Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is condemning the impeachment effort against him as “a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment.”
Hegseth made the comments at a news conference at the Pentagon, just a day after Rep. Thomas Massie launched an effort to impeach him over his handling of the unpopular war against Iran and other actions.
Senate Republicans were meeting Tuesday for a “robust conversation” on their future and to decide whether to keep South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their leader.
Thune is expected to be reelected, given that he remains popular with his GOP colleagues and is running unopposed. Some Republicans said it’s too soon to endorse the status quo.
The U.N.’s top human rights body has agreed by consensus to push back a regular review of the U.S. human rights record until January, after the Trump administration snubbed the process.
The move by the Human Rights Council buys it more time to try to coax the U.S. government to take part – after the United States was set Tuesday to become the first U.N. member country ever to fully reject such a review.
Ilah Daood can be reached at daoo3174@stthomas.edu.
