McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what would have been a tie had Vice President JD Vance not broken it, in his first such vote as President of the Senate.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott stood by President Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth in a nail biter Friday night on the Senate floor.

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday ... million people with a budget of $850 billion,” Hegseth told Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). “What I do know is that I’ve led men and women.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is getting to enjoy his honeymoon phase for a little while longer. Anti-establishment conservatives who fought his rise to leader remain satisfied with Thune’s

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center, and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the ranking member, right, during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense ...

Now even a few of Trump’s Republican congressional allies are “stunned and disgusted” over his second-term Cabinet picks, with RFK Jr., and Pete Hegseth ... Who: Scott Bessent, 62, is ...

Pete Hegseth has lived in the public eye for years. As a well-known television personality and political commentator, he has drawn significant interest in his personal life. In late 2024 ...

Pete Hegseth is accustomed to life in the public eye, but lately, he has faced criticism over his past. In late 2024, The New York Times published an old email from Hegseth’s mother, Penelope ...

The vote came amid concerns about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and abusive behavior toward women.

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 John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard ...