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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s job is in jeopardy this week after a disastrous showing for Republicans in midterm elections driven primarily by issues connected to the Iran war, a cause he championed proudly with President Trump.

Trump says he has no regrets about Iran war, despite midterm rout

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President Trump said Wednesday he doesn’t regret getting involved in the Iran war even though he acknowledged it contributed to the GOP’s devastating defeat in the midterms.

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Trump says he has no regrets about Iran war, despite midterm rout

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Mike Johnson leaving leadership; Jim Jordan wants to head bruised House GOP

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As U.S. polling stations close, North Korea does North Korea

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GOP sees bright spots in transgender sports crackdown, Florida wins 48 minutes ago

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‘Socialism can win in the U.S.’: DSA boasts 50-plus election wins

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GOP sees bright spots in transgender sports crackdown, Florida wins 48 minutes ago

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Global reaction to GOP midterm carnage ranges from jubilant to cautious

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Defense companies pour hundreds of millions of dollars into missile production in Camden, Arkansas

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John Frieda poses for a picture at the John Frieda mobile salon in New York on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. As a celebrity hairstylist in 1980s London, John Frieda coiffed Princess Diana, Jackie Kennedy, three Beatles and at least one Rolling Stone. But it was a tiny bottle of caramel-colored serum on the drugstore shelf — with the decidedly inelegant name of Frizz-Ease — that brought him true fame and fortune. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Iconic hair stylist John Frieda dies at 75

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British singer Boy George visits the site of the Nova music festival where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Boy George at Nova festival memorial: ‘I stand with the Jews’

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting in Cebu, central Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (Jam Sta Rosa/Pool Photo via AP)

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Trump says he’s not worried about impeachment after Democratic victories

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President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a tour of White House Ballroom construction at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he has no regrets about Iran war, despite midterm rout

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Trump says GOP lost because he was not on the ballot

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‘Socialism can win in the U.S.’: DSA boasts 50-plus election wins

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Never-Trumpers celebrate GOP’s collapse

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N.C. Rep. Hudson congratulates winning Democratic challenger Richard Ojeda 47 minutes ago

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OAN’s Dan Ball rails against podcasters, Bush family amid Texas blue wave

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Mike Johnson leaving leadership; Jim Jordan wants to head bruised House GOP

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‘Ghost’ students have stolen millions in federal financial aid

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Supreme Court poised to favor Catholic schools in clash over gay, religious rights

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Freezer sabotage raises fresh concerns of cyberattack vulnerabilities around elections

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Texas man indicted for murder of mother, also faces child sex abuse, bestiality charges

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Suicidal driver dead after driving car into bar in building near the University of Georgia campus

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Luigi Mangione’s cousin wins Baltimore election

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Cars enter a roundabout by a billboard featuring National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, and a message in Arabic referencing the number of homes he demolished, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, following the country's general election in the Bedouin city of Rahat, southern Israel. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Israel’s president takes first steps on building new government after accepting election results

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A TV screen showing a file footage of Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a news program about the hack at Binance, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

As U.S. polling stations close, North Korea does North Korea

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets his supporters at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem after the release of the first exit poll results in Israel's general election, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli politicians react to Democratic sweep in the U.S. midterm elections 24 minutes ago

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Redskins’ Super Bowl hero Doug Williams named Hall of Fame nominee

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Luigi Mangione’s cousin wins Baltimore election

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Wall Street rallies after clear-cut result in midterms

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Virginians cement abortion rights, same-sex marriage, restore felon voting rights

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Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, center, is surrounded with supporters as she speaks to reporters outside a polling place in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Missouri rejects ballot measure to restrict abortion

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Trump says Iran was factor in Democratic midterm landslide

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