When asked for comment, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune said "two things we don't discuss publicly: Whip counts and private conversations with the president." ...

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have quietly requested more information regarding allegations involving Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth, sources say.

Hegseth argued that the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance were used as a "forgery" by progressives to substitute allegiance ...