McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what ...

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense ...

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in several controversies. Two ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott stood by President Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth in a nail biter Friday night on the Senate floor.

Several GOP lawmakers are standing behind Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in light of new ... together a team," said Republican Sen. Rick Scott. Meanwhile, Democratic Sen.

Excerpted from Fox News's Aubrie Spady. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., praised Pete Hegseth in his confirmation process to be the next secretary of defense, with the senator claiming Hegseth will be ...

President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is pushing back ... being obstructionists," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told reporters. "They're just trying to make sure Trump ...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate on Friday night confirmed Pete ... the Hegseth vote, the Senate will next ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday ... million people with a budget of $850 billion,” Hegseth told Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). “What I do know is that I’ve led men and women.

Hegseth is the fighter we need and the right ... and I’ll do everything I can to support their mission. Republican Rick Scott represents Florida in the United States Senate, is a member of ...

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.