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House Democrats are crying foul on Wednesday after Republicans used a fast-track tactic to pass partisan legislation designed to increase pay for disabled and injured veterans. Democrats opposed the GOP’s Take Care of America's Veterans Act (TCAVA), saying it would expand some veterans’ benefits by slashing others. In her daily whip notice, Rep. Katherine Clark...

A group including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth broke decorum and was loudly admonished by the Army sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.  Hegseth was accompanied by some of his senior staff for the annual Veterans Day ceremony when they stopped to take photos. In videos shared online,...

Eleven Democrats missed a consequential vote in the House Tuesday on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to band together and shut down the effort. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only Republican who joined Democrats on the losing side on a 211-204 vote, a seven-vote margin. Most of the members who missed have...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday backed up Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “So, of course, I'm supportive of impeaching Secretary Hegseth. I think that Massie’s articles are completely legitimate. So, I also believe that we'll see,” Ocasio-Cortez said outside the Capitol on Tuesday night when asked abo...

NEW YORK (AP) — A man jailed on terrorism charges in New York was able to pass secret messages to Iranian operatives planning an attack on a British air base used by the U.S. Air Force, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The new indictment offers fresh insight into an episode shrouded in mystery since...