MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire received swift pushback from a guest on Friday morning when he tried to correct them after they called Donald Trump's secretary of defense nominee an "alcoholic." Invited to "Morning Joe" talk about Trump's first four days in office,

Emanuel fired back to double down on branding Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth an “alcoholic” on Morning Joe.

In “The War on Warriors,” published last year, the nominee to head the Pentagon lashes out at “social justice saboteurs” and other fellow Americans.

Gold Star families who lost loved ones during the Biden administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan endorsed Pete Hegseth to be the next Secretary of Defense.

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The defense secretary nominee believes strongly in the importance of prioritizing diversity when the beneficiaries are people like himself.

Hegseth has said the incident led him to be pulled from Guard duty in Washington during President Joe Biden's inauguration. He has denied any wrongdoing over a 2017 sexual assault allegation which did not result in charges, as well as accusations against ...

It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

The Senate hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's proposed secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, reignited tensions over his Christian tattoos, which his critics claim represent an "extremist" ideology.

Congressional correspondent Julie Tsirkin and MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann break down the new reporting about Pete Hegseth with Nicolle Wallace as his nomination gets closer to the finish line while senators grapple with testimony about his second marriage.