Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for secretary of Defense, needed the vice president to break a Senate tie to confirm him to run America's largest government agency.

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Donald Trump's defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, narrowly secured Senate confirmation with the help of Vice President JD Vance's tie-breaking vote. Hegseth faced opposition from three ...

Pete Hegseth has been sworn in as US defence secretary after the Senate confirmed his nomination by the smallest possible margin. Vice-President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in Hegseth's ...

With their slim majority, Republicans could only afford to lose three GOP votes and still confirm the defense secretary with a tie-breaking vote by Vance. Hegseth had been engaged with senators as ...

The US Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the new US defence secretary in a dramatic ... Vice President JD Vance's vote became decisive, as he cast a tie-breaking vote, unusual in the Senate for ...

The US Senate has narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense after a split vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Three Republican senators, Mitch McConnell ...

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US Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie on Friday to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. Vance came ... from a 2017 incident in California. Police investigated the claim but did ...