President Donald Trump fired at least 17 inspectors general in a massive late-night purge on Friday evening. The terminations seemed to violate federal law.
Trump nominated Hegseth on Nov. 13 but his appointment was in doubt within hours when it was revealed he settled with a woman who accused him of sexual assault.
Sherman said he would hope that if a majority-Republican state were suffering from a natural disaster, he would hate to see their federal aid conditional.
Hours after a federal judge issued an order prohibiting Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and other members of the far-right militia group he founded from traveling to Washington, D.C. or the U.S.