Senators have had two-and-a-half months to consider Trump’s nominees. Confirmation is part of their constitutional duty.

Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Six Democrats joined all Republican senators in ...

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal ...

Hegseth later attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he graduated in 2013 with a master's degree in public policy. [4] In response to a question from CNN about ...