• Impeachment foiled: House GOP leaders killed a push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a show of unity from a party battered after last week’s midterm drubbing. Eleven House Democrats missed the vote, giving GOP leaders the numbers to end the effort to oust Hegseth in this Congress.
• On Capitol Hill: House Republicans picked Rep. Jim Jordan — one of the GOP’s most combative figures — to lead the party in the minority next year. In the Senate, some Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders won’t pledge to back Chuck Schumer as majority leader.
