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Incident occurred at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on day president claimed US ‘did not start war with Iran’ in Veterans Day speech Democrats lambast absent peers over failed Hegseth impeachment House Republicans block effort to impeach Hegseth Sign up for the US Breaking News emai
Incident occurred at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on day president claimed US ‘did not start war with Iran’ in Veterans Day speech Democrats lambast absent peers over failed Hegseth impeachment House Republicans block effort to impeach Hegseth Sign up for the US Breaking News email Some Democrats, out of the 11 who missed the key procedural vote on Tuesday to impeach Pete Hegseth, blamed a traffic jam in Washington DC for their inability to make it to the US Capitol in time . By a vote of 211-204, Republicans referred the articles of impeachment to the judiciary committee – effectively killing the effort to oust Hegseth. Continue reading...
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