This is part of Hello, Trumpworld, Slate’s reluctant guide to the people who will be calling the shots now—at least for as ...

For instance, Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, hedge fund mogul Scott Bessant, blew up a pet fairytale of the Albanese ...

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) (L) introduces U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced that he will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, increasing the nominee’s chances of becoming the next head ...

Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is facing stiff criticism from Democrats—but most Republicans back ...

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into ...

A telling moment in the supremely depressing Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality who is Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, came right at the beginning, when ...

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth fired ... threats to capabilities.” Hegseth said, he would focus on “reviving our ...

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq, talked to TIME ahead of Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing about his ...

Pete Hegseth, the controversial former Fox News host, has been accused of sexual assault and faces a grueling confirmation ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately told President-elect Donald Trump that he believes Pete Hegseth will have the ... with the president." The new Senate Majority Leader in an ...