As the dust settles on the fight over Pete Hegseth's nomination, his confirmation is emblematic of a larger truth about the state of Republican politics.

Gabe Whisnant is Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based in South Carolina ... a controversy that emerged as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began his first day at the Pentagon.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, ...

Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth wants to honor ... well-regarded military base in North Carolina now known as Fort Liberty. Hegseth probably wants company because ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) cast the 50th vote for Pete Hegseth for defense secretary just now. He had additional questions for the nominee earlier today that Hegseth answered and ...

Gabe Whisnant is Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based in South ... Hegseth told reporters as he arrived at the Pentagon for his first full day in office. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

President Donald Trump is visiting hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, ...