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Graphic Truth: Is your mind made up on impeachment?

After a jam-packed week of testimony in the impeachment probe of President Trump there were plenty of memorable moments, but will any of it sway public opinion? The answer is: probably not. Overwhelmingly, US voters across parties say nothing they hear in the impeachment inquiry will change their minds, according to a recent NPR/PBS News Hour/ Marist poll. Independents are a little more open-minded than Republicans or Democrats, but not by much. Here's a look at the numbers.

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Iran war threatens water access in Middle East
Natalie Johnson, Eileen Zhang

As missiles fly and oil prices soar, the Iran war is exposing another major resource vulnerability in the Middle East: water. Fresh water has been a scarce commodity in a region defined by a dry climate and low rainfall, but attacks on the region’s desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water, threaten to open a new front.