Politico : Hegseth in the hot seat   —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, still chuckling at King Charles' real estate gag at the White House banquet last night.  What do you mean, too soon?  —  In today's Playbook ... RELATED: Josh Christenson / New York Post : Discussion: USA Today , The Hill , James Comey , Law Dork , NBC News , CBS News , Politico , The Independent , MS NOW , New York Times , Washington Post , Washingtonian , Raw Story , Breitbart , NPR , CNBC , Washington Examiner , National Review , The Gateway Pundit , New York Times , The Wrap , Fox News , WJBK-TV , Rolling Stone , Ars Technica , The Daily Wire , Mediaite , Wall Street Journal , Roll Call , Above the Law , NewsMax.com , The National Pulse , UPI , New York Sun , One America News Network , Democracy Docket , The Last Refuge , Deseret News , Bloomberg , WVEC , KSTP-TV , DNYUZ , Honolulu Star-Advertiser , CNN ,…