Trump ally Jim Jordan to lead House Republicans next year, with John Thune to return as Senate minority leader - live

Jordan, the hardline conservative from Ohio, beat fellow congressman Steve Scalise by a vote of 106-73; Thune won re-election without a challenger Republicans elect Jim Jordan as House minority leader after party’s midterm defeats Sign up for the US Breaking News email During his

Jordan, the hardline conservative from Ohio, beat fellow congressman Steve Scalise by a vote of 106-73; Thune won re-election without a challenger Republicans elect Jim Jordan as House minority leader after party’s midterm defeats Sign up for the US Breaking News email During his press conference, Hegseth was resolute that the articles of impeachment are baseless, and that all attacks were carried out legally. “As for the articles themselves, Iran, the cartels, Maduro, Yemen, everyone was a lawful operation ordered by the commander-in-chief, then ordered by myself, notified to Congress and executed by American warriors who did their jobs,” he said. “We destroyed terror regimes’ capabilities.

We sank the boats carrying poison into our communities. We put a narco dictator in handcuffs. These are not high crimes.

This is the job, and it’s the job well done.” Continue reading...