Fox News replaces Pete Hegseth, promotes another Trump ally

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00:00Fox News replaces Pete Hegseth, promotes another Trump ally.

00:04Fox News is shaking up its lineup by officially replacing Pete Hegseth

00:09and promoting another close ally of President Donald Trump.

00:13Former White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany scored a big promotion.

00:17She's getting her own show on the network.

00:20The conservative cable channel recently announced an updated roster.

00:23Griff Jenkins is officially replacing Hegseth on Fox & Friends weekend as the show's third co-host,

00:29while McEnany will run a two-hour series called Saturday in America.

00:34McEnany, who currently co-hosts Outnumbered on Fox News,

00:38joined the network after working as Trump's press secretary from April 2020 to January 2021.

00:45She previously supervised current White House press secretary Caroline Levitt,

00:50who has since embraced much of McEnany's assertive method of dealing with the media.

00:53Peter Doocy, Fox's senior White House correspondent and son of Fox & Friends,

00:59host Steve Doocy, will also co-host a new show.

01:03He will be featured on The Sunday Briefing alongside Jackie Heinrich,

01:07who is engaged to Pennsylvania representative Brian Fitzpatrick.

01:11The show will reportedly showcase the two alternating weekly.

01:14Meanwhile, Johnny Joey Jones and Tommy Lauren join The Big Weekend Show,

01:19which expanded to a three-hour slot on Saturdays and Sundays.

01:23Hegseth has stayed busy since last year when Trump announced he would nominate him to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.

01:28Trump praised him, writing on social media,

01:31With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice.

01:34Our military will be great again, and America will never back down.

01:38Despite confirmation challenges, Hegseth secured the position in January with a 51-50 vote,

01:44with Vice President J.D. Vance serving as the tiebreaker.