(CNN) — The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration. (CNN) — The ...

It was only the second time in history a cabinet nominee needed a tie-break to be confirmed. The first was also a Trump nominee, Betsy DeVos, who became secretary of education in 2017. The three ...

President Donald Trump is in the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power. President Donald ...

President Donald Trump is in the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power.

Only once before has the vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nominee — during Trump's first term, when Vice President Mike Pence cast the vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence was the first to do so in 2017 during Trump’s first term when he confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Pence broke two additional ties in 2018 ...

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Betsy Jean (Mathison) Banta, 73, of Mt. Pleasant passed into eternity with her Savior and Lord on Tuesday January 14, 2025. Betsy was born on September 11, 1951, in Traverse City, to Frank E. and ...

philanthropist and school choice champion Betsy DeVos. Here’s what she had to say. Rick: What’s the biggest challenge that confronts a secretary of education on day one? DeVos: I think each ...

Biden had promised to appoint a secretary with teaching experience as a foil to Trump’s first education secretary, pro-school-choice philanthropist Betsy DeVos. Early in his tenure, Cardona ...