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Donald Trump doubles down on defense of Pete Hegseth and attacks fresh effort to impeach him – live

Donald Trump doubles down on defense of Pete Hegseth and attacks fresh effort to impeach him – live

Thomas Massie, Republican congressman, accuses defense secretary of illegally waging war without congressional authorization; president claims Hegseth both won and is winning war with Iran

Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, currently the House minority leader who is poised to become new Speaker next year, told CBS News that the Trump administration will hold a closed-door congressional briefing today to discuss Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

Last week the Republican chairs of three key House committees also called on Huang to appear before lawmakers in a closed-door hearing on 18 November.

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