Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

On Friday, Pete Hegseth became the second person to be confirmed to a cabinet secretary post when Vice President JD Vance ...

Mitch McConnell’s Unburdened Era has begun ... (The other, of course, was Mike Pence to get Betsy DeVos across the line as ...

Mitch McConnell’s Unburdened Era has begun ... (The other, of course, was Mike Pence to get Betsy DeVos across the line as Education Secretary.) A single Republican Senator voting against ...

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

Senator Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky ... (The other, of course, was Mike Pence to get Betsy DeVos across the line as Education Secretary.) A single Republican Senator voting ...

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

Thanks to the tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance, Pete Hegseth was confirmed as the Trump Administration’s ...

Vice President JD Vance cast the 51-50 tie-breaking vote after former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP ... then-Vice President Mike Pence for Betsy DeVos’ 2017 confirmation to lead the ...

Three GOP senators — Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ... when then-Vice President Mike Pence cast the 51st vote for Betsy DeVos to become secretary of Education.