Hegseth has maintained that a 2017 encounter was consensual but paid the unnamed woman as part of a nondisclosure agreement.

His choice for defense secretary, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in ...

Pete Hegseth was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women’s event in Monterey, ...

A lawyer for the Fox News star said in a statement that Pete Hegseth settled in December 2020 only because he feared his ...

The Fox News host reached a settlement to resolve an accusation against him, but a recently released memo brought the issue back into the public eye.

Trump is expected to make Matt Gaetz his attorney general and Marco Rubio his secretary of state, and place Tulsi Gabbard, ...

If you take a step back – make that several steps back – it’s easier to understand what Donald Trump is doing. Why would he deliberately ignite a media firestorm over such controversial nominees as ...

Concerns have been raised over a tattoo belonging to Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the ...

“Normally, you let the president get his team, put his team in place,” said Sarah Binder, a professor of political science at ...