Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, was in full combat mode as she went hard after Hegseth and his qualifications to lead the nation's military. The decorated, disabled combat veteran's questioning was perhaps the moment of this hearing.

Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth told Pete Hegseth he was "wholly unqualified" to be confirmed as Defense secretary.

Many of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to serve in top Cabinet and senior advisory roles are slated to appear on Capitol Hill ... Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who serves on the Armed ...

Get ready for a show as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, will head back to Capitol Hill ... including Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)

(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator called U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s behavior during the Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday “embarrassing.” Duckworth, a disabled veteran ...

Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.). Hegseth has frequented the Capitol while seeking to ... a congressional aide confirmed to The Hill. Reed, who met with Hegseth on Wednesday ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth broached the topic during a heated Senate confirmation for Hegseth. President-elect Donald Trump picked Hegseth to be his defense secretary. Pete Hegseth was grilled during ...

Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and other women on the ... Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Ernst faced pressure from ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are bracing for a week of more of the same ... not to mention the ongoing conflicts America is involved in. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth - who lost her legs while serving in the army - is combative in her tone.

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee expressed nothing but support for his candidacy at a confirmation hearing.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington ...