The Kennedy Center board voted to immediately close its main building over safety and financial concerns. In Washington, GOP Representative Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Senate voted to block a cryptocurrency bill, delivering a major blow to the industry. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the war in Iran could cost $2 billion per month, while the United States confirmed the presence of weapons in Earth’s orbit, prompting warnings of a space arms race. In the cultural sphere, Aaron Rowe withdrew from an Ed Sheeran tour after Macklemore was dropped, saying he could not allow billionaires to silence