Although Prosperie filed a lawsuit against Hegseth after the incident, it was discontinued in 2019. “The parties have resolved the matter and will make no further comment,” Prosperie’s attorney, Brandon Cotter, told the Associated Press.

Pete Hegseth’s co-hosts on Fox & Friends rallied around their colleague amid allegations that he is a white supremacist. Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Joey Jones all slammed backlash surrounding Hegseth following his nomination for Secretary of Defense by President-elect Donald Trump as “defamation” on Saturday.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, the former president announced Tuesday night. Hegseth, 44, is an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has an undergraduate degree from Princeton and a master's degree from Harvard.

Hegseth, who is also a former soldier without political experience, will lead the world's most powerful military.

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson said she was “stunned” Tuesday by Donald Trump’s intention to nominate Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense. “From silly diner interviews on Weekend Fox and Friends to Secretary of Defense?

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army combat veteran, has been nominated by Donald Trump to serve as his secretary of defense. Trump said in a statement: “Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops,

Trump on Tuesday said that he intends to nominate Fox & Friends weekend host Pete Hegseth to be his Secretary of Defense, one of the most important cabinet positions in his administration. Media's Crisis Point: It's Losing Relevance and Scorned in Trump Era. A Reboot May Be Next