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

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The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to ...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk over his citizenship while attempting to defend the U.S.

To rightwing church movement he follows, Pete Hegseth's nomination is an answered prayer amid push for Christian influence in government and military.

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) cited rising global threats as a reason for voting against confirming Pete Hegseth ... of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health ...

A blizzard of regulations; a power grab over federal funds; and the hollowing out of our nation’s public workforce. It’s just ...

Hegseth would not say whether Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown would be exempt from the “warrior boards” he seeks to institute to review and possibly fire senior officers he ...