House votes to effectively end the impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth

House Republicans managed to short-circuit a floor vote on the impeachment effort brought against the Defense Secretary by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5879x3920+0+0/resize/5879x3920!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4d%2F4e%2F6decb6604829ba314b7dc99ddde8%2Fgettyimages-2304464396.jpg' alt='Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon on Nov. 10, 2026.'/><p>House Republicans managed to short-circuit a floor vote on the impeachment effort brought against the Defense Secretary by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie. </p><p>(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6036813' />