Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on November 10, 2026. | Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. In a matter of days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could join a very exclusive club: Only two other Cabinet members have ever been impeached by the House…and one of them died 136 years ago. Such impeachments are exceedingly rare because Congress generally treats them as a last resort — and because presidents ca...
Hegseth’s “maximum lethality” comes back to haunt him
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Nov 10, 2026 • 13 hours ago
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