Republicans Senators are growing more frustrated with Pete Hegseth and want to see Trump ‘move on’: report

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsRepublicans Senators are growing more frustrated with Pete Hegseth and want to see Trump ‘move on’: reportHegseth’s high turnover of military leadership leads Republican senators to warn he wouldn’t pass confirmation todayJohn Bowden in Washington, D.C. Monday 27 April 2026 17:31 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2965776","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/senate-gop-pete-hegseth-trump-b2965776.html","title":"Republicans Senators want Trump to ‘move on’ from Pete Hegseth: report"}}ClosePete Hegseth brushes off Pope Leo's criticisms of Iran war: 'Pope’s gonna do his thing'Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regS...