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 ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Hegseth if he'd be willing to submit to an expanded background check with interviews of former colleagues, ex-wives, "sexual assault survivors and others." ...

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV ... with the situation who insisted on anonymity to discuss it. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked Hegseth if he'd be willing to submit to an ...