FOREST LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Forest Lake native Pete Hegseth has now been sworn in as President Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. Late on Friday night, the United States Senate voted to give Hegseth the job.

"So that's the two senators that are out. Mitch McConnell is in as is all as are all the other senators in the conference." The post ‘Mitch McConnell Is In’: Fox News Reports On Ex-Host Pete Hegseth Clearing Key Vote Ahead of Likely Confirmation first appeared on Mediaite.

Fox News anchor John Roberts reacted to Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday by claiming it is commonplace for Pentagon leaders to have booze in their offices.

His remarks suggest he could quickly move to strike down a policy designed to encourage diversity in the military's officer corps. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in and put Hegseth over the top.

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

At his confirmation hearing last week, the former combat veteran and Fox News host said he was “falsely accused” in the 2017 incident.

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing before ... has not always been that way,” CNN’s Dana Bash said afterwards. John Roberts was more specific on Fox News: “Obviously he came in for very ...

Even the president isn’t sure if his defense-secretary pick can squeak through what is expected to be an extremely close confirmation vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.

After that ruling, Blum's group filed lawsuits against the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Army's U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, seeking to eliminate the carve-out for military schools.

In our news wrap Saturday, Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary, the Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, Trump reportedly fired more than a dozen inspectors general at nearly every Cabinet-level agency,

In brief remarks, Hegseth outlined what he said were his guiding principles: “Restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do, rebuild our military and reestablish deterrence.”