Pete Hegseth refused to admit that sexual assault or domestic violence should disqualify a candidate for defense secretary while Sen. Tim Kaine hammered him over his infidelity during his confirmation hearing.

Senator Tim Kaine used his time during Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing to question the nominee about assault allegations.

Pete Hegseth came under heated questioning from Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) over infidelity, his behavior in his previous marriages, his drinking and whether he disclosed a 2017 sexual-assault allegation to President-elect Donald Trump’s team when he was being vetted to lead the Pentagon.

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo criticized Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday for using his time during Defense secretary nominee

The Oklahoma Republican tried to defend Hegseth against allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse. It didn't go especially well.

But did this happen at the Pete Hegseth hearings in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week? If you thought those kinds of questions would dominate the hearings, you must be living under the illusion that we live in a serious country.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling from the Armed Services Committee.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department sat for a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday after hearings for Veterans’ Affairs Secretary nominee Doug Collins and Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum were postponed.

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.

CNN's political commentators Scott Jennings and Karen Finney join CNN's Dana Bash to give their takeaways of Pete Hegseth's Senate confirmation hearing. DANA BASH: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense,

Stonewalling questions about his sexual behavior and excessive drinking as “anonymous smears,” the Fox host charmed the Senate Armed Services Committee’s GOP majority into submission.