WASHINGTON - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives moved on Tuesday to effectively block an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, buying more time for the polarizing Pentagon chief before Democrats take control of Congress next year and possibly try again.The vote on a procedural motion came just hours after Hegseth blasted efforts to impeach him as a farce and delivered a defiant defense of his record at the helm of the Pentagon, winning praise from President Donald Trump.Republicans passed a motion to refer eight articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, a move that the sponsor of the impeachment push, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie, warned would kill it.
U.S. House blocks path to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth
Hegseth would have been the first U.S. defense secretary to be impeached.
In brief
WASHINGTON - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives moved on Tuesday to effectively block an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, buying more time for the polarizing Pentagon chief before Democrats take control of Congress next year and possibly try again.The vote on a procedural motion came just hours after Hegseth blasted efforts to impeach him as a farce and delivered a defiant defense of his record at the helm of the Pentagon, winning praise from President Donald Trump.Republicans passed a motion to refer eight articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, a move that the sponsor of the impeachment push, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie, warned would kill…
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