The North Carolina senator provided pivotal 50th “yes” vote to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary.

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation vote from the Senate on Friday night, in a tie broken by Vice President J.D. Vance, was helped by ...

Social media critics raked Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) over the coals after he, along with Vice President J.D. Vance, ...

Thom Tillis threw his support behind him in a closely divided confirmation vote. Hegseth was confirmed Friday night in a 51-50 vote with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.

Late Friday evening, North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis was the key vote leading to confirmation of Pete Hegseth, 44, as the ...

Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday ... before Trump was sworn in as president. Tillis on that point echoed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who told reporters Tuesday that Biden had ...

in a tie broken by Vice President J.D. Vance, was helped by a North Carolina Republican senator and a one-on-one meeting between the two. Sen. Thom Tillis said he got answers he needed from ...

Dan is a senior editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, and later ...