{
  "id": 19043634,
  "title": "Top House Democrat ‘a hard yes’ on impeaching Hegseth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/top-house-democrat-a-hard-yes-on-impeaching-hegseth",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T23:02:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/top-house-democrat-a-hard-yes-on-impeaching-hegseth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a frontrunner to become the next House Speaker, has expressed his strong support for impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During a recent appearance on ABC’s programme This Week, Jeffries stated that he is a \"hard yes\" when it comes to impeaching Hegseth. According to Jeffries, Hegseth has \"abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran.\"\n\nJeffries is the favorite to assume the role of House Speaker once Democrats regain control of Congress in January, following their significant victory in the midterm elections. As the most powerful member of the lower chamber, Jeffries plans to serve as a check and balance against the Trump administration. However, he emphasized that the newly empowered Democrats are not currently focused on impeaching President Trump, who was impeached twice during his first term.\n\nThe Republican congressman Thomas Massie, who is known for his opposition to President Donald Trump, has announced his intention to introduce a resolution to impeach Hegseth as early as Monday. Massie's resolution contains eight articles of impeachment, which accuse Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973 for America's involvement in the war with Iran.\n\nIn response to Massie's impeachment effort, Hegseth released a nearly six-minute video urging Congress to approve the Pentagon's latest military budget request. In the video, Hegseth addressed the impeachment effort, referring to it as \"phony investigations\" and \"political theatre disguised as power.\" He claimed that his policies \"don't work\" and that his opponents are driven by the politics of personal destruction, stating that such tactics \"won't work against me.\"",
  "summary": "The frontrunner to lead the US House of Representatives after Democrats take control of Congress in January has said he is \"a hard yes\" for impeaching Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Top House Democrat 'a hard yes' on impeaching Pete Hegseth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/top-house-democrat-a-hard-yes-on-impeaching-pete-hegseth",
        "published": "2026-11-08T20:49:32.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}