US HOUSE BLOCKS BID TO IMPEACH DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH

Republicans in the US House of Representatives blocked an effort on Tuesday to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, winning a reprieve 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 US military, winning praise from President Donald Trump.

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