Senate Democrats on Tuesday evening blocked the swift confirmation of John Ratcliffe, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee ...

The Senate voted to confirm Trump’s choice for secretary of State, and key committees advanced his nominations for defense ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are ...

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed ...

In his January 14 confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth, United States President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defence secretary ...

The former Fox News host will be forced to comment publicly on several controversies in detail for the first time as he ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, saw little resistance from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

Senate Republicans are kicking off their race to quickly confirm President Trump’s Cabinet nominees, and they’re starting ...

It is the first serious test of Donald Trump’s newly invigorated strongman model of governance and of whether he can continue ...

During the confirmation hearing, Hegseth said if confirmed as defense secretary, he would follow the law. When King asked, "Are you OK with waterboarding?" Hegseth said, "Senator, the law of the land ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was ... Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), a former CIA officer and high-ranking Pentagon official, pushed Hegseth on Trump’s calls to use the military ...

WASHINGTON − Pete Hegseth emerged mostly unscathed by withering ... State and Transportation departments, as well as the CIA, and the important White House Office of Management and Budget.