Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will huddle Monday amid a standoff over Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Only one top Senate Democrat has read Hegseth's FBI background check since it was given to Congress last week.

During his remarks from the Senate floor this week, Senator Chuck Schumer went scorched earth on Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

Senate Democrats plan to question nominees on their loyalty to implementing President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda during confirmation hearings in the coming weeks, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.

Democrats on the Armed Services committee will meet with Chuck Schumer ahead of controversial Trump pick Pete Hegseth's confirmation meeting.

I watched Sen. Chuck Schumer on television planting the seed in people’s minds that Pete Hegseth, who is nominated for secretary of defense, is an unsavory character. Hegseth is a

Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee failed to land a decisive blow against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, after several hours of tense

Jeff Naft is now communications director for the Senate Banking Committee. He most recently was communications director for the House Intelligence Committee and is an alum of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.).

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer prepped Democrats for their vicious smearing of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, on Tuesday emerged largely unscathed from an at times blistering confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services

He can communicate so well to the American people," Waltz said, adding that Hegseth can articulate "why we need what we need for our troops, and that is a critical piece that President Trump values, as well.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is urging Democrats not to go easy on President-elect Trump's nominees this week and get them on record on key issues.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), the outgoing Senate Majority Leader, defended the legacy of Biden, 81, during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday where he was confronted on past ...