An interview with historian Julian Zelizer about what Trump’s angry gloating over Jack Smith and Pete Hegseth’s menacing hearing say about the Trump-MAGA lock on power, and why it might prove fleeting.

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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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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,

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

Just after noon next Monday, Donald Trump will take an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, despite having, four years before, “engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power.”

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

Pete Hegseth’s fiery confirmation hearing ends with GOP signaling approval: Live Updates - President-elect’s controversial pick for secretary of defense faced tough questions about his past from senat

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

Pete Hegseth sneered after Sen. Jack Reed ripped him apart during introductions for his much-anticipated Senate confirmation hearing. The former Fox News commentator and U.S. Army veteran was called out as grossly disqualified by Reed,

President-elect’s controversial pick for secretary of defense will face tough questions about his past from senators as he makes case to lead Pentagon