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

John Thune (R-S.D.), the newly appointed Senate ... work cut out for him to get a good strong vote,” he warned. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) bluntly told reporters that she didn’t view ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is getting to enjoy his honeymoon phase for a little while longer. Anti-establishment conservatives who fought his rise to leader remain satisfied with Thune’s ...

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is new to the Senate — but is already seen as a decisive swing vote for Majority Leader John Thune ...

In a dramatic late-night session, the Senate is voting on the nomination of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary who vows to ...

A defining duo of the first Donald Trump administration is back. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were at the center of Trump’s many previous battles with his own ...

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Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

But their votes are private? We don't actually know who voted for John Thune. We can guess. We can piece it together. We know some of his allies. I like Markwayne Mullen. I think he's a good man ...

John Thune, R-S.D. at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) I urge our Alaska senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, to not confirm the nomination of ...