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Fox News reports: President-elect Donald Trump will appear at FOX Nation’s Patriot Awards on Thursday and receive the Patriot of the Year award. Fox News host Sean Hannity, who will emcee the sixth annual event, announced the news Tuesday on “Hannity.” The Patriot Awards honors and recognizes America’s patriots, including military veterans, first responders and other inspirational everyday heroes. It …

NBC News reports: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, drank in ways that concerned his colleagues at Fox News, according to 10 current and former Fox employees who spoke with NBC News. Two of those people said that on more than a dozen occasions during Hegseth’s time as a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” which began …

The Daily Beast reports: Jesse Watters faced blowback online after saying he wanted to see more “eye candy” from female Trump appointees. The Fox News host said he’d “like to see Linda McMahon doing yoga” or Tulsi Gabbard “surfing.” His remarks came after The Five show screened footage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showing off his muscles in a shirtless …

Mediaite reports: During Monday’s edition of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, Laura Ingraham floated the idea of the president pardoning Trump before leaving office. “Jason, would Donald Trump accept a pardon from Joe Biden?” she inquired. “At this point, I don’t know what Joe Biden is gonna pull,” Miller replied. “I think it’s nonsense. If it’s some aspect of …

“Rachel, you referred to earlier this week in a conversation with me as [Trump’s cabinet] shaping up to be the Justice League. That is, in my opinion, very refreshing to hear. That is very dangerous for others to hear and they’ve responded by calling him [Kash Patel], in fact, unqualified and dangerous. But to me, he also represents consistency. If …

“I was in the first administration and I had numerous death threats, I had a security detail with me all the time. Even after I retired, the death threats continued and even after I retired as ICE director I had US marshals’ protection for a long time to protect me and my family. “What doesn’t help is all the negative …

“It’s going to be a wild ride. Let’s be realistic. I mean, a lot of American companies do not buy American. They do rely on a lot of merchandise that is purchased from other countries. I think if American companies are forced to buy American, it is going to cost more ultimately. And then who’s going to pay for that? …

The Washington Post reports: A Delaware judge Wednesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed last year by Ray Epps, an Arizona man who sued Fox News for comments made on the air about him that suggested he was an undercover federal agent who played a role in fomenting the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. While Epps protested outside …

The Associated Press reports: President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into …

“The only reason Trump is not in jail right now is because of you, the voters. I’m telling you if the Democrats somehow manage to take the House in 2026, and they could, it is highly probable that they will do everything in their power, stay with me here, to impeach Donald Trump again. You think I’m kidding? Well, we’ll …

“With all due respect to my former colleague, we know that there were three cases of adultery for Pete Hegseth, and it is relevant. “And the reason why it’s relevant is, Article 134 of the UCMJ considers adultery against the military, which the Department of Defense is part of. You can’t lead an entire organization and all these people if …

CBS News reports: President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who opposed vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health system to …

Media Matters has the transcript: LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): The left is already going crazy because of Vought’s connection with Project 2025, because — look, Project 2025, to be very clear here, a lot of their ideas were just classic MAGA ideas. A lot of them were just classic. CHARLES GASPARINO (GUEST): I mean, all of them. I mean, I’ve read …

USA Today reports: Trump announced Friday that he had picked Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a Fox News medical contributor, to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General. A graduate of the University of South Florida, Nesheiwat completed her medical residency at University of Arkansas Medical Center in Fayetteville. She’s an author of “Beyond the Stethoscope: Miracles in Medicine,” which is touted as …

“So he resigned from the 118th Congress, and when he gave his speech on the House floor announcing that resignation, he said I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress. “So you have to ask: Does he bow, take that back, and try to be a congressman or does he …

The New York Times reports: The woman claimed she was introduced to Mr. Hegseth at the end of the conference. She told the police that she had observed him acting inappropriately, including rubbing women’s legs. In a text message, she told someone whose name was redacted that Mr. Hegseth “was giving off a ‘creeper’ vibe,” the report said. She said …

CNN reports: Donald Trump is considering a right-wing media personality, people who have served on his US Secret Service detail, as well as others to run the agency that has been plagued by its failure to preempt two alleged assassination attempts on Trump this summer, sources familiar with the president-elect’s thinking tell CNN. Podcaster Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service …

“We know that will be tough for the economy. There is no doubt about it. People have to get, as my father would have said, real work, real jobs. People are going to have to get jobs and they’re going to be scrambling. “You know, one would think that the economy will start churning out new jobs. That’s going to …

“It’s up to Matt Gaetz to prepare and give his mission and take the murder board, which is going to be the Senate committee hearing. But just looking at the Republicans that are likely to vote against him. “I think Mitch Mcconnell is a no. I think that Murkowski is going to be a no, just judging by her comments. …

“This is an incredible, incredible man with the right values, a flawed man who has made mistakes in his life, but a good man who wants to live up to his values and dearly loves the United States of America. “This tattoo issue is nothing short of defamatory, and I’m waiting for the army of lawyers to start attacking the …