{
  "id": 15590630,
  "title": "Hegseth’s future as Pentagon chief at center of lame-duck defense battle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/hegseths-future-as-pentagon-chief-at-center-of-lame-duck-defense",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6155361-trump-hegseth-pentagon-leadership-clash/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Senate Democrats are quietly floating the ouster of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after the Nov. 3 election as the political price for cooperation on key defense-related issues in the post-election lame duck session, and they may have some GOP support to shake-up the Pentagon’s leadership, according to Senate sources. The Defense Department has set...",
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  "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."
}