The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination to be President Donald Trump's defense secretary, putting him on a path to final confirmation at the end of the week.
As the dust settles on the fight over Pete Hegseth's nomination, his confirmation is emblematic of a larger truth about the state of Republican politics.
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Yeah. PeteHegseth endured a round of questions about his past, as well as his qualifications and his nominations made it out of a Senate committee on a party line vote.