Hegseth holds first press conference in six months to defend Iran war record

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth held his first press conference in over six months to defend his record amid an impeachment bid over his handling of the Iran conflict, filed by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie. Massie filed the impeachment resolution Monday, citing "high crimes and misdemeanors" and alleging Hegseth's Pentagon leadership warrants removal. The move follows Republican losses in the midterm elections, widely attributed partly to inflation driven by the eight-month-old Iran war. Hegseth dismissed critics as "politically motivated," saying he is "happy to do it all day long" to litigate military actions. A House vote could come by midweek, with Trump backing Hegseth, though Iran continues striking US bases and disrupting shipping despite claims the war is "effectively over."