{"id":531,"date":"2025-01-24T08:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=531"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:59:42","slug":"vote-scheduled-to-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=531","title":{"rendered":"Vote Scheduled to Confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has scheduled a vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Army veteran, as the next Secretary of Defense under President Donald Trump. This decision comes despite the emergence of a recent affidavit from Hegseth\u2019s former sister-in-law, which has raised concerns about his suitability for the position. According to a report by <em>The Hill<\/em> on Tuesday, Senate Republicans are proceeding with the nomination following its narrow approval by the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit alleges that Hegseth has struggled with alcohol abuse and exhibited abusive behavior toward his ex-wife, Samantha Hegseth. However, Samantha Hegseth issued a public statement on Tuesday denying any allegations of violence, stating there was no physical abuse during their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>On the legislative front, Thune filed a motion on Tuesday to conclude debate on Hegseth\u2019s nomination. The motion follows a party-line vote of 14-13 by the Senate Armed Services Committee, which advanced Hegseth\u2019s nomination shortly after Trump assumed office. This sets the stage for a procedural cloture vote scheduled for Thursday, with a final confirmation vote anticipated either on Friday or early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has scheduled a vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Army veteran, as the next Secretary of Defense under President Donald Trump. This decision&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}