Sen. Mark Kelly discusses the negative effects on defense readiness from a White House order freezing federal funding.

Pete Hegseth faces Senate confirmation hearings as Trump's Defense Secretary pick. Newsweek's live blog is now closed.

Senator Mark Kelly opposes Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense, citing concerns about his readiness.

The vote from the Senate Armed Services Committee sets up a full Senate confirmation vote on Trump's pick to lead the ...

Mark Kelly said. During a testy confirmation hearing Tuesday, Kelly, D-Ariz., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Hegseth had not ... to emerge from his confirmation hearing with ...

Several of his Senate colleagues are eager to be seen with him. “She is, without a doubt, one of the best, most bipartisan senators in the United States ... Armed Services Committee. But it is ...

Pete Hegseth needed the vice president's vote to break a Senate tie for his confirmation as Defense secretary. Kelly and ...

She has yet to submit vetting documents to the Senate Ethics Committee. Kelly also is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee ... the population of the United States, especially in a ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, urged the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday to take action to protect sensitive military installations and ...

A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.