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Zachary Cohen retweeted
Covering the military and the military community is the best job ever because of the amazing, deeply impressive, weird, hilarious people I get to meet and talk to every day.
So a huge thanks to all the veterans out there — thank you for all that you've done and continue to do, and for telling your stories. But most importantly, thank you for all the creative, poetic ways you've taught me to curse
After the vote, Massie said he would not pursue his impeachment effort during his remaining time in Congress, but still plans to needle the administration with another resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran.
Hegseth is also likely to face further accountability measures when Democrats take control of Congress in the new year. Democrats have focused on a narrower set of alleged offenses — some of which weren’t included in Massie’s eight articles.
Source familiar with Hegseth’s thinking said they expect Democrats will try to impeach Trump’s SecDef again next year but anticipates hearings & investigation first.
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House GOP leaders just successfully killed Massie's push to impeach Secretary Hegseth, per @sarahnferris.
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This is pretty wild: From a jail in New York, a commander of an Iranian terrorist proxy group helped direct a failed plot to attack RAF Fairford — a key UK air force base used by the US to execute the war with Iran, federal prosecutors allege in a new indictment.
The man, Mohammad Dawood Al-Saadi, a duel Iranian and Iraqi citizen, is accused of using coded messages in calls to his family to give instructions to two other people who attempted to help carry out the attack on the base, where US B-1 bombers were stationed.
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Zachary Cohen retweeted
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst would not on rule out backing Pete Hegseth’s impeachment amid reports she privately slammed the defense secretary to GOP colleagues.
Asked today about her concerns with Hegseth, the retiring Iowa senator told reporters, “I just want to make sure that the right information is flowing from the Pentagon to the president.
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“The president will back him to a point,” one Trump ally, a former adviser to the president, told CNN. “But he may be forced to remove him once it’s no longer tenable. There are varying views in the West Wing on how long that will be.”
Zachary Cohen retweeted
The US evacuated American military aircraft from a military base in England on Monday following a threat from Iran that was deemed credible, according to a person familiar with the intelligence that prompted the evacuation.
The source declined to detail the nature of the threat, but said that the US intelligence community has in recent weeks picked up a wide range of "varied, extensive, and specific" plots being discussed by the Iranians against US targets.
It is unclear whether the Iranians actually have the capabilities needed to act on the threats, however, which range from drone attacks on US bases to assassination plots. Several threats were also made against targets inside the United States, the source said. cnn.com/2026/11/10/world/us-…
Zachary Cohen retweeted
Trump & Stephen Miller have told Hegseth their plan is to fight against the efforts to impeach him & will continue to defend him staunchly
Miller is personally very close to Hegseth and has — like Trump — reassured him that they have his back as he was preparing to address the press Tuesday morning, just hours before the House was expected to vote on impeachment cnn.com/2026/11/10/politics/…
Hegseth is, quite literally, asking for people to take his word on this despite well-documented concerns to the contrary.
A memo outlining the Trump admin's legal justification for these strikes remains classified & the government is currently fighting in court to keep it secret.
Zachary Cohen retweeted
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has frequently equated criticism of him and policy decisions to criticism of the troops carrying out those orders.
He did so again this morning: "Put the Secretary on trial today, and the men and women who carried out those orders tomorrow. If they want to come for the warriors, they're going to have to come through me."
The private meeting with the so-called Gang of Eight was initially meant to focus on the war in Iran.
But it came days after Jensen Huang admitted to the affair — and nearly a year after the FBI first raised concerns to lawmakers that Alice Huang might be feeding information to China, two sources told CNN.
Story w/ @adamcancryn, @KristenhCNN & @Kevinliptakcnn
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… for carrying out a deeply unpopular war Trump ordered.
Trump pledges to stand by Hegseth if he's impeached
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“Further, as of March 2026, F-35 JPO did not know the status of lost F-35 parts valued at over $85 million that GAO reported on in 2023. Also, F-35 JPO has not established procedures for effectively reviewing losses reported at government-managed facilities,” the Government Accountability Office (an independent watchdog) writes in a report published today.
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Meanwhile … in case you missed this via @ACapaccio.
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Zachary Cohen retweeted
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A House vote is expected by Wednesday. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4zeS55I
