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.

Hegseth worries that the military’s “warrior culture” has been diluted by DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) preoccupations that have seeped in from portions of the civil ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete ... him. Hegseth showed up in person for the vote, which is unusual. McConnell said in a statement that leading the United States Armed Forces ...

(photo credit: ROY ROCHLIN/GETTY IMAGES) After being sworn in as the United States Defense ... nominee Pete Hegseth speaks with the media as he departs a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington ...

Pete Hegseth ... “Mr. Hegseth provided no substantial observations on how to defend Taiwan or the Philippines against a Chinese attack, or even whether he believes the United States should ...

After a few GOP senators, including McConnell, voted against Hegseth for defense secretary, the Senate narrowly voted to confirm him.

Mitch McConnell was one of three Republicans voting against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth on Friday to ... said in a statement that leading the United States Armed Forces is "a massive and ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald ... Anyone in the Senate who confirms Hegseth is either a coward or a traitor to the United States. Kathie Molyneaux ...

Pete Hegseth — a former Fox News ... and a litany of other indiscretions — has been confirmed as the United States Secretary of Defense. Hegseth, who promised senators he would stop drinking ...

As the dust settles on the fight over Pete Hegseth's nomination, his confirmation is emblematic of a larger truth about the state of Republican politics.

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran ... Secretary of Defense.” REUTERS “The United States faces the most dangerous security environment since World War II,”said Wicker ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary ... "I want to thank the President of the United States, our commander-in-chief, Donald Trump. We could not have a better commander-in-chief than ...