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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to a news conference at the Pentagon on November 10, 2026. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on November 10, 2026. | Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks during a press conference on articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 9, 2026. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may be on track to become just the third Cabinet member in history to be impeached, after Republican Rep. Thomas ...

Incoming new senators arrive for orientation meetings at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 9, 2026.  | Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images

It’s going to take some time to fully comprehend what just happened in the midterm elections.

Last Tuesday brought a blue wave of historic proportions, with Democrats winning large majorities in both the House of R...

“Wait, I can feel that?” Ami Brasure remembers thinking.

For most of us, the experience that dazzled her couldn’t be more ordinary: You’re standing around, maybe in your kitchen or living room, drinking something a little too carelessly, and before you know it, the liquid is dribbling down your chin and trickling down your chest — and you can feel it...