Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will return to Capitol Hill at 10 a.m. to testify on the department’s fiscal budget, which is currently proposed at $813.5 billion. Hegseth’s hearing with lawmakers comes amid the ongoing riots in Los Angeles,

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth heads to Capitol Hill for a series of Congressional hearings over the next week that are likely to be a major test of his leadership following what is widely viewed as a rocky first few months on the job.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will likely be grilled over 'Signalgate' and his deployment of the military to Los Angeles.