Today's wondering   Politics  November 10, 2026

After 150 years, is a war finally reason enough to impeach a war chief?

In 1876 the House impeached a Secretary of War over side payments. In 2026, the charge is the war itself. On Monday, Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, filed eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Three of them accuse him of waging war on Iran without the approval of Congress. A House vote could come this week, and by one count as few as three Republican defections or absences would…

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