House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Sunday that he is "a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution," putting his weight behind impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Speaking to ABC News, he predicted "incredibly strong support" among House Democrats when the party discusses it in caucus. Just two days earlier, Jeffries had called Hegseth "the most unqualified secretary of defense in American history" and said he should go, but he stopped short of backing impeachment and said he didn't want to get ahead of his caucus. The resolution is expected to come from Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who told ABC he plans to reintroduce a privileged measure with eight articles of impeachment as early as Monday.

Massie's articles accuse Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution, among other charges, and Democrats' criticism of Hegseth has centered on the Iran war and its costs. Massie first filed the articles in September, but the House adjourned early and delayed a vote, and he has said he would drop the effort only if Hegseth resigns. President Trump has said Hegseth is "doing a very good job," and Republicans still control the House until January, so they could try to block or table the measure. What happens next depends on how many Republicans join Democrats and whether Hegseth steps down first. The vote would be a major test of how far the post-midterm fallout over the war reaches into Trump's cabinet.