5 days ago · WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis released the following statement on his decision to vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense: “From the beginning, I have been clear about my position: if President Trump’s nominees were reported favorably out of the relevant committees, I would support their confirmation on the Senate floor absent new material information about ...

1 day ago · Pete Hegseth, at center, and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, at right, following a meeting on Capitol Hill on Dec. 10, 2024. Bloomberg/Getty Images

1 day ago · Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth in a call on Jan. 19, witnessed by two other people, that if she signed the statement testifying that she believed her former brother-in-law Pete Hegseth ...

1 day ago · Murkowski, Collins and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voted no. Tillis told the Journal her testimony "did carry weight," but after "days doing my due diligence" and speaking with Pete Hegseth, he ...

Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth in a call on Jan. 19, witnessed by two other people, that if she signed the statement testifying that she believed her former brother-in-law Pete Hegseth ...

1 day ago · Sen. Thom Tillis reportedly told Danielle Hegseth her sworn statement could convince him to oppose the nomination. William Vaillancourt Updated Jan. 28 2025 3:40AM EST / Published Jan. 27 2025 9 ...

4 days ago · Tillis' "aye" tied the vote, giving newly inaugurated Vice President JD Vance the chance to cast an 11th-hour tie-breaking vote in favor of confirming Hegseth. Late Friday evening, North Carolina's Sen. Thom Tillis was the key vote leading to confirmation of Pete Hegseth, 44, as the new US Secretary of Defense.

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., (left) was among 50 Republican senators on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as the secretary of the Defense Department.

Peter Hegseth will become the next U.S. secretary of Defense after U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis threw his support behind him in a closely divided confirmation vote. Hegseth was confirmed Friday night in ...

3 days ago · Late Friday evening, North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis was the key vote leading to confirmation of Pete Hegseth, 44, as the new US Secretary of Defense. Tillis’ “aye” tied the