Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be defense secretary, on Friday morning received a vote of confidence from Trump, who said he's winning more support than media reports indicate. "Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the ...
The meeting with Collins was closely watched as she is seen as more likely than most of her Republican Senate colleagues to vote against some of Trump’s Cabinet picks. She and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow moderate Republican, did not shy from opposing T...
The nomination of Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, advanced in a procedural vote Thursday afternoon, 51-49. Both Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted "no" in a procedural vote on Hegseth's confirmation Thursday. Murkowski of Alaska said Thurs...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation later this week. The tally was...
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While the GOPflipped the upper chamberin last month’s election, it will have just a one-person majority in the committee. This means that if any Republican were to vote against Hegseth, it could complicate the chance of his nomination advancing to a full floor vote. ...
Trump was quick to offer support to his nominee after the vote was final. “Congratulations to Pete Hegseth. He will make a great Secretary of Defense!” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social. Hegseth, a former Fox News host, faced an uphill battle after Trump tapped him to lead the Defense...
Pete Hegseth: Trump nominee gets vote of confidence… from his mother Phoebe Davis Reporter “People need to listen to him, get to know him – not the Pete from seven years ago,” the mother of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defence secretary pick, said in an appearance on Wednesday o...
Hegseth, a military veteran and former television anchor tapped to serve as defense secretary, concluded his first week of meetings on Capitol Hill earlier Thursday as he seeks to shore up support with key senators who will vote on his confirmation. As somecontinue to hold out supportamid a se...
Ad Feedback He told reporters on Wednesday after meeting with incoming GOP Senate leader John Thune, “We’re not going anywhere.” However, a number of GOP senators were not yet ready to say whether they would vote to confirm Hegseth. Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a combat veteran whom colleagues...