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That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a qualification to be secretary of Defense, but just as different cultures, goals and methods divide allies in a coalition, they also divide military branches.

Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. To Capitol insiders, their decisions weren’t surprising.

WASHINGTON — Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary ... Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration. President Donald Trump came to Las Vegas on ...

Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member of Trump’s national security team on a 59-34 vote.

A flurry of military-focused executive orders from the White House on Monday meant newly-confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day on the job would be anything but leisurely.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay, distracting from spiral

JD Vance knocked the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops after the group criticized some of Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production.