House Votes 211-204 to Bury Massie's Hegseth Impeachment in Committee
The surprise vote spares the Defense Secretary a floor vote this week, but incoming Democratic leaders promise investigations when they take the majority in January.
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The surprise vote spares the Defense Secretary a floor vote this week, but incoming Democratic leaders promise investigations when they take the majority in January.
Jeffries is a 'hard yes' while GOP leaders vow to defeat the resolution, which charges the Defense Secretary over the Iran war, the Caribbean boat strikes and the Maduro raid.
WatchRep. Thomas Massie says he will force a vote when Congress returns, and GOP sources expect it to pass after midterm losses tied to the Iran war.
Santiago Peña faces three criminal investigations after the seizure of Ueno Bank, which served more than 60% of Paraguayan adults. Both houses rejected his resignation.

The former Obama chief of staff, eyeing a 2028 run, says impeachment would be a 'food fight' and urges an ethics package instead.
The Kentucky Republican, who lost his primary in May, accuses the war secretary of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, bombing a girls' school, demoting Sen. Mark Kelly and seizing Nicolás Maduro without Congress's consent.
The Texas Democrat's H.Res. 1486 accused Trump of letting ICE and Border Patrol 'operate without accountability' and cited four people killed by federal immigration agents this year. Democratic leaders declined to whip the vote and voted present themselves.

The Maryland Democrat told 'Meet the Press' that impeachment is 'a critical tool in the toolbox' but not a fetish and not a panacea. Health care comes first if his party wins the House.

Three counts of grave threats stem from remarks the Philippine vice president made at a 2024 online news conference. A conviction would bar her from the 2028 presidential race.

The Supreme Court dismissed all appeals Thursday, finalizing a seven-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol for obstructing his own arrest and falsifying the martial-law decree he sprang on the nation in December 2024.

The Philippine vice president faces charges of misusing public funds and threatening to have President Marcos assassinated. She is the first VP in the country's history to stand trial.

The Philippine vice president faces charges of graft, bribery and threatening to have President Marcos assassinated. A conviction would bar her from office for life — and end a dynasty's grip on the country's highest posts.

The Philippine vice president became the first in the country's history to stand trial in the Senate, facing charges of corruption and death threats against President Marcos.

Maj. Jason Watson, in uniform, refused police orders to stop demonstrating and became the first serving officer to publicly demand the president's removal from office.

The two-term Republican senator who voted to convict Trump in 2021 failed to make the runoff, demonstrating the president's continued grip on the GOP.