Congress returns to Washington on Monday for a six-week lame-duck session following midterm results.
Congress returned to a changed Washington on Monday for a six-week lame-duck session after Democrats swept power in the midterm elections, according to NBC News.
Lawmakers arrived on Capitol Hill for orientation sessions while jubilant Democrats celebrated the party’s historic wins, WKTV reported. Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Pete Aguilar joined Meet the Press NOW to discuss Democrats’ priorities in the new Congress. At the same time, President Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff.
President Trump responds to the report that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, and he's not rushing to judgment. ⠀ "I think he's an honorable guy," Trump tells reporters, saying he hasn't spoken to Huang about the matter and wants to hear his… pic.twitter.com/p3xV41ydpv
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces an expected impeachment resolution in Congress over military actions in Iran and Venezuela.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth, according to Yahoo. The resolution accuses the defense secretary of waging war without congressional approval, ignoring rules on civilian casualties, and directing extrajudicial killings.
Defending military operations, Hegseth said Monday:
If you want to take issue with what we did in Epic Fury or Rough Rider or nabbing Nicolás Maduro, you’re taking issue with the troops and what they accomplished, which is historic.
Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary
If the House impeachment vote succeeds, Hegseth would become only the third Cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached, following Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876, Yahoo reported.
COLLINS: Will you stand by Pete Hegseth if he's impeached? TRUMP: Yeah, I'll stand by him. He won two wars. Massie is a lower. Just like you're a loser at CNN. pic.twitter.com/U2ivXE3Izw
I think the country made clear that they want a new generation of leadership with big and bold ideas. At a minimum, anyone who wants to be majority leader should lay out what their plan is to help the American people, especially in the first 100 days.
Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Senator for Michigan
The probe follows reports that Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort involving an alleged Chinese spy and an extramarital affair, according to WKTV and CNBC.
More on Pete Hegseth
Rep. Massie on why he is attempting to impeach Pete Hegseth and not Trump over Iran war: “It’s true that the president is culpable by asking Hegseth to carry out illegal orders. But Hegseth should not carry out illegal orders — and that’s why we’re impeaching him.” pic.twitter.com/F7UXXOnAXE
I’ve seen some of my colleagues say @SecWar Hegseth has been effective and they agree with the war, so they’ll vote not to impeach. That’s not the question though. The question is whether he committed impeachable acts, and the answer is yes, eight times:https://t.co/JnrtWL15Sb
Hegseth on his possible impeachment: "If you want to litigate our success, I'm happy to do it all day long" pic.twitter.com/6yN7n2VaW3