New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- In the roiling aftermath of a controversial US military strike on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Representative Shri Thanedar, a Democrat from Michigan, has thrust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth into the center of a political firestorm by introducing articles of impeachment. The audacious move, announced on Thursday, accuses Hegseth of conspiracy to commit murder, reckless endangerment of American troops, and unlawful mishandling of classified information, a direct outgrowth of the so-called Signalgate scandal and a deadly September 2 operation that left survivors in its wake. As Democrats grapple with their minority status in a Republican-dominated Congress, Thanedar's gambit raises profound questions about account...