Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, drew Democrats’ ire for past statements voicing strong opposition to female troops serving in combat units.

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth ...

Senators of both parties hammered Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense nominee, over his past comments about women serving in the military.

Democratic women on the House Armed Services Committee are demanding the Defense Department explain why at least some military services have paused sexual assault prevention training amid of a review ...

Hegseth, a veteran and former Fox News host, pushed back on allegations that he disparaged women serving in the military under tough questioning from women on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Despite the pointed questioning and condemnations from Democrats on the Senate Armed Services ... allowing women to serve in combat, and combating military sexual assault. In response, Hegseth ...

During a contentious hearing, Republicans rallied to the defense of Donald Trump’s pick for Pentagon chief as he faced tough questions about allegations of misconduct and his views on women.

Hegseth has written and spoken extensively about how he thinks the U.S. military should be run. Democrats on Tuesday are expected to press him to account for his past statements on women in combat ...

Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for Defense secretary, kicked off a marathon run of Senate ... Democratic senators have taken aim at Hegseth’s past comments about women serving in the military.

Expect Senate Democrats to wield it like a cudgel ... drinking incidents and his past comments that women in the military should not serve in combat. But Democrats haven’t given up on blocking ...

Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk.