Sen. Roger Wicker, SAS Committee chairman, announced late Wednesday night that Hegseth still had the backing of Senate ...

Pete Hegseth is closer to Senate confirmation as Trump's Defense secretary despite controversy and allegations of serious impropriety.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi says prior to a tied vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to ...

Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the Senate Armed Services ... “utterly unqualified” and among Trump’s “very worst nominees.” “Pete Hegseth has shown himself not only incapable of running ...

This post has been updated with statements from Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Jack Reed. The Senate on Friday confirmed Pete ...

A key senator says he is standing by Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick, and criticized "anonymous sources" casting doubt on his character.

Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, broke ranks to oppose Hegseth.

President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is pushing back on ... Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., on Wednesday to dispel the claims ...

Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the chairman of the Armed ... one of the briefings that the FBI background investigation into Pete Hegseth is closed. During a second briefing the two senators had received ...