Pete Hegseth, New Defense Secretary, Outlines Pentagon’s Priorities
After being sworn-in by Vice President JD Vance, the Pentagon’s new leader addressed the Defense Department’s three million employees.
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Who Are the Three Republican Senators Who Voted Against Pete Hegseth?
Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. To Capitol insiders, their decisions weren’t surprising.
U.S. Military Planes Carrying Migrants Land in Guatemala
The Department of Defense said this week that it would provide planes for deportation flights.
Hegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary to Need Tiebreaker Vote, After DeVos
In 2017, Betsy DeVos barely survived her confirmation vote to become President Trump’s secretary of education.
Senate to Vote on Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation, With Outcome Uncertain
With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more. If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that post in modern times.
Hegseth Could Be Confirmed With Smallest Margin of Any Defense Secretary
For the last 50 years, almost every nominee to lead the Pentagon has been a consensus pick who drew lopsided margins of support in the Senate. Pete Hegseth’s nomination has been a notable exception.
Hegseth Paid Woman Who Accused Him of Rape $50,000, Senator Says
The settlement’s existence after a 2017 accusation had been documented before the defense secretary nominee’s confirmation hearing this month, but the amount had not been known publicly.
Prosecution Seeks Pause in 9/11 Case Until Trump Administration Is in Place
The new administration does not yet have a confirmed defense secretary, attorney general or solicitor general in place.
Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars
The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s early actions.
Hegseth’s Nomination Faces Test Vote
The vote may indicate whether fresh allegations about his personal conduct that surfaced this week are enough to stop his confirmation.