Duckworth: Hegseth nomination an ‘insult’ to Defense Department 

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) spoke out against President-elect Trump’s nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary, calling the nomination an “insult” to the Department of Defense.   “It’s frankly an insult and really troubling that Mr. Trump would nominate someone who has admitted that he’s paid off a victim who has claimed rape allegations against him,” she…