Maine's Republican senator plans to question both during separate hearings scheduled for Thursday morning, and she is seen as a possible swing vote.

The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to become the country’s next defense secretary.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

Maine, breaks with party to vote against Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary. Can he still get confirmed?

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

Several of these senators, including Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, previously voted to confirm Biden’s DNI Avril Haines who ...

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

Donald Trump scored a big win in Washington and visited North Carolina, California and Nevada on first trip since beginning his second term.

President Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will testify in two Senate hearings starting Wednesday.

Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Friday night after three Republicans—former GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa ...

Republican Senators Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, Susan Collins from Maine, and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska voted against Hegseth. All Democratic senators voted no. The confirmation was only the ...

Three Republican senators – Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – all voted against Hegseth's confirmation, but Vance broke a tie in the Senate in ...