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Rep. Massie files eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Hegseth

Pete Hegseth official portrait. Photo: U.S. Department of Defense, public domain (via Wikimedia Commons); cropped and resized. File image.

NEW Politics · 07:37

Rep. Massie files eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Hegseth

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday. Because the measure is privileged, the House must act on it within two legislative days. Hegseth has called it a "sham".

Source: CNBC; NPR; NBC News; PolitiFact

Paraguay’s Peña resigns over ueno bank collapse; lower house impeaches him minutes later

Video still: Santiago Peña resignation address on X, 5 Nov 2026 (via @visegrad24 circulate) / Original: Santiago Peña

BREAKING Politics · 20:06

Paraguay’s Peña resigns over ueno bank collapse; lower house impeaches him minutes later

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña announced his resignation on Thursday in a video posted on X, amid the collapse of digital lender ueno bank. Minutes later the Chamber of Deputies voted 78-0 to impeach him. Vice President Pedro Alliana is expected to succeed him; the Senate still has to act.

Source: AP; BBC News; ABC Color; El País; CNN Español; Santiago Peña (resignation video on X)