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Pete Hegseth avoids impeachment vote despite growing GOP frustration
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, who introduced the articles of impeachment against Hegseth, was the sole Republican to vote in favor of proceeding with the effort.
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Besides Trump and Hegseth, lawmakers have already filed impeachment resolutions against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
Republicans are increasingly blaming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the party’s midterm losses, accusing him of urging the Iran war without a clear exit strategy. Rep. Thomas Massie plans to seek a House impeachment vote, while President Trump continues to defend Hegseth and Democrats prepare ov…
It looks like Pete Hegseth is going to take the blame for the Republican midterm election drubbing. Next week, an impeachment resolution will be introduced, and House Republicans expect it to pass.
(CNN) — President Donald Trump may have made the decision to launch the war that tanked voters’ support for the GOP and dealt them a midterm shellacking. But the historic losses are accelerating a push for someone else to take the fall: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Rep. Massie, who was primaried by a Trump-backed candidate earlier this year, is planning to force an impeachment vote against the Defense Secretary as early as next week.
Trump is starting to ask his allies for names to replace Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Next week’s impeachment vote could be the end for Hegseth.
Pete Hegseth’s team met this week to plan a strategy for fighting the defense secretary’s likely impeachment vote in the House next week. Then the memes started.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video online, appearing to dismiss another push to impeach him. Some speculate the administration might use him as the scapegoat for Republicans’ poor midterm results.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is responding defiantly to post-midterm election calls for his job. “A disgruntled, defeated congressman — along with all his Democrat allies — has also dropped sham articles of impeachment against ‘yours truly,’ just like they tried against President (Donald) Trump, t…
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said he is a “hard yes” on impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Host Jonathan Karl said, “Let me ask you about Pete Hegseth, because Thomas Massie, of course, a
House Democrat is a ‘hard yes’ on impeachment resolution against defense secretary who ‘has abused his power’ House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, poised to become majority leader, said on Sunday that he strongly supports impeaching defense secretary Pete Hegseth as a Republican lawmaker prepares …
Massie has announced articles of impeachment against Hegseth, largely accusing him of using the military for improper purposes without authorization from Congress.
Massie has announced articles of impeachment against Hegseth, largely accusing him of using the military for improper purposes without authorization from Congress.
Jeffries said that House Democrats will have a conversation about whether there's enough support for the resolution when they convene in Washington for the first time after the midterm elections on Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves after attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Cebu, central Philippines, Oct. 28, 2026.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries backed impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, saying he's a "hard yes" on a measure that may be introduced as soon as this week.
