The Alaska senator announced on Thursday that “she cannot in good conscience” support Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Defense Secretary.

At his confirmation hearing last week, the former combat veteran and Fox News host said he was “falsely accused” in the 2017 incident.

If President-elect Trump has his way, his Cabinet will be stacked with men and women with troubling personal histories.

Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy, and Linda McMahon are expected to have their senate confirmation hearings next week to join President Trump's cabinet. One cabinet pick, Sen. Rubio, has been confirmed as the Secretary of State by the US Senate by unanimous consent.

Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, comments about women and Black troops, and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct make him unfit to serve. Some takeaways from the hearing:

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for secretary ... has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who babysat his children. Linda McMahon, his nominee for secretary of Education, has been accused ...

Just a year after former Mayor Jim Kenney left office, Philadelphia lawmakers are already reexamining one of his signature achievements. During its first meeting of the year Thursday, City Council approved legislation to hold hearings on the city’s tax on sugar-sweetened beverages,

One of Trump’s picks is currently an evangelical pastor: Southern Baptist Scott Turner, an associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, was tapped to be Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The Alaska Republican’s decision Thursday comes ahead of a crucial test vote to advance Hegseth’s nomination toward confirmation.

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed,

Originally published by The 19th. The Michigan Advance is part of The 19th Reporting Network. President Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary reached a confidential settlement with a woman who accused him of rape.