5 days ago · Pete Hegseth eked out a victory Friday night when Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote to deliver him enough votes in the Senate to become the next secretary of defense.. Why It ...

1 day ago · J.D. Vance used Mitch McConnell’s tactics to give Trump victory in Hegseth vote | Opinion By positioning his loyalties for his party and boss over the good of the country, J.D. Vance mirrored ...

5 days ago · The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration. Vice President JD Vance ...

5 days ago · Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and former Fox News host who promised to "return the Pentagon to the warfighters," was confirmed as President Trump's defense secretary in a ...

5 days ago · The 44-year-old Hegseth was confirmed after a 50-50 vote in the Senate, when Vice-President J.D. Vance came to the chamber to break the tie, after three Republicans — Mitch McConnell, along with ...

4 days ago · “Pete is a disrupter” said Vice President JD Vance in explaining why he is pleased that Pete Hegseth is now the nation’s secretary of Defense. Speaking in an interview for Sunday’s edition ...

4 days ago · WASHINGTON — Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense, after he was confirmed late Friday by the U.S. Senate by the narrowest of margins. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie after three Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — parted ways with the ...

That being said: J.D. Vance stepped up, Pete Hegseth will be our next defense secretary, and all is right with the world for one night. And as for the closeness of the vote, one hopes what we saw ...

6 days ago · Vice President JD Vance swore in Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense after he broke the tie in the Senate vote and confirmed Hegseth by 51-50. Photo: Ron Sachs/Press Pool WASHINGTON—Pete ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...