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

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the ...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee late Monday afternoon approved Marco Rubio’s nomination to serve as secretary of state ...

Surprise third Republican Mitch McConnell opposed Hegseth’s confirmation after a series of revelations about his personal ...

Trump in his first term ran through four Defense Department heads, including the highly regarded Gen. James Mattis, who quit in protest, and Mark Esper, who was fired. If there is any solace in the ...

In December 2018, General James Mattis resigned from his post as Secretary of Defense. While his resignation letter did not explain a precise reason, the accepted ...

Johnstown native Richard Verma has served as one of the State Department's top diplomats and its chief operating officer, ...

“The Koch crowd,” David Wurmser, a pro-Israel foreign policy expert who served as a Middle East advisor to former Vice ...

Surprise third Republican Mitch McConnell opposed Hegseth’s confirmation after a series of revelations about his personal ...

In an exclusive interview with the Providence Journal, Sen. Jack Reed says Pete Hegseth’s confirmation threatens national ...

Trump’s first pick in his previous term in office, James Mattis, saw a 98-1 vote. Hegseth’s confirmation was the narrowest vote in chamber history for a defense secretary nominee, and only the ...