Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments: House Republicans blocked an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth, rejecting allegations that the defense secretary had repeatedly violated the constitution through his handling of the Iran war and other conflicts globally. A motion to refer Thomas Massie’s eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth to committee passed in the House, 211-204. The Pentagon declared “total victory” after the vote, and Donald Trump celebrated the vote as an “EXONERATION of a Great American Patriot”. Congressman Jim Jordan, a Republican hardliner from Ohio, won the election to become the next House minority leader in Congress. Jordan beat Representative Steve Scalise, the current majority leader, by 106-73 in a closed-door vote to lead Republicans from January. He replaces the current House speaker, Mike Jonson, who said he would not run when the GOP cedes control to Democrats in t