US House blocks impeachment push against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

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The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to block an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, delaying the push until Democrats take control of Congress next year. The procedural motion referred eight articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, a move sponsor Thomas Massie said would kill the effort. Democrats supported the impeachment push, which centered on Hegseth's conduct of the Iran war and other actions. Hegseth defended his record, calling the impeachment a farce and receiving praise from President Trump. He would have been the first defense secretary impeached, with the last such case occurring in 1876.


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