Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times. The defiance by a congressional Republican months after Trump's political comeback has stood out. But the centrist ...
The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to become the country’s next defense secretary.
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the first Republican to come out against Pete Hegseth’s nomination to become the Secretary of Defense. Murkowski put out her statement right before the Senate voted to invoke cloture on Hegseth’s confirmation,
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.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.
In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times
Murkowski is a moderate with a history of bucking her party and Trump when she has felt it was the right thing to do.
Lisa Murkowski has openly challenged or rebuked ... Susan Collins of Maine and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. It took Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote to confirm Hegseth.
U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski was alone in stridently opposing Trump’s blanket pardon for Jan. 6 defendants, and his order to rename Denali as Mount McKinley.
To be confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can afford to lose no more than three Republican votes if all Democrats are united in their opposition to him.
President Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will testify in two Senate hearings starting Wednesday.
Politics / Lisa Murkowski demanded that the president respect that “Greenland is not for sale.” John Nichols Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski is absolutely and unequivocally refusing to go along with Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive maneuvering to make Greenland a part of the United States.