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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 26, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Pushback on Venezuela strike, Tax protests in Bulgaria, China-Japan coastguard dispute

​US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll event in Washington, D.C., USA, on April 21, 2025.
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Is the end nigh for Hegseth?

Ever since US President Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary, the former Fox News host has been in the hot seat. He is in hot water again after it emerged that he shared war plans in a second Signal chat.

​U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025.
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In wake of the Signal scandal: Deflected blame and Transatlantic tensions

Donald Trump has decided not to fire National Security Advisor Mike Waltz for sharing information in a Signal group chat ahead of a US strike on Yemen.

What Trump team's war plans leak revealed
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What Trump team's war plans leak revealed

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: A key insight revealed by the Yemen military strike group chat: The entire Trump cabinet is saying we shouldn’t be helping the Europeans, and if we have to then they should be paying for it. It's not collective security, it’s purely transactional security.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, is seen ahead of a meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville in Washington on Dec. 2, 2024.
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Trump may swap Hegseth for DeSantis to helm DoD

Shortly after Trump lost Matt Gaetz, his pick for attorney general, reports suggest that the president-elect may soon send Pete Hegseth, nominated as defense secretary, packing.

Trump’s Team of … Reprisals?
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Trump’s Team of … Reprisals?

Cabinet-building has long been crucial for both the success of a presidency and the direction of the United States. From the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump, the team often tells the tale of power. Publisher Evan Solomon looks at what Trump’s Cabinet picks are telling us all.