WASHINGTON, D.C. - Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary on Friday. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, both ...

The 51-50 decision came after three Republicans voted against Hegseth. Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tiebreaking vote.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s overseas trip started with heckling from military families. That turned out to be one the best moments of his excursion.

Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the ... to close with and destroy the enemy and bring our boys home." Both of Illinois' Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted against ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a senator during ...

On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum changing the base's name once again, this time to Fort Roland L ...

Update: Pete Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate Friday ... Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee told CBS News in an interview. "I really urge my Republican ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday made the first trip to NATO by a member of the new Trump administration, as ...

WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee ... the standards so he can do the job," Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-IL., told USA TODAY. Democrats also ripped into Hegseth for his ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base in North ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is welcoming Elon Musk's DOGE into the agency to streamline processes and "cut tail to put it to tooth," he said Sunday on the Fox News Channel. "We know in a world ...