The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated

Should President Trump offer Ukraine territorial status? Are the strikes on the drug boats constitutional? Has the left lost its collective mind? John Ellis, Eli Lake, Charles C. W. Cooke, and Ben Domenech join Hugh for the week in review.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh discusses President Trump's authority to order the targeting of foreign narco boats, and talks with Sebastien Lai, Sen. John Cornyn, Bret Baier, Byron York, Noah Rothman, Jim Talent, Josh Kraushaar, Salena Zito, and Phil Balboni.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh broadcasts from the American Legislative Exchange Council's 2025 States & Nation Policy Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. Hugh talks with: Texas Senator Phil King, ALEC Board Member North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger Iowa Speaker Pro Tem John Wills, ALEC Board Member Texas Tech University Chancellor Brandon Creighton Kansas Speaker Dan Hawkins, ALEC State Chair for Kansas Jonathan Williams, ALEC President & Chief Economist Michigan Speaker Matt Hall, ALEC Board Member Florida State Rep. Berny Jacques Chaplain Rich Stoglin, President, the Tarrant County Texas Fredrick Douglass Republicans. Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino, Finance Chair Missouri Senator Nick Schroer Florida State Rep. Demi Busatta ALEC Incoming National Chair for 2026 Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt, ALEC State Chair for Texas    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh broadcasts from Day 1 of the American Legislative Exchange Council's 2025 States & Nation Policy Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. Hugh talks with: Rhode Island Rep. Jon Brien Michigan Rep. Ann Bollin West Virginia Senator Patricia Rucker, 2025 ALEC National Chair Lisa B. Nelson, ALEC Chief Executive Officer Ohio Senate President Rob McColley, ALEC Board Member Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, 2024 ALEC National Chair Texas Rep. Caroline Harris Davila, ALEC Board Member New York Assemblyman Robert Smullen, ALEC Board Member Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, ALEC Board Member, 2021 National Chair Oklahoma Senate Majority Floor Leader Julie Daniels, ALEC Board Member Arizona Senate President Pro Tem. T.J. Shope, ALEC Board Member Arkansas Senator Jim Dotson, ALEC Board Member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh recaps Thanksgiving, Ohio State winning "The Game" against Michigan, and updates on Israel with Haviv Rettig Gur, Bethany Mandel, David Drucker, Dr. Michael Oren, Vic Matus, and Doug Lesmerises.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh discusses the shooting of 2 National Guardsmen in D.C., the Russia-Ukraine negotiations, and talks with Jordan Hirsch of Palantir, Abe Greenwald from Commentary, AEI's Danielle Pletka, and author Carla Ondrasik.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh discusses his book recommendations, AOC's Thanksgiving charity scandal, the Dem's "illegal"  orders video, and talks with Ruthless co-host Michael Duncan, David Drucker of The Dispatch, Washington Examiner's Byron York, Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and humorist James LileksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh discusses the MLB gambling scandal, antisemitism and socialism in the Democratic Party, Israel's actions against Lebanon, and talks with Ohio Senator Jon Husted, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Michael Oren, NewsNation's Leland Vittert, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, Vic Matus of the Free Beacon, Adm Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Doug Lesmerises of The Bill and Doug Show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Continetti, a conservative journalist and Wall Street Journal columnist, dives into the 2028 GOP landscape and the importance of figures like Dick Cheney. Ben Domenech tackles culture wars and explores who might be remembered in history. John Ellis discusses innovative tracking technology for monarchs and the risks in tech investments, while Eli Lake reflects on Zionism and recent protests, stressing its significance. Doug Lesmerises rounds it off with a preview of college football rivalries, making for an engaging roundup of politics, culture, and sports.

Hugh discusses former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral, the impending AI bubble, and talks with former Senator Jim Talent of the Reagan Institute, National Review's Noah Rothman, David Bahnsen of The Bahnsen Group, Michigan senatorial candidate Mike Rogers, and Josh Kraushaar, editor-in-chief of Jewish Insider.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.