October 21, 2026

Hegseth Impeachment Threats Collide With Democrats’ Demands in Pentagon Funding Fight

<![CDATA[Congressional Democrats are now openly signaling that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth must be removed after the November 3 midterms before they will cooperate on emergency defense funding and the regular appropriations bills needed to keep the Pentagon operating. The demand could treat the future of a sitting cabinet secretary as a bargaining chip in post-election negotiations, an approach with little recent precedent for a military-related funding fight.]]>

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