Republicans in the House successfully blocked an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Eleven Democrats missed the vote.

Republicans in the US House on Tuesday blocked an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war, handing President Donald Trump a victory days after his party’s midterm defeat. Hegseth…

US Republican Thomas Massie moved Monday, November 9, to force a vote to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, pressing his fellow Republicans to remove one of the Trump administration's most prominent…

The House voted 211-204 to defeat a resolution brought by Rep. Thomas Massie. Another vote could come after Democrats take control of Congress in January.

Massie's first try came before the midterm elections, and Speaker Mike Johnson called an early recess to avoid the vote. That caused the resolution to expire, which is why Massie reintroduced it this week. Massie is leaving Congress after losing his primary. Johnson had also cautioned colleagues against trying to remove Hegseth while the United States is engaged in military activities.

The House sent Pete Hegseth's impeachment articles to a Republican-controlled committee in a 211-204 vote. Eleven absent Democrats then faced criticism from colleagues as the narrow result exposed party tensions.

Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes

Pete Hegseth, the secretary of Defense who faced a vote on impeachment in the U.S. House, deployed a historically shameful defense of his own ruinous tenure during his Nov. 10 news briefing, hours before the House protected him from an impeachment vote.