Donald Trump’s controversial nominee could soon be confirmed by Republicans to lead the Department of Defense.

The Department of Defense ... who lost both legs in Iraq, Duckworth voted to confirm both Mark Esper and James Mattis, Trump’s nominees for Secretary of Defense in his first term.

The Department ... clueless,” Duckworth assesses bluntly to Rolling Stone. A woman and a combat veteran who lost both legs in Iraq, Duckworth voted to confirm both Mark Esper and James Mattis, Trump’s ...

The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open ...

A bishop asked Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBT people and immigrants - he later called her 'nasty' and a 'Trump hater' ...

FILE - Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ... the standards of the Secretary of Defense?” Peters asked. Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth also asked that, saying ...

Tammy Duckworth’s performance at Tuesday’s confirmation hearing of Defense Secretary nominee ... With the inauguration of Donald Trump approaching, here are some numbers to consider and ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization ...

Pete Hegseth’s inexperience could put troops’ lives in danger, warned the combat veteran who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Donald Trump did not nominate Pete Hegseth as defence secretary for his knowledge of global affairs, but the lapse highlights ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday his picks for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, and multiple deputy assistants to the president in the Office of Legislative ...