The House has turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his conduct in office and handling of the war against Iran, which some Republicans blame for sweeping midterm losses.
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Republicans → turn → losses
More than a dozen House and Senate races remain undetermined one week after Election Day.
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races → remain → Day
Democrats could have 56 Senate seats when the counting is done in Alaska and Mississippi.
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counting → have → Alaska
Democrats already have 255 seats in the House, their widest majority in decades.
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Democrats → have → decades
And Sen. Bernie Sanders said he won’t support Sen. Chuck Schumer as majority leader.
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he → say → leader
He said there needs to be a new generation of leadership and a vigorous debate about the Democratic Party’s party’s direction.
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He → say → direction
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Latest → ’ → ?
Trump’s private message to Biden emerges in new White House memoir
Trump, who for years disputed his loss in the 2020 election and publicly decried the result as having been stolen from him by Democratic forces, privately lauded incoming President Joe Biden as someone he believed would “be true to yourself and the American people.”
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he → emerge → yourself
That sentiment, along with others, was part of the letter Trump left for Biden upon leaving office in January 2021.
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Trump → leave → January
Biden showed the note to some members of his staff after his inauguration in 2021 but didn’t let anyone read it, describing it later that day as “very generous” but otherwise saying he considered it to be private.
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it → show → it
Inclusion of the letter in Biden’s “Promise Me, America,” his White House memoir slated for release Nov. 17, was first reported Tuesday by The New York Times.
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Inclusion → promise → Times
The Associated Press has reviewed a photocopy of the two-page letter, handwritten in Trump’s trademark black Sharpie on White House stationery and addressed “To ‘46,’” denoting Biden’s place as the 46th U.S. president.
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Press → review → president
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has won a party contest to serve as House Republican leader as the party prepares for its new role in the minority and a flurry of Democratic investigations aimed at its standard-bearer in the White House.
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party → elect → House
Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret-ballot election of Republicans who will serve in the next Congress.
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who → defeat → Congress
Jordan, 62, co-founded the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus.
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- → co → Caucus
His candidacy appealed to those looking for new leadership in the wake of last week’s election debacle and to those who like his hard-hitting political style.
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who → appeal → style
Jordan will inherit a historically small House Republican conference that is only beginning to grapple with its loss of power for Trump’s final two years in office.
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that → inherit → office
Leading the party back to a House majority in 2028 is sure to be a stiff climb, given the scope of Democratic victories.
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Leading → lead → victories
Bernie Sanders won’t support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it’s time for change
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he would not be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic majority leader in the new Congress, setting up a seismic confrontation after the party’s sweep to power in the midterm elections.
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he → support → elections
Sanders was joined by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan at a news conference at the Capitol, and together called for a new generation of leadership and a vigorous debate about the party’s direction.
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Sanders → join → direction
A number of incoming Democratic senators have echoed the call, signaling that they would support another candidate over Schumer.
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they → echo → Schumer
“The time is now for change,” said Sanders, the independent from Vermont and essentially the father of modern progressivism in the U.S.
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Sanders → say → U.S.
“And I will not be supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic leader.”
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Chuck → support → leader
Slotkin, who said she is not actively seeking the job herself, explained that she wants potential Senate leaders to present a full plan about the new majority’s priorities.
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leaders → say → priorities
“I’m a no until and unless I see that from anyone,” she said.
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she → ’m → anyone
Pete Hegseth impeachment effort blocked by House Republicans
The House has turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his conduct in office and handling of the war against Iran.
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House → block → Iran
The vote came as Republicans grapple with the fallout from sweeping midterm losses that some in the party have blamed on the war in Iran and the resulting surge in gas prices.
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some → come → prices
But after Trump signaled strong support for Hegseth, GOP lawmakers largely stood by the secretary Tuesday, blocking the effort in a near party-line vote.
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lawmakers → signal → vote
The effort was led by Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and backed by Democrats.
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effort → lead → Democrats
The vote Tuesday may only delay an impeachment push against Hegseth, with Democrats set to take control of the House and Senate in January.
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Democrats → delay → January
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is expected to become the next speaker when Democrats take charge in January, stood firmly behind the push, saying Hegseth has “abused his power” and “undermined America’s national security.”
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Hegseth → expect → security
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