President-elect Donald Trump has selected Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of

could be his first contentious confirmation fight for a Cabinet pick.... “ Pete is tough, smart and a

The statement said that there were no weapons involved, but there were injuries – “ contusions to right thigh ” – without providing additional details.... Hegseth serves as a co-host of the “ Fox Friends Weekend ” show, previously led several nonprofits and briefly ran to represent Minnesota in the US Senate in 2012. Hegseth has blasted military leadership for promoting diversity, and railed against women serving in combat.... In an interview earlier this year, he said that “ women shouldn’t b

And he's done this time and time again." Hegseth said.... It shows, I think, a shallowness in his understanding of that region," Hegseth said, pointing to Trump's comments that the U.S. could remain in the region endlessly.... " That's not clarity, that's not leadership--that's waffling back and forth on really critical issues." A former Army major who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and as a guard at Guantanamo Bay, Hegseth has since emerged as one of Trump's most vocal allies in cable news....

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the

, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, said on Wednesday he will

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, responds to reporters

A rush transcript of" This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, August 1, 2021 on ABC News is below.... This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.... ROCHELLE WALENSKY, CDC DIRECTOR: This moment could have been avoided with higher vaccination coverage. KARL: And the president predicts more restrictions....