McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what ...

President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is pushing back ... being obstructionists," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told reporters. "They're just trying to make sure Trump ...

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott stood by President Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth in a nail biter Friday night on the Senate floor.

Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth recently survived a Senate procedural vote enabling him to be considered for the ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

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

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

The Senate is set for a late-night vote on Friday to confirm Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead ... “I think Barack Obama had 12 done and we have two,” Sen. Rick Scott of Florida told The ...

President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is pushing back on a last-minute affidavit from his former sister-in-law with new allegations. Hegseth's lawyer, Timothy C.