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Bacon 'torn' over whether to back Hegseth impeachment

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a centrist Republican retiring from the Congress who has criticized President Trump on foreign policy and other matters, on Monday said he is conflicted about the effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth being led by a fellow GOP lawmaker. “The

Watch live: Massie speaks amid Hegseth impeachment drive

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is set to speak Monday as he pushes to force a House vote on ousting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Kentucky Republican introduced eight articles of impeachment, accusing Hegseth of violating congressional war powers, suppressing free speech and

Giving wheat breeders hyper vision

Aswin Singaram Natarajan rolls a stem of wheat in his hands. It looks perfectly healthy, but the senior experimental scientist at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, knows his eyes can deceive him. A plant could look green and vital and still be losing—losing too much

The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky

I love Taiwanese artist Kuang-Yu Tsui ’s 1997 conceptual art piece The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky but I couldn’t really tell you what it means. Something about the way people are bombarded with advertisements for consumer goods? I also couldn’t help but think of the iOS

Republican Congressman Forces Vote on Impeaching Pete Hegseth

Representative Thomas Massie presented eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Monday afternoon. Massie posted his draft resolution hours earlier on X with the message, “I’ve seen some of my colleagues say @SecWar Hegseth has been effective and