Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) suggested that President Trump should remove Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from his position before the House votes to impeach him.
The Kentucky Republican, who often finds himself in the crosshairs of Trump for frequently breaking with the party, was responding to a report claiming that the president was considering firing the Pentagon chief after the midterm election and blamed him for the unpopular Iran war.
Missiles have rained down on Moscow in a massive Ukrainian attack targeting the city, explosions and fires have been reported in several locations in the city's southwestern and eastern regions.
Ukrainian forces have carried out crippling strikes on the Russian Air Force, in Boriseglebsk the Russian air force lost 6 SU-34 fighter bombers after a Ukrainian attack vaporized the aircraft while on the ground.
Ukraine is now preparing for a massive blockade campaign on Moscow using over 1000 drones per day to keep Moscow's skies closed down permanently.
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The IRGC has also fired several anti ship missiles into the Straight, with 2 tankers being hit and set alight in the strait over the past 24 hours.
Iranian forces are now rapidly mobilizing their forces along the western border, possibly for ground incursions into Iraq.
Saudi forces have also defended the Jeddah airspace over the past hours from Houthi attacks.
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How can one man outspend an entire political party?
Elon Musk has now poured at least $366 million into electing Republicans since the last election. That's the biggest contribution by any single human being in any campaign cycle in American history.
The New York Times says the GOP's outside spending advantage this year is mostly one man's checkbook.
Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center says we haven't seen a gap like this since the Watergate election of 72.
And here's the grubby part. Musk is a federal contractor. His companies have pulled in at least $38 billion in contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits.
New restrictions on the speed at which some of Ukraine's weapons can travel and stay connected to the Starlink internet network have disrupted Ukraine's battlefield "missions", President Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser has warned. S read more
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Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the spot in a tense Senate exchange, confronting him with his own past statements about winning the war.
Ossoff presses Hegseth over the apparent contradiction between his victory claims and the ongoing conflict, demanding answers about the administration's war strategy and its definition of success."
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