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Photo: Graeme Sloan\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/h5>\nRep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) did not clue Republican leaders in on his plans to\u00a0introduce an impeachment resolution<\/a>\u00a0against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war,\u00a0Axios’ Kate Santaliz reported.<\/em><\/p>\n The big picture:\u00a0<\/strong>Lame-duck Republicans who lost Trump-backed primary challenges are\u00a0increasingly using<\/a>\u00a0their final months in office to buck the administration and GOP leaders.<\/p>\n Catch up quick:\u00a0<\/strong>Massie introduced the eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Tuesday in\u00a0his boldest act of defiance since he began his effort to curb the administration’s war powers.<\/p>\n Zoom out:\u00a0<\/strong>Massie kept his plan under wraps because leadership canceled legislative days after learning about his latest Epstein discharge petition. He feared a similar outcome with this effort.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:\u00a0<\/strong>“I didn’t want to show it to anybody,” Massie\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0CNN’s Kaitlin Collins Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n