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Happening now, breaking news. An ominous sign for Donald Trump's pick for defense

secretary, Pete Hegeset, a key Trump supporter, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, just now calling

the allegations against Heggseth disturbing and telling reporters his confirmation fight will

be difficult.

Also breaking major political turmoil, shaking a key U.S. ally as South

Korea's president declares and then rescinds martial law. U.S. officials completely caught

off guard as they watched the situation with deep concern. Plus, Trump's return to the global

stage is sending world leaders

scrambling to cozy up, how allies and adversaries alike are trying to influence, impress,

and flatter the incoming president. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around

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And first to the breaking news on the Trump transition.

Key Republican senators raising serious questions right now about Donald

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