Civic term
Impeachment
What it means
The House's power to formally charge a federal officeholder with misconduct, by simple majority. The Senate then holds a trial; conviction takes two-thirds and removes the officeholder. Impeachment is the charge, not the removal — the two are routinely conflated.
Definition drawn from law.cornell.edu · last verified 2026-08-17
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How it's being covered
232 stories in Sift's index, from 35 outlets.
Filed 2023-09-14 — 2026-09-26.
Counts stories whose headline or summary uses the term, plus stories where Sift's own reading notes flagged it — many pieces turn on a term they never spell out in the headline.
Across the spectrum
- Left34 stories
- Center79 stories
- Right89 stories
Positions are AllSides' published ratings, shown for the outlets that filed these stories. 30 stories are counted in the total above but not placed here — either the outlet has no published rating, or Sift has not yet matched the name it files under to a dossier.
Who's covering it
- The HillCenter 36
- Washington ExaminerLean Right 34
- Fox NewsLean Right 25
- AxiosCenter 15
- PBS NewsHourCenter 11
- The Daily CallerRight 9
- RealClearPolitics8
- The GuardianLean Left 8
- ReasonLean Right 7
- The Daily WireRight 7
- BBC NewsCenter 6
- New York PostRight 6
- PoliticoLean Left 6
- Times of India6
- CBS NewsLean Left 5
- South China Morning Post5
- Bloomberg NewsCenter 4
- CNBCCenter 4
- The New York TimesLean Left 4
- The Washington PostLean Left 4
- NPRCenter 3
- The AtlanticLean Left 3
- SlateLeft 2
- The Dispatch2
- Variety2
- ABC NewsLean Left 1
- Deadline1
- FiveThirtyEight1
- Foreign Policy1
- Fortune1
- Rolling Stone1
- The Diplomat1
- The VergeLean Left 1
- The Washington TimesLean Right 1
- WIRED1
Recent stories on Sift
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Pete Hegseth confronts House with a lame-duck impeachment dilemma
Congress set to deal with a Massie-sized headache after midterm elections
Democrats Want Their Scalps
Thomas Massie touts poll showing slight majority support Hegseth impeachment
Hegseth thinks the solution to his woes is to ‘send himself.’ It’s not