USA TODAY Pentagon Correspondent Tom Vanden Brook recaps a Senate grilling for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Defense Department.

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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison takes a look at President Joe Biden's defining legacy.

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