Republicans regularly came to Mr. Hegseth ... to ensure the standards have not been eroded.” Image Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, told Hegseth that his statements about ...

A slew of prominent New York lawmakers urged incoming President Donald Trump on Sunday to remove the SALT property tax ...

Kirsten Gillibrand’s first big step into politics ... that majority," Gillibrand said on a call with reporters. Twenty Republicans and 13 Democrats are up for reelection to the Senate in 2026.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon endured fierce Democratic grilling over everything from his inexperience, alleged drinking ...

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was dragged by Democrats for his misogynist lies about women in the ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, on Tuesday emerged largely unscathed from an at times ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, attempted to convince senators on Tuesday, Jan. 14, that he can be ...

Hegseth is resolutely unqualified to be secretary of Defense, but Democrats’ uninspiring questioning did a dreadful job of ...

Hegseth was blasted over accusations of sexual assault, infidelity and drinking on the job. “One of your colleagues said you ...

Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut and Kirsten Gillibrand from New York ... vote of support in the Senate to be confirmed. Republicans control the Senate with 53 members.

And he seized opportunities handed to him by Republicans to deliver a sanitized ... under questioning by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, during his hearing before the Senate ...