On Friday, Pete Hegseth became the second person to be confirmed to a cabinet secretary post when Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote, ensuring he will be the next defense secretary. Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Collins also voted against him, along with Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky.

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany

"I thought I was done voting in the senate," JD Vance wrote as he had to do a senator's job for Hegseth again. Elon Musk reacted to JD Vance's statement with a 'tears of joy' smiley. JD Vance is no longer a senator as he resigned from the Ohio senator post after becoming the vice president but had to cast the vote to break the tie.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration.

Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska ... had ever broken a tie to confirm a Cabinet secretary until former Vice President Pence did so to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary Feb. 7, 2017.

A son of a Democratic political dynasty, Kennedy is seeking to become the nation's top health official under President Donald Trump.

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins ... In 2017, then-Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to confirm Betsy DeVos as Education secretary in Trump ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth’s nomination. It was just the second time in history that a vice president has broken a tie for a Cabinet nominee – the other being then-Vice President Mike Pence ...