The vice president cast the tie-breaking vote after McConnell voted no to Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as the new secretary of defense.

Pete Hegseth will be confirmed as the next secretary of defense, if he can maintain his current level of Senate support.

Grenell said NATO shouldn’t take on new members while its current members lag behind on their military spending commitments.

The troop deployment comes after Trump signed multiple executive orders to expand border security.

The Trump administration is working to set up talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin negotiations for a Ukraine cease-fire.

The former congressman pledged the Department of Veterans Affairs would ‘put the veteran first’ under his leadership.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget nominees will now go to a full Senate confirmation vote.

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 14–13 to advance Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary nomination for further consideration before the Senate.

Trump will attend events in the Washington area on Sunday, Jan. 19, while Biden spends his last full day as president in South Carolina.

Rubio described the Chinese regime as ’the most potent and dangerous, near-peer adversary' the United States has ever faced.