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Newsmax host Greg Kelly called on former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to withdraw from consideration after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be secretary of defense.

In a rant on Monday, Kelly insisted that Hegseth's confirmation as defense secretary was "not going to happen."

Meghan McCain, the daughter of former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), complained that Hunter Biden was a "nepo baby" after he was granted a pardon by his father, President Joe Biden.

In a Monday post on X, McCain lashed out over the pardon.

Fox News hosts Lawrence Jones and Steve Doocy argued that President-elect Donald Trump would have pardoned Hunter Biden after President Joe Biden did the same thing.

While reporting on the pardon Monday, Fox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera noted that Republicans in Congress "have found no concrete evidence of wrongdoing by the Biden family."

A Newsmax panel criticized women who reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's victory by declining to have sex, shaving their heads, or being sterilized.

During a Sunday morning discussion on the conservative news network, host Sarah Williamson said women were making the "crazy" decision to be sterilized because they feared that anti-abortion laws could put their lives at risk.

Fox News guest Lucy Caldwell, a Democratic strategist, argued that sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth should be taken seriously after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be defense secretary.

On Sunday's Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz said that Hegseth and other nominees had faced "credible" threats of violence.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) complained because President-elect Donald Trump was "the only world leader who came up with an incredible deal" who had not been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Jackie Deangelis pointed out that a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel was on the table during the final months of Joe Biden's presidency.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) revealed Sunday that he supports Kash Patel as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director because he would dismantle the agency.

During an interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker told Hagerty that former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr had called Patel unqualified for a senior role at the FBI.

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy dubbed President-elect Donald Trump's nominees "The Justice League" after Kash Patel was named as incoming FBI director.

"Now, this has been rumored, I think, for a week or two," co-host Will Cain announced on Sunday's edition of Fox & Friends Weekend. "And there was already some hyperventilating on the left about this potentiality, because Kash Patel represents another disruptor added to the cabinet."

Fox News host Julie Banderas warned viewers that they should be prepared to pay more for goods if president-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to place tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.

While speaking to small business "expert" Gene Marks on Thursday, Banderas noted that Trump had vowed to make tariffs "so high, so horrible, so obnoxious" to force businesses to move to the United States.

Newsmax pundit Theryn Bond criticized president-elect Donald Trump for nominating personal friends instead of the best-qualified people to head his new administration.

During a Thanksgiving panel discussion on Thursday, host Sharla McBride asked Bond to comment on Trump's nominations.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, responded to death threats by vowing to follow through with mass deportations.

In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Homan said that he might start taking death threats seriously after they were received by multiple Trump nominees Tuesday night.

Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn, a former aide to then-Attorney General Bill Barr, struggled to defend former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani after he defamed Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss.

A day after Giuliani reacted to a court hearing by telling reporters he had "no cash," Fox News host John Roberts asked Urbahn if it was fair for a court to award $148 million to the two former election workers because they were falsely accused of rigging the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.

Fox News pundit David Webb asserted Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey were "guilty" after several of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees were targeted with bomb threats.

During Wednesday's Outnumbered program, Emily Compagno noted that at least five of Trump's nominees had faced threats.