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South China Morning Post
7 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Who is Tami Radabaugh? The Fox News alum was in a Signal chat with Pete Hegseth, and supposedly suggested a make-up room in the Pentagon – but what made her set up her own media company?
Former Fox News host and US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth recently faced calls to resign when it came out that he had been sharing military secrets in a Signal group chat with his wife, former Fox News producer Jennifer Rauchet. To make matters worse, Hegseth is in hot water again after a third group chat including Rauchet, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, and former Fox News producer Tami Radabaugh was uncovered. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 1. Photo: EPA-EFE Meanwhile, Radabaugh made headlines twice in two weeks, after she reportedly suggested her former colleague Hegseth install a make-up room in the Pentagon to prep for TV appearances. Advertisement In response to a CBS News article titled 'Hegseth orders make-up studio installed at Pentagon', Hegseth took to X (formerly Twitter) on April 24, writing: 'Totally fake story. No 'orders' and no 'make-up' – but whatever.' So who is Tami Radabaugh? Here's everything to know. She's a TV news producer Tami Radabaugh is a veteran TV news producer. Photo: Tami Radabaugh graduated from the College of New Rochelle in New York with a degree in communication arts and political science. She was a senior executive producer at Fox News from 2019 to 2023, during which she oversaw the popular morning show Fox & Friends and, according to her LinkedIn bio, was 'responsible for more than 15 hours of live programming each week'. Before that, she held other producer roles at Fox, having first joined in early 2015. Prior to her years at Fox, Radabaugh worked for a string of media organisations including CBS News and CNN. She started her own media company
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Why is Pete Hegseth's wife Jennifer Rauchet under fire for Signal chat leak controversy?
Who is Jennifer Rauchet? Live Events Jennifer Rauchet's controversies (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth 's wife Jennifer Rauchet is in the eye of a political storm after being included in a private Signal group chat where Hegseth reportedly shared sensitive details about a US military strike in Yemen. Hegseth is in hot water for reportedly adding his wife Jennifer Rauchet, brother Phil, and personal attorney Tim Parlatore, to a second Signal group where details about upcoming military strikes aimed at the Houthis were discussed, according to the New York a US official told the Times that Hegseth did not disclose any classified information in the second group chat—allegedly accessed by the defense secretary on his personal phone—Democrats are already calling for his resignation. The controversy comes nearly a month after he was embroiled in the first Signal chat leak, where in The Atlantic editor-in-chief was 'accidentally' added, wherein Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration, including VP JD Vance, reportedly discussed the same war just Pete Hegseth, his wife Jennifer is also facing the heat in the second Signal chat leak. Here's everything you need to know about Pete Hegseth's wife Jennifer Rauchet.A media professional, Jennifer Rauchet graduated from Towson University with a degree in journalism. Best known for her work as a producer at Fox News, she contributed to programs like Fox & Friends Hegseth and Jennifer met at Fox News while working for the news network and got married in 2019. Pete Hegseth was a former co-host of the same show. The two tied the knot at Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, New Jersey, wearing red 'Make Weddings Great Again' hats in a nod to Donald Trump's MAGA often refers to Rauchet as his 'rock' and the pair often gush about one another on their social media accounts. 'I've missed him, but great to watch my husband visiting friends on the other side of the world,' Rauchet wrote about Hegseth in an Instagram post three weeks ago. 'He loves this country and all the men and women who serve it everywhere.''Grateful to have my incredible wife @jennycdot by my side for our first international trip,' Hegseth wrote about his wife ahead of his first overseas trip since being sworn into Rauchet is Pete Hegseth's third wife. He was previously married to Meredith Schwarz (2004-2009), and Samantha Deering (2010-2017).The couple shares a 7-year-old daughter named Gwen. Additionally, each has three children from previous relationships. While Rauchet generally maintains a low public profile, she openly expresses her admiration for Jennifer Rauchet holds no official government position, her role in defense matters extends well beyond private Signal conversations. According to The Wall Street Journal, she attended two high-level meetings with foreign military was said to have been present at a March 6 meeting at the Pentagon with Britain's Secretary of Defence John Healy and Admiral Tony Radakin, head of the U.K. armed forces. The meeting came at an especially sensitive moment — the day after the U.S. said it had cut off military intelligence sharing with Ukraine — and discussions included the rationale for the decision and future military defense secretary's wife was also at a meeting in February at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, the Journal reports, citing two people who attended. It is not known if her presence had an impact on what was discussed at either Rauchet stood by Hegseth ahead of his turbulent Senate confirmation process, where he was grilled over allegations of a sexual assault dating back to 2017. He denies the allegation and insists the encounter was consensual.
