WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services ... and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense,” Ernst said in a statement. “As I serve on the Armed Services Committee,” she said, “I ...

McConnell said in a statement that leading the United States Armed Forces is ... law – in signed testimony shared with the Senate Armed Services Committee – claimed Hegseth flew into drunken ...

The GOP-controlled Senate ... my job as a United States senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense,” said Ernst, a member of the Armed Services Committee.

Maine, breaks with party to vote against Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary. Can he still get confirmed?

Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense secretary late Friday by the U.S. Senate after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie as Senate president.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

Vance arrived to break the 50-50 tie, highly unusual for Cabinet nominees and particularly defense secretaries, who typically win wider bipartisan support.

A Senate panel voted along party lines to approve Pete Hegseth's nomination to be the next defense secretary, moving his nomination along to a full Senate vote.

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday advanced Pete Hegseth’s bid to become President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, sending his nomination to the Senate floor for a vote later this week.

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 tie to confirm a Cabinet official.