Senate nears final vote on Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, with some uncertainty
The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s ...
Senate prepares to vote on Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary
Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation vote is scheduled for 9 p.m. Friday. In the hours beforehand, it remained unclear if he ...
Senate is preparing to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary in late evening vote
The Republican-led Senate is determined to install Hegseth and round out President Trump's top national security Cabinet ...
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary, despite allegations against him
Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, broke ranks and voted against nominating ...
Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
Statements from Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine set the stage for a close vote on Friday.
Hegseth Could Be Confirmed With Smallest Margin of Any Defense Secretary
For the last 50 years, almost every nominee to lead the Pentagon has been a consensus pick who drew lopsided margins of ...
Hegseth's defense secretary nomination heads for Senate confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate is poised to narrowly confirm Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary following a close 51-49 Thursday ...
Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of State, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet
The Senate has unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of State; he will be the first Latino to serve as the nation's ...
Defense Department pauses all social media posts pending review by incoming secretary
In the future, all social media posts from the Department of Defense will reflect an emphasis solely on "warfighting and lethality" under President Donald Trump, Fox News has learned.
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Secretary of defense must perform a ‘delicate dance’ between the president, Congress and the public
The Conversation U.S. asked Evelyn Farkas, a longtime Defense Department leader who is now executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, to explain what the secretary of ...