The Senate’s 50-50 vote for Pete Hegseth marked the second time in history that a vice president was called upon to break the ...

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping ...

The 44-year-old former Fox News host is set to begin the job as the least experienced defense secretary in modern history.

As Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell engineered many of the wins of Donald Trump’s first term, but he was right Friday ...

Pete Hegseth has been confirmed as the United States defence secretary, with Vice President JD Vance casting the vote to ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell wasted no time criticizing President Donald Trump's nominee for Department of ...

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

Former Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell on Friday night criticized President Donald Trump's nominee for Department ...

It was a major victory for Trump after receiving some fierce opposition to his controversial nominee. Read more at ...

"I think it's the president's choice. That's our system," the retired four-star general said ahead of Friday's Senate vote.

Mitch McConnell said he doesn't think Pete Hegseth has passed the test proving he is capable of helping the military stand up ...

In a phone interview with The New Yorker in December, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat and a member of the Senate Armed ...