Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, saw little resistance from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Pete Hegseth and other appointees of President-elect Donald Trump headed to the Senate this week for hearings. In particular Hegseth – tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Defense – faced scrutiny.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut cast doubt Tuesday on nominee Pete Hegseth’s ability to run the Department of Defense, pointing to claims of financial mismanagement when President-elect Donald Trump’s pick ran a pair of veterans’ groups.

This week's news included Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing and the top Marine general voicing concern over moving Marines to Guam.

Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem will all sit at witness tables in Senate confirmation hearings this week.

What effect do you think that will have on the military and the country? Gene: David, you know how impenetrable Pentagon culture is. Changing it is like, well, turning around an aircraft carrier. To the extent that the military is committed to diversity and inclusion,

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees are pushing through a gauntlet of confirmation hearings with the help of allied Senate Republicans carrying them toward the finish line, despite Democratic

Miss., chair of the Armed Services Committee, has signaled Hegseth is likely to be confirmed as defense secretary.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, is expected to face tough questions today when he appears in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Taking place less than a week before Trump's inauguration, the confirmation hearing is the first for one of Trump's Cabinet picks.

Democrats have expressed concern over the delay and how thorough the report on Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick will be.

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

Incoming White House budget director Russ Vought has spent much of his career learning the detailed, often convoluted mechanisms that make up the Office of Management and Budget.