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

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 ...

Vance, in his constitutional capacity as president of the Senate, voted in the affirmative on Hegseth's nomination ... Capitol Siege Section of the D.C. U.S. attorney’s office spent much ...

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

Vice President J.D. Vance was on hand to cast a tie-breaking vote, unusual in the Senate for Cabinet nominees, who typically win wider support.

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 ...

Vice President JD Vance arrived to break the 50-50 tie ... Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine advocate, at Health and Human Services. “Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer?” ...