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.

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

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 ...