Good morning! JPMorgan stands by DEI, brand safety isn't Meta's top priority anymore, and Pete Hegseth was just barely confirmed.
- Tiebreak. Despite allegations of sexual assault, paying off an accuser, and drinking to incapacitation on the job, Pete Hegseth was confirmed as President Donald Trump's secretary of defense late Friday.
The 50-50 vote required Vice President JD Vance to serve as a tiebreaker—highly unusual for a defense secretary confirmation. The vote took place after new information from Hegseth's former sister-in-law became public, in which she said that while she didn't personally witness any abuse, she knew that Hegseth's ex-wife "at times feared for her safety and had a code word if she needed help to get away from her husband." Hegseth's attorney told CNN that Hegseth's sister-in-law Danielle "hates Pete" and there was "no truth to any of this."
