Pete Hegseth emerged from a Senate committee hearing with the support of the Republican Party intact following weeks of ...

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services ...

As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA prepares to take questions from lawmakers, the new chairman of the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department sat for a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday after ...

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe ...

The Democrats’ refusal to question Hegseth over his fascist politics underscores that their priority is not the defense of ...

Francis Chung/POLITICO Entering his confirmation hearing to become secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth had been dogged by questions about his alcohol use, sexual assault allegations levied against him ...

Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl is part of a resurgent network of nuclear hawks who want to expand the nuclear arsenal.

A primary responsibility of the government is, of course, to keep us safe. Given that obligation, you might think that the ...

Israel has not approved the agreement heralded by Biden and Trump, saying Hamas is seeking last-minute changes.

In remarks from the White House, Biden announced that U.S. hostages still in Gaza would be returned home during a 42-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Of the seven Americans held captive in ...

(credit: REUTERS/KHALED ABDULLAH) Soleimani and Israel’s other enemies knew that one-on-one, none of them could directly defeat or even seriously challenge Israel. But if they all started to ...