Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under close scrutiny as Republican ... Hegseth confirmed after three Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Mitch McConnell ...

Independent Angus King and Republican Susan Collins repeatedly pressed the nominee to head the National Counterterrorism ...

The 44-year-old scraped the US military's top job, only getting in on the vice president's 51-50 tie-breaking vote in Senate.