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House Narrowly Blocks Impeachment of U.S. War Secretary Hegseth After Massie Push

A resolution by Rep. Thomas Massie to impeach U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth failed in the House of Representatives, which voted 211–204 to sideline the effort.

An attempt to impeach U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has failed in the House of Representatives after a close vote to set aside the resolution.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, introduced the impeachment measure against Hegseth. The House voted 211 to 204 to sideline the initiative, according to reporting from the Intercept and Ukrainian summaries of the vote.

The result means Hegseth remains in his post and avoids a Senate trial, which impeachment would have triggered. It also shows that while a substantial bloc of lawmakers backed Massie’s move, a narrow majority chose to block it.

Ukrainian-language reporting noted that Republican congressman Thomas Massie brought the impeachment project to a vote and that the initiative failed on the 211–204 tally.

The failed impeachment highlights divisions inside the House over Hegseth’s performance and over broader war policy but leaves the current Pentagon leadership structure in place.

Signals to watch include whether Massie or his allies introduce new measures targeting Hegseth, whether critics of the secretary shift to other tactics such as funding restrictions, and how Hegseth calibrates his own engagement with Congress after the vote.

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