Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary ...

An Illinois legislator called U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s behavior during the Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday “embarrassing.” Duckworth, a disabled veteran, yelled as she tried to force Secretary ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and ...

The news of the payment amount comes the same day the Senate advanced Hegseth’s nomination along a party-line vote.

Both of Illinois' Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted against Hegseth's confirmation, calling him ...

Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit from a former sister-in-law ...

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense ...

The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, ...

During the confirmation hearing, Hegseth did not directly address the ... standards of the Secretary of Defense?” Peters asked. Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth also asked that, saying ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense ... “None of those three countries are in ASEAN,” responded ...

There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third ...