Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismissals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual ...

Ahead of his retirement announcement, Sen. Mitch McConnell voted against confirming a few Trump Cabinet picks. Here's what to ...

Before Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he worked with accusers to make the case ...

Since his inauguration, the U.S. Senate has confirmed 16 high profile members of President Donald Trump's second ...

Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes ...

of Alaska, weren’t enough to stop Hegseth’s confirmation. But plenty of Republicans are big mad. On Monday, the Boone County Republican Party voted to censure McConnell for his vote.

Vice President JD Vance swore in Pete ... Pete Hegseth was assured by Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) that her sworn statement would carry weight in last week’s vote and could persuade Republican ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... Republican has the luxury of being able to separate themself from politics so fully. Sure, it wasn’t entirely easy for Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska ...

Kyle Peterson: The Senate votes narrowly with a vice presidential tiebreaker to approve Pete Hegseth ... Three Republican senators voting no on Hegseth, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Maine's Susan ...

“Well, look, I think Pete ... Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.) all voted “no” on Hegseth, forcing Vance to step in and break the tie. The Republican ...

After a few GOP senators, including McConnell, voted against Hegseth for defense secretary, the Senate narrowly voted to confirm him.

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on ... Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, Susan Collins, of Maine, and Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, the former Republican Senate leader who ...