Republicans sounded confident notes after Pete Hegseth’s hearing, saying Democrats didn’t succeed in damaging the Pentagon nominee’s prospects. “I don't think they laid a glove,” said ...

Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in his opening remarks that he doesn't believe Pete Hegseth is qualified to lead the Pentagon.

The Senate Armed Services panel has 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats, so Hegseth can only lose a single Republican, if all Democrats oppose him, for the nomination to be voted favorably out of ...