Capitol agenda: House set to rebuke Trump’s tariffs - Live Updates - POLITICO

The chamber will vote on a resolution offered by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) to overturn the president's Canadian tariffs. It comes after GOP Reps. Kevin Kiley of California, Don Bacon of Nebraska and Thomas Massie of Kentucky sided with Democrats to tank a procedural rule, which contained a provision GOP leaders have relied upon for months to prevent members from voting to undermine Trump's trade agenda...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/11/congress/house-votes-trump-tariffs-resolution-canada-00775520 

 

‘Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard’: Republicans amp up their resistance to Trump’s Greenland push - POLITICO

"If there was any sort of action that looked like the goal was actually landing in Greenland and doing an illegal taking … there'd be sufficient numbers here to pass a war powers resolution and withstand a veto," Tillis said. 

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) went further, predicting that it would lead to impeachment and calling Trump's Greenland obsession "the dumbest thing I've ever heard."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/greenland-trump-republicans-congress-00732945 

 

Another Moderate Republican Opts Out (The Atlantic)

Bacon told me that the nature of the threats he has received has changed. He used to get the hardest time from the far left, “the Bernie Sanders crowd,” he said. “They hate Trump so much, they don’t think straight.” But lately, threats have come more from the “dark MAGA guys.” As Bacon put it, “If you show any disagreement at all with Trump, you’re a traitor. It’s sort of strange.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/don-bacon-congress-retirement/683520/

Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill

At least a dozen House Republicans are considering signing onto Rep. Don Bacon's (R-Neb.) bill to restrict the White House's ability to impose tariffs unilaterally, Axios has learned…

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/house-republicans-tariff-bill-trump-don-bacon 

 

Don Bacon says Donald Trump repeating Taliban mistake in Ukraine talks

"We've seen a history of this. I remember when the Trump administration was negotiating with the Taliban without the Afghan government. That really weakened the Afghan government thereafter," he added...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5186439-trump-mistake-ukraine-russia/

Opinion | Don Bacon Explains the Chaos in the Republican House - The New York Times

"I find a lot of them don't realize how our government really works. They think they can actually force the Senate to do their bidding, and we all know that this place operates on consensus and middle ground. When it's all said and done, especially when you're talking about negotiating the Senate version, versus the House version, you're going to get something in the middle. I've talked to some of them; they do not accept that premise. Their feet are not on the ground."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/don-bacon-republicans-gaetz.html

California 'bacon ban' applies to more than pork, aims to prevent animal cruelty - PolitiFact

…Iowa pork would not be able to be sold in California if the housing conditions for Iowa pigs taken to market do not comply with the law's rules. Calling what is happening in California a bacon ban is Half True…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/11/ashley-hinson/california-bacon-ban-applies-more-pork-aims-preven/

UK-US Brexit trade deal ‘could fill supermarkets with cancer-risk bacon’

...The US processed meat industry uses nitrites derived from celery juice to cure pig meat, keep it pink and preserve it so it can stay on supermarket shelves longer. Nitrites are harmless in themselves, but when they are cooked and ingested, they produce nitrosamines which are carcinogenic...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/14/uk-us-brexit-trade-deal-could-fill-supermarkets-with-cancer-risk-bacon

White House hires college senior as top Trump official: report | TheHill

A 23-year-old senior attending George Washington University has been tapped to fill a top role in the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office (PPO), Politico reported Tuesday. ....  According to Politico, which cited three administration officials familiar with the reported hire, James Bacon, who is currently studying for his bachelor’s degree, will be the office’s next director of operations. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/484641-white-house-hires-college-senior-as-top-trump-official-report

Eating just one slice of bacon a day linked to higher risk of colorectal cancer, says study - CNN

Eating even a moderate amount of red or processed meat is linked with an increased risk of colorectal, or bowel, cancer, according to a new study published Wednesday.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/health/colorectal-cancer-risk-red-processed-meat-study-intl/index.html

Stop adding cancer-causing chemicals to our bacon, experts tell meat industry | Food | The Guardian

The reputation of the meat industry will sink to that of big tobacco unless it removes cancer-causing chemicals from processed products such as bacon and ham, a coalition of experts and politicians warn today....
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/dec/29/nitrites-used-in-bacon-cured-meats-linked-to-cancer-experts-warn