The former Fox News host and military veteran was confirmed after a 50-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday to become the next U.S. defense secretary, a major victory for President ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back ...

Hegseth received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2003, where he also participated in the Army ROTC and published a campus publication titled The Princeton Tory. Hegseth later attended the ...

Murkowski is a moderate with a history of bucking her party and Trump when she has felt it was the right thing to do.

Noem is set to lead the Department of Homeland Security, which will oversee many of Trump's border and immigraiton changes.

U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski was alone in stridently opposing Trump’s blanket pardon for Jan. 6 defendants, and his order to ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a ...

Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary ...