Republican congressman to force impeachment vote on Defence Secretary Hegseth

A Republican congressman plans to force a vote in the House of Representatives this week to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, alleging he has violated the US Constitution. "By engaging in hostilities in Iran for more than 90 days without congressional authorization, Secretary Hegseth is breaking the law and must be held accountable," Representative Thomas Massie said. The effort will likely fail, given Republicans will remain in power in Congress until January.

But Massie says he wants to push President Donald Trump to fire Hegseth before Democrats can launch their own impeachment process. "We're not worried about that," Hegseth said when asked by reporters about the impending resolution earlier on Monday, adding he would hold a news conference Tuesday morning "on that very topic". Massie, who lost re-election earlier this year, has been critical of Trump and the war in Iran since it started nearly nine months ago.

He is known across the country for also pushing the administration to release federal files on the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.