Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Congress to approve $350 billion in military funding and vowed to fight Democratic impeachment efforts, Fox News reported. The outlet's summary of its report did not include further detail on the funding request or on the impeachment effort it described.
Fox News characterized the impeachment push as Democratic. The Hill, in a report by Filip Timotija, described a different account. According to that summary, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was preparing an impeachment push for the following week.
In the same report, The Hill said Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the powerful House Oversight Committee, said on Friday that “there’s a lot of questions” in the Republican conference about Hegseth. Comer also indicated that the matter would be a decision for President Trump, according to the excerpt, which ends mid-sentence.
The sources differ on who is driving the impeachment effort. Fox News described it as Democratic, while The Hill named Massie, a Republican, as preparing the push. Neither summary states the specific target of the impeachment, although The Hill's headline ties the push to questions about Hegseth.
Neither summary includes a response from Massie or from the Pentagon to the funding request or the impeachment push. Fox News's headline said Hegseth was firing back at the Democratic effort, while its summary said he vowed to fight it. The Hill's summary did not say how Republican lawmakers would vote on any impeachment measure.
Sources: Fox News: Hegseth demands $350B for military, fires back at Dem impeachment push; The Hill: Comer says ‘there’s a lot of questions about Hegseth’ amid impeachment push.