Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are moving ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately told President-elect Donald Trump that he believes Pete Hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense, according to three sources.

N.C.) cast the fateful 50th “yes” vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary ... Tillis told Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.), who was less than a month into his new ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up plans to cut 8 percent from the defense budget over each of the next five years, officials said ...

Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, ...

NC Senator Thom Tillis changed his vote for Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense from a firm 'no' to a 'yes' due to pressure ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects former Senate GOP ... McConnell also voted against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, whom Trump nominated to lead the Pentagon and the nation’s ...