US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has told the Senate that the 60-day War Powers clock for the Iran conflict is paused because of the ceasefire, a claim Democrats and at least one Republican are openly disputing.
Pete Hegseth's bruising six-hour House Armed Services hearing on the Iran war was only the opening act. Thursday's Senate appearance, stacked with hostile Republicans and a personally aggrieved Mark Kelly, looks far more dangerous.
The US Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary in a 54-45 vote, tasking the former MMA fighter with leading a department mired in a weeks-long shutdown and over 100,000 employees working without pay.