Still, Waltz’s nomination to represent the U.S. at the U.N. will likely attract support from establishment Republicans in the Senate who weren’t on board with Hegseth in the Pentagon ...

Approving his nomination demanded a heavy investment from Republican leadership in the Senate, further discouraging open criticism. Hegseth’s first scandal came last month when he shared ...

The Senate Armed Services panel has 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats, so Hegseth can only lose a single Republican, if all Democrats oppose him, for the nomination to be voted favorably out of ...

whose nomination likely would have failed in the Senate without Trump’s strong support. Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote to confirm Hegseth in January. Three Republicans opposed ...

Cramer, a Senate Armed Services Committee member, argued Wednesday that while Hegseth has done his part in shaking up the Pentagon, he probably underestimated how difficult doing so would be ...

Hegseth did not create that chat, and Goldberg reported that he'd been included by mistake. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed at the Jan. 14 Senate confirmation hearing on the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be ...