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As you can see in the charts below, some of Trump's nominees have career paths that would be familiar in any presidential term. For example, Trump's pick for secretary of state, former Sen. Marco ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth narrowly secured his nomination to President Donald Trump 's cabinet, nudged into the role by the tiebreaking vote of Vice President JD Vance after a handful of ...

The defense secretary's media background has played a significant role as the department reels from the Army-involved crash ...

The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to ...

Washington — Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to lead the Defense Department, told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2017 ...

Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine advocate, at Health and Human Services. “Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer?” said Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate ...

WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald ... Warren, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had asked Hegseth a series of questions in advance of his confirmation hearing.

Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's controversial nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ... defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who Cassidy said last ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald ... Kennedy, Jr., for Health and Human Services, Kash Patel at the FBI and Tulsi Gabbard for Director ...

Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host ... Next week, Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will face two Senate committee hearings in ...