Fmr. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who ended the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat units, addressed Hegseth's claim ...

There was surprise when Donald Trump announced that he was tapping Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.

The selection of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Trump Defense Department has renewed scrutiny of his political and ...

When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. She now fears ...

Across hours of podcast and television interviews, Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth has articulated his plan for a ...

Pete Hegseth, the former major in the military who grew up in Forest Lake and served in the Minnesota National Guard, was ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Fox News host Pete Hegseth, a longtime Trump ally, has also said he wants to purge the military of "woke" officials.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth has railed against women in combat, voiced support for ...

The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...

Harriet Tubman was a spy, a nurse, an abolitionist and, most importantly, a military leader who guided Union soldiers during ...

More than a century after her death, the Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore commissioned abolitionist ... After the ...