{
  "id": 12218514,
  "title": "Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/sen-tillis-says-his-vote-for-hegseth-was-biggest-regret-of-my-career",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T19:40:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-tillis-says-his-vote-for-hegseth-was-biggest-regret-of-my-career-in-new-book"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the \"biggest regret of my career\" and that he also \"should've stopped\" Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the early days of President Donald Trump's second term.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}