House shelves Hegseth impeachment, Spain's general strike, Hellebuyck booed in Winnipeg
The House voted 211-204 to shelve impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Spain holds its first general strike in 14 years, Asian chip stocks rally after Wall Street slips, Minnesota is denied more than $112 million in Medicaid money, and Connor Hellebuyck is booed in Winnipeg.
The House voted 211-204 on Tuesday evening to send eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the House Judiciary Committee, effectively blocking the effort for now. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who is leaving Congress, wrote the articles; he was the only Republican to vote against the motion. Eleven Democrats did not vote. Democrats take control of the House in January.
Supporters of impeachment sayRep. Thomas Massie's articles accuse Hegseth of ordering military action in Iran and Yemen without authorization, attacking boats in the Caribbean and the capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Hegseth of abusing power and says Democrats will discuss another impeachment effort next year.
Hegseth and his defenders sayHegseth called the effort a farce and said his orders were lawful. President Trump said it "miserably failed" and praised Hegseth. House Speaker Mike Johnson had said impeaching a Cabinet secretary during hostilities "would be a terrible, terrible look."
Workers across Spain staged the country's first general strike in 14 years on Wednesday, in anger over housing costs, rents and evictions. It is backed by the two largest unions, UGT and CCOO, plus other labor groups and tenants' associations. Spain's Youth Council says average rent is about 98.7% of a young person's average monthly salary. Train drivers also walked out Tuesday. Spain holds a snap general election on November 29.
Unions and tenants' groups sayThey want a bigger public role in housing, a stop to speculation, empty homes put up for affordable rent or sale, and higher wages. A Madrid Tenants' Union spokesperson said: "We won't stop until we transform this country's housing model from top to bottom."
Opponents and the government sayThe opposition PP and Vox parties oppose the strike, and Valencia's employers' group says companies are working normally. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government has largely blamed the right-wing opposition, which runs many regions and cities, for rising rents and short housing supply.
South Korea's Kospi rose more than 2% on Wednesday, led by chipmakers SK Hynix, up more than 5%, and Samsung Electronics, up more than 3%, on AI chip demand. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.3%. On Tuesday, U.S. stocks fell after October inflation came in hotter than expected: the S&P 500 lost 0.4%, the Dow 0.3% and the Nasdaq 0.7%, and Nvidia fell 5.5%. The hot report raised the chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike in December. U.S. Treasury cash markets are closed for Veterans Day.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is denying Minnesota more than $112 million in Medicaid reimbursements for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2025. CMS reviewed 330 claims from high-risk services and found 78 did not meet federal requirements, citing problems such as missing signatures, dates and documentation, and extrapolated the total. Minnesota's Department of Human Services says it has more questions than answers and is considering its options, including an appeal. About $550 million in Minnesota Medicaid funds remains frozen.
Federal officials sayCMS says the claims failed federal reimbursement requirements, as part of an anti-fraud effort targeting high-risk Minnesota programs.
Minnesota officials sayTemporary Human Services Commissioner John Connolly says the amount is roughly 1,000 times greater than the claims first identified; the state questions how CMS picked the claims and calculated the total, and says CMS has not answered repeated requests.
Fans in Winnipeg booed former Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck when he took the ice for the New Jersey Devils' pregame warmup on Tuesday, and the Jets won 4-2. The Devils' coach and general manager decided Hellebuyck would not play. He asked the Jets for a trade after they missed the playoffs and was traded to New Jersey on Oct. 23. He said concerns for his family were part of his decision, saying some things "crossed the line" for him as a husband and father.
