Anti-establishment conservatives who opposed Thune for leader are satisfied but cautiously optimistic, as Trump turns up the ...

Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is getting to enjoy his ... Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to ultra-conservatives such as Hawley, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), and Sen.

With votes expected late evening, the Republican-led Senate is determined to install Hegseth, a former Fox News host and combat veteran, and round out President Donald Trump's top national security ...

Susan Collins of Maine ... But Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Hegseth, as a veteran of the Army National Guard who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, “will bring a warrior’s ...

The Senate voted 51-50 making Hegseth, 44, the leader of the nation’s armed forces, with three Republicans — Susan Collins of ... Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) declared in a floor ...