House Republicans block impeachment of Defense Secretary Hegseth

The House turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his conduct in office and his handling of the war against Iran. Some Republicans blame that war for sweeping midterm losses.

More than a dozen House and Senate races remain undetermined one week after Election Day. Democrats could hold 56 Senate seats once counting finishes in Alaska and Mississippi. Democrats already hold 255 House seats, their widest majority in decades.

“"very generous"”

Senator Bernie Sanders said he will not support Senator Chuck Schumer as majority leader. Sanders called for a new generation of leadership and a vigorous debate about the Democratic Party's direction.

Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio won a party contest to lead House Republicans in the minority. Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, defeated Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret-ballot election.

A private letter from Donald Trump to Joe Biden has emerged in Biden's new White House memoir, "Promise Me, America," due November 17. Trump left the handwritten two-page note for Biden in January 2021, addressed "To '46.'" Biden called it "very generous" but kept it private.

The Associated Press reviewed a photocopy of the letter, handwritten in Trump's trademark black Sharpie on White House stationery. The New York Times first reported its inclusion in the memoir on Tuesday.