Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said she questioned President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen.

The meeting with Collins was closely watched as she is seen as more likely than most of her Republican Senate colleagues to ...

Pete Hegseth's confirmation fight for Defense Secretary could resemble the battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination in 2018.

During a discussion that lasted well over an hour, Collins turned up the heat on Trump's pick to lead the Department of ...

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine met with Pete Hegseth on Wednesday and said she pressed President-elect Trump's choice to be the next Pentagon chief about allegations of mistreating women and heavy ...

Hegseth is President-elect Donald Trump's controversial nominee to lead the Defense Department. He's been accused of ...

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has more on President-elect Donald Trump's nominees from a busy Capitol Hill on 'Special Report.' ...

Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as lawmakers who view Hegseth’s nomination very skeptically. “I don’t know that there’s a real clear path ...

Correction: President-elect Trump announced his nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary on Nov. 12. A previous version of this article contained incorrect information. Pete Hegseth ...

Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. The centrist Alaska and Maine senators were among the handful thought to have been unmovable against Gaetz. Hegseth, in comments on Fox News, derided them both as ...