Maine, breaks with party to vote against Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary. Can he still get confirmed?

Former Republican congressman John Ratcliffe was a controversial choice for Director of National Intelligence during Trump's first term, but his conformation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee was uncontentious.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins voted Thursday against advancing President Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, who has faced allegations of heavy drinking, financial mismanagement and abusive behavior toward women.

He said the CIA will "steal secrets" because "good decisions are hostage to good intelligence, and the better we do at collecting human intelligence, the better decisions you all can make." Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, asked how Ratcliffe would improve ...

Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, has become a fixture on Capitol Hill, in her nearly 30 years in office. Collins is a lifelong Republican, but has at times bucked her party ...

Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only two Republicans who voted against Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in a procedural vote Thursday, citing concerns with his ability to lead the U.S. military.

Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. To Capitol insiders, their decisions weren’t surprising.

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted against Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, in the Senate Thursday. “While I appreciate his courageous military ...

John Ratcliffe emerged largely unscathed from a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee that appeared to pave the way for him to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White House budget office freezing the disbursement of federal loans and grants

Most Republican senators who are undecided on former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI) previously voted to confirm former President Joe Biden’s nominee to the same role.