Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:05:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 Pentagon Reportedly Threatened First American Pope for Criticizing Trump https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-reportedly-threatened-first-american-pope-for-criticizing-trump/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:44:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336898 Pope Leo, the first American to be named the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s policies frequently this year as the US has invaded Venezuela and Iran and threatened Cuba’s 10 million people with an oil blockade that has crippled the island’s economy and healthcare system — and according to new reports, his criticism has followed a warning from a…

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]]> Republicans Block Democrats’ Pro Forma Session Effort to End Trump’s War in Iran https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-block-democrats-pro-forma-session-effort-to-end-trumps-war-in-iran/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:24:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336900 Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives were unsuccessful in their attempt on Thursday to pass a war powers resolution to restrict President Donald Trump from continuing to wage war on Iran. The House opened in a pro forma session, due to the continued recess that Republicans, led by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), began two weeks ago. To have passed…

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]]> Democrats Are Facing New Political Litmus Test: Military Aid to Israel https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-are-facing-new-political-litmus-test-military-aid-to-israel/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:25:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336891 Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she would vote against any military aid to Israel, including weapons that are deemed “defensive.” Ocasio-Cortez made the comments to a New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC DSA) forum, which was first reported on by City & State. “I have not once ever voted to authorize funding to Israel, and I will never…

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]]> Israel Killed More Than 200 People in Deadliest Day of Resumed War on Lebanon https://truthout.org/video/israel-kills-more-than-200-people-in-deadliest-day-of-resumed-war-on-lebanon/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:21:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336889 On April 8, less than one day after the Trump administration agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, Israel struck Lebanon in its heaviest and deadliest attack on the country since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began. At least 250 deaths have been reported. Israeli and U.S. authorities are insisting that the ceasefire proposal did not include Lebanon, where Israel says it is targeting…

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]]> Ceasefire Confusion Grows as Trump Threatens Renewed Start to Iran War https://truthout.org/articles/ceasefire-confusion-grows-as-trump-threatens-renewed-start-to-iran-war/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:39:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336894 Despite insinuating that a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran was still in place late on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the U.S. military would remain in the region, amassing more weaponry there to start the war up again if the temporary truce was broken. The ceasefire was announced earlier this week, and ostensibly allows both countries…

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]]> US-Israeli War on Iran Is Intensifying All of Global Capitalism’s Problems https://truthout.org/articles/us-israeli-war-on-iran-is-intensifying-all-of-global-capitalisms-problems/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336883 On February 28, the U.S. and Israel expanded their joint genocidal war on Gaza onto Iran as well as Lebanon. After weeks of assassinations and bombing, President Donald Trump agreed to a ceasefire on April 7. This war of aggression by the U.S. and Israel is part of a continued attempt to wipe out any and all opposition to their dominance over the Middle East and its strategic energy reserves.

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]]> Trump Budget Proposal Shreds Health and Food Programs to Feed the War Machine https://truthout.org/articles/trump-budget-proposal-shreds-health-and-food-programs-to-feed-the-war-machine/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:17:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336877 Last week, at a private Easter lunch, Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic saying that with the country at war, the federal government should offload Medicaid, Medicare, and child care expenditures onto the states. “We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars,” the MAGA leader said. “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.”…

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]]> Polling Data Spells Potential Disaster for Republicans in the Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/polling-data-spells-potential-disaster-for-republicans-in-the-midterms/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:54:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336878 New data signals trouble for Republicans in this year’s midterm elections, given President Donald Trump’s low approval rating currently in many of their districts as he wages an unpopular war on Iran. Traditionally, midterm elections result in losses for the political party of the president who is currently in office. The number of seats lost often depends on how popular the president is…

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]]> Reenacting Normalcy While Trump Threatens to Kill Civilizations Is Wrecking Us https://truthout.org/articles/reenacting-normalcy-while-trump-threatens-to-kill-civilizations-is-wrecking-us/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:43:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336876 On Tuesday evening, as the anxiety, hurt and fear of millions settled into an uneasy and impermanent sense of relief, one sentiment was widely expressed: this is no way to live. This cycle of dread and panic, of being driven to the edge at full speed before someone slams the brakes, harms our nervous systems, and has the potential to break our spirits. Many people seemed acutely aware of this…

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]]> Iranians, Watching Precarious Ceasefire, Express Desperation Over What’s Next https://truthout.org/video/iranians-watching-precarious-ceasefire-express-desperation-over-whats-next/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:29:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336872 The United States and Iran have announced a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan, under which Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel is also part of the agreement, but it has said it will continue its attacks and occupation inside Lebanon. The deal was reached less than two hours before President Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline Tuesday for Iran to reopen the strait under threat of…

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]]> In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership https://truthout.org/articles/in-echoes-of-corbyn-insurgent-candidate-wins-canadian-party-leadership/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:21:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336870 Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) has elected a new leader, someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of U.S. figures like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani. On March 29, the NDP elected Avi Lewis on the first round of balloting with 55 percent of the vote in his first successful political campaign. The NDP was decimated in the…

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]]> Hours Into Ceasefire, Hegseth Demands Iran Hand Over Uranium or US Will Seize It https://truthout.org/articles/hours-into-ceasefire-hegseth-demands-iran-hand-over-uranium-or-us-will-seize-it/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:37:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336867 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have issued a new demand that Iran forfeit its uranium stockpile, or else face renewed attacks or a ground operation by the U.S. and Israel — a threat levied just hours after the start of a fragile temporary ceasefire on Tuesday. When asked if the U.S. has plans to force Iran to hand over its enriched uranium…

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]]> Bondi House Testimony Likely Delayed as DOJ Claims Subpoena No Longer Applies https://truthout.org/articles/bondi-house-testimony-likely-delayed-as-doj-claims-subpoena-no-longer-applies/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:09:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336868 Former Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee next week, will not do so, following the Department of Justice (DOJ) stating that, since being fired by President Donald Trump last week, she can no longer appear as a representative of the administration. Bondi was subpoenaed to appear before the committee while she was still in her position.

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]]> Spanish Prime Minister Welcomes Ceasefire in Iran But Rejects Praise for Trump https://truthout.org/articles/spanish-prime-minister-welcomes-ceasefire-in-iran-but-rejects-praise-for-trump/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336864 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday welcomed news of a two-week ceasefire in Iran as a step back from the brink of catastrophe, but said the war’s aggressors — the U.S. and Israel — deserved no praise for the temporary reprieve. “Ceasefires are always good news. Especially if they lead to a just and lasting peace,” Sánchez wrote on social media. “But this momentary relief cannot…

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]]> AOC: Iran Deal “Changes Nothing” on Need to Impeach Trump for Genocidal Threat https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-iran-deal-changes-nothing-on-need-to-impeach-trump-for-genocidal-threat/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:28:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336861 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has reiterated that the call for President Donald Trump to be impeached or removed from office remains as urgent as ever after his genocidal threat toward Iran, regardless of the president’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire on Tuesday evening. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez said the deal “changes nothing.” “The President has threatened a…

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]]> Texas’s Tax Breaks for Data Centers May Be Largest for Any State in US https://truthout.org/articles/texass-tax-breaks-for-data-centers-may-be-largest-for-any-state-in-us/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:43:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336857 Texas will lose out on at least $3.1 billion in sales tax revenue over the next two years thanks to an exemption for the state’s booming data center industry, according to the comptroller’s office. That figure is likely a vast underestimate given the explosion of new facilities being built, but already makes the tax break one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most…

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]]> US Plans to Detain Cubans at Guantánamo in Event of Mass Migration From Island https://truthout.org/articles/us-plans-to-detain-cubans-at-guantanamo-in-event-of-mass-migration-from-island/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:29:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336852 On one side of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. soldiers face a temporary disruption in the availability of lattes. On the other side, Cubans sit in darkness, waiting for the power to come back on. Amid the Trump administration’s fuel blockade on Cuba, conditions in the country are deteriorating rapidly, raising the very real possibility of mass emigration. In February, the United Nations warned that a…

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]]> Israel Carpet Bombs Lebanon After Announcement of Iran Ceasefire https://truthout.org/articles/israel-carpet-bombs-lebanon-after-announcement-of-iran-ceasefire/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:15:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336851 Israeli forces launched some of the most intense bombardments of Lebanon in recent years on Wednesday, striking Beirut and towns and cities across the country just hours after a ceasefire deal that reportedly includes Lebanon was announced. The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it targeted over 100 sites with strikes over just the course of 10 minutes in Lebanon.

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]]> Trump Baselessly Suggests That Iran, US Will Jointly Manage Strait of Hormuz https://truthout.org/articles/trump-baselessly-suggests-that-iran-us-will-jointly-manage-strait-of-hormuz/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:13:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336858 President Donald Trump is expressing optimism for the two-week ceasefire deal that has been reached between the U.S. and Iran. However, on many aspects of the supposed deal — including management of the Strait of Hormuz — the president appears to still be at odds with Iran, despite implying the country’s leaders are open to his ideas about the waterway. Trump announced the tentative ceasefire…

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]]> Supreme Court Is Poised to Gut Remaining Protections of the Voting Rights Act https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-is-poised-to-gut-remaining-protections-of-the-voting-rights-act/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:48:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336848 The Supreme Court appears poised to deal a severe blow to the fundamental right to vote in two cases this term. Louisiana v. Callais threatens the right to vote free from racial discrimination and Watson v. Republican National Committee will test the right to have your absentee ballots counted. On August 1, 2025, when the Supreme Court asked the parties in Callais to brief the issue of…

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]]> Trump Calls Factual CNN Report on Iran Ceasefire Statement “Fake News” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-factual-cnn-report-on-iran-ceasefire-statement-fake-news/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:33:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336849 On Tuesday evening, following the announcement of a tentative ceasefire agreement with Iran, President Donald Trump accused the news network CNN of falsely reporting a statement from some of Iran’s leaders that claimed victory over the United States in the war that has been waged over the past month. Earlier on Tuesday, Trump made a promise to engage in additional war crimes and genocidal…

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]]> Dems Call for 25th Amendment Remedy to Remove Trump — Is It Plausible? https://truthout.org/articles/dems-call-for-25th-amendment-remedy-to-remove-trump-is-it-plausible/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:13:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336843 Several Democratic lawmakers in Congress are calling for the immediate removal of President Donald Trump from office, through the use of terms laid out in the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, given the disturbing genocidal social media post he issued on Tuesday morning. However, given current political realities in Washington, the likelihood that Trump’s removal will be attempted…

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]]> Schumer Takes No Action as Even Far Right Calls for Trump Impeachment https://truthout.org/articles/schumer-takes-no-action-as-even-far-right-calls-for-trump-impeachment/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:58:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336841 As calls for Donald Trump to be impeached flooded social media after his genocidal threats toward Iran on Tuesday, the Senate’s Democratic leaders put out a statement late in the day that merely condemned Trump’s comment without any vow to take action. In a joint statement on Tuesday afternoon, Democratic leaders Senators Chuck Schumer (New York) and Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)…

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]]> Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-genocidal-threats-on-iran-are-enabled-by-a-vast-apparatus-of-destruction/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:56:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336838 Somehow, in a war already bent on turning Iran into a failed state, Donald Trump’s threats against the country have become increasingly disturbing. For days now, Trump has threatened to bomb key civilian infrastructure in Iran, from bridges to power plants. On April 5, in a terrifying screed, he wrote: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped in one, in Iran.” He went on to…

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]]> GOP Lawmakers Defend, Spin Trump’s Genocidal Truth Social Screed Against Iran https://truthout.org/articles/gop-lawmakers-defend-spin-trumps-genocidal-truth-social-screed-against-iran/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:36:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336837 Republican lawmakers in Congress are reacting to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post advocating for the genocide of Iranians in varying ways, including defending, spinning, and denying its contents, with some also giving full support to the President’s threats and others — including some in leadership positions — issuing no response at all. Trump has set a deadline of 8 p.m.

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]]> Top Palestinian Children’s Rights Group Shutters After Being Targeted By Israel https://truthout.org/articles/top-palestinian-childrens-rights-group-shutters-after-being-targeted-by-israel/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:02:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336835 A top Palestinian children’s rights group has announced that it has been forced to shut down due to Israel’s recent attacks and bans on human rights organizations, removing a critical voice shining light on Israel’s atrocities against children in Gaza and the West Bank. Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) announced that it has ceased operations on Tuesday. “After 35 years of…

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]]> Trump Budget Proposal Gives Pentagon Record $1.5T Funding, Cuts Social Programs https://truthout.org/video/trump-budget-proposal-gives-pentagon-record-1-5t-funding-cuts-social-programs/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:48:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336831 The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year, the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II. The United States already has the world’s largest military budget at roughly $1 trillion, more than the combined budgets of the next nine highest-spending countries. The Trump administration’s…

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]]> Israel Has Buried Gaza in Rubble, But Our Love for the Land Will Always Survive https://truthout.org/articles/israel-has-buried-gaza-in-rubble-but-our-love-for-the-land-will-always-survive/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:25:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336826 I have never chosen to adopt the title of “refugee,” yet it keeps haunting me. It is scribbled on my Palestinian national identification card and follows my name in human rights conferences. It serves as a cruel mark to be treated as marginalized and homeless. It is a word I have unconsciously repeated in my head as I sat through history lectures, summing up the root of the dystopia we are living…

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]]> Trump Uses Same Language Cited by ICJ in Genocide Ruling Against Israel https://truthout.org/articles/trump-uses-same-language-cited-by-icj-in-genocide-ruling-against-israel/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:13:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336823 President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that carrying out war crimes against Iran is justified because Iranian leaders are “animals” — using the same language Israeli leaders have used to describe Palestinians, which has been cited by judges in the Hague in determinations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. A journalist asked Trump on Monday: “How would it not be a war…

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]]> Trump’s Budget Request Includes Funding an FBI Anti-“Domestic Terrorism” Center https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-budget-request-includes-funding-an-fbi-anti-domestic-terrorism-center/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:31:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336827 President Trump’s budget request to Congress contains the largest counterterrorism spending increase in years — and buried inside it is a new FBI-led center dedicated to “proactively” hunting Americans the government classifies as so-called domestic terrorists. The new center and funding boost represent the implementation of Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7)…

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]]> Trump Threatens Journalists With Jail Over Reporting on Airman Rescue https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-journalists-with-jail-over-reporting-on-airman-rescue/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:57:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336825 On Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to jail reporters who spoke to a supposed “leaker” in the administration and reported on a missing U.S. airman in Iran over the past weekend. The airman in question was one of two who were ejected from their aircraft after it was shot down by Iranian air defenses, just one day after Trump had claimed those defenses were essentially obliterated.

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]]> Iranian American Congresswoman Readies Impeachment Effort Against Hegseth https://truthout.org/articles/iranian-american-congresswoman-readies-impeachment-effort-against-hegseth/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:52:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336821 US Rep. Yassamin Ansari, the lone Iranian American Democrat in Congress, said on Monday that she will soon introduce articles of impeachment against Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth, the most prominent cheerleader of President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran. In a statement, Ansari (Ariz.) said that Hegseth has “repeatedly” violated his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution.

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]]> Absence of Accountability for Gaza Genocide Has Enabled Israel’s War on Lebanon https://truthout.org/video/absence-of-accountability-for-gaza-genocide-has-enabled-israels-war-on-lebanon/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:48:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336817 We go to Lebanon, where an Israeli invasion is in full swing along the southern border. Israel has announced the expansion of its so-called buffer zone and issued mass evacuation orders as its military destroys homes and infrastructure throughout the region. A humanitarian crisis is brewing as hospitals have been blocked from receiving medical supplies and as healthcare workers, as well as other…

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]]> Red States Are Quietly Making Lists for Tracking Trans People https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-are-quietly-making-lists-for-tracking-trans-people/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:47:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336813 Kansas, Texas, Indiana, Tennessee, and other states are creating lists of trans people, moves that advocates say would make it nearly impossible to exist in a trans body. In February, Kansas revoked the state identification cards and birth certificates of trans residents, making it the first state to cancel documents of individuals who changed their gender markers. The move was made possible…

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]]> Trump Threatens to Commit War Crimes If Iran Maintains Blockade on Hormuz Strait https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-commit-war-crimes-if-iran-maintains-blockade-on-hormuz-strait/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:25:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336811 Following President Donald Trump’s Sunday morning Truth Social post detailing his intent to further break international law by bombing Iran’s power plants and civilian infrastructure, the message sent by numerous critics to White House officials, the US Congress, and US allies was the same: “Act now to stop this lawless war.” That demand was made by Just Security editor and Rutgers University…

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]]> Communities Near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Have Higher Cancer Rates https://truthout.org/articles/communities-near-concentrated-animal-feeding-operations-have-higher-cancer-rates/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:54:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336809 People living near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in California, Texas and Iowa suffer from higher rates of cancer, suggesting that the air and water pollution from the massive farms may be playing a role, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, comes just weeks after a years-long report in Iowa found the state’s agricultural…

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]]> Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza’s Banking System Have Led to a Currency Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/israels-restrictions-on-gazas-banking-system-have-led-to-a-currency-crisis/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:36:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336786 In the sweltering markets of Gaza, or even in the muddy displacement tents where I have lived for months, having money in your bank account means nothing if you can’t scrape together five metal shekels for a pack of bread or even secure your transportation. I stand exhausted after walking miles in search of change, clutching a crumpled 100-shekel note that feels like a cruel joke.

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]]> DOGE Attacks on Social Security Have Left Millions in the Lurch https://truthout.org/articles/doge-attacks-on-social-security-have-left-millions-in-the-lurch/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:28:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336757 When Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) was running roughshod over the Social Security Administration (SSA) last year, experts warned it could spell disaster for disabled, ill, and aging Americans who depend on its programs. A March 2026 report by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) offers…

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]]> UW Removes Middle East Center Director After Criticizing War https://truthout.org/articles/uw-removes-middle-east-center-director-after-criticizing-war/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336804 The University of Washington has removed a professor from his role as director of its Middle East Center after he criticized the illegal U.S.-Israeli war of choice on Iran and condemned Zionism, the settler-colonial movement for Jewish hegemony in Palestine. Aria Fani, who will remain an associate professor at UW’s Jackson School of International Studies, told The Seattle Times on Friday that…

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]]> Faith Leaders Confront Christian Nationalism With Theological Resistance https://truthout.org/articles/faith-leaders-confront-christian-nationalism-with-theological-resistance/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:31:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336802 As federal agents and their state and local supporters began terrorizing communities on Jan. 20, 2025 with renewed vigor granted them by the Trump administration, something happened that may have surprised some observers: Clergy showed up. Not just with humanitarian work like food pantry boxes or grief counseling, but with their bodies, their preaching, their prayers, their public presence and…

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]]> ICE Presence Persists in Chicago as Raids Shift to Quieter Tactics https://truthout.org/articles/ice-presence-persists-in-chicago-as-raids-shift-to-quieter-tactics/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:10:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336799 When Border Patrol agents who took part in Operation Midway Blitz left Chicagoland last November, then-Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asserted “we aren’t leaving Chicago.” The same day, reporters with the Sun-Times warned a government source told them that federal immigration agents may return in strength come spring. But as McLaughlin said, they never really left.

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]]> Gaza Farmland Is Destroyed, But Some Are Growing Food Even While Displaced https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-farmland-is-destroyed-but-some-are-growing-food-even-while-displaced/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:51:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336745 Before the war, our home garden was more than just a patch of green. It was a refuge I retreated to whenever the world felt too heavy. Bougainvillea climbed the walls, and flowers in every color filled the corners — tended by my mother as if they were her own children. In one corner stood a pomegranate tree we had brought from a nursery in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza — a city long known as the…

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]]> US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies. The Assault on Iran Is No Exception. https://truthout.org/articles/us-war-machine-is-built-on-decades-of-lies-the-assault-on-iran-is-no-exception/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:44:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336729 The first casualty of war is the truth. This truism — understandably repeated at the outset of each new U.S. war — is proving itself once again. With all evidence pointing toward U.S. responsibility for the February 28 bombing of Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, President Trump claimed that the attack “was done by Iran.” In spreading this blatant misinformation, Trump was not in fact…

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]]> Trump Axed Nearly $1B in Solar Funding as Puerto Rico Faces Power Outages https://truthout.org/articles/trump-axed-nearly-1b-in-solar-funding-as-puerto-rico-faces-power-outages/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:28:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336760 María Pérez lost power for about three months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. Her home in Salinas, on the island’s southern coast, sits near a river. As the hurricane knocked out the island’s grid and sent rainwaters surging down from the mountains, Perez’s house flooded with a swirling mix of muddy water and animal feces, rising 3 feet high and warping the hallways.

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]]> Trump Budget Boosts War Spending While Slashing Domestic Programs https://truthout.org/articles/trump-budget-boosts-war-spending-while-slashing-domestic-programs/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:15:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336791 The Trump administration released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday, asking Congress to increase spending on defense programs by 43% and decrease funding for non-defense accounts by 10%. The proposal kicks off what will be a monthslong process on Capitol Hill as lawmakers write the dozen annual government funding bills ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline. Congress rarely adheres to the…

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]]> IAEA Sounds Alarm on US-Israeli Strike Near Iran Nuclear Plant https://truthout.org/articles/iaea-sounds-alarm-on-us-israeli-strike-near-iran-nuclear-plant/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:32:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336789 The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday demanded “maximum military restraint” from the U.S. and Israel as it confirmed reports that strikes had targeted a location close to Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, killing at least one person. In a statement released via social media, the IAEA relayed a message from Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi…

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]]> Trump Relies on Centuries-Old Notions of Whiteness to Activate His MAGA Base https://truthout.org/articles/trump-relies-on-centuries-old-notions-of-whiteness-to-activate-his-maga-base/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:10:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336751 I was appalled and sickened by the AI-generated image of the Obamas as apes on Donald Trump’s Truth Social account on February 5, 2026. Bear in mind that this shameless anti-Black vitriol came out on this year’s 100th anniversary of Black History Month. In response to the justifiable backlash to the racist image, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “Please stop the fake outrage and report on…

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]]> Nurses Forge Alliances to Protect Patients From Trump’s Immigration Crackdown https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-forge-alliances-to-protect-patients-from-trumps-immigration-crackdown/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:45:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336754 After the House of Representatives passed bills to send $10 billion in funding to the Department of Homeland Security in January, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses published a demand that Congress abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Nurses demand the removal of immigration enforcement agents from communities, the abolition of ICE, and accountability for this…

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]]> Pope Leo Condemns “Imperialist Occupation” as He Urges Trump to End War on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/pope-leo-condemns-imperialist-occupation-as-he-urges-trump-to-end-war-on-iran/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:54:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336783 Pope Leo XIV condemned the “imperialist occupation of the world” in a mass on Thursday, just days before Easter, in a continuation of his anti-war preachings as the Catholic leader continues to advocate against the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. “The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within; the violence that until now has been the law is…

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]]> ICE Arrests Palestinian Activist Who Leads Wisconsin’s Largest Islamic Group https://truthout.org/articles/ice-arrests-palestinian-activist-who-leads-wisconsins-largest-islamic-group/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:34:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336771 A large and diverse crowd packed a community center on Milwaukee’s south side Thursday, calling for the release of Salah Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. Sarsour, who is of Palestinian descent, was detained by federal immigration agents Monday morning. His supporters are calling Sarsour’s arrest an targeted act of political retaliation designed to chill opposition to the…

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]]> Hegseth Says He’s Ending Ban on Troops Carrying Personal Firearms on Bases https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-says-hes-ending-ban-on-troops-carrying-personal-firearms-on-bases/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336768 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that he is expanding troops’ ability to carry personal firearms on military bases, lifting a longtime ban amid widespread anxiety and low morale among military members due to the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. “Effectively, our bases across the country were gun-free zones. Unless you’re training, or unless you are a military policeman…

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]]> Freed After a Year in ICE Jail, Palestinian Protester Leqaa Kordia Speaks Out https://truthout.org/video/freed-after-a-year-in-ice-jail-palestinian-protester-leqaa-kordia-speaks-out/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:22:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336777 We speak with Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia, who was freed on March 16 after spending more than a year in an ICE jail in Texas. She was arrested in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to target student activists and others who advocated for Palestinian rights. Kordia was born in the occupied West Bank and lives in New Jersey. She was arrested in 2024 during the Gaza…

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]]> No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics https://truthout.org/articles/no-kings-must-mean-no-war-foreign-policy-is-least-democratic-space-in-politics/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:11:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336770 As I headed to my local “No Kings” protest on March 28, I tuned in to the livestream of the far right Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to listen to a man who is currently cheering on a war in order to rule as a monarch over my homeland. “Can you imagine Iran going from ‘Death to America’ to ‘God bless America?’” Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, asked the CPAC crowd…

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]]> Trump’s New Pharma Tariffs Could Drive Up Medical Costs, Patient Advocates Warn https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-new-pharma-tariffs-could-drive-up-medical-costs-patient-advocates-warn/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:59:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336758 On Thursday, the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day, US advocacy groups sounded the alarm about his new tariffs targeting “patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to bolster American national security and public health.” The administration announced a year ago that the US Department of Commerce…

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]]> Turning Point USA Throws Weight Against Clean Energy in Local Arizona Election https://truthout.org/articles/turning-point-usa-throws-weight-against-clean-energy-in-local-arizona-election/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:03:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336756 In a country characterized by antiquated systems for regulating how electricity is produced and transported to homes and businesses, one utility in Arizona may be the most outdated. In 1903, almost a decade before Arizona became a state, a group of landowners around Phoenix secured a federal loan for a dam on the Salt River. The dam collected water to irrigate farms and produce hydroelectric power…

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]]> CA Should Send Prisoners Home Instead of Spending Millions on New Facilities https://truthout.org/articles/ca-should-send-prisoners-home-instead-of-spending-millions-on-new-facilities/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:01:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336761 For two years, I walked the lower yard track at San Quentin State Prison, watching construction crews tear down an old furniture factory to build a $239 million Scandinavian-styled learning center. They have now removed the fence blocking the incarcerated population’s view of the new facility. Last week marked the opening of the building, only for incarcerated people who have designated…

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]]> Austria Becomes Latest EU Country to Deny US Military Use of Its Airspace https://truthout.org/articles/austria-becomes-latest-eu-country-to-deny-us-military-use-of-its-airspace/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:31:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336752 Austria says it’s banned the U.S. military from using its airspace, adding to a growing list of countries denying requests from the U.S. military amid its joint war on Iran with Israel as President Donald Trump lashes out at allies for refusing direct participation in the atrocities. The Austrian Defense Ministry cited its wartime neutrality policy for the decision. “There have indeed been…

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]]> Israel’s Palestinian-Only Death Penalty Law Draws on Britain’s Colonial Playbook https://truthout.org/articles/israels-palestinian-only-death-penalty-law-draws-on-britains-colonial-playbook/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:49:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336747 The picture of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir jubilantly trying to open a champagne bottle on the Knesset floor over the passing of a death penalty law for Palestinians will be anchored in history as one of those photographs that needs no caption. It’s the image of a country that has never truly left the colonial moment into which it was born. It didn’t simply inherit…

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]]> Trump Ousts Pam Bondi, Who Leaves Legacy of Epstein Cover-Up https://truthout.org/articles/trump-ousts-pam-bondi-who-leaves-legacy-of-epstein-cover-up/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:38:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336743 President Donald Trump announced that he has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who leaves behind a legacy of obstructing the release of the Epstein files and protecting the alleged sex abusers named within them. “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday afternoon.

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]]> Has the US Already Lost the War on Iran? https://truthout.org/video/has-the-us-already-lost-the-war-on-iran/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:13:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336737 President Donald Trump gave a primetime televised address Wednesday to discuss the war on Iran, his first since the United States and Israel launched attacks on February 28. Trump gave few clues about when or how the war could end, but he boasted about killing top Iranian leaders and degrading the country’s military. He threatened to bomb Iran “back to the stone ages, where they belong.”…

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]]> Buffalo’s Rohingya Community Demands Accountability After Disabled Refugee Dies https://truthout.org/articles/buffalos-rohingya-community-demands-accountability-after-disabled-refugee-dies/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:12:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336739 It has been more than a month since the body of a disabled Rohingya refugee was found on a Buffalo, New York, street five days after his release from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. Friends and family members, along with local immigrant communities and elected officials across the state, are demanding answers. The death of 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam has shaken Buffalo’s…

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]]> Trump Says US Will Bomb Iran Into “Stone Ages,” Invoking Vietnam Carpet Bombing https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-us-will-bomb-iran-into-stone-ages-invoking-vietnam-carpet-bombing/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:58:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336734 President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to bomb Iran into the “Stone Ages” in concerning statements on Wednesday night harkening to Vietnam War-era atrocities, as the U.S. and Israel carry out strikes on life-supporting infrastructure in Iran. In his prime time remarks to the U.S. public on Wednesday night, Trump said that, over the next two to three weeks, the U.S.

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]]> Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War https://truthout.org/articles/christian-nationalists-in-us-government-push-attacks-on-iran-as-holy-war/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:16:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336728 How Christian clergy talk about Jesus this Easter Sunday will tell you a lot about their politics. While parishioners in the U.S. are likely to be greeted by the traditional refrain, “He is risen,” at their April 5 Easter service, they’re just as likely to be met with the phrase, “Christ is King.” This rhetoric replaces the traditional understanding of Easter as a celebration of Jesus’s sacrifice…

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]]> Trump Slashed Medicaid. Now He Says US Can’t Fund It Because of His War on Iran. https://truthout.org/articles/trump-slashed-medicaid-now-he-says-us-cant-fund-it-because-of-his-war-on-iran/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:18:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336730 Two days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio unironically advised Iran to spend its public funds “helping the people of Iran” instead of on weapons, President Donald Trump announced that the US government has “to take care of one thing: military protection” and isn’t able to provide people in the US with necessities like healthcare and childcare. “Oh wow, he actually admitted it…

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]]> Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions https://truthout.org/audio/rupture-and-repair-under-fascist-conditions/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:22:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=336726 “We have a great opportunity in our movements to learn how to be opponents without being enemies,” says Tanuja Jagernauth. In this first of a two-part conversation, Jagernauth and host Kelly Hayes discuss the language people use to describe harm and conflict, the difference between disagreement and abuse, and how organizers can move through conflict with more clarity and care under fascist…

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]]> Faculty Fight Anti-Union Tactics at St. John’s University in New York https://truthout.org/articles/faculty-fight-anti-union-tactics-at-st-johns-university-in-new-york/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:19:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336723 Sixty-two years ago, St. John’s University (SJU) in New York City became the site of the first major faculty strike in U.S. history — a year-long conflict that followed the firing of 33 teachers, including three priests, without due process. Now, the struggle over labor conditions has forced the faculty to once again mobilize, a move precipitated by the current college administration’s abrupt…

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]]> Israel Strikes Pharmaceutical Factory in Tehran That Made Cancer Drugs https://truthout.org/articles/israel-strikes-pharmaceutical-factory-in-tehran-that-made-cancer-drugs/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:17:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336717 On Tuesday, Israel struck a major pharmaceutical factory in Tehran that is one of the country’s top producers of cancer drugs and anaesthetics, the Iranian government said. The facility belongs to Tofigh Daru Research and Engineering Company. It made drugs that are crucial for use in hospitals and operating rooms, officials said. “During the US and Zionist regime attacks on civilian…

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]]> Our Prison-Like Clinic System Is Thwarting Effective Opioid Addiction Treatment https://truthout.org/articles/our-prison-like-clinic-system-is-thwarting-effective-opioid-addiction-treatment/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:16:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336444 Indulge me. Imagine you take a medication that is vital to your health: as vital as oxygen or water. You can’t go a single day without it because you are completely dependent on it to think, to work, to take care of your family, to just be you. And if you miss a dose? A withdrawal hellscape awaits: extreme muscle and bone pain, intense cravings, vomiting, insomnia, severe anxiety, cramps…

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]]> Reproductive Health Care Restrictions May Exacerbate Health Care Shortages https://truthout.org/articles/reproductive-health-care-restrictions-may-exacerbate-health-care-shortages/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:54:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336713 When an Alabama clinic’s only OB-GYN left the state to provide abortion care in Colorado, the head of operations thought the facility would have to close. But Robin Marty, executive director at WAWC Healthcare in Tuscaloosa, hired a doctor in August who she called a “unicorn” — someone who’s from Alabama and, after training outside of the state, returned home to practice medicine.

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]]> Trump Attends Supreme Court Arguments After Slamming Justices Who Are “Disloyal” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-attends-supreme-court-arguments-after-slamming-justices-who-are-disloyal/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:08:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336711 In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump attended oral arguments in the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices weighed his executive order on birthright citizenship, sparking concern that he was trying to intimidate justices after months of criticism over their rulings. Trump’s motorcade arrived at the court around 10 am Eastern Time, and the president walked into the building…

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]]> Workers in Colorado Continue Historic Strike at US’s Largest Meat Processor https://truthout.org/video/workers-in-colorado-continue-historic-strike-at-uss-largest-meat-processor/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:01:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336709 More than 3,000 meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, have been on strike since mid-March, the first major labor strike in the U.S. meatpacking industry since 1985. Workers at JBS USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Brazilian-based multinational JBS, are protesting unfair and dangerous labor conditions, including low wages, lack of personal protective gear and discrimination against its majority…

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]]> Rubio Unironically Says Iran Should Spend Money on Its People, Not on Military https://truthout.org/articles/rubio-ironically-says-iran-should-spend-money-on-its-people-not-on-the-military/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:57:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336707 Secretary of State Marco Rubio lectured Iran in interviews this week, saying that the country should be spending money on supporting its people rather than on weapons and militaristic causes — an ironic statement coming from an administration that has gutted the U.S.’s social safety net while requesting a record-shattering Pentagon budget. “Imagine an Iran that, instead of spending their…

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]]> Trump Order Gives US Postal Service Unprecedented Control Over Mail Voting https://truthout.org/articles/trump-order-gives-us-postal-service-unprecedented-control-over-mail-voting/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:28:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336703 President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a second executive order on elections, this one giving the U.S. Postal Service unprecedented oversight over who is voting by mail, a move experts and state election officials said will quickly draw legal challenges. The order, titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,” says that states can send the U.S.

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]]> Supreme Court Rules Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban Violates Free Speech Rights https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-rules-colorado-conversion-therapy-ban-violates-free-speech-rights/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:14:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336701 The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday that a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for youth violates the free speech rights of a Christian counselor, clearing the way for a practice that goes against the recommendations of every major medical association in the country. Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson condemned the ruling as “cruel” in a statement to the media Tuesday. “Today’…

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]]> Low-Income Moms Struggle to Keep Their Families Afloat Amid Gas Price Increases https://truthout.org/articles/low-income-moms-struggle-to-keep-their-families-afloat-amid-gas-price-increases/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:24:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336693 The rise in gas prices happened so quickly, single mom Luna Rosado has barely had time to adjust. Rosado fills her tank twice a week to commute to her two health care jobs and shuttle her three kids to school, basketball and soccer practice. This month, as costs have risen 30 percent after the start of war in Iran, she’s been paying about $40 more a week on gas. That’s $160 less a…

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]]> Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Are Threatening to Shutter Hospitals Across the US https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-medicaid-cuts-are-threatening-to-shutter-hospitals-across-the-us/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:22:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336698 The unprecedented Medicaid cuts that US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans approved last summer are putting hundreds of hospitals across the country at high risk of cutting services or permanently shutting their doors, a potentially devastating outcome for millions of poor Americans that was repeatedly predicted ahead of time. The advocacy group Public Citizen released a…

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]]> Advocates Condemn New Israeli Law Instituting Death Penalty for Palestinians https://truthout.org/articles/advocates-condemn-new-israeli-law-instituting-death-penalty-for-palestinians/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:02:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336695 Leading international human rights groups as well as organizations in Israel swiftly demanded the repeal of a law passed by the Israeli Knesset on Monday that makes death by hanging the default punishment for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis — a law that one group called “discriminatory by design.” Those were the words of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel…

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]]> It’s Not Just Huerta. For Many Survivors, Silence Seems Like the Only Option. https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-huerta-for-many-survivors-silence-seems-like-the-only-option/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:40:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336663 Questions about Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the larger movement for the rights and dignity of farmworkers hang heavy on the hearts and minds of many this week, following The New York Times report published earlier this month. The report, which was published on March 18, investigated extensive allegations of sexual assault and abuse against United Farm Workers of America (UFW) co-founder…

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]]> Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Are Navigating the Dangers of Visibility https://truthout.org/articles/trans-people-behind-bars-share-how-they-are-navigating-the-dangers-of-visibility/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:36:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336675 Today is International Trans Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate the resilience and accomplishments of transgender people worldwide. The extraordinary accomplishments — in law, art, and beyond — of incarcerated trans people tend to receive far too little celebration. Yet many trans people in prison keep fighting for their communities, in environments where they often face violence…

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]]> A Shady Nonprofit Pushes Back on Pennsylvania’s Proposed Minimum Wage Hike https://truthout.org/articles/a-shady-nonprofit-pushes-back-on-pennsylvanias-proposed-minimum-wage-hike/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:07:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336681 Almost as soon as the state House passed a bill which would raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, an organization called the Employment Policies Institute began reaching out to members of the media in Pennsylvania to share its view. One press release included a quote attributed to Rebekah Paxton, identified as the group’s research director. “Today’s vote ignores the well…

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]]> Israel Admits It Used Faked Photo to Say Slain Journalist Was Part of Hezbollah https://truthout.org/articles/israel-admits-it-used-faked-photo-to-say-slain-journalist-was-part-of-hezbollah/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:40:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336674 In a remarkably frank statement on Sunday, Israeli forces openly admitted to using a faked picture of a journalist they killed in Lebanon as supposed evidence that he was affiliated with armed groups. On Saturday, Israeli forces killed three journalists who were reporting on Israel’s expanded bombardments and ground invasion of Lebanon. They were in a clearly marked press car on their way to…

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]]> Thousands of Iranians Who Live on Kharg Island Face Possibility of US Invasion https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-of-iranians-who-live-on-kharg-island-face-possibility-of-us-invasion/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:33:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336682 Over the past month of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, Donald’s Trump mission has creeped from vowing that he’s “not putting troops anywhere” to backing himself into an escalation that makes the chance of ground invasion far more likely. As many as 17,000 American troops could be gathering in preparation for an operation to land on, and potentially even seize, any number of Iranian islands in…

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]]> The EPA Is Routinely Failing to Require Warnings on Cancer-Linked Pesticides https://truthout.org/articles/the-epa-is-routinely-failing-to-require-warnings-on-cancer-linked-pesticides/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:29:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336678 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to put warnings on pesticides linked to cancer — even when the agency itself determined a product’s ingredients are carcinogenic, according to two new analyses of federal data. The EPA has put cancer warnings on 1.4% — 69 of 4,919 — of pesticide labels for products that contain an active ingredient that the agency itself has designated…

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]]> US Killed Children in Iran Using New Missile That Explodes Into Pellets https://truthout.org/articles/us-killed-children-in-iran-using-new-missile-that-scatters-pellets-explosively/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:21:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336673 The U.S. hit a school and sports hall in Lamerd, Iran, on the first day of its war on the country, using a new, untested weapon made by Lockheed Martin that unleashes an explosive barrage of metal pellets on its target, new reporting finds. The U.S. strike on February 28 hit a building where dozens of young girls were doing their regular sports training, as well as an adjacent elementary…

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]]> Trump Convenes “God Squad” Committee in Move That Could Annihilate Whale Species https://truthout.org/articles/trump-convenes-god-squad-committee-in-move-that-could-annihilate-whale-species/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:03:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336672 On March 31, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum will convene a rare meeting of the Endangered Species Committee. Sometimes referred to as the “God Squad,” the panel could effectively roll back existing environmental protections by exempting companies from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), paving the way for oil and gas projects throughout the Gulf of Mexico.

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]]> Trump Touts “Hand-Carved” Columns on Ballroom as War Costs US 10k Jobs a Month https://truthout.org/articles/trump-touts-hand-carved-columns-on-ballroom-as-war-costs-us-10k-jobs-a-month/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:54:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336667 As major firms have blared dire warnings about the effects of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran on the economy and the growing affordability crisis, President Donald Trump on Sunday bragged to reporters about plans for his $400 million gilded White House ballroom on Air Force One. Holding up printed renderings of the ballroom, Trump bragged for several minutes about the extravagant-looking…

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]]> Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Targeted in Assassination Plot https://truthout.org/video/activist-nerdeen-kiswani-speaks-out-after-being-targeted-in-assassination-plot/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:13:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=336669 New York police say they foiled an assassination attempt against Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani. She describes the terror of finding out about the plot and why it reflects the “impunity” with which Zionist groups have targeted pro-Palestine voices. “It really made me feel even more vulnerable than I already do as a Palestinian activist,” says Kiswani, co-founder of the group…

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]]> Pope Leo Says God “Does Not Listen to the Prayers of Those Who Wage War” https://truthout.org/articles/pope-leo-says-god-does-not-listen-to-the-prayers-of-those-who-wage-war/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:38:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336662 Pope Leo XIV used his Palm Sunday sermon to take what appears to be a shot at U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In his sermon, excerpts of which he published on social media, the pope emphasized Christian teachings against violence while criticizing anyone who would invoke Jesus Christ to justify a war. “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to…

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]]> Millions Join “No Kings” Protests in One of Largest US Rallies https://truthout.org/articles/millions-join-no-kings-protests-in-one-of-largest-us-rallies/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:02:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336659 Millions of American across all 50 states on Saturday rallied against President Donald Trump and his authoritarian agenda during nationwide No Kings protests. The flagship No Kings rally in Minneapolis, which organizers Indivisible estimated drew over 200,000 demonstrators, featured speeches from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)…

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]]> A Texas City Faces Water Crisis as Big Oil and Gas Use Most of It https://truthout.org/articles/a-texas-city-faces-water-crisis-as-big-oil-and-gas-use-most-of-it/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:31:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336657 When Thiago Campos bought the Mr. Fancy Pants Carwash business in Corpus Christi, Texas, three years ago, he wasn’t thinking about drought. He was familiar with varnishes and waxes and enjoyed figuring out which kind of soap would best remove local dirt. “I’m a chemical engineer,” Campos said. “I felt like the carwash matched my skill set.” But Mr. Fancy Pants, with its two locations…

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]]> With Gaza Still Under Blockade, Recycling Has Become a Matter of Life and Death https://truthout.org/articles/with-gaza-still-under-blockade-recycling-has-become-a-matter-of-life-and-death/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:41:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336587 Gaza has long been described as an “open-air prison.” The more I reflect on the term, the more it feels like a painful truth rather than mere hollow rhetoric. A suffocating blockade has been imposed for decades, with two border crossings sealed shut depending on the political climate and circumstances, often leaving no feasible exit for patients seeking medical referrals or students hoping to…

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]]> How Maryland’s Medical Examiner Helped Conceal Suspicious Deaths https://truthout.org/articles/how-marylands-medical-examiner-helped-conceal-suspicious-deaths/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:39:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336655 Nearly 20 years ago, I stepped into the downtown Baltimore office of an obscure state official named Dr. David Fowler. He was lanky, affable, with an Afrikaner accent that alluded to his South African roots. He was also the state’s chief medical examiner, the man who determined the fate of all cases of suspicious deaths across the state. I had no idea at the time, but roughly two decades…

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]]> Inside the Grassroots Campaign That Pushed a Drone Company Out of Brooklyn https://truthout.org/articles/inside-the-grassroots-campaign-that-pushed-a-drone-company-out-of-brooklyn/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:50:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336630 On the morning of February 11, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC), a non-profit landlord responsible for developing the Brooklyn Navy Yard, convened a closed-doors meeting. One item of business concerned the lease of Easy Aerial, an AI drone manufacturer with material ties to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Israeli military, and one of 550 businesses housed…

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]]> “Price Tag” Attacks Part of Effort to Expand Israeli Settlements in West Bank https://truthout.org/articles/price-tag-attacks-part-of-effort-to-expand-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:03:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336652 Al-Funduqumiya, West Bank — On March 21, a Palestinian vehicle collided with an ATV near the village of Beit Imrin in the West Bank, killing the ATV driver. Had it not been for the fact that the driver of the ATV was 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman of the illegal Israeli outpost of Shuva Yisrael Farms, the incident would likely have been handled as an ordinary traffic accident. Instead…

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]]> Trump Admin Touts ACA Fraud Fixes While Pushing New Barriers to Coverage https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-touts-aca-fraud-fixes-while-pushing-new-barriers-to-coverage/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:23:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336650 Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claiming wins in reducing the problem while simultaneously saying more controls are needed. It has proposed a sweeping set of ACA regulations for next year, including stepped-up requirements for some applicants to prove…

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]]> Houthis Strike Israel, Expanding Trump’s Illegal War on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/houthis-strike-israel-expanding-trumps-illegal-war-on-iran/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:36:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336648 The Houthis on Saturday took credit for launching a ballistic missile at Israel, opening a new front in the war U.S. President Donald Trump illegally started with Iran nearly one month ago. As reported by Axios, the attack by the Houthis signals that the Yemen-based militia is joining the conflict to aide Iran, which has been under aerial assault from the U.S. and Israel for the past four…

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]]> Teaching LGBTQ History Is Required in California But Many Teachers Still Hesitate https://truthout.org/articles/teaching-lgbtq-history-is-required-in-california-but-many-teachers-still-hesitate/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:06:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336646 Olive Garrison has been teaching high school history in Bakersfield for the past eight years. Born and raised in the Central Valley city, Garrison has incorporated LGBTQ history into lessons, from the Lavender Scare, a moral panic in which thousands of gay workers in the 1940s and ’50s were driven out of government service jobs, to the struggles of queer Americans during the Great Depression.

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]]> European Progressives Have Chance to Turn Far Right Losses Into Long-Term Defeat https://truthout.org/articles/european-progressives-have-chance-to-turn-far-right-losses-into-long-term-defeat/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:26:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336627 For years now, hard right, anti-immigrant, and in some cases overtly fascist political parties have been on the march in Europe, veering from one electoral triumph to the next. When large numbers of refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war began arriving in Europe in 2015, right populist groupings seized on the humanitarian crisis to cultivate a narrative that the whole continent would inevitably…

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]]> Israel Is Dropping 2,000-Pound Bombs on Densely-Populated Tehran, Reports Say https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-dropping-2000-pound-bombs-on-densely-populated-tehran-reports-say/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:55:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336634 Israeli forces are using extremely destructive 2,000-pound bombs on residential areas in Tehran, reports say, slaughtering dozens and violating international law barring the use of such weapons in areas where a disproportionate amount of civilians may be harmed. A series of strikes in Resalat in eastern Tehran killed between 40 and 50 civilians, completely destroying three residential…

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]]> Judge May Reconsider Dismissing Maduro’s Case Due to US Blocking His Legal Funds https://truthout.org/articles/judge-may-reconsider-dismissing-maduros-case-due-to-us-blocking-his-legal-funds/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:17:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=336633 U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to dismiss drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on March 26, even though the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is blocking funds for their legal defense, in violation of the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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