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Massie to Force House Vote on Impeaching Defense Secretary Hegseth

Republican Representative Thomas Massie plans to force an impeachment vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while CBS News reported that a vote could come as early as this week.

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Republican Representative Thomas Massie plans to force a House vote on impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, BBC News reported. The outlet said the effort will likely fail, but that Massie wants to push Trump to fire Hegseth before Democrats can launch their own impeachment process.

CBS News reported that Hegseth could face a vote on articles of impeachment in the House as early as this week, as the House returns.

The two reports differ in emphasis. CBS News focused on the timing of a possible vote, while BBC News focused on the expected outcome and on Massie's stated goal of prompting Trump to remove Hegseth. Neither report, as summarized here, describes the specific articles of impeachment or the grounds cited for them.

BBC News described Massie as a Republican congressman and said the effort will likely fail. CBS News said a vote could come as early as this week, and its headline links that timing to the House's return. The available summaries do not say whether Trump has responded to Massie's effort, and they do not confirm that a vote will be held.

Both outlets identify Hegseth as Defense Secretary. The BBC headline uses British spelling for the department, while CBS News uses American spelling, a difference of style rather than of substance.

Sources: CBS News: Hegseth could face impeachment vote this week as House returns; BBC News: Republican congressman to force impeachment vote on Defence Secretary Hegseth.

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