The Hugh Hewitt Show

Adm. William McRaven (USN, Ret.) on his latest book "Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them." Also on today's program: Noah Rothman, Chai Ling, Eliana Johnson, Josh Kraushaar, Energy Sec. Chris Wright, Jim Geraghty, and Jim Talent.

Hugh discusses Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Senate run in Texas, National Defense Authorization Act, and Erika Kirk being slandered by hateful people, and talks with Comfortably Smug, Sarah Bedford, Lauren Stewart, Mary Katharine Ham, Norton Rainey, Salena Zito, and a long interview with Hillsdale's Dr. Matt Spalding.

Hugh covers POLITICO’s interview with President Trump, his green light for Nvidia chip sales to China, Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Senate run in Texas, and talks with David Drucker, Bret Baier, Alex Gray, Byron York, Rich Lowry, and James Lileks.

Hugh discusses Minnesota’s Somali community ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud scandal, the SCOTUS arguments regarding Trump on president’s power to fire FTC commissioner, and talks with Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, Bethany Mandel of The Mom Wars, Scott Johnson of Power Line Blog, Vic Matus of the Free Beacon, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Doug Lesmerises of The Bill & Doug Show.

Should President Trump offer Ukraine territorial status? Are the strikes on the drug boats constitutional? Has the left lost its collective mind? John Ellis, Eli Lake, Charles C. W. Cooke, and Ben Domenech join Hugh for the week in review.

Hugh discusses President Trump's authority to order the targeting of foreign narco boats, and talks with Sebastien Lai, Sen. John Cornyn, Bret Baier, Byron York, Noah Rothman, Jim Talent, Josh Kraushaar, Salena Zito, and Phil Balboni.

Hugh broadcasts from the American Legislative Exchange Council's 2025 States & Nation Policy Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. Hugh talks with:

• Texas Senator Phil King, ALEC Board Member
• North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger
• Iowa Speaker Pro Tem John Wills, ALEC Board Member
• Texas Tech University Chancellor Brandon Creighton
• Kansas Speaker Dan Hawkins, ALEC State Chair for Kansas
• Jonathan Williams, ALEC President & Chief Economist
• Michigan Speaker Matt Hall, ALEC Board Member
• Florida State Rep. Berny Jacques
• Chaplain Rich Stoglin, President, the Tarrant County Texas Fredrick Douglass Republicans.
• Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino, Finance Chair
• Missouri Senator Nick Schroer
• Florida State Rep. Demi Busatta
• ALEC Incoming National Chair for 2026
• Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt, ALEC State Chair for Texas

Hugh broadcasts from Day 1 of the American Legislative Exchange Council's 2025 States & Nation Policy Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. Hugh talks with:

• Rhode Island Rep. Jon Brien
• Michigan Rep. Ann Bollin
• West Virginia Senator Patricia Rucker, 2025 ALEC National Chair
• Lisa B. Nelson, ALEC Chief Executive Officer
• Ohio Senate President Rob McColley, ALEC Board Member
• Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, 2024 ALEC National Chair
• Texas Rep. Caroline Harris Davila, ALEC Board Member
• New York Assemblyman Robert Smullen, ALEC Board Member
• Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, ALEC Board Member, 2021 National Chair
• Oklahoma Senate Majority Floor Leader Julie Daniels, ALEC Board Member
• Arizona Senate President Pro Tem. T.J. Shope, ALEC Board Member
• Arkansas Senator Jim Dotson, ALEC Board Member

Hugh recaps Thanksgiving, Ohio State winning "The Game" against Michigan, and updates on Israel with Haviv Rettig Gur, Bethany Mandel, David Drucker, Dr. Michael Oren, Vic Matus, and Doug Lesmerises.

Hugh discusses the shooting of 2 National Guardsmen in D.C., the Russia-Ukraine negotiations, and talks with Jordan Hirsch of Palantir, Abe Greenwald from Commentary, AEI's Danielle Pletka, and author Carla Ondrasik.

Hugh discusses his book recommendations, AOC's Thanksgiving charity scandal, the Dem's "illegal"  orders video, and talks with Ruthless co-host Michael Duncan, David Drucker of The Dispatch, Washington Examiner's Byron York, Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and humorist James Lileks

Hugh discusses the MLB gambling scandal, antisemitism and socialism in the Democratic Party, Israel's actions against Lebanon, and talks with Ohio Senator Jon Husted, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Michael Oren, NewsNation's Leland Vittert, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, Vic Matus of the Free Beacon, Adm Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), and Doug Lesmerises of The Bill and Doug Show.

Hugh discusses the news of the week with Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, John Ellis, Eli Lake, and Doug Lesmerises.

Hugh discusses former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral, the impending AI bubble, and talks with former Senator Jim Talent of the Reagan Institute, National Review's Noah Rothman, David Bahnsen of The Bahnsen Group, Michigan senatorial candidate Mike Rogers, and Josh Kraushaar, editor-in-chief of Jewish Insider.

Hugh discusses the impending AI bubble, Congressional redistricting the end of the shutdown, and talks with National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke, Mary Katharine Ham of Getting Hammered & Normally, Amit Segal from Israel's N12 News, "Butler" author Salena Zito, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Utah Senator John Curtis, CA Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, and Sarah Bedford of the Washington Examiner.

Hugh discusses the Epstein files, the looming AI bubble, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's White House visit, and talks with Scott Jennings, Josh Holmes, Andrew C. McCarthy, Rich Lowry, Byron York, David Drucker, James Lileks, and Scott Brown.

Hugh discusses the impending AI bubble, the increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, and talks with Sen. Tom Cotton, Alex Gray, Dr. Michael Oren, Vic Matus, and Doug Lesmerises. 

Hugh recaps the week with John Ellis, Jim Geraghty, Jordan Hirsch, Eli Lake, and Doug Lesmerises. Plus, a replay of Haviv Rettig Gur in case you missed it.

Hugh discusses the reopening of the government and the rise of socialism on the Left with Noah Rothman, John Podhoretz, Josh Kraushaar, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), Jim Talent, Dr. Michael Oren, and a long conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur.

Why Did 78% of 18-30 year olds in NYC vote for Mamdani? Comfortably Smug, Mary Katharine Ham, and Bethany Mandel offer answers, and Arthur Brooks explains the science of “Happiness".

And, no, there’s nothing incriminating about President Trump in the “new” Epstein emails.