Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate
Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in several controversies. Two Republicans oppose him.
GOP Sen Who Backed Biden Nominees Becomes First Republican To Oppose Pete Hegseth
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski — who broke with her party on numerous occasions to support former President Joe Biden’s
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary, despite allegations
A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.
Murkowski becomes first GOP senator against Hegseth: ‘I believe character is the defining trait’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced “she cannot in good conscience” support Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Defense Secretary on Thursday, making her the first Republican senator to announce opposition to his nomination.
Hegseth Nomination Advances Despite GOP's Murkowski, Collins Breaking Ranks
The Alaska Republican plans to vote against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski Announces She’ll Vote NO on Pete Hegseth for Defense: ‘Significant Concerns That I Cannot Overlook’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced Thursday that she would vote against confirming Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense.
Moderate Republican Murkowski won't back Trump pick Hegseth for defense secretary
The behaviors that he has admitted to alone, she said, show "a lack of judgment that is unbecoming of someone who would lead our armed forces." While Hegseth has admitted to past
Lisa Murkowski becomes first Republican to oppose Pete Hegseth’s Secretary of Defense nomination
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the first Republican to come out against Pete Hegseth ’s nomination to become the Secretary of Defense.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski won't support Hegseth to lead Pentagon, becoming the first Republican to oppose a Trump Cabinet pick
Sen. Lisa Murkowski won't support Hegseth to lead Pentagon, becoming the first Republican to oppose a Trump Cabinet pick.
Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
Statements from Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine set the stage for a close vote on Friday.
2 Republicans break ranks to oppose Hegseth nomination. Manu Raju explains why
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) broke ranks with Republicans and opposed President Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during a Senate procedural vote that narrowly advanced the nomination to a confirmation vote.
Collins and Murkowski reemerge as Trump foils
A defining duo of the first Donald Trump administration is back.
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Murkowski rejects Trump's Pentagon pick
Pete Hegseth is on track to be secretary of defense, despite Murkowski's opposition. He has denied multiple allegations of ...
Hegseth clears procedural vote for defense secretary
Both Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted "no" in a procedural vote on Hegseth's confirmation Thursday.
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'Misguided': Alaska Native Orgs, Senator Lisa Murkowski Decry Trump’s Denali Move
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, Mount McKinley.
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US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...
Murkowski, Cassidy criticize Jan. 6 pardons for people who assaulted police
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s decision to pardon or ...