Pete Hegseth’s confirmation vote from the Senate on Friday night, in a tie broken by Vice President J.D. Vance, was helped by a North Carolina Republican senator and a one-on-one meeting between the two.

The North Carolina senator provided pivotal 50th “yes” vote to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary.

Social media critics raked Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) over the coals after he, along with Vice President J.D. Vance, proved to be the deciding votes to confirm former Fox News weekend co-host Pete Hegseth to serve as President Donald Trump's secretary of Defense.

Most of President Donald Trump's successful Cabinet nominees so far — including, as of Monday evening, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — were confirmed by comfortable margins. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth squeaked by 51 to 50, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the second-ever tie-breaking vote for a Cabinet secretary.

Vice President J.D. Vance, a practicing Catholic, said that he was “heartbroken” by what he called unfair criticism by America’s Catholic bishops of the Trump administration’s early moves to crack down on illegal immigration.

Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense, after he was confirmed late Friday by the U.S. Senate by the narrowest of margins

The former and current vice president to Trump found themselves under the same roof on Monday, Jan. 20 Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/Getty; AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Mike Pence watched his replacement, J.D. Vance, take the oath of office at the ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie after three Republican senators opposed Trump’s controversial choice for defense secretary.

in a tie broken by Vice President J.D. Vance, was helped by a North Carolina Republican senator and a one-on-one meeting between the two. Sen. Thom Tillis said he got answers he needed from ...

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Three of Trump’s most controversial nominees will testify before the Senate in what could be a make-or-break moment for his administration picks.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.