Hegseth, who is also a former soldier without political experience, will lead the world's most powerful military.

The president-elect said Senator Rubio would be “a strong advocate for our nation, a true friend to our allies and a fearless warrior who will never back down to our adversaries.”

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary. Hegseth deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in Minnesota in 2012 before joining Fox News. “With Pete at the helm, America’s…

Ms. Gabbard, a former congresswoman who left the Democratic Party, would hold a top job in the administration, overseeing 18 spy agencies.

Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth to serve as his Secretary of Defense, hailing him as a champion of his "peace through strength" policy.

Trump said in a statement: “With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice.”

President-elect Trump has nominated Sen. Marco Rubio to serve as his secretary of state as he shapes his cabinet heading into his second term.

President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world's largest and most powerful military.

The choice of the Fox News host and veteran was outside the norm. But he was a dedicated supporter of President-elect Donald J. Trump during his first term.

Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the...

The selection is the culmination of a long, complicated history between the two men.

President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest defenders to become the nation’s top diplomat.

Former presidential hopeful is Florida Republican serving on Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the Director of National Intelligence. Her appointment is subject to Senate approval.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the Director of National Intelligence. Her appointment is subject to Senate approval.

Pete Hegseth, a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, has no previous experience governing or running a large organization

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has picked as his secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed disdain for the so-called

US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday chose Tulsi Gabbard, former Democratic representative, as that Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state.

Donald Trump has chosen Tulsi Gabbard to serve as his Director of National Intelligence, he announced.

Hegseth, a staunch conservative who embraces Trump's “America First” policies, has pushed for making the military more lethal. During an interview on “The Shawn Ryan Show” podcast, he said allowing women to serve in combat hurts that effort.

Questions have been raised about the Fox News host’s experience.

Trump’s pick for the nation's top diplomat has one valuable asset but not much else.

Donald Trump's nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as Defense Secretary is generating blowback and confusion from some Republicans.

Pete Hegseth advocated for Trump to intervene on behalf of service members in three cases involving war crime accusations in 2019.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world's largest and most powerful military.The news was met with bewilderment and worry among many in Washington as Trump passed on a number of established national security heavy-hitters and chose an Army National Guard officer well known in conservative circles as a co-host of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends Weekend.” While some Republican lawmakers had a muted response to the announcement, others called his combat experience an asset or said he was “tremendously capable.”Hegseth's choice could bring sweeping changes to the military. He has made it clear on his show and in interviews that, like Trump, he is opposed to “woke” programs that promote equity and inclusion. He also has questioned the role of women in combat and advocated pardoning service…

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.

He said his visit to Israel as a journalist “reaffirmed the ties the Jewish people have with this land.”

President-elect Donald Trump named Sen Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest defenders to become the nation’s top diplomat. The conservative lawmaker is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran,…

President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Pentagon privately lobbied Trump during his first White House term to pardon former members of the U.S. armed forces accused or convicted of war crimes, including a Navy SEAL chief who allegedly gunned down a young girl and elderly man in Iraq. Pete ...

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reached out to former Utah Rep. Chris Stewart about a potential appointment as the director of national intelligence, the Deseret News confirmed.

Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022 after an unsuccessful presidential run and joined the Republican Party last month after endorsing Trump and becoming a member of his transition team.

Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) said Tuesday on CNN's "OutFront" that he was "shocked" President-elect Donald Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense. | Clips

After more than a week of vote counting, Trump’s party reached the 218 seats needed to retain their majority in the lower chamber, having already seized the Senate.

Hegseth, a Fox News personality and military veteran, has lobbied Trump to release servicemembers accused of war crimes.

The baby-faced 53-year-old was once seen as a rising star before he was crushed by Trump’s ascendancy.

I can't believe I've never seen this before.

In a statement on Wednesday, President-elect Trump announced that he is appointing Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence in his new Cabinet.

Trump names Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence and Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.