McConnell's vote of conscience against Pete Hegseth, following decades of obstruction, was rendered meaningless after J.D.

J.D. Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense despite the controversies surrounding his nomination.

Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday ... confirmed after a 50-50 vote in the Senate, when Vice-President J.D. Vance came to the chamber to break the tie, after three Republicans ...

Friday night’s razor-thin vote on Capitol Hill to confirm Trump’s controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth ... Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Vance — who was reviled by Democrats ...

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan ... Betsy Devos by offering the final vote in 2017. Hegseth thanked Trump for his “confidence,” Vance for casting the tie-breaking vote and the 50 ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be secretary of ... forcing Vice President J.D. Vance to cast the tiebreaking vote. He was then confirmed 51-50. It was only the second time ever that a vice ...

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell also voted no, forcing Vance to ... the Senate: "I'd like my Senate colleagues, people who are seriously considering voting to confirm Pete Hegseth, to think ...

“Pete is a very, very good man.” Hegseth was confirmed in a 50-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie. Every Senate Democrat and only three Republicans — Sens. Lisa ...

Vice President J.D. Vance needed to place a tie-breaking vote ... reported that the settlement payment amounted to $50,000. Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pick for Defense Secretary, Paid $50K to Quiet ...