He has slammed media coverage of the allegations as "fake" and "BS" and has said he will not "back down ... He didn't say whether he would support Hegseth's nomination, though.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to ax the size of the U.S. military’s top ranks has triggered concerns of a political ...

Hegseth said the plans to slash 20% of the military's most senior generals was meant to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy.

Hegseth, in an interview on Fox News, said his critics were people who were disgruntled over the pace of change at the Pentagon, and he insisted that he would not back down. He said that there had ...

Pete Hegseth can ... home the folks who won’t get on the train, and get this organization moving again. That’s what President Trump hired him to do. That’s what he’s doing.

Last week, it was announced that Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, was stepping down. Three other ... the Russia hoax, won’t give back their Pulitzers,” he said. Hegseth added ...

I can say that Joe was ... move,” suggesting that Hegseth was unprepared and agreed to the sit-down just to appear “combative” for the president. When asked if he would return to the ...

President Donald Trump knocked what he called a "stupid question" from ABC News' Terry Moran about his confidence in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. During a sit-down primetime interview ...