Republican senators have signaled a willingness to hold hearings over defense secretary Pete Hegseth pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine without the approval of president Donald Trump. Republicans expressed concerns to The Hill both on and off the record,

A prominent Republican senator who once voted to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now publicly questioning that decision, calling the appointee by President Donald Trump "amateurish" and "out of his depth" in managing the Pentagon.

A Republican senator has offered an unusually harsh critique of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, though it's a Republican senator who no longer has much to fear about crossing the Trump administration.