Two commanders in charge of enhanced military operations along the U.S.-Mexico border were unable Wednesday to give senators ...

Republican senators are warning that two of President Trump’s nominees for national security positions who have championed ...

The U.S. Senate Armed Services subcommittee that oversees the entire U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army has a new chairman, Sen. Kevin Cramer. The role gives Cramer direct nexus to North Dakota’s Air ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

WASHINGTON – Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was one of three Republicans voting against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth on Friday to be secretary of Defense, though his appointment was approved ...

Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law gave an affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee accusing him of being “abusive” toward his second ex-wife, according to a copy of the affidavit ...

Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker and the ranking Democratic member Jack Reed were briefed on Samantha Hegseth’s statement, which has not been previously reported, on January 16 ...

The affidavit, which was sent in response to a request by Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, was first reported by NBC News. It’s the latest in a string of ...

Democrats laid into him about these concerns and other issues at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week. But Republicans, including Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa who had previously been ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday favorably reported, 14-13, the nomination of Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Defense Department, on a party-line vote that ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Monday along party lines to send Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be defense secretary to the Senate floor as President Donald Trump tries to ...