I am surprised they did not wait until" a White House budget director was confirmed, Sen. Susan Colllins said.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins voted Thursday against advancing President Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, who has ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday ...

Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine ... as an enemy of government,” she said in her first speech on the Senate floor in 1997. “But as one committed to improving it.” ...

A defining duo of the first Donald Trump administration is back.

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Gabbard is set to face the Senate Intelligence Committee in open and closed sessions on Thursday. Typically, aside from certain public hearings, the panel deliberates and votes in private. That ...

Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, opposed Hegseth ... and perspective necessary to succeed in the job." In a floor speech on Thursday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker ...

Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska ... Collins, meanwhile, didn’t tip her hand even as she walked on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon. She voted against advancing Hegseth ...

Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead on Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, and a new report detailing ...

Washington — The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth ... Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Murkowski said Thursday she was unable to support Hegseth's nomination ...