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News Wrap: Trump tells Republicans he'll be impeached if they lose in midterms

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump warned his fellow Republicans that he'll be impeached if they don't put in a strong showing in this year's midterm elections, abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state's Supreme Court struck down two laws and at least 36 people have now been killed amid ongoing protests in Iran over the country's struggling economy. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, President Trump warned his fellow Republicans today that if they don't put in a strong showing in this year's midterm elections, he'll be impeached.

0:09.0

Mr. Trump was addressing a meeting of GOP lawmakers at the recently renamed Kennedy Center.

0:14.5

He described Democrats as mean and smart, highlighting what he sees as the stakes in the upcoming vote.

0:22.6

You've got to win the midterms, Because if we don't win the midterms, it's just going to be, I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me.

0:30.6

I'll get impeached.

0:32.6

President Trump also urged House Republicans to be flexible in their push to block federal funds

0:38.5

from going to Obamacare plans that cover abortion. That says he pressed Republicans to reach

0:43.6

an agreement on the expired health insurance subsidies, saying it would strengthen the party's

0:47.9

position on the issue of affordability. Meantime, in Wyoming, abortion will remain legal after

0:53.7

that state's Supreme Court struck down

0:55.6

two laws it found unconstitutional. That includes the nation's first ban on abortion pills. The

1:01.5

justices sided with Wyoming's only abortion clinic and others who argue that adults have the

1:06.5

right to make their own health care decisions. The ruling means the state remains one of more than two dozen states across the country,

1:13.7

plus Washington, D.C., that allow abortions up to 20 weeks of pregnancy or later.

1:19.3

Wyoming's Republican governor says he'll push for a constitutional amendment

1:22.9

banning abortion that would go before voters this fall.

1:26.7

In Iran, at least 36 people have now been killed

1:29.9

amid ongoing protests over the country's struggling economy.

1:33.9

That's according to an outside human rights group,

1:36.5

which says that more than 1,200 others have been detained.

1:43.6

Video emerged today of protesters clashing with security forces in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, long a hub of Iran's economic and political life.

1:53.3

Authorities reportedly fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who had been staging a sit-in.

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