The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote.

Early in his first administration, President Trump noted the general’s “brilliance and fortitude.” And then the president got angry.

Newly minted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stripped the personal security detail and security clearance of former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly says as the Senate considered the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Defense Secretary in the second Trump administration post cloture that Hegseth does not check any of the boxes for Defense Secretary,

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly says as the Senate considered the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Defense Secretary in the second Trump administration post cloture that the Senate was potentially confirming the most unprepared nominee to lead the Department of Defense that has ever been put forward,

With his confirmation at stake, Pete Hegseth is working the phones ahead of a Senate vote to shore up support to become the nation’s defense secretary. The Senate late Friday

Pete Hegseth needed the vice president's vote to break a Senate tie for his confirmation as Defense secretary. Kelly and Gallego of Arizona voted no.

Pete Hegseth told Gen. Mark Milley, a longtime foe of President Trump, that the Pentagon is revoking his security detail and clearance.

Gen. Mark Milley, a frequent target Trump’s, will lose his security detail and face an inspector general investigation, said a senior defense official.

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.