President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department sat for a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday after hearings for Veterans’ Affairs Secretary nominee Doug Collins and Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum were postponed.
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Pete Hegseth Is a Test
It is the first serious test of Donald Trump’s newly invigorated strongman model of governance and of whether he can continue to bend the Republican Party to his will even as Hegseth breaks procedural precedents,
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, underwent his Senate confirmation hearings on Tuesday, where senators scrutinized his fitness for the role due to his past as a combat veteran and TV host.
Dem. Sen. Mazie Hirono was ripped on social media for her opening question in Doug Burgum's confirmation hearing, asking him if he has committed sexual assault.
Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth, face headwinds.
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.
Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.
Energy committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee postponed Burgum's hearing, saying his paperwork was unnecessarily delayed.
The Senate battle to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks will begin in earnest on Tuesday, as his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, meets the
Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces a Senate hearing Tuesday while hearings slated for other nominees have been postponed.
The confirmation hearing for presumptive Interior nominee Doug Burgum has been delayed by two days after Democratic pushback over missing paperwork. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike