Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pence, the 48th vice president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 7, 1959 Birth place: Columbus, Indiana Birth name: Michael Richard Pence Father: Edward ...

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in ...

The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Here’s which earned the most bipartisan support.

Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval.

After all, Trump has promised both to abolish the Department of Education and that Washington will lead when it comes to ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.

Previously, the only vice president to break a tie on a Cabinet confirmation vote was Mike Pence in 2017 on Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education. Hegseth ‘will make a great Secretary of ...

The vice president has intervened to confirm a Cabinet nominee one other time, in 2017, when Mike Pence broke a tie to confirm Betsy DeVos as Trump’s first Education secretary. Every recent ...

Pete Hegseth takes over as secretary of defence as the Trump administration launches a crackdown on immigration - including mass deportations.

Donald Trump said that the 'important thing is winning' after hearing that it took a rare tiebreaker in the Senate to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation's Secretary of Defense.

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 secretary.

The only previous incident was in 2017, when Mike Pence, then-vice president under Donald Trump in his first term, cast the deciding vote for Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education. For his bid ...