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

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in and put Hegseth over the top.

A son of a Democratic political dynasty, Kennedy is seeking to become the nation's top health official under President Donald Trump.

Susan Collins, the Republican U.S. senator from Maine, said there is a great difference ... Trump had pressured Vice President Mike Pence — as president of the Senate — to block the ...

Also notably, while former Vice President Mike Pence attended Trump’s inauguration, his wife, former second lady Karen, did not. Karen Pence snubbed the Trumps earlier this month at Carter’s funeral, where she ignored Melania Trump’s efforts to shake ...

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth’s nomination. It was just the second time in history that a vice president has broken a tie for a Cabinet nominee – the other being then-Vice President Mike Pence ...

Susan Collins of Maine, in voting against Hegseth — because the “important ... a tie on a Cabinet nominee — during Trump’s first term, when Vice President Mike Pence cast the vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary.

Mike Pence used President Donald Trump's own words against him in a stunning message urging senators to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation.

Alaska's Lisa Murkoswski and Susan Collins of Maine — voted no. The only previous time a vice president broke a tie on a Cabinet confirmation vote was during the first Trump term when Vice President Mike Pence cast a vote to confirm Betsy DeVos ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie after three Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Mitch McConnell ... In 2017, then-Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote for Betsy ...

Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Vance's vote marked only the second time in history that a vice president broke a tie for a Cabinet nominee, with the other being in 2017 when then-Vice President Mike Pence voted for Betsy DeVos to ...