Pete Hegseth and other appointees of President-elect Donald Trump headed to the Senate this week for hearings. In particular Hegseth – tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Defense – faced scrutiny.

The executive orders mirror recommendations in Project 2025, a policy blueprint issued last year by the Heritage Foundation think tank.

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

The Department of Defense ... The order came with President Donald Trump's approval from the White House and will remain in place until his pick for defense secretary is confirmed and directs ...

FILE - Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ... the standards of the Secretary of Defense?” Peters asked. Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth also asked that, saying ...

Pennsylvania's junior senator must show he is willing to put the Constitution first. His vote for Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense bodes ill.

The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.

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Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only two Republicans who voted against Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in a procedural vote Thursday ...

Brooke Rollins, a native of Texas, is Trump's choice to head up the U.S. Department of Agriculture ... she will not support President Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth.

WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon ... lower the standards so he can do the job," Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-IL., told USA TODAY.