Rubio is among the least controversial of Trump’s nominees and a vote on the Florida Republican was set for early evening.

Senate Democrats are returning to the confirmation wars of 2017 as they attempt to find their footing in a new Republican majority. Democrats are dragging out the confirmation process for ...

Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined ...

Action on others, including former combat veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary ... of American foreign policy,” Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the senior-most Republican ...

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 ...

The vote broke the Senate filibuster and sets up a final confirmation vote, which will likely take place Friday. Democrat John Fetterman voted against advancing Hegseth for secretary of defense.

Moving beyond the attack on the Capitol has become a central approach for congressional Republicans who have enthusiastically ...