Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will huddle Monday amid a standoff over Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Only one top Senate Democrat has read Hegseth's FBI background check since it was given to Congress last week.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blasted Pete Hegseth as one of the "worse nominees" in President Donald Trump's proposed White House cabinet. The post ‘One of the Very Worst Nominees!’ Chuck Schumer Goes OFF on Pete Hegseth in Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop Trump’s SecDef Pick first appeared on Mediaite.

Senate Democrats plan to question nominees on their loyalty to implementing President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda during confirmation hearings in the coming weeks, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.

Dave McCormick's vote helped Hegseth overcome three GOP defections for be confirmed as secretary of defense. Democrat John Fetterman voted no.

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration.

I watched Sen. Chuck Schumer on television planting the seed in people’s minds that Pete Hegseth, who is nominated for secretary of defense, is an unsavory character. Hegseth is a

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is meeting with ... hearing for controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth — just hours before its set to take place.

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination.

N.Y., said he supports Democrat efforts to slow down the confirmation of President Trump's Cabinet, including for key national security roles.

Jeff Naft is now communications director for the Senate Banking Committee. He most recently was communications director for the House Intelligence Committee and is an alum of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.).

The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, brushing aside a litany of misconduct allegations and the