House Republicans Block Hegseth Impeachment, but Democrats Could Revive Effort in January

 https://time.com/article/2026/11/10/hegseth-impeachment-procedural-vote-house/

The House voted 211-204 to defeat a resolution brought by Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Republican who has repeatedly clashed with Trump, preventing lawmakers from considering eight articles of impeachment accusing Hegseth of violating the Constitution, conducting unauthorized military operations, and abusing the powers of his office.

With a Democratic majority in the House, impeachment articles would stand a substantially greater chance of passage. Unlike a Senate conviction, which requires support of a two-thirds majority, impeachment in the House requires only a simple majority. Democrats could therefore approve articles without Republican support if enough of their members backed the effort.

Such a vote would make Hegseth only the third Cabinet secretary in American history to be impeached, following William Belknap, President Ulysses S. Grant's secretary of war, in 1876, and Alejandro Mayorkas, President Joe Biden's homeland security secretary, in 2024. It would also raise the prospect of a Senate trial soon after Democrats take control of the chamber,  forcing lawmakers in both parties to confront allegations of unlawful military conduct at a time when the Iran war has become a major political liability for the White House.