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 the beginning of a morning press conference Tuesday at the Pentagon.

Facing an expected impeachment resolution in Congress, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s eager to litigate the policy choices that he and President Donald Trump have made in Iran and Venezuela

President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over.” The president made a surprise visit to White House briefing room after meeting with Qatar’s prime minister.

The House must take up the impeachment resolution within two legislative days.

Trump questions whether the midterm election was “honest” and blames voting machines days after saying he would accept the results.

Republicans are reeling from the midterm elections and facing a crisis. There's little agreement on how the party should move forward and what President Trump's role should be.

As world leaders brace for President Donald Trump's reaction to a midterm pummeling, The West Block gets a prediction from a former Republican White House staffer. David Frum, staff writer for "The Atlantic", joins the show.

Donald Trump seemed to accept defeat. The midterm elections were a Democratic landslide, and instead of immediately crying election fraud the president started making excuses. He wasn't to blame, of course — it was the Republicans on the ballot,

Joe Biden is reducing appearances on his book tour amid his fight with cancer, the former president announced. In a statement Sunday, Biden said his illness would limit the number of “conversations” he could participate in about his forthcoming memoir,

The former president's memoir comes out Nov. 17, two weeks after the midterm elections.

Former President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” about his upcoming presidential memoir due to his cancer.

Joe Biden gives a prostate cancer update, saying that he’ll do fewer interviews for his memoir.

Democratic US Senators Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and ⁠Sheldon Whitehouse ⁠of Rhode Island rallied on Monday ⁠for a bipartisan energy permitting bill ahead of a preliminary vote, arguing recent changes to ​the legislation and assurances from the Trump administration on stalled wind projects should help win over skeptics in their party.

The bipartisan Senate permitting bill cleared its first hurdle Monday with a 73-25 procedural vote. Why it matters: The legislation could transform how America builds energy infrastructure, with major implications for everything from electricity costs to data centers. Cutting permit timelines and creating a more predictable process for energy projects is a top priority for fossil fuels and renewables sectors. But critics argue the Senate plan...

The Senate voted Monday to advance a major bipartisan bill that aims to speed up the construction of energy and other infrastructure projects — clearing a key hurdle toward the measure becoming law.

The Senate is set to consider bipartisan legislation to speed up permitting for data centers and infrastructure projects

Tens of thousands of early and absentee ballots in Alaska have yet to be counted, and a winner may not be known until Nov. 18, with the election results expected to be certified on Nov. 25.

Native Vote 2026 Mary Peltola (Yup’ik) expanded her lead in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race following the release of additional ballots from Anchorage and Chevak, according to the Peltola campaign. The

Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) has expanded her lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in her state’s competitive Senate contest. The latest batch of votes to be counted reported Peltola leading by 2,517 first-choice votes which extended her lead of 637 from last week. She holds 48.63 percent of the vote, while Sullivan has 47.47…

As of 4 p.m., Mary Peltola led incumbent Dan Sullivan by 2,517 votes out of 219,342 cast. Gerald Heikes and Dan J. Sullivan were a distant third and fourth.

Retired Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat, will flip Colorado’s 4th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, ending conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tenure in Congress.

Democrat Eileen Laubacher has declared victory over Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in the race for Colorado's 4th Congressional District. The Associated Press has not called the race as of Monday

"Boebert’s loss coming after she decided to run in a more conservative district last cycle in an effort to preserve her political future."

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has lost reelection for her Colorado House seat. The Associated Press called the race.