Rejection of a flawed Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense should ... I spoke with U.S. Sen. Jack Reed last Wednesday about the chilling effect Hegseth’s confirmation will have on active-duty ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, sparred with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) over his use of an insult for military lawyers. During Hegseth’s confirmation hearing ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation Senate hearing is off to a heated start, with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) laying into him and denouncing his misogyny, racism, and terrible conduct. Hegseth is the first ...

Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Defense, that he is plainly unqualified ...

Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, comments about women and Black troops, and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct make him unfit to serve. Some takeaways from the hearing: ...

The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of ...

The name change back to Bragg could also be seen as a slap against some of the highly decorated service members whose names ...

Pete Hegseth faced fierce questioning over misconduct allegations, views on women in combat. WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed is no partisan firebrand. The soft-spoken Democrat voted ...

In an exclusive interview with the Providence Journal, Sen. Jack Reed says Pete Hegseth’s confirmation threatens national security.