and a litany of other indiscretions — has been confirmed as the United States Secretary of Defense. Hegseth, who promised senators he would stop drinking if given the keys to the Pentagon ...

saying he's "going to be a great secretary of defense." Before Vance cast the tie-breaker, he wrote, "I thought I was done ...

With their slim majority, Republicans could only afford to lose three GOP votes and still confirm the defense secretary with a tie-breaking vote by Vance. Hegseth had been engaged with senators as ...

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 ...

This is only the second time in modern history that the vice president has had to break a tie vote for a Cabinet ... Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense," the Maine senator said ...

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 ...

Donald Trump prevailed on Friday night as ex-Fox News host Pete Hegseth was confirmed as the new Secretary of Defense by a razor thin majority after Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote.

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany of ...

Trump’s shock pick for secretary of defense treats clothes like ... American flag roper hats, American flag bow ties and American flag T-shirts. In an Instagram video from May 2023, Mr. Hegseth ...

Pete Hegseth is the new secretary of defense thanks to a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance. The Senate confirmed Hegseth for the post Friday night, Fox News reported. Three Republicans ...