Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faces “a reckoning” in the post-election lame-duck Congress and questioned whether President Trump will be able to get the Pentagon funded if Hegseth remains in his job.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper flipped the seat currently held by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who was hounded into retirement by Trump for insufficient loyalty.

Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority in the Senate, as Democrats aim to flip enough seats to gain control.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday said it was “appropriate to take a look at” the outcome of the Alaska Senate race with two candidates with similar names on the ballot, which prompted a Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit.

Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats (with two more races in a dead-heat) and reclaimed control of the House.

The party has flipped GOP-held seats in South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina and Ohio.

The new Democratic majority in the Senate will feature a number of top recruits with significant government experience both on and off Capitol Hill. None is more familiar than Sen.-elect Sherrod Brown,

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