Susan Collins ... with the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I never turned down a meeting with Mr. Hegseth’s accuser. I was never contacted by her or her attorney,” Collins said in a ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was officially named chair on Tuesday of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, where she will play a key role in federal spending decisions, including so-called earmarks for projects in Maine.

Senators of both parties hammered Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense nominee, over his past comments about women serving in the military.

Senators will grill Trump's choices to lead the Justice, State, Transportation and Energy departments,as well as the CIA and the top budget office.

The record of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, should disqualify him for such a pivotal national security role, a Democratic senator told the former Fox News personality in an expansive letter that illustrates the party’s breadth of concern with one of the president-elect’s most controversial Cabinet picks ahead of his confirmation hearing next week.

Susan Collins (R-ME ... familiar with the episode. Collins said it would have been more appropriate for the offer to be taken to the Senate Armed Services Committee tasked with Hegseth’s ...

Susan Collins ... with the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I never turned down a meeting with Mr. Hegseth’s accuser. I was never contacted by her or her attorney,” Collins said in a ...

The FBI has interviewed multiple individuals about defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s personal life as part of its background check investigation, sources say.

A group of top Senate Republican lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to re-impose a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation on the Houthis, a signal that the issue is likely to be a top priority for GOP hawks coming into the Trump administration.

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee hearing ... had three audiences— the committee, the United States Senate, and the general American public ...