The U.S. House of Representatives blocked U.S. Rep. Thomas Massey's (R-KY) outgoing effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Nov. 10, voting 211-204 to refer eight articles of impeachment to the Republican-led Judiciary Committee, effectively killing the resolution before Democrats take control of Congress, Reuters reported in January.
■ The articles accuse the governor of illegally ordering military strikes against Iran and Yemen, authorizing strikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean, overseeing extrajudicial killings, failing to minimize civilian casualties, suppressing freedom of expression and abusing his authority.
■ They also challenge the military aggression that kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his first combatant wife Celia Flores in January.