Rep. Thomas Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on eight articles, most charging military action without approval from Congress.
If the House adopts it, Hegseth is impeached and the case goes to the Senate, where removing him takes two-thirds of senators.
Who this affects
U.S. servicemembers · Defense Department · Congress
What this resolution does
1Articles I to III charge that Hegseth carried out the war with Iran without a declaration of war or approval from Congress, kept it going after both chambers directed U.S. forces out in June, and ran past the War Powers Resolution's time limits.
2Article IV charges that he dismantled the Pentagon's programs for preventing and counting civilian casualties, including the funding for the Army's casualty-tracking database.
3Article V charges that strikes he directed on boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific killed at least 243 people without legal authority.
