US Democrats suffered a blow on Tuesday as Republicans in the US House of Representatives blocked Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's impeachment over the war waged on Iran. The House failed to secure the votes needed to send the impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee, with a vote of 211 to 204, handing President Donald Trump a victory just days after his party's disastrous midterm election defeat. Democrats and some Republicans had been hoping to hold a vote on Wednesday, which would have seen Hegseth face formal charges. The resolution was formally proposed by Trump critic, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, who was the only member of his party to oppose the procedural manoeuvre, according to US media.
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