Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Mon, 04 May 2026 20:54:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 Temporary Supreme Court Stay Restores Mail Access to Mifepristone for 1 Week https://truthout.org/articles/temporary-supreme-court-stay-restores-mail-access-to-mifepristone-for-1-week/ Mon, 04 May 2026 20:42:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337502 The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on an appeals court ruling from Friday that was blocking remote access to an abortion drug, restoring access until at least May 11. The administrative stay, issued by Justice Samuel Alito, pauses Friday’s decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. That ruling blocked a 2023 rule adopted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowing…

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]]> In New Escalation, US Attempts to Force Open Strait as Iran Fires on Boats https://truthout.org/articles/in-new-escalation-us-attempts-to-force-open-strait-as-iran-fires-on-boats/ Mon, 04 May 2026 20:20:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337500 The tenuous ceasefire between Iran and the United States that was established last month appears to have ended, though no official announcement has been made, as Iran launched missile and drone attacks on vessels while the U.S. began a new operation, “Project Freedom,” to escort ships in and out of the Strait of Hormuz. After the U.S. announced its plan to guide ships through the waterway…

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]]> Louisiana, State With Highest Poverty Rate, Considers Jailing Unhoused People https://truthout.org/articles/louisiana-state-with-highest-poverty-rate-considers-jailing-unhoused-people/ Mon, 04 May 2026 19:32:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337484 New Orleans — As the Louisiana state Senate debated what the National Homelessness Law Center says is “one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country,” more than 50 mainly Black unhoused people sat and lay on the sidewalk in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood. The bill, which already passed overwhelmingly through the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives…

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]]> Israel Continues to Detain Flotilla Members Intercepted in International Waters https://truthout.org/video/israel-continues-to-detain-flotilla-members-intercepted-in-international-waters/ Mon, 04 May 2026 19:19:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337486 We get a firsthand account of the violent raid, arrest and detention of members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, after Israeli forces intercepted the humanitarian mission in international waters Thursday. “We were held in a makeshift prison with shipping containers and barbed wire. Many people were subject to aggressive physical force. Of the 56 aid-carrying vessels attempting to break Israel’s naval…

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]]> Trump Attacks Media, Calls Reporting on Iran War “Seditious” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-attacks-media-calls-reporting-on-iran-war-seditious/ Mon, 04 May 2026 18:31:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337494 President Donald Trump blasted journalists for their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran last week, labeling their reporting as “seditious.” Trump denounced CNN and The New York Times in comments to reporters at the White House last Thursday. His complaints came shortly after The Times editorial board published an opinion piece condemning the president for exposing vulnerabilities within…

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]]> More Than 50 Election-Denying Candidates Running for Positions to Oversee Voting https://truthout.org/articles/more-than-50-election-denying-candidates-running-for-positions-to-oversee-voting/ Mon, 04 May 2026 18:01:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337488 As President Donald Trump continues to push Republicans to aggressively gerrymander ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a new analysis has found more than 50 candidates running for key offices who have in the past engaged in efforts to nullify election results. As reported by NPR on Monday, election watchdog States United Action has released a report showing that election-denying candidates…

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]]> Transportation Sec Claims Gas Prices Will Drop Fast, Contradicting Fed Reports https://truthout.org/articles/transportation-sec-claims-gas-prices-will-drop-fast-contradicting-fed-reports/ Mon, 04 May 2026 16:31:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337481 On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy baselessly assured Americans that gas prices would be lowered immediately upon resumption of oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which have been severely restricted due to the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. Duffy’s claim, however, contradicts public reports from other agencies within the Trump administration, which have noted that…

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]]> Experiences of Displacement in Lebanon Can’t Be Captured by Numbers Alone https://truthout.org/articles/experiences-of-displacement-in-lebanon-cant-be-captured-by-numbers-alone/ Mon, 04 May 2026 16:30:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337433 With the escalation of shelling in southern Lebanon since early March 2026, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese once again find themselves in a cycle of forced displacement. Official estimates indicate that more than 1 million people were forced to leave their homes within just the first few weeks, marking one of the fastest waves of displacement the country has experienced in decades.

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]]> Miami Police Have Become a Show-Me-Your-Papers Patrol Despite Public Opposition https://truthout.org/articles/miami-police-have-become-a-show-me-your-papers-patrol-despite-public-opposition/ Mon, 04 May 2026 16:30:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337477 South Florida has emerged as a hotspot in immigration enforcement nationwide. A recent analysis by The New York Times found that Florida is outpacing other states in immigration arrests, with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Miami averaging about 120 arrests a day. This is happening without the militarized-style raids we have seen in other parts of the country…

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]]> Canceled House Races Cause Confusion as Louisiana Early Voting Begins https://truthout.org/articles/canceled-house-races-cause-confusion-as-louisiana-early-voting-begins/ Sun, 03 May 2026 19:04:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337470 Early voting for the May 16 election began Saturday with confusion over whether all the races listed on the ballot are still taking place. Even motivated voters who showed up within the first few hours said they weren’t quite sure whether the U.S. House elections were still happening. “I went ahead and voted for who I wanted to vote for. If they don’t count it, that’s their problem,”…

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]]> Trump Bypasses Congress on $8.6 Billion Arms Deal https://truthout.org/articles/trump-bypasses-congress-on-8-6b-arms-deal/ Sun, 03 May 2026 18:39:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337468 As the U.S. voting public continues to express its discontent over the disastrous war of choice against Iran that U.S. President Donald Trump launched just over two months ago, fresh criticism followed after weekend reporting revealed the administration skirted congressional review to approve an $8.6 billion weapons deal with the United Arab Emirates and other allies in the Middle East.

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]]> Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Cosmic Wonder as Resistance to Despair https://truthout.org/articles/chanda-prescod-weinstein-on-cosmic-wonder-as-resistance-to-despair/ Sun, 03 May 2026 18:08:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337466 Do you ever feel like your imagination is being pummeled by an endless churn of bad news? Depressing headlines, hateful rhetoric, and dire predictions can leave us locked in a cycle of painful reaction. How can we envision a way forward without minimizing the harsh realities of the present? Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s new book, The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie…

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]]> CA’s Flawed Primary System Could Result in Deep-Blue State Electing GOP Governor https://truthout.org/articles/cas-flawed-primary-system-could-result-in-deep-blue-state-electing-gop-governor/ Sun, 03 May 2026 15:56:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337428 With just weeks until California voters cast ballots for the next governor in the primary, five candidates are clustered atop the polling, each with at least 10 percent but less than 20 percent support among the electorate. A sixth candidate, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, is at 5 percent and has been gaining visibility in recent weeks. More than a quarter of the electorate has yet to make up its mind.

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]]> Amendments Protecting Pro-Palestine Speech in California Schools Face Backlash https://truthout.org/articles/amendments-protecting-pro-palestine-speech-in-california-schools-face-backlash/ Sun, 03 May 2026 14:18:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337443 A bill introduced in the California legislature meant to help ensure open discussion in the state’s public schools and protect teachers from attacks is facing intense backlash and demands for its withdrawal from pro-Israel groups. Assembly Bill (AB) 2159 would make targeted amendments to a school discrimination law passed year. That law, AB 715, was championed by California’s Legislative…

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]]> Trump Expands Cuba Sanctions; Díaz-Canel Says Nation Won’t “Surrender” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-expands-cuba-sanctions-diaz-canel-says-nation-wont-surrender/ Sat, 02 May 2026 20:35:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337462 President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez of Cuba on Saturday responded with stark and defiant words to the latest attacks coming from U.S. President Donald Trump, who on Friday signed a new executive order authorizing even more aggressive sanctions against the island nation and later threatened to invade the country. “The President of the United States escalates his threats of military aggression…

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]]> Natural Disasters Disrupt Addiction Treatment Putting Recovery at Risk https://truthout.org/articles/natural-disasters-disrupt-addiction-treatment-putting-recovery-at-risk/ Sat, 02 May 2026 16:09:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337460 A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina in late September 2024, Toni Brewer had no power or water. The storm had strewn fallen trees across most roads, wiped out phone and internet communications, and put some neighborhoods near her Asheville home underwater. Brewer cleared out the food in her refrigerator, grabbed some clothes, and drove more than an hour southwest…

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]]> US Appeals Court Ruling Targets Access to Abortion Medication https://truthout.org/articles/us-appeals-court-ruling-targets-access-to-abortion-medication/ Sat, 02 May 2026 15:52:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337458 Rights advocates swiftly sounded the alarm on Friday after the infamously far-right U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing mifepristone to be dispensed by mail, dramatically curtailing access to the medication — commonly used for abortion and early miscarriage care — nationwide, particularly in states with policies hostile to reproductive freedom.

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]]> First-Ever Bargaining Compact Unites Higher Ed Unions Across Northeastern US https://truthout.org/articles/first-ever-bargaining-compact-unites-higher-ed-unions-across-northeastern-us/ Sat, 02 May 2026 15:31:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337404 When East Coast members of Higher Education Labor United (HELU) got together in January, they set their sights on developing a national plan to improve working conditions for university and college faculty and staff, enhance learning conditions for students, and build lasting partnerships with local communities to promote the common good. Together, they drafted a document called the Amherst…

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]]> 500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250 https://truthout.org/articles/500-year-old-slave-revolt-of-1526-redefines-freedom-as-us-turns-250/ Sat, 02 May 2026 14:29:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337442 “With a single sheet of parchment and 56 signatures, America began the greatest political journey in human history,” declared Donald Trump, announcing the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Under Trump’s direction, a sweeping federal initiative — branded as both America 250 and the “Freedom 250” campaign — has launched a full year of patriotic programming. The Salute to America 250 Task…

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]]> TPS Holders Fear SCOTUS Ruling Could Send Them Back to Harm’s Way https://truthout.org/video/tps-holders-fear-scotus-ruling-could-send-them-back-to-harms-way/ Fri, 01 May 2026 19:07:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337452 The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on President Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians living in the United States. The TPS program grants protection from deportation and work authorization to immigrants whose home countries are deemed unsafe to return to, most often because of war or natural disaster. The case could ultimately have…

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]]> Delays in US Visa Program Threaten Arrival of Doctors in Underserved Areas https://truthout.org/articles/delays-in-us-visa-program-threaten-arrival-of-doctors-in-underserved-areas/ Fri, 01 May 2026 18:46:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337450 Hundreds of foreign doctors about to complete training in the U.S. will have to leave the country if the federal government doesn’t rapidly process their visa waiver applications, which have been languishing since the fall and winter, immigration attorneys say. The waiver program, run by the Department of Health and Human Services, allows physicians who aren’t U.S. citizens to stay in the…

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]]> Poll Shows Most See Iran War as “Mistake,” Earlier Than With Iraq, Vietnam https://truthout.org/articles/poll-shows-most-see-iran-war-as-mistake-earlier-than-with-iraq-vietnam/ Fri, 01 May 2026 18:12:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337448 More than 6 in 10 Americans now say President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was a “mistake,” according to a poll out Friday from the Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos. Within two months, the war — which has inflicted thousands of civilian deaths and caused gas prices to spike worldwide with little tangible gain — has reached levels of unpopularity that previous wars now seen as historic boondoggles…

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]]> I’m a Survivor Imprisoned in Texas. I’m Only Allowed to Watch Fox News. https://truthout.org/articles/im-a-survivor-imprisoned-in-texas-im-only-allowed-to-watch-fox-news/ Fri, 01 May 2026 16:29:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337446 When news of the Epstein files first broke, I watched it unfold on a television I do not own, in a room I cannot leave, on a TV channel I did not choose. The framing I received about Jeffrey Epstein — the financier convicted of soliciting sex from a minor and who was later found dead in jail following his arrest on charges of prolific child sex trafficking — came from Fox News. This…

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]]> Fox News.]]> Palestinians Observe May Day Amid a Deepening Crisis for Workers https://truthout.org/articles/palestinians-observe-may-day-amid-a-deepening-crisis-for-workers/ Fri, 01 May 2026 14:45:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337423 As workers around the world celebrate and recognize their efforts on May 1 — known globally as May Day or International Workers’ Day and celebrated in Palestine as Labor Day — this day passes in Palestine under a harsh economic reality that reflects a deepening crisis in the labor market and unprecedented levels of unemployment. According to data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of…

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]]> The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials https://truthout.org/articles/the-unions-we-need-will-be-built-by-workers-not-labor-officials/ Fri, 01 May 2026 14:44:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337395 Despite a hostile labor environment, the number of workers under a union contract in the U.S. reached a 16-year high in 2025, and public support for unions hit as high as 71 percent. The labor movement secured a number of impressive victories, including a new contract for dockworkers that raised wages by 60 percent following a brief strike, and unionized journalists at Politico and E&E News (PEN…

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]]> Warren Catches Hegseth Contradicting Himself on Alleged Military Stock Trading https://truthout.org/articles/warren-catches-hegseth-contradicting-himself-on-alleged-military-stock-trading/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:10:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337439 Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) caught Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth contradicting his own statement on Wednesday, over reports that his stockbroker tried to make an investment in a defense company weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran. During a line of questioning on insider trading related to the Department of Defense, Warren brought up a report by the…

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]]> New Poll Shows Americans Reject Trump’s Plans to Redesign Washington, DC https://truthout.org/articles/new-poll-shows-americans-reject-trumps-plans-to-redesign-washington-dc/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:47:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337435 New polling indicates that most Americans are opposed to President Donald Trump’s vanity projects, including his plans to reshape the look of Washington, D.C. and to put his name on U.S. currency. Within a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll that was published on Thursday, respondents were asked their opinions on Trump tearing down portions of the East Wing of the White House…

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]]> More Details Emerge of Trump’s Secret Use of ICE to Spy on Critics https://truthout.org/articles/more-details-emerge-of-trumps-secret-use-of-ice-to-spy-on-critics/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:30:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337438 Lawmakers and privacy advocates are demanding answers from the Trump administration about its weaponization of digital tools and popular web platforms to spy on critics and activists. Targets have included a student who attended a pro-Palestine protest and anonymous web users posting about President Donald Trump’s violent immigration crackdown, but the administration’s secret systems of…

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]]> Admin Uses Records Policy to Jail Scientist While Being Sued for Records Abuses https://truthout.org/articles/admin-uses-records-policy-to-jail-scientist-while-being-sued-for-records-abuses/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:46:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337431 The Trump administration raided the home of and jailed a scientist this week over alleged violations of record-keeping protocols, with FBI Director Kash Patel saying officials will not tolerate such abuses — all while the administration is being sued over a recent policy declaring that Donald Trump is immune from record-keeping law. On Monday, federal law enforcement agents pounded on the…

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]]> Gas Prices Have Jumped 46 Percent Since Start of Iran War https://truthout.org/articles/gas-prices-have-jumped-46-percent-since-start-of-iran-war/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:29:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337429 Gas prices in the United States have reached their highest levels in years, as the impasse between the U.S. and Iran continues after nearly nine weeks of war. Iran responded to the U.S.-Israeli attack by blocking most maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes. Although President Donald Trump has claimed at various…

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]]> Civil Rights Lawyer: SCOTUS Voting Rights Ruling Is “Free Pass to Discriminate” https://truthout.org/video/civil-rights-lawyer-scotus-voting-rights-ruling-is-free-pass-to-discriminate/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:28:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337432 The U.S. Supreme Court has effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining major provision of the landmark 1965 law that was a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, a majority of justices ruled Wednesday that Louisiana must redraw a congressional map that was designed to create a second majority-Black district in…

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]]> New Florida Redistricting Map Could Deliver 4 New House Seats to GOP in Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/new-florida-redistricting-map-could-deliver-4-new-house-seats-to-gop-in-midterms/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:46:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337419 The Florida Legislature has approved a new congressional map sent to them just two days earlier by Gov. Ron DeSantis that could give Florida Republicans up to four new congressional seats in the November midterm elections. The Florida Senate voted, 21-17, Wednesday afternoon to approve the map. Four Republicans – Jennifer Bradley, Alexis Calatayud, Ileana Garcia, and Erin Grall — joined…

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]]> Releasing Full 2024 Election Autopsy Would Be “Navel Gazing,” DNC Chair Says https://truthout.org/articles/releasing-full-2024-election-autopsy-would-be-navel-gazing-dnc-chair-says/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:19:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337420 Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin has dismissed calls for the committee’s full “autopsy” report of the 2024 election to be released, saying that it would be “navel gazing” to focus on the historic loss for the party against President Donald Trump. On his podcast Pod Save America on Tuesday, Jon Favreau grilled Martin, asking the party leader why he reneged on his pledge in…

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]]> MN Senate Passes Nation’s First Ban on Apps That Create Nonconsensual Deepfakes https://truthout.org/articles/mn-senate-passes-nations-first-ban-on-apps-that-create-nonconsensual-deepfakes/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:08:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337425 The Minnesota Senate on Wednesday passed the country’s first ban on “nudification” apps 65-0, addressing one of the main sources of nonconsensual deepfakes. The bill was passed by the state House last week and now just needs the governor’s signature to become law. Advocates are optimistic Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, will sign legislation soon. This bill was the first attempt in the…

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]]> 42 House Democrats Join GOP in Passing Warrantless Mass Surveillance Bill https://truthout.org/articles/42-house-democrats-join-gop-in-passing-warrantless-mass-surveillance-bill/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:04:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337417 Dozens of Democrats in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives helped the GOP send a key spying bill to the Senate on Wednesday, earning sharp condemnation from the diverse movement that has called for privacy reforms. The House voted 235-191 in favor of the bill released last week by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has been trying for months to get an extension of Section…

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]]> AOC Calls on Dems to “Play by Same Rules” Republicans Do on Gerrymandering https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-calls-on-dems-to-play-by-same-rules-republicans-do-on-gerrymandering/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:47:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337421 Following the calamitous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that dismantled enforcement mechanisms for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) told reporters that, if Republicans continue trying to redistrict their states to gain a political advantage in the 2026 midterms, Democrats should respond in kind. Ocasio-Cortez has been a staunch proponent of…

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]]> Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, Power, and Political Memory https://truthout.org/audio/hope-is-not-naive-rebecca-solnit-on-backlash-power-and-political-memory/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:17:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=337415 “One of the greatest cures for despair and depression is to do something, and to do something with the people who care,” says Rebecca Solnit. In this episode of Movement Memos, host Kelly Hayes talks with Solnit about hope, backlash, political memory, and why history can help us understand our own power. Their conversation explores feminism, climate grief, authoritarianism, misogyny…

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]]> Iran Isn’t Begging for Negotiations. It’s Setting the Terms for Ending the War. https://truthout.org/video/iran-isnt-begging-for-negotiations-its-setting-the-terms-for-ending-the-war/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:22:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337411 Negotiations between the United States and Iran to end the war are at an impasse as the conflict enters its third month. The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that Trump has told aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iranian ports to ramp up the pressure on Tehran. Iran is saying it will enter into direct talks with the U.S. “when President Trump lifts what Iran considers to be…

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]]> Hegseth Dismisses Testimony of US Soldiers Who Said They Were Put in Danger https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-dismisses-testimony-of-us-soldiers-who-said-they-were-put-in-danger/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:13:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337408 Accounts by U.S. soldiers who survived a deadly strike by Iran in Kuwait that contradicted the Pentagon’s narrative are “falsehoods,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suggested in a contentious hearing in the House on Wednesday. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-New York) asked Hegseth about a CBS report finding that soldiers were commanded to relocate to the U.S. base at a hub in the Port of Shuaiba about a…

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]]> CA Soon May Have Over 300 Data Centers. Locals Worry About Water Supply Threats. https://truthout.org/articles/ca-soon-may-have-over-300-data-centers-locals-worry-about-water-supply-threats/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:02:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337403 The new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across people’s radars in different ways. For patrons of the deli on West Aten Road, it was the white “Not In My Backyard” signs jutting out of lawns. For local irrigation district workers, it was something called an “electric service application.” For Margie Padilla, it was a rant on Facebook.

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]]> Conservative SCOTUS Ruling Completely Demolishes Voting Rights Act, Kagan Says https://truthout.org/articles/conservative-scotus-ruling-completely-demolishes-voting-rights-act-kagan-says/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:43:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337407 The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion on Wednesday that critics say may have finally dismantled protections for nonwhite voters codified in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. By a 6-3 ruling along partisan lines, the conservative-led court found that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was being improperly used by lower courts to require states that have racially gerrymandered their…

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]]> “That’s Murder”: Democrat Grills Hegseth on Order to Commit War Crimes https://truthout.org/articles/thats-murder-democrat-grills-hegseth-on-order-to-commit-war-crimes/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:14:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337393 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was grilled about his pledge for the military to commit war crimes by showing “no quarter” to the U.S.’s enemies in a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Massachusetts) brought up a statement Hegseth made in a press conference on March 13, just two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. “You said, ‘We will give them no…

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]]> For Decades, Trans People Have Helped Lead the Fight Against Sexual Violence https://truthout.org/articles/for-decades-trans-people-have-helped-lead-the-fight-against-sexual-violence/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:48:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337366 Over the past year, we have seen the Trump administration repeatedly use the specter of sexual violence to scapegoat immigrants and trans people — specifically women and transfeminine people. Both historically and currently, these groups are disproportionately likely to face sexual violence, but in the right-wing narrative, they have been reframed as its perpetrators. While breathtaking in its…

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]]> Chicago Teachers Are Organizing to Fight Beyond a Day of Action on May Day https://truthout.org/articles/chicago-teachers-are-organizing-for-may-day-to-fight-beyond-a-day-of-action/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:25:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337390 This May Day, workers, students, and families across the country are set to turn out in the thousands or even millions to make their voices heard against the growing power of the billionaire class. May Day, often referred to as International Workers’ Day, has a long legacy in the labor movement. In the late 1800’s — an era of extreme wealth concentration much like our own — American workers…

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]]> DOJ Indicts Comey for Posting “Threatening” Picture of Seashells on Instagram https://truthout.org/articles/doj-indicts-comey-posting-threatening-picture-of-seashells-on-instagram/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:18:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337399 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed charges against former FBI Director James Comey, alleging that an image he shared on social media of seashells arranged in the shape of two numbers amounted to “serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President.” Comey posted the picture in May 2025, displaying shells he found on a beach during his family vacation. The shells made out the…

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]]> Politico Boss Reportedly Demands Allegiance to Israel From Editorial Staff https://truthout.org/articles/politico-boss-reportedly-demands-allegiance-to-israel-from-editorial-staff/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:00:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337382 The CEO for the parent company of Politico reportedly told editorial staff at the outlet this week that they should wholly embrace the company’s corporate “values,” which include support for Israel, or find work elsewhere, new reporting reveals. Jewish Insider reported on the meeting held this week between Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner and Politico staffers and executives.

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]]> Hundreds of Incarcerated Migrants Go on Hunger Strike in Remote Michigan Prison https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-incarcerated-migrants-go-on-hunger-strike-in-remote-michigan-prison/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:14:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337391 Hundreds of immigrant men at North Lake Processing Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, began a hunger strike on April 20 in an attempt to assert their rights to due process, edible food, and an end to sleep deprivation. Outside the prison, advocates from all over Michigan converged to offer solidarity to those inside and share the strikers’ demands with the wider public.

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]]> Fetterman Joins GOP in Defeating Senate Democrats’ Attempt to Block War on Cuba https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-joins-gop-in-defeating-senate-democrats-attempt-to-block-war-on-cuba/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:11:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337386 The U.S. Senate on Tuesday defeated a Democrat-led bid to stop President Donald Trump from following through on his threat to wage war on Cuba, whose long-suffering people are reeling from the American administration’s tightened economic stranglehold. Upper chamber lawmakers voted 51-47 on a procedural motion to block further debate Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Virginia) SJ Res. 124…

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]]> FCC Demands Review of All ABC Station Licenses Following Kimmel Joke on Trump https://truthout.org/articles/fcc-demands-review-of-all-abc-station-licenses-following-kimmel-joke-on-trump/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:27:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337383 On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered a review of all station licenses owned by ABC, an apparent escalation of the public feud between Donald and Melania Trump and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over a joke he made at the president’s expense last week. The filing does not explicitly mention any names or specific television programming. Instead, it states that the FCC…

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]]> Pentagon Says It Gave Kid Rock a Helicopter Ride to Help Him Film Tour Promo https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-says-it-gave-kid-rock-a-helicopter-ride-to-help-him-film-tour-promo/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:07:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337375 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took Kid Rock on a joyride in a U.S. Army Apache helicopter on Monday in order to help him get footage to promote his tour — days after the conservative musician begged fans to buy more tickets for the “Freedom 250”-themed tour, with hundreds of tickets still available for shows just a few days away. In a post on social media, Hegseth said that he took Kid…

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]]> May 1 Marks a Crucial “War Powers” Deadline for Trump’s War in Iran https://truthout.org/articles/may-1-marks-a-crucial-war-powers-deadline-for-trumps-war-in-iran/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:42:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337376 As a crucial legal deadline for the U.S.’s unauthorized war in Iran approaches later this week, President Donald Trump may opt to ignore it altogether — and Republican leaders in Congress may allow him to. Trump launched the joint U.S.-Israel war in Iran almost two months ago. According to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, any military action taken by a president without congressional…

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]]> Netanyahu’s Testimony in Criminal Trial Cancelled Again for “Security Concerns”  https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahus-testimony-in-criminal-trial-cancelled-again-for-security-concerns/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:40:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337369 Testimony in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial was abruptly cancelled on Monday, lengthening a two-month delay in proceedings for the Iran war in the long-running trial that could result in prison time for the far right leader. Netanyahu’s defense team cited “security” concerns for the cancellation of his testimony, Israeli media reported, without further details.

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]]> Delay for Hep B Shots Could Result in Hundreds of Infant Infections — Studies https://truthout.org/articles/delay-for-hep-b-shots-could-result-in-hundreds-of-infant-infections-studies/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:24:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337372 Two new studies published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrate that delaying hepatitis B vaccines for newborns, as outlined in guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this year, will likely lead to hundreds of additional infections each year, resulting in millions of dollars in lifetime costs.

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]]> Trump’s Justice Department Is Moving to Make It Easier to Deport DACA Recipients https://truthout.org/video/trumps-justice-department-is-moving-to-make-it-easier-to-deport-daca-recipients/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:41:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337370 The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, that has given deportation relief and work permits to immigrants who came to the United States as children. The Board of Immigration Appeals — an administrative court within the Justice Department — recently ruled that DACA status is not enough to spare someone from deportation…

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]]> Far Right Israeli Settler Movement Enters Syria in a Push for “Greater Israel” https://truthout.org/articles/far-right-israeli-settler-movement-enters-syria-in-a-push-for-greater-israel/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:26:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337364 Syrian journalist Oudai Efnikher is deeply familiar with life under Israeli occupation. He was born in Kafer Hareb, a village in Syria’s Golan Heights, from which he and his family were expelled after Israel seized the territory during the 1967 Six-Day War. Now he is once again facing down Israeli forces, as they “take our land, kill our crops, and abduct our fathers.” “This is a slow…

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]]> UAE Says It’s Leaving OPEC, in Major Blow to the Cartel https://truthout.org/articles/uae-says-its-leaving-opec-in-major-blow-to-the-cartel/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:44:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337354 The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, known as OPEC, and OPEC+, in a major blow to the cartel amid an energy crisis caused by the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. The country’s departure will take effect on May 1, it announced in a statement issued through its state news media. It will allow the country to…

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]]> I Will Choose Death Over Treatment Unless NY Changes Its Parole Laws https://truthout.org/articles/i-will-choose-death-over-treatment-unless-ny-changes-its-parole-laws/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:36:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337352 In 2013, when I had been locked up in solitary confinement for 25 years, I wrote an essay entitled “A Sentence Worse Than Death,” which I’m told has been read by upwards of a million people to date. It describes what life was like in “the box” (the special housing unit, or SHU for short) in New York’s state prisons, and posited that if given the choice, I would have opted for a sentence of death…

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]]> The Supreme Court May Stop Thousands From Suing Monsanto for Giving Them Cancer https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-may-stop-thousands-from-suing-monsanto-for-giving-them-cancer/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337359 John Durnell just wanted to make things around his St. Louis neighborhood look a little nicer. So, on occasion, he’d spray a bit of Roundup in the obvious places — along weedy sidewalks and in public spaces he thought needed a little extra attention. Decades later, after multiple rounds of chemotherapy, Durnell is recovering from blood cancer that a Missouri jury found in 2023 was caused by…

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]]> Ron DeSantis Sends Gerrymandered Congressional Map to Florida Legislature https://truthout.org/articles/ron-desantis-sends-gerrymandered-congressional-map-to-florida-legislature/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:29:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337356 Gov. Ron DeSantis released his proposed newly redrawn map of the state’s congressional districts on Monday, one that aims to add four Republican leaning seat to the 20 (out of 28) already represented by Republicans in Florida. The governor released the map first to Fox News before sending to lawmakers an hour later. “They are erasing Democratic representation all across the state…

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]]> New HUD Proposal Targets Trans Housing Protections https://truthout.org/articles/new-hud-proposal-targets-trans-housing-protections/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:48:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337361 A newly proposed rule within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would target transgender people, allowing federally funded shelters and housing providers receiving funds from the government to discriminate on the basis of gender. The HUD proposal purportedly “harmonizes” the department’s existing Equal Access regulations with President Donald Trump’s anti-transgender…

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]]> Republican Senators Push for $400M in Taxpayer Funds to Build Trump’s Ballroom https://truthout.org/articles/republican-senators-push-for-400m-in-taxpayer-funds-to-build-trumps-ballroom/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:32:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337353 With just over seven months to go until the midterm elections, the US-Israeli war on Iran pushing gas prices past $4 per gallon, and the rising cost of living bringing consumer confidence to an all-time low, political observers marveled on Monday at Republican senators’ decision to center President Donald Trump’s demand for a new $400 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House as a…

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]]> Builder of Trump Ballroom Given $17M for Project Biden Admin Said Would Cost $3M https://truthout.org/articles/builder-of-trump-ballroom-given-17m-for-project-biden-admin-said-would-cost-3m/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:08:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337349 The Trump administration has covertly granted the private company building President Donald Trump’s ballroom project a no-bid federal contract for a project near the White House, and then quintupled its value from its original price estimate, new reporting shows. The New York Times reports that, in January, the Trump administration granted Clark Construction a contract to repair two fountains…

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]]> Trump Calls for ABC to Fire Kimmel Over Joke He Made Days Before WHCD Shooting https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-for-abc-to-fire-kimmel-over-joke-he-made-days-before-whcd-shooting/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:24:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337343 On Monday, first lady Melania Trump posted a demand on social media for television network ABC to “take a stand” against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes about her husband, President Donald Trump. The X post from Melania Trump — which claimed Kimmel’s rhetoric is both “hateful” and “violent” — comes just two days after a shooter nearly breached security at the White House Correspondents’…

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]]> Trump Administration Moves to Bring Back Firing Squads in Effort to Ramp Up Executions https://truthout.org/video/trump-administration-moves-to-bring-back-firing-squads-in-effort-to-ramp-up-executions/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:14:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337344 The Justice Department is bringing back the use of firing squads and lethal injection using pentobarbital as it seeks to expedite and expand federal death penalty convictions and executions. No federal executions have been carried out since 2020, when the first Trump administration broke with over a decade of precedent and executed 13 people on death row. The second Trump administration is now…

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]]> Top Biden Official: Israel Committed Genocide, But US Must Still Support It https://truthout.org/articles/top-biden-official-israel-committed-genocide-but-us-must-still-support-it/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:25:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337336 A top State Department official under Joe Biden has acknowledged that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza with the help of the U.S. — but says that it is still “critical” for the U.S. to continue backing the genocidal state despite laws explicitly prohibiting such a practice. Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who served in the role up until July 2023…

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]]> Supreme Court Upholds Gerrymandered Texas Congressional Map https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-upholds-gerrymandered-texas-congressional-map/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:15:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337339 Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map is officially cleared for use, after the U.S. Supreme Court formally overturned a lower court’s ruling Monday. In November, the high court allowed the map to be used temporarily. Monday’s ruling maintains that status quo permanently, ensuring the new lines will be used for the 2026 midterms and going forward. The ruling ends the lengthy legal battle over…

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]]> Boat Strike Death Toll Approaches 200 as Trump Administration Continues Murders at Sea https://truthout.org/articles/boat-strike-death-toll-approaches-200-as-trump-administration-continues-murders-at-sea/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:15:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337332 The murder spree being conducted by the U.S. government under the direction of President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth climbed to an estimated 185 people on Sunday after the Pentagon announced another bombing of a boat it claims was trafficking illegal narcotics. “On April 26, at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear…

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]]> Trump Uses Correspondents Dinner Shooting to Push for Ballroom Construction https://truthout.org/articles/trump-uses-correspondents-dinner-shooting-to-push-for-ballroom-construction/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:44:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337340 Following the shooting that took place outside the ballroom of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening, President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and several allies of the president renewed calls to build an extravagant ballroom at the White House, claiming the shooting demonstrated a need for greater security at the event. However…

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]]> US and Israel Claimed to Be Fighting for Iranian Minorities — While Bombing Them https://truthout.org/articles/us-and-israel-claim-to-be-fighting-for-iranian-minorities-while-bombing-them/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:37:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337326 Iranians of all stripes have been affected by the U.S.-Israeli war on their country, and the civilian cost of the conflict has yet to be fully understood. The United Nations Development Programme has raised the alarm about the “development in reverse” pushing more than 32 million people back into poverty globally, and economists have warned that 10 to 12 million Iranians…

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]]> Despite Ongoing Attacks, Here Are Some Key Wins for the Abortion Rights Movement https://truthout.org/articles/despite-ongoing-attacks-here-are-some-key-wins-for-the-abortion-rights-movement/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:48:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337330 In the relentless nightmare that is the post-Roe United States, it can be hard to find the bright spots for abortion rights. Maternal mortality rates in states with abortion bans are increasing. South Carolina, which already has a draconian six-week abortion ban in effect, is now debating whether to ban nearly all abortions in the state. The future of mifepristone access remains murky and tenuous…

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]]> Trump Administration Covering Up “Extensive” Damage Done to US Bases by Iran https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-covering-up-extensive-damage-done-to-us-bases-by-iran/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:38:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337327 In their initial retaliatory strikes of the war, Iranian forces caused far more extensive damage to U.S. military assets than Trump administration officials have admitted to in public and private, new reporting finds as Germany’s chancellor says the U.S. is being “humiliated” by Iran. In these strikes, Iran hit over 100 targets across 11 U.S. bases in the Middle East, striking “warehouses…

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]]> 8 in 10 Posts by Trump Calling Someone “Low IQ” Target a Person of Color https://truthout.org/articles/8-in-10-posts-by-trump-calling-someone-low-iq-feature-a-person-of-color/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:40:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337328 In a Truth Social post last week, President Donald Trump referred to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as a “low IQ person.” Trump repeated that line of attack in a separate post this past weekend, directed at former MAGA ally Candace Owens. His post included a doctored image of Time magazine labeling the conservative pundit as “Vile Person of the Year.” Trump’s use of the…

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]]> In Atlanta, AI Surveillance Expands as Cop City Reshapes Black Communities https://truthout.org/articles/in-atlanta-ai-surveillance-expands-as-cop-city-reshapes-black-communities/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:21:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337322 When he drives through his neighborhood now, Brian Page passes rows of police cars and AI‑powered cameras that track nearly every movement. For most of his life, Page, who goes by “Scapegoat Jones,” felt safest in the community that Atlanta officials have since flooded with officers and surveillance technology in the name of “public safety.” He bought a house six minutes from the one he grew…

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]]> Indigenous Leaders Warn AI Boom Repeates Patterns of Extraction https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-leaders-warn-ai-boom-repeates-patterns-of-extraction/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:49:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337320 Artificial intelligence, or AI, is helping Indigenous communities detect illegal logging, track wildfires, and monitoring of traditional lands. But the data centers powering AI are driving new threats, requiring water, energy, and critical minerals often extracted from Indigenous territories. Now, Indigenous leaders at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII…

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]]> Iranian Group Files US-Israeli War Crimes Evidence to International Criminal Court https://truthout.org/articles/iranian-group-files-us-israeli-war-crimes-evidence-to-international-criminal-court/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:44:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337318 The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said Saturday that his organization has submitted evidence of U.S.-Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court and other global bodies, seeking accountability for massive attacks on civilian infrastructure and other violations. “The ICC prosecutor announced that the documents provided by the IRCS are accepted as official evidence…

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]]> Palestinians in Gaza Want to Rebuild Food Systems. Israel Isn’t Letting Them. https://truthout.org/articles/palestinians-in-gaza-want-to-rebuild-food-systems-israel-isnt-letting-them/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:46:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337287 Before the Israeli war began, Gaza’s agricultural sector was known for its abundant production of fruits and vegetables and was often called the “food basket” of the Strip. Despite extensive Israeli restrictions that hindered the sector’s growth — including limits on the entry of agricultural inputs and the export of goods — farmers in Gaza were still able to produce 25 varieties of fruits and…

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]]> New Mexico Becomes the Latest State to End Cooperation With ICE Under New Law https://truthout.org/articles/new-mexico-becomes-the-latest-state-to-end-cooperation-with-ice-under-new-law/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:38:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337211 Grassroots coalitions in a growing number of states are working to pass legislation to cut municipal or state ties to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The efforts are gaining momentum as the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda throws long-standing problems with the nation’s immigration regime into sharp relief. “We see a tremendous upswelling of this type of legislation…

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]]> Egyptian Family Re-Arrested Following 10 Months in ICE Detention https://truthout.org/articles/egyptian-family-re-arrested-following-10-months-in-ice-detention/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:35:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337312 An Egyptian family of six believed to be the longest held at the controversial South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, the nation’s only federal immigrant facility authorized to imprison parents with their children, were redetained Saturday after federal judges this week ordered their release. They are being sent to Egypt on a private plane, according to one of the family’s lawyers.

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]]> Republicans Race to Advance Trump’s Federal Reserve Pick https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-race-to-advance-trumps-federal-reserve-pick/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:44:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337309 In the late hours of Friday night, Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee scheduled a vote to advance President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, shortly after the Justice Department announced it was dropping its criminal probe into the current head of the central bank, Jerome Powell. The committee vote will take place on April 29, putting megarich financier Kevin Warsh on…

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]]> Trump Admin Weakens Air Standards While Almost Half of US Kids Breathe Toxic Air https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-weakens-air-standards-while-almost-half-of-us-kids-breathe-toxic-air/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:38:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337301 Nearly half the nation’s children live in places with dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. That’s 33.5 million children — 46 percent of the country’s kids — living in areas with failing grades for at least one measure of air pollution that is particularly harmful to developing lungs. The report also found that…

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]]> As a Teacher in Gaza, I Saw Education Bring Hope. Israel Has Extinguished It. https://truthout.org/articles/as-a-teacher-in-gaza-i-saw-education-bring-hope-israel-has-extinguished-it/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:36:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337174 I used to be an English teacher. My classroom walls seemed to breathe with the wind, and the light depended on the mercy of the sun; a very eco-friendly setup, if you think about it. Who needs electricity when the sun graciously decides to show up for class? For eight years, I taught in Beit Hanoun Prep School for young girls; a place where optimism stubbornly thrived in conditions that would…

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]]> As Opposition Grows, Oklahoma Organizers Share How They Halted an ICE Warehouse https://truthout.org/articles/as-opposition-grows-oklahoma-organizers-share-how-they-halted-an-ice-warehouse/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:33:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337279 The recent move from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to convert empty or surplus warehouses into large-scale ICE detention centers has produced a new terrain of struggle in the fight against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A notable departure from ICE’s existing detention system, which largely relies on contracts with county sheriff’s departments and privately run prison…

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]]> Trump’s Venezuela, Boat Strike Campaign Have Cost Nearly $5 Billion So Far https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-venezuela-boat-strike-campaign-have-cost-nearly-5-billion-so-far/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:50:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337296 The Trump administration’s operations in Latin America over the past seven months have cost nearly $5 billion, finds a new analysis — enough to fund Medicaid for half a million Americans for a year. Thus far, the combination of the military costs for the deadly raid of Venezuela and abduction of then-President Nicolás Maduro as well as the U.S.’s boat strike and surveillance campaign in the…

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]]> Musk and Silicon Valley Aren’t Libertarian. They Want to Fuse With the State. https://truthout.org/video/musk-and-silicon-valley-arent-libertarian-they-want-to-fuse-with-the-state/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:09:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337295 In the new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff look at the worldview that shaped Elon Musk and the ideology that has coalesced around him. They call Muskism “an operating system for the 21st century.” Musk runs rocket company SpaceX, AI startup xAI, electric car maker Tesla and the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

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]]> Afghans Stranded in Qatar Express Betrayal at Trump’s Push to Send Them to DRC https://truthout.org/articles/afghans-stranded-in-qatar-express-betrayal-at-trumps-push-to-send-them-to-drc/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:57:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337289 The Trump administration is moving to force Afghans who worked alongside the U.S. military either back to the war-torn nation or to the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C), veterans and refugee advocates say. Those Afghans have been stranded at a former U.S. military base in Qatar since 2021, and fear imprisonment and execution by the Taliban’s government if they are pushed back to Afghanistan.

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]]> The First-Ever Conference to End Fossil Fuels Has to Address Militarism, Too https://truthout.org/articles/the-first-ever-conference-to-end-fossil-fuels-has-to-address-militarism-too/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:41:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337285 We cannot separate fossil fuels from the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war on Iran. The volatility surrounding the Strait of Hormuz has shaken the global economy, restricting the passage of oil from the largest producers in the Gulf region. The economic costs of this illegal, unjust, and unpopular war are mounting alongside the heartbreaking human costs — including troops lost and thousands killed…

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]]> Trump’s Truth Social Posts Upended Iran War Negotiations — Report https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-truth-social-posts-upended-iran-war-negotiations-report/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:41:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337288 The United States military announced on Thursday that a third aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, the most the U.S. has sent to the region since the Iraq War. The U.S.S. George H.W. Bush carries over 80 aircraft and has more than 5,500 sailors and air crew on board. Officials would not elaborate on plans for the Bush, but analysts suggested its arrival to the area could mean an…

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]]> Lacking Proper Sanitation, Gaza’s Tent Camps Are Being Overrun by Rodents https://truthout.org/articles/lacking-proper-sanitation-gazas-tent-camps-are-being-overrun-by-rodents/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:04:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337271 In Gaza, displaced families are locked in a relentless battle. Since February 2026, a new terror has emerged: Predatory rodents are shredding the tents that residents spent years pleading for at aid organizations and have also begun attacking and biting humans. This has created a state of panic across the camps. Parents now take shifts through the night, standing guard to protect their sleeping…

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]]> Hegseth Says US Military Should Win Nobel Peace Prize “Every Single Year” https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-says-us-military-should-win-nobel-peace-prize-every-single-year/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:44:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337276 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the U.S. military should win the Nobel Peace Prize “every single year” because it wages war “the right way” — just seconds after bragging about his reshaping of the military to ensure that officers can carry out “maximum violence” under his chain of command. In a briefing on the Iran war on Friday, a TMZ employee asked Hegseth if he would consider…

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]]> Soldier Involved in Maduro Abduction Arrested for Profiting Off Polymarket Bets https://truthout.org/articles/soldier-involved-in-maduro-abduction-arrested-for-profiting-off-polymarket-bets/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:51:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337274 The US Justice Department announced Thursday that an American special forces soldier has been arrested and charged for pocketing over $400,000 by betting, on the basis of classified information, on the timing of the Trump administration’s illegal abduction of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty soldier in the US Army who was involved in planning and executing…

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]]> Texas Tech Establishes Draconian New Censorship Policies on LGBTQ Topics https://truthout.org/articles/texas-tech-establishes-draconian-new-censorship-policies-on-lgbtq-topics/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:50:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337272 A new memo at Texas Tech University establishes a sweeping and draconian censorship policy toward LGBTQ+ people, creating a campus equivalent of “Don’t Say Gay” in one of the most extreme anti-speech policies ever imposed at a public university. The memo bars professors from discussing LGBTQ+ topics in core and lower-level courses and eliminates entire fields of study across the five-university…

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]]> Critics Slam FCC Move to Update Ratings System to Include Trans Content Warnings https://truthout.org/articles/critics-slam-fcc-move-to-update-ratings-system-to-include-trans-content-warnings/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:45:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337277 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a request for public comment on Wednesday, asking parents to weigh in on changes to the current ratings system and whether updates are needed to inform viewers about content related to transgender people — a demand that could result in widespread censorship of LGBTQ voices and representation in media, critics have warned. The request from the…

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]]> Poll Finds Just 4 Percent of Democrats Support Increasing Military Aid to Israel https://truthout.org/articles/poll-finds-just-4-percent-of-democrats-support-increasing-military-aid-to-israel/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:03:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337265 New polling has found that just 4 percent of Democratic voters support increasing military aid to Israel, marking a massive rift with congressional Democrats at a time when other polling has found that disapproval of Congress has tied its all-time high. The Economist/YouGov polling released this week found that only 11 percent of American adults say that the U.S. should increase military aid…

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]]> Arizona GOP Bill Permits Prison Sentences for Protesters Who Damage Property https://truthout.org/articles/arizona-gop-bill-permits-prison-sentences-for-protesters-who-damage-property/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:56:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337267 A Republican lawmaker who watched as Trump supporters broke into and ransacked the U.S. Capitol in 2021 wants to send Arizona protesters to prison for rioting if they damage property. Under the proposal from state Sen. Mark Finchem, R-Prescott, Arizona’s legal definition of a riot would be changed to include when two or more people “recklessly use force or violence” in a way that damages…

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]]> Trump Envoy Says Italy Should Replace Iran in World Cup https://truthout.org/articles/trump-envoy-says-italy-should-replace-iran-in-world-cup/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:52:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337268 Paolo Zampolli, special envoy for global partnerships within the Trump administration, has personally asked both President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino to remove Iran from this summer’s World Cup tournament, to be replaced by Italy, Zampolli’s home country. Zampolli — who reportedly introduced Trump to his third wife, first lady Melania Trump — is a businessman and a…

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]]> Tlaib Introduces Bill to Ban ICE From Using Warehouses to Detain Immigrants https://truthout.org/articles/tlaib-introduces-bill-to-ban-ice-from-using-warehouses-to-detain-immigrants/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:46:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337249 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) introduced a bill on Thursday to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using warehouses and other similar buildings as detention centers, as the government gears up for a campaign of mass incarceration of immigrants that has been likened to the building of concentration camps. The bill, known as the “Ban Warehouse Detention Act…

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]]> Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Shifted From Spectacle to Bureaucratic Blitz https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-war-on-immigrants-has-shifted-from-spectacle-to-bureaucratic-blitz/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:09:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337247 In the face of deep public opposition, the notorious Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surges that culminated in the siege of Minneapolis have been deep-sixed, at least for now. Yet that doesn’t mean that the most anti-immigrant administration in modern U.S. history isn’t still looking for less dramatic (but at least as effective) methods to pursue its war against immigrants. In fact…

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]]> Work Rules for SNAP Benefits Don’t Lower Unemployment, Researchers Say https://truthout.org/articles/work-rules-for-snap-benefits-dont-lower-unemployment-researchers-say/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:08:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337261 A half-dozen cars had been in the queue for nearly four hours by the time the House of Hope mobile food pantry line began to move. Seventy or so more idled behind them by 11:30 a.m., when the food distribution began. The plan was to begin handing out boxes of groceries at 11, but the Facing Hunger Foodbank truck delivering the food blew a tire en route. No one complained.

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]]> Hundreds Protest Against Citizens Bank Over Ties to ICE Prison Partners https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-protest-against-citizens-bank-over-ties-to-ice-prison-partners/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:41:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337262 On Thursday, hundreds of demonstrators from the Northeast region of the United States gathered outside the Citizens Bank annual shareholders’ meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, to protest against the company’s financial relationships with for-profit prison corporations that operate facilities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A group of organizations calling themselves the De…

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]]> Trump Shares Racist Podcast Transcript Full of Attacks on Immigrants https://truthout.org/articles/trump-shares-racist-podcast-transcript-full-of-attacks-on-nonwhite-immigrants/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:20:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337251 In a Truth Social post on Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump shared a transcript of a far right podcast that delved into racist viewpoints against nonwhite immigrants entering the United States. The podcast from host Michael Savage railed against immigrants from countries he deemed as undesirable, using those bigoted views to justify terminating the birthright citizenship clause of the…

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