“Impeach Hegseth”
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The midterms blame game has begun and Trump’s war in Iran is getting a lot of it. And Congress is coming for one of the officials who pushed the war.
This episode was produced by Denise Guerra and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on October 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
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