Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:54:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 Masked White Supremacists Are Stoking Residential School Denialism in Canada https://truthout.org/articles/masked-white-supremacists-are-stoking-residential-school-denialism-in-canada/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:54:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341923 It was 3:00 am when Doug George-Kanentiio first arrived at the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario, in 1967. He was 11 years old, and he would go on to spend 18 months at the abusive institution, which was Canada’s longest-running residential school. The notorious school operated for more than 140 years before it closed in 1970. “They weren’t places of learning…

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]]> Starlink Reportedly Tried to Upsell Ukraine on New Plan After Throttling Service https://truthout.org/articles/starlink-reportedly-tried-to-upsell-ukraine-on-new-plan-after-throttling-service/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:38:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341948 After Elon Musk ordered his company SpaceX to throttle Ukraine’s satellite internet service amid disagreements over its military operations earlier this month, the company suggested that Ukraine’s government upgrade its plan to avoid service interruptions, new reporting finds. The upsell was reported in The Atlantic, which found that SpaceX, which operates Starlink…

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]]> North Carolina Movement Urges Voters to Reject Corporate Tax Breaks https://truthout.org/articles/north-carolina-movement-urges-voters-to-reject-corporate-tax-breaks/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:13:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341945 The affordability crisis is hitting people hard across the country, but it’s especially acute in North Carolina. For the sixth year in a row, North Carolina holds the distinction of being the worst state in the nation for workers based on its wage policies, worker protections, and rights to organize, according to Oxfam. Nearly half of renters in the state are struggling to afford their homes…

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]]> Utilities, Developers, and Tech Companies Spend Millions to Pass Proposition 45 https://truthout.org/articles/utilities-developers-and-tech-companies-spend-millions-to-pass-proposition-45/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:59:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341943 Political action committees funded by technology companies, the state’s major utilities and other corporate interests have spent nearly twice as much to pass a ballot measure that would greenlight major development projects with minimal environmental or public review as public interest and labor groups have spent opposing it. Developers and other corporate interests aim to streamline the…

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]]> Trump Suggests Ilhan Omar, a US Citizen, Doesn’t Have Constitutional Rights https://truthout.org/articles/trump-suggests-ilhan-omar-a-us-citizen-doesnt-have-constitutional-rights/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:16:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341924 President Donald Trump suggested that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), a U.S. citizen, should not have constitutional rights because of where she’s from in racist remarks at a rally this week. “She was from Somalia and she came over and right away she started opening her mouth, ‘I have constitutional rights,’” Trump said mockingly, in the middle of a three-and-a-half minute rant about Omar in…

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]]> Republicans’ Final Pitch to Midterm Voters: Outright Christian Nationalism https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-final-pitch-to-midterm-voters-outright-christian-nationalism/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:54:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341925 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and other Republicans are including Christian nationalist themes in their messaging and campaign rhetoric in the final days before the midterm elections. This past weekend, Johnson appeared on “The Week on Capitol Hill,” a right-wing Christian program hosted by Tony Perkins. Perkins asked Johnson what advice he’d give to conservatives “who are…

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]]> Senator Briefed on Trump’s Iran War Plans Warns of “Devastating Escalation” https://truthout.org/articles/senator-briefed-on-trumps-iran-war-plans-warns-of-devastating-escalation/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:17:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341913 A senator who was briefed on President Donald Trump’s plans to launch intense strikes on Iran after the midterm elections has warned that the attacks are slated to be so horrific that they will lead to the “destruction” of the U.S.’s “commitment to the rule of law.” At an event hosted by the Middle East Institute on Wednesday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), a member of the Senate Foreign…

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]]> “Our Democracy Is in Danger” — Judge Rejects Trump Bid to Block 20K Votes in CA https://truthout.org/articles/our-democracy-is-in-danger-judge-rejects-trump-bid-to-block-20k-votes-in-ca/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:14:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341919 The Trump administration’s attempts to discount the votes of tens of thousands of voters it has dubiously deemed ineligible to participate in this year’s midterm elections hit two major roadblocks on Wednesday, as officials in Washington state and a judge’s ruling in California challenged the White House’s reasoning. In August, the administration issued a report claiming that 24,000…

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]]> Remembering Legendary Farmworker Organizer and Activist Dolores Huerta https://truthout.org/video/remembering-legendary-farmworker-organizer-and-activist-dolores-huerta/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:09:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341907 Immigrant rights and labor icon Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 and then the United Farm Workers of America, working with Cesar Chavez. From 1965 to 1970, the union organized the historic Delano grape strike, which ended in major gains for farmworkers’ labor rights. In the years that followed…

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]]> Vancouver Is the Next Battleground for Municipal Socialism in North America https://truthout.org/articles/vancouver-is-the-next-battleground-for-municipal-socialism-in-north-america/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:08:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341912 Vancouver, British Columbia, is the next battleground for municipal socialism in North America. On October 17, Vancouver voters decisively evicted their right-wing mayor, replacing him with the Green Party’s candidate. But more consequentially, they also tossed nearly all of the pro-corporate incumbents from all three municipal legislative bodies — city council, the school board…

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]]> US Journalist Detained by Israeli Forces After Being Beaten by Israeli Settlers https://truthout.org/articles/us-journalist-detained-by-israeli-forces-after-being-beaten-by-israeli-settlers/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:04:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341901 A U.S. journalist was detained by Israeli forces after being beaten by Israeli settlers while documenting attacks on Palestinians amid the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. Independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel, along with journalist-activists Russian Adele Shoko and Russian-Israeli Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, were in the village of Umm al-Khair when they were beaten by Israeli settlers.

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]]> Israel’s Election Still in Deadlock After Palestinian Parties’ Surprise Upset https://truthout.org/articles/israels-election-still-in-deadlock-after-palestinian-parties-surprise-upset/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:56:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341909 With the results of Israel’s election on Tuesday finalized on Thursday, the right-wing bloc around current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won 53 seats out of the 120 in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, while the opposition bloc around Gadi Eisenkot has won 48 seats. Both are short of the majority needed to create a ruling coalition government. The real upset, however…

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]]> Israel Is Demolishing Olive Groves and Destroying Entire Villages in Lebanon https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-demolishing-olive-groves-and-destroying-entire-villages-in-lebanon/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:26:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341900 On October 15, Israeli forces expelled residents and farmers from Azariel, an olive grove on the outskirts of Kfarshouba in South Lebanon, ordering them to return the following week if they still wished to harvest their trees. The next morning, an Israeli bulldozer, flanked by two army tanks, invaded the olive grove and uprooted the trees. A few days before the expulsion, Chebli…

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]]> Ramaswamy’s Poll Numbers Drop 6 Points Following Ad Featuring Amy Acton’s Mother https://truthout.org/articles/ramaswamys-poll-numbers-drop-6-points-following-ad-featuring-amy-actons-mother/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:37:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341904 Polling indicates that Republican candidate for Ohio governor Vivek Ramaswamy has lost support from voters in the weeks since he aired a controversial campaign ad featuring his opponent’s long-estranged mother. A survey conducted by a Republican polling firm before the airing of the ad found that Democratic nominee Amy Acton and Ramaswamy were in a statistical tie, with Acton leading slightly…

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]]> McMahon to Spend $43K of Taxpayer Money on Furniture While Gutting Ed Department https://truthout.org/articles/mcmahon-to-spend-43k-of-taxpayer-money-on-furniture-while-gutting-ed-department/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:25:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341898 Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s billionaire education secretary, faced backlash on Wednesday over her plans to spend more than $43,000 of taxpayer money on new furniture for her government office as she works to illegally dismantle the department she leads, harming students across the country. Democratic Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.) and Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) wrote in a letter to McMahon…

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]]> Meet the Rich and Powerful Entities Aiming to Defeat the Rising Electoral Left https://truthout.org/articles/meet-the-rich-and-powerful-entities-aiming-to-defeat-the-rising-electoral-left/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:45:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341893 The U.S. midterm elections are rapidly approaching, and it’s no secret that the Republican Party and Donald Trump want to destroy the rising electoral left in the United States. But as democratic socialist and movement-tied candidates continue to win Democratic primaries — building momentum and distinguishing their dynamic, grassroots campaigns from consultant-molded establishment politicians — a…

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]]> AI Is Class Warfare. Workers Are Fighting Back. https://truthout.org/audio/ai-is-class-warfare-workers-are-fighting-back/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:39:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=341888 Big Tech is selling us a future in which workers are increasingly disposable, human expertise is devalued, and corporate power is more concentrated than ever. But is that future inevitable? In this episode of Movement Memos, host Kelly Hayes talks with Alex Hanna, co-author of The AI Con, about AI as a tool of class warfare, the hype that obscures its real-world harms, and how workers are…

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]]> Tom Tiffany, GOP Candidate for WI Governor, Refuses to Sign Pro-Democracy Pledge https://truthout.org/articles/tom-tiffany-gop-candidate-for-wi-governor-refuses-to-sign-pro-democracy-pledge/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:20:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341884 Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor Tom Tiffany has refused to sign a pro-democracy pledge that was sent by a nonpartisan group to both him and Democratic candidate David Crowley. The inaction by Tiffany, who is currently a member of the House of Representatives, comes as he has tried to stave off criticism relating to his past efforts to block the results of the 2020 presidential…

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]]> Ahead of Midterms, Tenants Call Trump’s Housing Policy a “Catastrophic Failure” https://truthout.org/articles/ahead-of-midterms-tenants-call-trumps-housing-policy-a-catastrophic-failure/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:18:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341879 As voters facing rising living costs head to the midterm polls, the nation’s largest federation of tenant unions has released a damning report on the Trump administration’s “catastrophic failure” to rein in greedy landlords and address a housing crisis that threatens to displace millions of working people from their homes. In fact, housing justice advocates say the few housing policies…

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]]> 98 Percent of Trump’s Refugee Admissions Have Been White South Africans https://truthout.org/articles/98-percent-of-trumps-refugee-admissions-have-been-white-south-africans/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:08:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341880 The Trump administration is blocking admissions for nearly every type of refugee — except for white South Africans, who make up nearly all of those admitted under President Donald Trump’s second term so far, data shows. According to State Department data compiled by economist Steve Rattner, white South Africans make up 98 percent of refugee admissions between February 2025 and July 2026.

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]]> Trump Says Venezuela Gave Him 1M Barrels of Oil as “Gift” as US Seizes Revenues https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-venezuela-gave-him-1m-barrels-of-oil-as-gift-as-us-seizes-revenues/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:26:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341867 President Donald Trump bizarrely said on Tuesday that Venezuela gave him 1 million barrels of oil as a “gift” that he is giving to the U.S. public, which he referred to as “you people.” Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio travelled to Texas to show off a tanker that arrived at Port Arthur carrying Venezuelan crude oil to be processed at Texas refineries, government sources said.

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]]> Far Right Influencer James O’Keefe Charged With Voter Fraud in Minnesota https://truthout.org/articles/far-right-influencer-james-okeefe-charged-with-voter-fraud-in-minnesota/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:26:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341881 Right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe is facing charges in Minnesota relating to his attempts to illegally register to vote as part of an online stunt that attempted but failed to expose flaws in the state’s registration process. There are numerous methods of registering to vote in Minnesota. One process, called “vouching,” is used by people who don’t yet have proof of residence in the state.

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]]> Cost of Iran War Jumps to $47 Billion — a Figure Believed to Be an Underestimate https://truthout.org/articles/cost-of-iran-war-jumps-to-47-billion-a-figure-believed-to-be-an-underestimate/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:04:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341877 US President Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters on Tuesday that his illegal war of choice in Iran will end “whenever I want it to” as the conflict’s official price tag reportedly jumped to $47 billion — a figure that independent analysts believe to be a dramatic underestimate. “It can be over whenever I want it to be over,” Trump said of the historically unpopular war during a rally…

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]]> High Palestinian Turnout in Israeli Elections Came Down to Matters of Survival https://truthout.org/articles/high-palestinian-turnout-in-israeli-elections-came-down-to-matters-of-survival/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:17:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341872 Jaffa, Israel — Outside of Ahva Elementary School in Ajami, a historic Palestinian neighborhood just south of central Tel Aviv, the mood was defiant on October 27, the day of Israel’s national elections. “We fear that if we do not get this government out of power, we will lose everything,” one Palestinian voter told me after casting her ballot. It came as no surprise that she…

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]]> Trump Welcomes Bolsonaro to US, Echoes His Unsubstantiated Election Fraud Claims https://truthout.org/articles/trump-welcomes-bolsonaro-to-us-echoes-his-unsubstantiated-election-fraud-claims/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:40:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341869 Flávio Bolsonaro, a far right politician from Brazil who recently lost a narrow election against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has fled the country, and is reportedly set to receive visas from the State Department to remain in the U.S. for an indeterminate amount of time. Bolsonaro and his family left Brazil following his defeat and amid an investigation into his involvement in a money…

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]]> Hospitals Nationwide Are Closing Intensive Care Units for Critically Ill Kids https://truthout.org/articles/hospitals-nationwide-are-closing-intensive-care-units-for-critically-ill-kids/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:57:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341865 Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri. Overnight hospital wings for kids have also shuttered in Illinois and California. Depending on the hospital, pediatric units — which are separate from neonatal…

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]]> Brazil’s Federal Police Probe US Companies’ Collusion With Bolsonaro’s Campaign https://truthout.org/articles/brazils-federal-police-probe-us-companies-collusion-with-bolsonaros-campaign/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:55:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341863 On Tuesday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino ordered the Federal Police to investigate suspected foreign financing of Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign. Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the runoff. The investigation will also need to determine whether any connection exists between political support for the senator and foreign interests in Brazil’s rare earth and…

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]]> Supreme Court Bars Judges From Pausing Deportations While Appeals Are Decided https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-bars-judges-from-pausing-deportations-while-appeals-are-decided/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:20:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341860 The Supreme Court stripped immigration judges of the ability to pause certain deportation proceedings on Tuesday, declining to block a deal slammed as “egregious collusion” between the Justice Department and the state of Texas. The unsigned order on Tuesday halts the practice known as “administrative closure,” which allows judges to pause deportation cases. The practice affects thousands of…

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]]> Rogers Solicits Funds to “Protect Elon” — the Biggest Political Donor in History https://truthout.org/articles/rogers-solicits-funds-to-protect-elon-the-biggest-political-donor-in-history/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:26:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341850 The world’s first trillionaire, Elon Musk, recently took another record: He is now the largest single political donor in modern American history, according to an analysis by The Washington Post, after pouring nearly half a billion dollars into backing Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. This has contributed to an enormous gap between Republican and Democratic political spending this…

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]]> Trump Says He’ll Accept Midterm Results If He Deems Them “Honest” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-hell-accept-midterm-results-if-he-deems-them-honest/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:26:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341856 On Tuesday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he would only accept the results of the 2026 midterm elections if he felt they were “honest” — echoing statements he’s made in the past while peddling baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. When asked by journalists if he would “respect” the results of the midterms, Trump indicated his response may depend on the elections’ outcome.

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]]> Mike Rogers Receives Last-Minute Donation From Anti-Abortion PAC https://truthout.org/articles/mike-rogers-receives-last-minute-donation-from-anti-abortion-pac/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:55:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341858 Michigan voters were clear in 2022 when they voted by a 13-point margin to codify the right to abortion care in the state constitution, and the state’s Republican US Senate candidate, former Rep. Mike Rogers, claimed two years ago that he had no interest in “going back to Washington, DC to undo what the people of Michigan decided to do.” But a recent campaign contribution from the National…

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]]> Egypt Shutters Independent News Site Mada Masr and Detains Its Editor-in-Chief https://truthout.org/video/egypt-shutters-independent-news-site-mada-masr-and-detains-its-editor-in-chief/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:53:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341852 A court in Cairo has ordered the closure of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr. The court also ordered the site’s editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, to be detained until she pays a fine of over $50,000. She was convicted on charges of managing an unlicensed website. Mada Masr is “the flagship independent media outlet in Egypt and a pillar of independent media in the region…

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]]> Report: Trump Admin Backing Far Right Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General https://truthout.org/articles/report-trump-admin-backing-far-right-viktor-orban-for-un-secretary-general/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:50:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341842 The Trump administration has reportedly advocated for far right authoritarian Viktor Orbán, ex-prime minister of Hungary, to serve in the top role at the United Nations amid the administration’s mission to weaken the organization and its role in advancing human rights across the globe. According to The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, sources from three countries have said that the U.S.

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]]> Student-Led Movement Could Lower Voting Age to 16 for Local Races in Culver City https://truthout.org/articles/student-led-movement-could-lower-voting-age-to-16-for-local-races-in-culver-city/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341849 A ballot measure in Culver City, California, would lower the voting age for some elections from 18 to 16, allowing teenagers to participate in the decision-making process on many issues that directly affect their lives. The measure would only apply to certain elections within the Los Angeles suburb’s city limits, including races for school board, elections for city officials…

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]]> Private Prison Companies Are Pouring Money Into GOP Coffers Ahead of Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/private-prison-companies-are-pouring-money-into-gop-coffers-ahead-of-midterms/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:11:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341847 PACs and executives from three of the leading private prison companies have donated close to $1.2 million to candidates, fundraising committees, and political party committees during this year’s midterm election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. A GEO Group subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services LLC, donated an additional $4.4 million to MAGA Inc.

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]]> Alaska Officials Seek Dismissal of DOJ Suit Aiming to Block Election Results https://truthout.org/articles/alaska-officials-seek-dismissal-of-doj-suit-seeking-to-block-election-results/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:32:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341845 On Monday, Alaska election officials filed a motion calling for the “immediate” dismissal of a lawsuit, brought forward last week by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), that seeks to invalidate the state’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican candidate loses. The race features three main candidates. Democrat Mary Peltola is neck and neck in polls with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R).

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]]> Poll Challenges Narrative That Michigan Democratic Voters Are Split on El-Sayed https://truthout.org/articles/poll-challenges-narrative-that-michigan-democratic-voters-are-split-on-el-sayed/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:29:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341840 In the final televised debate for Michigan’s Senate race, GOP candidate Mike Rogers used his closing remarks to claim that Jewish Democrats were supporting him because they view his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as “too extreme” on the subject of Israel. “Jewish Democrats who are afraid for their children when their daughters can’t wear their Star of David walking across Michigan’s…

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]]> As the AI Bubble Threatens to Burst, We Must Prepare to Fight a Big Tech Bailout https://truthout.org/articles/as-the-ai-bubble-threatens-to-burst-we-must-prepare-to-fight-a-big-tech-bailout/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:57:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341798 AI data centers are unpopular for good reason: they drive up utility costs for communities, crowd out everything from schools to family farms, and they’re bad for our health. But these data centers are also a financial crisis in slow motion. The AI ecosystem is built on mountains of debt taken on not only by tech firms like Meta (which borrowed a record-breaking $25 billion in late 2025 to…

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]]> Long-Awaited Climate Change Case Finally Goes to Court in Canada https://truthout.org/articles/long-awaited-climate-change-case-finally-goes-to-court-in-canada/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:56:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341838 Climate change gets a rare day in court as 15 Canadian youth accuse the federal government of violating their constitutional rights by failing to adequately address the country’s role in global warming. Although thousands of similar cases have been filed across the globe, legal experts said this long-awaited case is arguably the most consequential to reach trial. The lawsuit is the latest in…

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]]> Immigrant’s Death in Abusive Georgia ICE Facility Reignites Call for Its Closure https://truthout.org/articles/immigrants-death-in-abusive-georgia-ice-facility-reignites-call-for-its-closure/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:29:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341835 An immigrant detained at an ICE facility in Folkston, Georgia, died on Friday, reigniting calls for the facility to be shut down and an investigation into the center as it faces an ongoing hunger strike protesting abusive conditions. Luis Sandoval, a 48-year-old from El Salvador, was found with a “ligature around his neck,” according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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]]> Netanyahu Extends Assault on Hebron Ahead of Israel’s Elections https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-extends-assault-on-hebron-ahead-of-israels-elections/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:04:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341831 Over 3,000 Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) since Friday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carries out collective punishment in a bid to shore up support ahead of Israel’s elections on Tuesday. On Friday, after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint in Hebron…

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]]> Trump Calls for Metal Detector in Senate for El-Sayed in New Islamophobic Remark https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-for-metal-detector-in-senate-for-el-sayed-in-new-islamophobic-remark/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:10:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341826 Republicans’ Islamophobia reached new lows this weekend at a Michigan rally hosted by Donald Trump, where the president repeatedly labelled Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as a “jihadist” and one speaker condemned El-Sayed’s “blood.” Trump, invoking post-9/11 airport security guidelines, said that El-Sayed would be “unable to get a seat on an airplane” for his supposed “record of support for…

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]]> Data Center Near Yellowstone River Would Cause “Irreparable Harm,” Activist Says https://truthout.org/articles/data-center-near-yellowstone-river-would-cause-irreparable-harm-activist-says/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:58:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341814 The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council voted unanimously this October to ban data centers on tribal land in Montana. The ban follows a decision in August by the Fort Peck Tribes to bar officials from projects involving data center developers. But Montana’s Tribes are now split. Next door to the Northern Cheyenne, the Apsáalooke, or Crow Tribe, has not taken an official position and remains open…

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]]> Serbia’s Student-Led Movement Sweeps Strongman Aleksander Vučić Out of Power https://truthout.org/video/serbias-student-led-movement-sweeps-strongman-aleksander-vucic-out-of-power/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:57:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341828 Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksander Vučić has been swept out of power by a historic student-led opposition movement against Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party. Candidates from the Student List, who are not students themselves but largely first-time politicians selected by student-led popular assemblies, won a majority of seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, marking a seismic shift…

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]]> New Evidence Allegedly Ties Trump to 11 Sexual Assaults Related to Epstein https://truthout.org/articles/new-evidence-allegedly-ties-trump-to-11-sexual-assaults-related-to-epstein/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:39:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341812 The House Judiciary Committee Democrats have released a trove of evidence regarding allegations of sexual assault, including a new rape allegation, against President Donald Trump in relation to Jeffrey Epstein that the lawmakers say has been deliberately covered up by the Department of Justice. The 50-page report, released Monday, contains testimony from 11 women who either accuse Trump of…

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]]> US Urged to Recognize Lula’s Presidential Victory as Bolsonaro Demands Annulment https://truthout.org/articles/us-urged-to-recognize-lulas-presidential-victory-as-bolsonaro-demands-annulment/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:26:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341815 Pro-democracy campaigners urged governments around the world, including in the U.S., to formally recognize Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva victory in Sunday’s runoff election as his far-right challenger, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, refused to accept the results, sparking fears of political violence and another coup attempt. “It is impossible to recognize the results. I am going to…

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]]> Man Who Spent Years Undermining Voters’ Interests May Win Newly Drawn District https://truthout.org/articles/man-who-spent-years-undermining-voters-interests-may-win-newly-drawn-district/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:25:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341803 Not two weeks after the Tennessee legislature carved Memphis into three congressional districts this spring, in a move designed to eliminate Democratic representation, Republican state Sen. Brent Taylor made his electoral expectations clear in a photo posted on social media. Taylor and U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, a fellow Republican, sat side by side on the U.S. Capitol steps.

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]]> For Child Abuse Survivors Like Me, Prison Reactivates Familiar Trauma https://truthout.org/articles/for-child-abuse-survivors-like-me-prison-reactivates-familiar-trauma/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:52:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341728 The man in blue is yelling at me. His voice slices the air before my mind can catch up. My body responds first — heart racing, shoulders tightening, breath shallow. I know this reaction intimately. It is older than this moment, older than this uniform. It lives in muscle memory, in skin, in a nervous system trained early to survive authority. The man in blue is screaming commands…

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]]> Announcing the Winners of the 6th Annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize https://truthout.org/articles/announcing-the-winners-of-the-6th-annual-keeley-schenwar-memorial-essay-prize/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:52:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341742 As repression has escalated in so many realms of U.S. life over the past year and a half, we cannot allow ourselves to forget that nearly 2 million people in this country experience some of the most constant and brutal state repression, in the form of incarceration. Millions more are on probation, parole, electronic monitoring, or another form of non-institutional confinement that often leads…

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]]> Cancer in Prison: A Death Sentence? https://truthout.org/articles/cancer-in-prison-a-death-sentence/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:52:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341779 How did my prison doctor miss a tumor the size of a doll’s head on my ultrasound? Why did I get cancer? I had been imprisoned at Perryville in Goodyear, Arizona, for 14 years — most of which were spent as a tutor, helping hundreds of women obtain their GED. So why me? It turns out I was asking all the wrong questions back then, before my colon cancer spread. When you are a cancer…

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]]> Israel Launches Major Ethnic Cleansing Escalation in West Bank, Targeting Hebron https://truthout.org/articles/israel-launches-major-ethnic-cleansing-escalation-in-west-bank-targeting-hebron/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:22:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341795 Israeli forces on Friday began demolishing homes and businesses and forcibly evacuating residents near Hebron in the illegally occupied West Bank following a Palestinian resistance attack that killed two Israeli soldiers. “First, we will destroy this place and completely transform it, but we will do something that has never been done before,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at…

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]]> Ballot Measures Will Impact LGBTQ+ Rights in 7 States This Election https://truthout.org/articles/ballot-measures-will-impact-lgbtq-rights-in-7-states-this-election/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:15:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341716 Voters in seven states this fall will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives with direct bearings on LGBTQ+ people — disproportionately on transgender youth. They come as LGBTQ+ rights issues feature heavily in campaigns for candidates on either side of the aisle in the final stretch of November’s midterm elections, which will determine party control of Congress and several key…

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]]> New Study Finds EPA May Be Vastly Underreporting PFAS Levels in Drinking Water https://truthout.org/articles/new-study-finds-epa-may-be-vastly-underreporting-pfas-levels-in-drinking-water/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:13:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341771 US drinking water could contain double the PFAS levels currently reported by regulators, according to a new study from Texas Christian University. The study, published in Cell Reports Sustainability, used computer modeling to estimate that the latest reports from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) capture only 44% of the average combined concentration of 25 polyfluoroalkyl substances…

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]]> The Entire Journalism Industry Is on a Collision Course With AI https://truthout.org/articles/the-entire-journalism-industry-is-on-a-collision-course-with-ai/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:12:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341752 While it is not yet possible to say that the group of technologies currently called “AI” is harmful to literally everyone, that tech is already harming large numbers of people in many different ways: jeopardizing their jobs, health, privacy, and lived environment. And I can say with certainty that the way these technologies are being built, deployed, and used has been extremely harmful to the…

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]]> Abortion Rights Are on the Ballot in 4 States in the 2026 Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-rights-are-on-the-ballot-in-4-states-in-the-2026-midterms/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:09:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341730 Abortion is once again on the ballot. While the fate of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House both hang in the balance, the Trump administration can still wreak havoc on abortion rights with or without congressional approval, including a backdoor ban on medication abortion. That’s why state-level measures on abortion in the 2026 midterms elections will be so consequential in the fight for…

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]]> The Destruction of the Amazon Is Central to the Bolsonaros’ Vision for Brazil https://truthout.org/articles/the-destruction-of-the-amazon-is-central-to-the-bolsonaros-vision-for-brazil/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:10:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341727 Bolsonarismo wasn’t born at the ballot box. Before it became an electoral force, it had already been taking shape along the frontiers of Brazilian capitalism, through the expansion of a territorial logic that subordinated land, nature and social relations to private accumulation. That logic legitimized the destruction of common resources and delegitimized other ways of organizing life. In 2018…

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]]> Trump Claims Ignorance as His Ambassador Threatens Strikes on Iran This Weekend https://truthout.org/articles/trump-claims-ignorance-as-his-ambassador-threatens-strikes-on-iran-this-weekend/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:08:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341786 When President Donald Trump landed in Florida for a Friday campaign rally, he dismissed comments from one of his own ambassadors that the US could strike Iran this weekend as part of his illegal nearly eight-month war — but once the commander-in-chief took the stage, he changed his tune, threatening more bloodshed. In an interview with online commentator Mario Nawfal published earlier Friday…

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]]> Dominican Republic Cozies Up to Israel Amid Right Wing Surge in Latin America https://truthout.org/articles/dominican-republic-cozies-up-to-israel-amid-right-wing-surge-in-latin-america/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:07:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341791 On August 24, the Dominican government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, infamous for equating opposition to Israeli apartheid and Zionist colonialism with antisemitism. President Luis Abinader made the announcement in Santo Domingo, while speaking at an event organized by the U.S. Zionist organization Combat Antisemitism Movement.

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]]> Netanyahu May Lose Israeli Elections. That Won’t Save Gaza From Occupation. https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-may-lose-israeli-elections-that-wont-save-gaza-from-occupation/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:29:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341781 Israel is scheduled to hold general elections on October 27, with a fierce contest between incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party. These will be the first elections since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.

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]]> Courts Reject Trump’s Attempt at Deploying ICE to Intimidate Voters https://truthout.org/articles/courts-reject-trumps-attempt-at-deploying-ice-to-intimidate-voters/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:18:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341784 The Trump administration is attempting to intimidate Latino voters and naturalized citizens with the threat of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and arrests ahead of the midterm elections, democracy advocates are warning. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, has deployed federal agents in multiple states to knock on doors and demand voters verify their…

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]]> At Least 59 People Have Died in ICE Custody Since Start of Trump’s Second Term https://truthout.org/video/at-least-59-people-have-died-in-ice-custody-since-start-of-trumps-second-term/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:08:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341775 At least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the highest number in more than a decade. Many deaths have been linked to medical neglect, including four of five recent deaths at California’s Adelanto Processing Center, according to a 2026 report by the state attorney general. Al Jazeera English’s Fault Lines investigated deaths at the facility…

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]]> Kagan Warns Far Right Supreme Court Rulings Will Undermine American Democracy https://truthout.org/articles/kagan-warns-far-right-supreme-court-rulings-will-undermine-american-democracy/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:32:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341767 Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned a group of law students at Catholic University on Tuesday that the current iteration of the court — which has a 6-3 majority of far right conservatives — is upending American democracy. Kagan focused much of her remarks on addressing gerrymandering over the past year by both political parties. The map-changing began when Republicans started redrawing…

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]]> SNAP Participation Losses Far Exceed CBO’s Estimates https://truthout.org/articles/snap-participation-losses-far-exceed-cbos-estimates/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:25:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341769 About 5.5 million people lost food assistance through SNAP in the year since enactment of the 2025 reconciliation law. This includes about 2 million children, who were not targeted by the law’s eligibility restrictions. These participation declines have resulted in a sharp drop in SNAP spending, since 90 percent of SNAP spending is for food assistance benefits. (The rest is primarily…

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]]> Todd Blanche Won’t Rule Out DOJ Disruption of Midterm Elections Certification https://truthout.org/articles/todd-blanche-wont-rule-out-doj-disruption-of-midterm-elections-certification/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:27:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341765 Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Thursday that he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of the Department of Justice (DOJ) refusing to allow states to certify their own election results in this year’s midterm races. Blanche’s comments come as Americans are expressing deep skepticism that President Donald Trump will accept election outcomes if Republicans lose to Democrats.

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]]> Mafia Diplomacy Will Continue After Kimberly Guilfoyle https://truthout.org/articles/mafia-diplomacy-will-continue-after-kimberly-guilfoyle/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:55:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341756 Kimberly Guilfoyle is out as U.S. ambassador to Greece. Mainstream media focused on Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée’s credit card bill and her penchant for extravagant partying and fashion. The next ambassador might not share those particular foibles, but the real significance of Guilfoyle’s appointment will last. She was what Dexter Filkins, writing in The New Yorker, calls “a new kind of…

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]]> Hegseth Makes Unannounced Visit to Netanyahu Ahead of Israel’s Elections https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-makes-unannounced-visit-to-netanyahu-ahead-of-israels-elections/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:19:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341749 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just eight days before Israel’s upcoming elections. On Tuesday, in comments to reporters back in the U.S., Hegseth said that he was there “visiting our troops” and “had a chance to talk to the prime minister,” but that he would not discuss the subject of their…

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]]> We Beat the Trump Administration in Court. Now We’re Going to the ICC. https://truthout.org/articles/we-beat-the-trump-administration-in-court-now-were-going-to-the-icc/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:06:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341758 Over the course of the last three years, my family has lost 49 family members in Gaza. Their bodies were torn apart by shrapnel, crushed by falling buildings, and mutilated by bullets and munitions made and provided by the United States of America. Now, the U.S. is trying to dismantle the International Criminal Court, the only international court that can criminally prosecute U.S.

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]]> Netanyahu Orders “Full Lockdown” of Occupied West Bank https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-orders-full-lockdown-of-occupied-west-bank/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:50:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341753 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he has ordered the Israel Defense Force to “immediately impose a lockdown on Hebron and prepare for a full lockdown of the entire” illegally occupied West Bank following a gun battle that reportedly left two Palestinians dead and at least five Israeli soldiers wounded. Following an emergency meeting with Israel’s security cabinet and his top…

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]]> Tenants Unions Anticipate Housing Policy Gains After Progressives Win in RI https://truthout.org/articles/tenants-unions-anticipate-housing-policy-gains-after-progressives-win-in-ri/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:09:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341714 The housing crisis emerged as a central issue last month in Providence, Rhode Island, as Democratic socialist David Morales unseated incumbent Brett Smiley in the Democratic primary for mayor and a slate of progressives won their city council races in primaries throughout the Ocean State’s largest city. In April, Smiley vetoed a rent stabilization ordinance passed the day before…

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]]> Trump Critic Louise Lucas Indicted as DOJ Ignores Election-Year Guidelines https://truthout.org/articles/trump-critic-louise-lucas-indicted-as-doj-ignores-election-year-guidelines/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:05:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341745 On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a slew of charges against Virginia State Sen. Louise Lucas (D), a critic of President Donald Trump and a proponent of redistricting that was attempted earlier this year in response to overtly partisan GOP gerrymandering efforts elsewhere in the country. The DOJ indictment includes charges of racketeering, money laundering…

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]]> Trump’s Justice Department Ditches Civil Rights and School Desegregation Cases https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-justice-department-ditches-civil-rights-and-school-desegregation-cases/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:23:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341739 A pair of papers published Thursday by the legal group Democracy Forward detail how, under President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice has dumped dozens of cases focused on school desegregation and the civil rights of people of color, all while weaponizing the DOJ to serve “the most dangerous criminal in US history” and his allies. The cases were previously taken up by the DOJ’s Civil…

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]]> It’s No Surprise Election Officials Are Receiving Menacing Packages in Trump 2.0 https://truthout.org/articles/its-no-surprise-election-officials-are-receiving-menacing-packages-in-trump-2-0/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:00:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341709 This October, more than 100 politicians and local and state election officials around the country received envelopes in the mail with an unidentified white powder. They included the Arizona secretary of state; several members of Congress from the California delegation; the Washington secretary of state’s electoral office; and election offices in Louisiana, Ohio, and Oklahoma. No one was hurt…

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]]> New Documentary Examines Whether AIPAC Should Register as a Foreign Agent https://truthout.org/video/new-documentary-examines-whether-aipac-should-register-as-a-foreign-agent/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341736 Night Flower looks at AIPAC’s history and its role in shaping US policy toward Israel.]]> The growing controversy over AIPAC’s impact on U.S. politics is the subject of a new Zeteo documentary titled Night Flower: Inside AIPAC’s Fight for Influence. The film examines AIPAC’s history and its role in shaping U.S. policy toward Israel, and questions whether its activities warrant further scrutiny under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA. “It says that you have to register under…

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]]> Reports: US and Israel Set to Restart Major Operations in Iran After Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/reports-us-and-israel-set-to-restart-major-operations-in-iran-after-midterms/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:39:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341731 News outlets are reporting that the United States and Israel are preparing for a possible restart of major combat operations in the Iran War, likely to commence after the U.S. midterm elections this coming November. According to NPR, which cited a source briefed on the plans, Israel had indicated to the U.S. that it wanted to restart major operations in mid-October…

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]]> Prosecutors Filed Over 900 Cases of “Pregnancy-Related Crimes” Since Dobbs https://truthout.org/articles/prosecutors-filed-over-900-cases-of-pregnancy-related-crimes-since-dobbs/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341725 A new report has found that, in the years following the Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade, hundreds of people have been charged with crimes related to their pregnancies. Reproductive rights nonprofit Pregnancy Justice documented at least 902 cases of such charges in the three years after the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision.

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]]> Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Cost-Cutting Measures https://truthout.org/articles/ballot-rejections-soared-in-rural-counties-after-usps-cost-cutting-measures/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:57:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341721 In early August, election workers north of Spokane, Washington, went across the street to the post office to check for late mail-in ballots. It was three days after the primary and they were expecting no more than a few dozen. Instead, their mailbox was brimming with envelopes — more than 500 of them, each a vote that wouldn’t count. The sight was “jarring,” said Auditor Lori Larsen…

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]]> Nursing Home Residents Have a Right to Vote — Despite What Trump CMS Agency Says https://truthout.org/articles/nursing-home-residents-have-a-right-to-vote-despite-what-trump-cms-agency-says/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:57:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341719 Cindy Napolitan and her daughter Melissa have multiple sclerosis, a degenerative condition in which the immune system attacks the brain, spinal cord and nerves. They have lived together at a nursing home in Mesquite, Texas, for nine years. In previous elections, Cindy and Melissa Napolitan voted by mail, but this year they took an unusual step: They voted in person. They worried their mail-in…

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]]> Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda Threatens to Slash Land Mine Disposal Efforts Globally https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-anti-dei-agenda-threatens-to-slash-land-mine-disposal-efforts-globally/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:55:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341701 US funding for overseas nongovernment organizations (NGOs) is now at risk. Due to a global gag rule that the Trump administration introduced early in 2026, government funding for certain foreign aid programs is subject to more stringent restrictions on activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); abortion access; and what the Trump administration calls “gender ideology” (which…

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]]> Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Halt Care for Incarcerated Trans People https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-halt-care-for-incarcerated-trans-people/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:09:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341707 The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an emergency petition from the Trump administration, which sought a stay on a lower court’s injunction on a policy that would have denied gender-affirming care to federally incarcerated transgender people. That policy was implemented by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 that denied the existence…

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]]> Albania Protests Escalate Over Corruption, Planned Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort https://truthout.org/video/albania-protests-escalate-over-corruption-planned-kushner-trump-luxury-resort/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:50:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341703 Student-led anti-corruption and cost-of-living protests in Albania are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, among other demands. Hundreds of injuries and arrests have been reported amid a violent police crackdown, along with widespread damage to public and private property. The student demands are an outgrowth of the “Flamingo Revolution,” which erupted earlier this year in…

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]]> FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens Broadcasters Over Poll Coverage https://truthout.org/articles/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-threatens-broadcasters-over-poll-coverage/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:08:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341699 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday threatened broadcasters that cover what he described as “fake polls,” which he said hurt “voter turnout and enthusiasm.” In a social media post, Carr attacked news outlets for “amplifying or airing these polls without regard to basic journalistic ethics and without informing the public that those polls lack a scientific…

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]]> Dispatch From Paris: Student-Led Protests Spread, Despite Brutal Policing https://truthout.org/articles/dispatch-from-paris-student-led-protests-spread-despite-brutal-policing/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:05:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341685 Paris, France — The march on the iconic Place de la République in the French capital had barely begun when riot police — known as the Compagnies républicaines de sécurité, or CRS — fired tear gas in the square. The demonstration on October 17, 2026, had been officially declared to the Paris prefecture, which banned the longer route organizers planned through the center of the city but allowed a…

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]]> Acton Says Ramaswamy Exploited Her Estranged Mother for Political Gain https://truthout.org/articles/acton-says-ramaswamy-exploited-her-estranged-mother-for-political-gain/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:36:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341697 Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton has responded to a political ad produced by her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign, which features her mother — whom she’s been estranged from for decades — describing Acton as a liar. The ad is being widely criticized as distasteful because Acton accused her mother and her then-stepfather of abuse and sexual assault when she was…

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]]> New Ad Calls Out GOP for “Creepy Fetish of Monitoring Children’s Bathrooms” https://truthout.org/articles/new-ad-calls-out-gop-for-creepy-fetish-of-monitoring-childrens-bathrooms/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341678 A little girl walks into a bathroom and screams. Sitting there, scowling inside the stall, is the man who might be your next representative. “I’m your Republican congressman,” the man says. “Now that we’re in charge, I’m checking to make sure there’s no trans people in the wrong bathroom.” She protests; he insists. “I won the last election, and this is my priority. Now, let’s make sure you’re…

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]]> Poll: 7 in 10 Americans Doubt Trump Will Accept Midterm Results https://truthout.org/articles/poll-7-in-10-americans-doubt-trump-will-accept-midterm-results/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:17:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341680 A new poll demonstrates that voters are deeply skeptical over whether President Donald Trump will accept the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections, which Democrats are currently favored to win. The Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll, published earlier this week, asked respondents how confident they were regarding how Trump will react to the midterms. Only 28 percent said they were “very…

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]]> Nurses Just Helped Win US’s First Countywide 12-Week Paid Parental Leave Policy https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-just-helped-win-uss-first-countywide-12-week-paid-parental-leave-policy/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:30:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341676 As a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit, Jean Stone knows what it really means to live in a country with no paid parental leave. She’s watched this scene play out so many times it’s almost the norm: Once their babies stabilize in the NICU, parents often return to work to preserve whatever parental leave they have left for when their babies come home. Stone calls the parents in the…

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]]> Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Greg Abbott Ordered a Pause https://truthout.org/articles/texas-continued-permitting-data-centers-after-greg-abbott-ordered-a-pause/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:21:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341671 Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause last month, according to an analysis of public records released Monday by the oil and gas watchdog group FracTracker. Amid an upswell of public opposition to the booming buildout of digital infrastructure in Texas, Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in…

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]]> As More Unions Oppose ICE and Israel, the Right Is Cracking Down https://truthout.org/articles/as-more-unions-oppose-ice-and-israel-the-right-is-cracking-down/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:19:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341665 On September 22, The Free Press attacked the California Faculty Association (CFA), which represents about 29,000 faculty, librarians, counselors, and coaches across the California State University (CSU) system. Drawing on private discussions about a proposed Jewish caucus, including communications from a union Zoom meeting, the article accused CFA of antisemitism. How those communications reached…

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]]> Lawyers Accuse Trump of Building a “Deportation Assembly Line” for Children https://truthout.org/articles/lawyers-accuse-trump-of-building-a-deportation-assembly-line-for-children/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:47:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341663 The Trump administration has stripped protections from unaccompanied migrant children and undocumented minors to fast-track deportations, a new lawsuit challenging the administration argues. The administration’s policies have created harrowing scenes in courts across the country, where an increasing number of kids appear before judges without a lawyer or the legal support necessary to navigate a…

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]]> Anti-Trans Ads May Be Backfiring on Republicans https://truthout.org/articles/anti-trans-ads-may-be-backfiring-on-republicans/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:38:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341658 In the first few weeks of October, three national pollsters asked three different questions about transgender issues, and all three landed in the same place from different angles: the anti-transgender ads this year may be backfiring on Republican strategists. Navigator Research, AP-NORC and ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos polls collectively found that voters trust Democrats on transgender issues…

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]]> Trump Admin Backed Alberta’s Separatists. Canadian Voters Rejected Secession. https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-backed-albertas-separatists-canadian-voters-rejected-secession/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:06:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341655 The leader of the movement that opposed separatists’ efforts to achieve independence for the Canadian province of Alberta said Monday night that voters’ resounding rejection of the secession push would “send a very strong message to the rest of the world,” after Trump administration officials backed the effort. “Don’t mess with Canada,” said Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta…

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]]> Mahmoud Khalil Files Appeal to SCOTUS to Block Trump Admin From Detaining Him https://truthout.org/articles/mahmoud-khalil-files-appeal-to-scotus-to-block-trump-admin-from-detaining-him/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:34:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341654 Former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a request to the Supreme Court, asking it to overturn an appellate court’s ruling that could lead to his being detained and deported by the Trump administration in the near future. Khalil is a legal U.S. resident, and his spouse has citizenship status, making the administration’s attempt to deport…

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]]> Mississippi Attorney General Declares Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old “Justified” https://truthout.org/articles/mississippi-attorney-general-declares-police-shooting-of-1-year-old-justified/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:45:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341647 Mississippi’s attorney general announced Monday that the police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in June “was justified.” “Today, the Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed the review of a June 14, 2026, incident in Senatobia involving one officer with the Senatobia Police Department,” the statement from the office of Mississippi’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, said.

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]]> Hobby Lobby’s Billionaire Founders Are Building a White Evangelical America https://truthout.org/articles/hobby-lobbys-billionaire-founders-are-building-a-white-evangelical-america/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:38:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341645 For decades, Barbara and David Green, the billionaire couple behind the craft store chain Hobby Lobby, have tried to shape the country according to their white evangelical worldview. In his book The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family’s Quest to Craft a Christian Nation, investigative journalist Michael Blanding shows how the Greens deliberately used their wealth to build…

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]]> Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay Calls US’s ICC Sanctions “Totally Unacceptable” https://truthout.org/video/nobel-peace-laureate-navi-pillay-calls-uss-icc-sanctions-totally-unacceptable/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:21:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341643 We speak with the acclaimed South African human rights lawyer and international jurist Navi Pillay, who was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay has been the United Nations high commissioner for human rights and a judge at both the International Criminal Court and at an international tribunal investigating the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Most recently, she led the U.N.

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]]> Senate Democrats Demand Trump Administration Reveal Full Costs of Iran War https://truthout.org/articles/senate-democrats-demand-trump-administration-reveal-full-costs-of-iran-war/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:13:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341640 Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are demanding that the Trump administration release official figures about the true economic costs of the war in Iran. Lawmakers on that congressional committee were recently briefed about the war’s costs, but the administration has not made those figures public. Noting that the Congressional Budget Office estimated the war’s cost at…

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]]> Nearly 300 Planned Data Center Projects Threaten Texas’s Air Quality Progress https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-300-planned-data-center-projects-threaten-texass-air-quality-progress/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:03:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341638 Texas’ rapidly growing data center industry could reverse much of the state’s progress on air quality by the end of the decade, according to a new report released Tuesday. The air emissions report published by the Houston Advanced Research Center revealed that the industry’s impact on air quality depends heavily on how data centers are powered. The outlook is far worse if the facilities rely…

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]]> Anthropic Proposes AI Bill With 50-Death Threshold Before Models Can Be Halted https://truthout.org/articles/anthropic-proposes-ai-bill-with-50-death-threshold-before-models-can-be-halted/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:01:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341636 Anthropic, one of the major industry leaders in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), has proposed legislation for Congress that would provide a framework for regulating the technology, with strict limits on which government agencies can halt AI models, and narrow conditions under which regulation can occur. Details of the proposal, which was not initially made public…

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]]> In Virginia, Racism and Redlining Are Fueling a Flock Camera Backlash https://truthout.org/articles/in-virginia-racism-and-redlining-are-fueling-a-flock-camera-backlash/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:17:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341625 Local governments in Virginia are under mounting pressure to cancel contracts for surveillance cameras known as automated license plate readers (ALPRs). On October 6, the Henrico County Police Division announced that it would terminate its contract for such cameras after residents shared “legitimate concerns about Flock Safety.” In nearby Richmond, Mayor Danny Avula said on October 13 that the…

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]]> Trump Officials Look to Delay Pursuing Defaulted Borrowers Until Midterms Pass https://truthout.org/articles/trump-officials-look-to-delay-going-after-defaulted-borrowers-to-after-midterms/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:51:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341627 As the Trump administration makes plans to task private debt collectors with going after millions of student borrowers in default on their federal loans, officials are reportedly pushing for the effort to begin after the midterm elections — as they grapple with the fact that many supporters of President Donald Trump are likely to be affected. The Washington Sun reported Monday that the U.S.

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