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House Democrats file impeachment articles against Trump’s defense secretary as Senate Democrats fail to pass measures to check White House power over Iran war Sign up for the Breaking News US email The first impeachment article alleges that Pete Hegseth started the conflict with Iran “without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization by the Congress,” and “knowingly exposing members of the Armed Forces of the United States to substantial and foreseeable risk of injury or death.” Another article held Hegseth responsible for the strike on an Iranian primary school on 28 February – the day the United States and Israel began bombing Iran – which killed at least 170 people, including students and teachers. Trump threatened to fire Jerome Powell if he stays on as US Federal Reserve chair past the end of his tenure and doubled down on a criminal investigation into renovations of the central bank’s headquarters. Wall Street scaled a fresh all-time high amid growing optimism among investors that the US-Israel war on Iran will soon be over. The supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration. Trump defended his consumption of diet soda by suggesting it might help prevent cancer, according to recent comments shared by Mehmet Oz . The US and Iran have been in indirect talks aimed at extending the two-week ceasefire beyond its expiry on 22 April, as Pakistan’s army chief arrived in Tehran to continue mediation efforts. John Eastman , the Republican legal scholar who convinced Trump he could stay in office despite losing the 2020 election, lost his license to practice law in California . Continue reading...
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