Senators Press Hegseth in Tense Confirmation Hearing

参议员在紧张的确认听证会上向赫格斯施压

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2025-01-15

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P.M. Edition for Jan. 14. Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, faced questions over his past behavior and qualifications to lead the Pentagon. WSJ national security reporter Nancy Youssef gives us her read of the room, and what the hearing signals about Trump’s other cabinet picks. And in his first days in office, Trump plans to sign executive orders that would boost the U.S. fossil fuel industry. Plus, though the labor market appears strong, power is shifting from employees to employers. WSJ economics reporter Konrad Putzier tells us the more subtle ways that companies are flexing that power today. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Stremen in der RD Mediatik Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders to boost the American fossil fuel industry shortly after he's sworn in as president next week and Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon sat for a contentious confirmation hearing in front of a Senate committee.

  • It was really striking, as someone who covers the Pentagon, to hear sort of two just very vastly different descriptions of what the Pentagon should be.

  • You could really sort of see the partisan divide in the questions.

  • It was a visible display of the divide in this country.

  • Plus, power in the job market shifts away from workers, giving companies the upper hand.

  • It's Tuesday, January 14th.

  • I'm Alex Sosale for the Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the PM edition of what's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world.

  • Today, we're exclusively reporting that President elect Donald Trump is preparing executive orders seeking to boost American fossil fuels.

  • It's a move that would undo President Biden's push for the US to adopt electric vehicles.

  • Oil lobbyists told the Journal that following his inauguration on Monday, Trump is expected to instruct agencies to begin unwinding his predecessor's limits on drilling offshore and on federal land.

  • He's also planning to resume approvals for plants that export U.S.

  • natural gas.

  • To press his agenda, Trump will order big changes at the Environmental Protection Agency and at the Energy and Interior departments.

  • Some of his moves will likely be challenged in court, and Trump might need Republican lawmakers to take a swing at overturning Biden's rules through the Congressional Review Act.

  • Trump is expected to sign dozens of executive orders during his first days in office, which would make big changes to US Policies on energy, immigration, education and other constants of American life.

  • Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, sat for a contentious confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

  • Hegseth vowed to restore the U.S.