The secretary of defense has been accused of alcohol abuse and various forms of misconduct — allegations he has denied.

A sworn affidavit sent to senators by Danielle Hegseth, Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law, contains a slew of shocking allegations, including more details about the Defense Secretary's alleged alcohol problems and "emotional abuse" of a former wife that was the reason she "feared for her personal safety.

Photo: Ben Curtis/Associated Press Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon ... when she said Hegseth drank so much at a restaurant in Minneapolis that the Uber driver had to pull over on Interstate 94 so he could throw up.

A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate in a late-hour complication to his confirmation. His lawyer denied her account.

That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a qualification to be secretary of Defense, but just as different cultures, goals and methods divide allies in a coalition, they also divide military branches.

Vice President Vance defended new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him a “disrupter” who will prove “incredibly necessary.” Vance joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday

The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation later this week.

Photo: Ben Curtis/Associated Press Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick ... drank so much at a restaurant in Minneapolis that the Uber driver had to pull over on Interstate 94 so he could ...

An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace.

For several blocks along University Avenue in University Heights, the city is installing roundabouts, medians and sidewalks.

The Air Force has reinstated training materials that reference the legendary Tuskegee Airmen following a brief suspension to align the courses with the Trump administration's rollback of diversity, equity,