Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, was in full combat mode as she went hard after Hegseth and his qualifications to lead the ...

Republicans appear poised to confirm Trump’s controversial nominee to lead the government’s largest and most complex agency ...

Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth announced she would vote against Pete Hegseth's nomination for defense secretary. Duckworth criticized Hegseth for lacking the qualifications needed for the role.

The Department of Defense is the largest employer in the United States, sending out paychecks to 2.1 million service members and more than 770,000 civilians. Its annual budget — $900 billion ...

On "Forbes Newsroom," Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) slammed Pete Hegseth as unqualified to be Secretary of Defense, and said that Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-IA) and other Republican Senators backing ...

Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a member of the committee. “And that the whole day, I was thinking, ‘Then why don’t we just hire somebody smarter than you for the job?’” Asked by Duckworth to ...

Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill ... really take on the role,” the senator told The Hill following a meeting with Stefanik on Thursday morning. Duckworth said the congresswoman “did very well today ...

But some of the most striking and revealing exchanges were with Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq War veteran who served in combat as a helicopter pilot. When asked by Duckworth to ...