President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth is fighting to keep the nomination. And, a New York City manhunt is underway for the killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson.
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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, is fighting to save his nomination by defending himself against allegations of drinking and womanizing. In an interview with Megyn Kelly on her SiriusXM show, Hegseth said he has Trump’s support. He is the latest of Trump’s nominees to run into trouble.
???? Hegseth says the allegations toward him are part of a smear campaign from anonymous sources who don’t like what he would do with the Defense Department, NPR’s Tamara Keith tells Up First. He says he doesn’t have a drinking problem, but he would stop drinking if confirmed for the role. In addition to meeting privately with senators, he is doing something unusual for a nominee: He posted on social media, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and did the interview with Kelly. Keith says no Republican senators have said they are a “no” vote for the nomination, but enough have expressed reservations to potentially sink it.
A manhunt is underway after Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down and killed in New York City. He was shot yesterday morning, on the day of his employer’s annual investors conference.
