You're hired! Here's who passed Congress' Trump cabinet test and how stormy their hearings were
As of Wednesday, 11 of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees have been successfully confirmed to their posts. While some, ...
JD Vance Secures Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary with Tie-Breaking Vote
Vice President JD Vance was forced to step in after Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell broke ranks and voted against Hegseth.
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‘I Didn’t Invite Him’: Trump Asked About Adam Schiff Traveling With Him to Survey LA Fire Damage
"Mr President, why did you invite Adam Schiff on your trip if you called him scum?" an off-camera reporter then asked.
Recap: Senate confirms Hegseth as Defense secretary; Trump tours fire damage in LA
Donald Trump scored a big win in Washington and visited North Carolina, California and Nevada on first trip since beginning ...
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Hegseth clears procedural vote for defense secretary despite losing Collins and Murkowski
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 ...
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Pete Hegseth moves a step closer to being Trump's Defense secretary, despite allegations
WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, moved an important step closer on Thursday to Senate confirmation despite an 8-year-old rape allegation and ...
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Hegseth’s ex-wife gives new statement to FBI amid scrutiny over his nomination
Pete Hegseth’s ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee’s alcohol use, according to two sources familiar with the matter, an issue that has become a source of ...
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Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate
Two Republicans are opposed to Hegseth. NBC Universal, Inc. The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination to be President Donald Trump's defense secretary, putting him on a ...
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Trump ‘Doesn’t Give a Rat’s Ass’: Senator Flames President Over Pardons
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) put President Donald Trump on blast Wednesday night, two days after Trump pardoned about 1,500 people connected to the Capitol riot. Some of them were individuals who ...
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Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary, despite allegations against him
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from ...
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Pete Hegseth's ex-wife 'feared for her personal safety,' his former sister-in-law says in affidavit
Danielle Hegseth provided the affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee. In a sworn affidavit obtained by Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the former sister-in-law of ...
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Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges abuse of second wife in affidavit to Senate
WASHINGTON — Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive ...