out of President-elect Donald Trump’s playbook, denying all accusations against him at his confirmation hearing for Defense secretary on Tuesday.

“Pete Hegseth will make a GREAT Secretary of Defense,” said ... gaining endorsements from lawmakers like Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Rick Scott (R-FL). The hearing also featured ...