Robby Soave and Steven Olikara react to Pete Hegseth's mother Penelope Hegseth's defense of her son.

Penelope Hegseth, the mother of President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon Pete Hegseth, appeared on Fox News ...

"Real men need their moms to call Senators for them," one person joked amid a report about the aspiring defense secretary.

Senate Republicans say Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Defense Department, faces a very tough path ...

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth said Wednesday he won't drink "a drop of alcohol" if confirmed by the Senate to lead ...

A basic tenet of journalism — calling someone for comment on a story — was seen as a threat by defense secretary nominee Pete ...

Hegseth told Megyn Kelly he thinks the allegations against him are part of a smear campaign by his opponents and are a ...

Penelope Hegseth is Pete’s mother. In 2018, she wrote an email to her son about his treatment toward women.

A defiant Pete Hegseth fought to save his nomination to be Donald Trump's defense secretary Wednesday as the president-elect ...

CNN analyst and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said "most people" in President-elect Donald Trump's circle believe his nomination of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense is done for.