This post has been updated with statements from Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Jack Reed. The Senate on Friday confirmed Pete ...

Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins sided with Democrats ... which Reed and committee chair, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., reviewed. There were several tense moments during Reed and other ...

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voting ... Still, Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who has guided Hegseth through the process, declared after the vote ...

Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska ... the consequences of failure are as high as they have ever been." Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Armed Services Committee, which oversaw Hegseth's nomination ...

Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska ... Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) hinted before the vote that there might be some late-night drama. Asked if ...