At RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearing, Female Senators Are Reframing the Stakes
But many female senators were quick to bring up another major talking point: bodily autonomy and a woman’s right to make her ...
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Female Senators Grill Hegseth Over Views on Women
Some of the fiercest questioning during Pete Hegseth’s very contentious Senate confirmation hearing came from female Democratic senators. They accused him of denigrating female members of the ...
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Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.
Among the supermajority of Republicans, zero women stood. Voters hadn’t elected a single one to the chamber in November. Now, after more than a decade, the Senate’s Republican caucus is once ...
Hegseth, under Senate scrutiny, mutes critique of women in combat
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, drew Democrats’ ire for past statements voicing strong opposition to ...
Highlights: Pete Hegseth questioned about misconduct allegations and views on women at Senate confirmation hearing
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, is facing tough questions today during his ...
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Why women combat vets are seething over Senators' support of Pete Hegseth
WASHINGTON − At Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, senators picked relentlessly at his widely espoused – then quickly reversed – view that women don't ...
Why women combat vets are seething over Senators' support of Pete Hegseth
WASHINGTON − At Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, senators picked relentlessly at his widely espoused – then quickly reversed – view that women don't belong in ...