GOP branded ‘sinking ship’ as Republicans block efforts to impeach Hegseth – US politics live
The Guardian's US politics live blog reports House Republicans blocking Thomas Massie's impeachment of Pete Hegseth by a 211-204 vote to refer his articles to the judiciary committee, though The Daily Beast says 11 absent Democrats may have doomed it. Also: Jim Jordan wins the House minority leadership race, the Kennedys sue over a planned Arlington arch, and Trump's $10bn BBC defamation suit proceeds.
