Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.

Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick for defense secretary, told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid a woman $50,000 who had accused him of sexual assault in 2017, two sources confirmed to CBS News.

President Trump's nominee to lead the Defense Department is on track to be confirmed as soon as Friday night if his support holds ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, has faced allegations of sexual assault, resulting in a $50,000 payout to the accuser. Despite denying wrongdoing, two Republican senators ...

The new information came in response to additional questions posed to Hegseth by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth ...

Senate Democrats are sounding the alarm over a sworn affidavit from the ex-sister-in-law of Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth that accuses him of being abusive toward his second wife. The ...

A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate ...

Hegseth, 44, is a combat veteran and former Fox News host. The committee voted along party lines to advance his nomination to the full Senate.

"If you thought those kinds of questions would dominate the hearing, you must be living under the illusion that we live in a ...

Although its Hegseth's wife Jennifer Rauchet that has the stocks, Warren said the whole household should divest from the companies over conflict of interest concerns.