Vance had not been on the senate floor during the vote. It wasn't until three GOP senators voted against Hegseth's nomination ...

Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday to become the next U.S. defence secretary, a major victory for President ...

Pete Hegseth, a prominent conservative commentator and former Army National Guard officer, was confirmed as secretary of ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie after ... In 2017, then-Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote for Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Hegseth, 44, has ...

Editor’s note: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos resigned from her post effective Jan. 8, 2021, saying there was “no mistaking” the impact that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric had ...

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin said Hegseth has failed to position himself as someone who can be trusted to develop a ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast his first tie-breaking vote on Friday night to help the Senate confirm Pete Hegseth as defense ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie after three Republican senators opposed Trump’s ...