I haven’t criticized former clients, but watching my old friend debase himself before a manifestly unqualified Pentagon nominee forces my hand.

Senator Tammy Duckworth is worried about the lengths Pete Hegseth will go to save himself.

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.

As Trump’s anger at Jack Smith only grows and his pick for defense secretary signals ugly times ahead, a historian explains why Trump-MAGA may not be as invincible as they now appear.

Pete Hegseth quickly proved in his confirmation hearing how unqualified he is to be U.S. defense secretary.

Pete Hegseth used his confirmation hearing to confess he’ll be as corrupt as it gets.

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

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was dragged by Democrats for his misogynist lies about women in the military.

Pete Hegseth’s refusal to answer says everything about the allegations against him.

The newspaper’s editorial board has fully caved to Donald Trump.

How is it possible that Americans are good with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating?

Over the course of the decade, the party has hoped that voters would simply reject him as immoral, uncouth, and unfit for office. They need a stronger argument—and his Cabinet picks give them one.

As Senator Tuberville reveals too much about the GOP’s handling of Pete Hegseth, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains how Trump’s effort to build a Cabinet of misogynists is backfiring.

Matt Gertz of Media Matters explains the campaign by MAGA media to bully GOP senators into supporting Trump’s nomination for defense secretary—and why so much is at stake in the outcome.

As Republican senators signal that Trump’s pick for defense secretary may not survive, a leading observer of right-wing media explains how MAGA is turning Hegseth into a disturbing litmus test for the GOP.

As Trump’s choice for defense secretary is rocked by new disclosures, progressive media executive Tara McGowan explains how Dems can capitalize—and better fight the information wars.

As powerful new reporting rocks Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, a progressive media executive explains how Democrats should seize the moment—and better fight the information wars.

The president-elect’s pick to run the Pentagon wouldn’t stand a chance of confirmation in the pre-Trump era. Then again, there weren’t any presidents corrupt enough to pick him until now.

An interview with prominent Never Trumper Rick Wilson, who argues that Donald Trump’s choice of Fox News personality Rick Hegseth as defense secretary reveals his intent to wreck our institutions.

As new revelations threaten Trump’s choice of a Fox News personality as defense secretary, a leading Never Trumper explains how his first moves have put the GOP in a bind—and threaten the country.