Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan start by breaking down some of the biggest moments from today's Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth,

Sen. Jack Reed released details from an affadivit alleging that Pentagon Nominee Pete Hegseth's ex-wife feared for her safety during her marriage.

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Report © Greg NashHegseth endures testy hearing; GOP defends from Dem anger THE BATTLE over President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees got off to a blistering

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Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, the first of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet candidates to face confirmation. Democrats

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, struggled to answer a series of questions from Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono.

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense pick, facing Senate grilling at high-stakes confirmation hearing: Live updates - President-elect’s controversial pick for secretary of defense will face tough questions a

“To show you how desperate Deranged Jack Smith is, he released his Fake findings at 1:00 A.M. in the morning,” Trump wrote in a separate post. “Did he say that the Unselect Committee illegally destroyed and deleted all of the evidence.”

In a combative hearing, no Republicans came out against Pete Hegseth as he made his case to overhaul the Pentagon.

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