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No sign of second-guessing on Gaetz and Hegseth Cabinet picks by GOP amid controversies
President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Fox News host Pete Hegseth are coming under new scrutiny. Senate Republicans are privately saying they see no ...Politics - NBC News - 5 days ago -
Hegseth was flagged as potential 'insider threat' for 'Deus Vult' tattoo
Sgt. DeRicko Gaither made the complaint about the tattoo in 2021.Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
The Memo: Gaetz and Hegseth controversies could trickle down to Trump
Allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct are complicating the paths of two of President-elect Trump’s most important nominees. In the process, they threaten to put a new spotlight on Trump’s ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth are unqualified — Senate Republicans should reject them
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated three political hacks to highly sensitive and important federal positions.Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
WSJ editorial board questions Hegseth over sexual assault allegation
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board questioned Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, over a sexual assault allegation in a new op-ed published ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
GOP senators hold back judgment on Hegseth sexual assault allegation
Republican senators appear to be giving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon, the benefit of the doubt after his lawyer confirmed he paid a woman who accused him of ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Police report details woman's allegations against Pete Hegseth
A woman told police she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth, according to a detailed, newly-released police report. He is now President-elect Trump's choice for defense secretary.Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Police report details sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth
Trump’s Pentagon pick accused of 2017 sexual assault after Republican women’s conference in California. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
New details of Hegseth sexual assault claim documented in police report
The report documents a police investigation that did not result in charges.Top stories - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Hegseth says he's 'cleared' in sex assault case. The police report doesn't say that.
JD Vance returns to Capitol Hill today to accompany Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. There, he'll meet with GOP Senators to discuss his nomination.Top stories - ABC News - Yesterday -
Pete Hegseth’s Metamorphosis: From Critic of War Crimes to Defender of the Accused
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department was described by peers as a skillful soldier who became embittered by military dysfunction.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Republican Senators Rally Behind Pete Hegseth Amid Sexual Assault Accusations
Some Republican senators, who will consider his nomination to be defense secretary, shrugged off the accusations and defended him.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Pete Hegseth meets with GOP senators to secure support for expected nomination
Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was with Vice President-elect JD Vance on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Police report released in sexual assault claim against Pete Hegseth
A police report that details a 2017 allegation of sexual assault against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, was released Wednesday. In the report, a woman ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Republican senators offer mixed reactions to the Pete Hegseth police report
Senate Republicans offered mixed responses to President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following ...Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
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‘We’re living in uncertainty’: My sister has Alzheimer’s disease. How do I know the right time to take control of her finances?
“My eldest sister has asked me to take on her power of attorney for her, and together we met with her attorney.”Business - MarketWatch - 8 hours ago -
Trump nominates Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new efficiency department to ‘restructure federal agencies’ – live
Tesla CEO and onetime Republican presidential hopeful put forward to lead department to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy’ . Trump’s cabinet picks and likely contenders so far Joe Biden is ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
Trump picks Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth for defense secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and military veteran, as his pick for defense secretary.Top stories - NBC News - November 13 -
Pete Hegseth: US army veteran, Fox News firebrand and now defence secretary nominee
Iraq and Afghanistan veteran gained notoriety by blaming ‘wokeness’ for US military failures. Now he is set to be in chargeBusiness - Financial Times - November 13 -
Trump's defense secretary pick once slammed him for 'shallowness' on foreign policy
Donald Trump this week tapped Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defense -- despite the Fox News host having previously criticized him before he was elected in 2016.Top stories - ABC News - November 13 -
What does Trump's tapping of Rubio and Hegseth say about his foreign policy plans?
President-elect Donald Trump has already made picks for key foreign policy roles in his new administration: Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for secretary of state, and Fox News host and combat veteran ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Duckworth on Hegseth speaking out against women in combat: ‘Where do you think I lost my legs?’
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) criticized President-elect Trump’s nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary, after he called for women to not serve in combat roles. “Where do you ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Auchincloss: Trump nominated Hegseth because 'he wants yes men around him'
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said Fox News's Pete Hegseth was only selected to serve as the Secretary of Defense because President-elect Trump wants “yes men” around him. “He's unqualified to be ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth was probed for alleged sexual assault in 2017
Officials in California have confirmed that President-elect Trump's pick for defense secretary, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017. Monterey police ...Top stories - CBS News - November 15 -
Trump transition live updates: Trump announces pick for energy secretary
Donald Trump is wasting no time in planning his return to the White House.Top stories - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Trump Defense pick Hegseth investigated in 2017 for alleged sex assault; no charges filed
President-elect Donald Trump surprised some Republican senators by picking former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon.Business - CNBC - November 15 -
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism
Experts concerned over the Fox & Friends host, his Christian nationalist ideology and militant language. Extremism experts are sounding the alarm about Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump ’s pick for ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Trump seemingly moving forward with Hegseth nomination amid news of past sexual assault probe
Trump communications director Steven Cheung on Friday expressed support for defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth after news broke of a sexual assault allegation Hegseth was investigated for in 2017. ...Top stories - CBS News - November 15