House Republicans Block Effort to Impeach Pentagon Chief Hegseth
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Pete Hegseth is the US Defense Secretary. He leads the Pentagon, the US military building.
A lawmaker named Thomas Massie wanted to impeach Hegseth. Impeach means to charge a leader with doing something wrong.
Massie wrote articles about Hegseth. Articles here means official written charges.
Most Republicans in the House voted against a full vote on these charges.
They sent the articles to a committee instead. A committee is a small group that studies one topic.
This means there will be no full vote on the floor of the House.
The floor is the main room where all lawmakers vote together.
Because of this vote, Hegseth will not face impeachment now.
The Pentagon said this result was a "total victory."
A victory means winning. Total means complete.
This news is part of a live update page about US politics.
The page also talks about Iran, war, and coming elections called midterms.
Vocabulary15 words
- Defense
- keeping a country safe from attack
- Pentagon
- the US building where military leaders work
- impeach
- to officially charge a leader with wrongdoing
- articles
- official written charges against someone
- committee
- a small group that studies one topic
- floor
- the main room where everyone votes
- victory
- winning
- midterms
- elections held between big presidential elections
- Republicans
- members of one big US political party
- House
- part of the US government that makes laws
- secretary
- a top government leader of one area
- lawmaker
- a person who helps make laws
- charge
- a claim that someone did something wrong
- vote
- choosing yes or no on something
- military
- the army, navy, and air force of a country
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1. Thomas Massie 2. They were sent to committee 3. True
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Pete Hegseth is the US _____ Secretary.
He leads the _____, the US military building.
A lawmaker named Thomas Massie wanted to _____ Hegseth.
Massie wrote _____ about Hegseth.
Most Republicans voted against a full vote on these _____.
They sent the articles to a _____ instead.
This means there will be no full vote on the _____ of the House.
The Pentagon said this result was a "total _____."
This news is part of a live update page about US _____.
The page also talks about Iran, war, and coming elections called _____.
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