Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Thu, 28 May 2026 13:38:32 +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 ICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Communities Can Push Back https://truthout.org/audio/ice-camps-are-not-untouchable-heres-how-communities-can-push-back/ Thu, 28 May 2026 13:38:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=338060 “The immigration camp, it really depends on a lot of local infrastructure. It is not this untouchable federal abstraction. It is up to us, neighbors, community members, and we have the actual power to shut them down,” says journalist John Washington. In this episode of Movement Memos, Washington joins host Kelly Hayes to discuss his book How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against…

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]]> Trump Defends Prediction Market Companies Against State Regulations https://truthout.org/articles/trump-defends-prediction-market-companies-against-state-regulations/ Wed, 27 May 2026 20:48:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338057 On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced his support for prediction market companies, calling for continued federal control while lambasting state regulators. “It is critically important” that the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) maintain “exclusive authority over Prediction Markets” in order for them to “thrive,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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]]> Wife of Hunger Strike Organizer at Delaney Hall ICE Jail Speaks Out https://truthout.org/video/wife-of-hunger-strike-organizer-at-delaney-hall-ice-jail-speaks-out/ Wed, 27 May 2026 20:07:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338055 Around 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and work strike since Friday to protest inhumane conditions and due process violations. Delaney Hall is operated by the private prison company GEO Group. Since the hunger strike was launched, immigration advocates have been staging a solidarity protest outside Delaney Hall to promote the…

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]]> Trump Administration Plans to Send Citizens With Ebola Exposure to Kenya https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-send-citizens-with-ebola-exposure-to-kenya/ Wed, 27 May 2026 19:58:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338053 In what one emergency physician and public health expert called “a dramatic abdication of what we owe our own,” the Trump administration is reportedly preparing to send Americans with suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola to a facility in Kenya, instead of repatriating them and treating them in the state-of-the-art quarantine and treatment facilities the U.S. has for dangerous diseases that pose…

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]]> Stephen Miller Pushes False Claim That SNAP Requires No Proof of Financial Need https://truthout.org/articles/stephen-miller-pushes-false-claim-that-snap-requires-no-proof-of-financial-need/ Wed, 27 May 2026 19:44:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338048 During a roundtable meeting on Tuesday discussing supposed fraud in federal programs, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller falsely claimed that safety net programs do not require documentation of financial hardship from applicants. The roundtable, which featured Republican state attorneys general and Vice President JD Vance, was ostensibly convened to discuss efforts to root out fraud in…

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]]> Universal Health Care Once Seemed on the Horizon in California. What Happened? https://truthout.org/articles/universal-health-care-once-seemed-on-the-horizon-in-california-what-happened/ Wed, 27 May 2026 18:35:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338042 California voters are in the thick of a high-stakes governor’s race, in which single-payer health care, an issue that was once central to state politics, has been pushed to the sidelines. Of the top five candidates, only one unequivocally supports a health care model that would finally put California on par with the rest of the industrialized world. Billionaire Tom Steyer…

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]]> Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “Vindictive”  https://truthout.org/articles/judge-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia-as-vindictive/ Wed, 27 May 2026 18:27:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338049 On Friday, a federal judge dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling that the Trump administration had shown “presumptive vindictiveness” and had charged him in retaliation for his lawsuit challenging his wrongful deportation to El Salvador. Judge Waverly Crenshaw said in her ruling that the Department of Justice reopened a closed, four-year-old investigation into…

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]]> NC GOP Lawmakers Propose Amendment Legalizing Murder to Stop Abortions https://truthout.org/articles/nc-gop-lawmakers-propose-amendment-legalizing-murder-to-stop-abortions/ Wed, 27 May 2026 18:06:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338046 A GOP-proposed state constitutional amendment in North Carolina is seeking to make abortion completely illegal, adding in “protections” for people who commit murder in order to stop a person from obtaining the procedure. Currently, abortion is banned in North Carolina beyond 12 weeks of pregnancy. The proposed amendment, sponsored by Republican state Reps. Keith Kidwell and Ben Moss, Jr.

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]]> Eid al-Adha in Gaza Isn’t Like It Was Before the Genocide. We Celebrate Anyway. https://truthout.org/articles/eid-al-adha-in-gaza-isnt-like-it-was-before-the-genocide-we-celebrate-anyway/ Wed, 27 May 2026 17:14:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338037 Eid al-Adha in Gaza had always been known as the “Big Eid,” given that its celebrations were more extensive than those of Eid al-Fitr. Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” which commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of submission to God, is the most important Islamic holiday and begins during the Hajj on the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijjah.

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]]> Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Pesticide Linked to Parkinson’s Disease https://truthout.org/articles/vermont-becomes-first-state-to-ban-pesticide-linked-to-parkinsons-disease/ Wed, 27 May 2026 16:40:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338041 Vermont on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to ban the weed-killing pesticide paraquat, backed by lawmakers who cited concerns about research showing the chemical may cause the incurable brain ailment known as Parkinson’s disease. After considering the bill for several days, Gov. Phil Scott signed the legislation May 26. It takes effect Nov. 1, though the new law contains a provision…

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]]> Maine Removes Trans Sports and Bathroom Ban From November Ballot https://truthout.org/articles/maine-removes-trans-sports-and-bathroom-ban-from-november-ballot/ Wed, 27 May 2026 16:20:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338034 On Tuesday, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled that a proposed ballot initiative banning trans students from school sports and bathrooms will not appear before voters this November. The billionaire-funded campaign initially submitted 79,692 signatures — well over the 67,682 required to qualify — and the Secretary of State’s office certified the question for the ballot in March.

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]]> Trump White House Advances Plan Requiring Federal Workers to Sign NDAs https://truthout.org/articles/trump-white-house-advances-plan-requiring-federal-workers-to-sign-ndas/ Wed, 27 May 2026 15:44:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338035 The Trump administration has proposed a new policy that could require federal government employees to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in an attempt to limit damaging or embarrassing information from leaking to the press. Such leaks are a normal part of every presidential administration, as are attempts by presidents and their cabinets to limit what information gets out.

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]]> Israel Expands Strikes and Ground Invasion in Lebanon as Iran Negotiations Stall https://truthout.org/articles/israel-expands-strikes-and-ground-invasion-in-lebanon-as-iran-negotiations-stall/ Tue, 26 May 2026 21:10:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338031 On Monday and Tuesday, Israel expanded its strikes and ground operations in Lebanon as the U.S.’s negotiations with Iran came to a standstill. Overnight on Monday, Israel bombed areas in Southern Lebanon and in Bekaa Valley in Eastern Lebanon, and expanded its ground operation outside of the so-called “yellow line,” an Israeli-drawn line separating Israel’s current occupation of areas of the…

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]]> Congressional Black Caucus Demands Corporations Oppose Voting Rights Rollbacks https://truthout.org/articles/congressional-black-caucus-demands-corporations-oppose-voting-rights-rollbacks/ Tue, 26 May 2026 20:25:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338028 The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) sent a letter to hundreds of corporations this week, urging them to recommit to protecting democratic and civil rights following a Supreme Court ruling issued late last month that dismantled aspects of the Voting Rights Act. The CBC noted that many of the businesses receiving the letter had pledged to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act five years ago…

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]]> Increased Tax Refunds Have Been Eaten Up by Iran War Price Spikes, Experts Say https://truthout.org/articles/increased-tax-refunds-have-been-eaten-up-by-iran-war-price-spikes-experts-say/ Tue, 26 May 2026 20:24:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338027 Congressional Republicans had been hoping their political standing would improve this spring when American voters received larger refunds thanks to changes in US tax law made under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. However, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that much of the projected fiscal stimulus from the larger refunds has already been swallowed up by the rise in gas and energy prices…

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]]> Residents of Polluted Areas Say Trump’s Rollbacks Are “Getting Really Scary” https://truthout.org/articles/residents-of-polluted-areas-say-trumps-rollbacks-are-getting-really-scary/ Tue, 26 May 2026 20:18:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338016 Rita Robles’s life is ruled by allergies, the worst effects from which can last for months at a time. She uses rescue inhalers, a nebulizer, and a maintenance inhaler — on top of a slew of other medications. Even then, it’s often not enough. “There are times when I’m outside just walking to the driveway and it’ll feel like something catches in my throat, and it causes me to go into a choking…

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]]> Protests Erupt at New Jersey Immigrant Jail in Support of Striking Detainees https://truthout.org/articles/protests-erupt-at-new-jersey-detention-center-in-support-of-striking-detainees/ Tue, 26 May 2026 20:11:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338024 Protests erupted on Sunday night outside of the Delaney Hall immigrant jail in Newark, New Jersey, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) moved to transfer a strike leader from the jail. Some 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike on Friday in protest of the conditions at the ICE jail. On Sunday, activists and family members learned that the jail was preparing to move Martin…

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]]> Federal Judges Block Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judges-block-alabama-from-using-racially-gerrymandered-congressional-map/ Tue, 26 May 2026 19:22:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338018 A three-judge panel on Tuesday morning blocked Alabama from using a 2023 congressional map the panel ruled racially discriminatory and ordered the state to use a remedial map aimed at giving Black Alabamians a chance to elect their preferred leaders. The order comes almost a month after the U.S. Supreme Court substantially weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in a case known as…

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]]> Labor Unions Celebrate World Court’s Ruling That Enshrines the Right to Strike https://truthout.org/articles/labor-unions-celebrate-world-courts-ruling-that-enshrines-the-right-to-strike/ Tue, 26 May 2026 19:16:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338020 The right to strike is under attack throughout the world, including in the United States. Labor strikes are currently forbidden or restricted in the majority of countries. Now, in a landmark 43-page advisory opinion issued May 21, the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court) has determined that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s (ILO)…

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]]> Yakama Nation Fights to Protect a Sacred Site From an Energy Storage Center https://truthout.org/articles/yakama-nation-fights-to-protect-a-sacred-site-from-an-energy-storage-center/ Tue, 26 May 2026 18:22:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338010 Goldendale, Washington –– High up on the Washington side of the Columbia River near the John Day hydroelectric dam, members of the Yakama Nation gathered to protest a clean energy storage project slated to be built on a sacred tribal site. Supporters of the Goldendale pumped-hydro energy storage project have said it will help meet growing regional energy demand, and the project developers…

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]]> US Bombs Iranian Ships Despite Ceasefire and Ongoing Peace Negotiations https://truthout.org/video/us-bombs-iranian-ships-despite-ongoing-ceasefire-and-peace-negotiations/ Tue, 26 May 2026 18:22:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338008 We get an update on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from journalist Negar Mortazavi, following the Pentagon’s so-called self-defense strikes on two Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz Monday despite an official ceasefire and ongoing peace negotiations. The “chaotic” ceasefire “has been violated from day one,” says Mortazavi, who notes that Israel’s continuous attacks on southern Lebanon are…

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]]> Trump Admin Cuts to USAID, WHO, Likely Stalled Response to Ebola, Experts Warn https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-cuts-to-usaid-who-likely-stalled-response-to-ebola-experts-warn/ Tue, 26 May 2026 17:19:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338014 Trump administration cuts to grants disbursed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) likely resulted in a delayed response to the current Ebola outbreak in parts of central Africa, former federal health officials have said. As of Monday, at least 220 people are suspected to have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.

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]]> By Serving as Stenographers to Power, Corporate Media Abetted Israel’s Genocide https://truthout.org/articles/by-serving-as-stenographers-to-power-corporate-media-abetted-israels-genocide/ Mon, 25 May 2026 19:30:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338004 News stories vie for our attention, our agreement, our understanding, and our view of what is real, and possibly most importantly, what is just. Journalists, reporters, and editors at the major US news outlets narrated the war for us, they imposed meaning, included evaluation, interpretations, and judgment. They also hid much of the truth of the violence. Interpretations and judgments arrive…

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]]> Trump Has Turned Venezuela Into a 21st Century US Protectorate https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-turned-venezuela-into-a-21st-century-us-protectorate/ Mon, 25 May 2026 18:58:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338000 Facing the growing loss of its unquestioned hegemony in the world system — that unipolar world that took shape after the end of the Second World War and was consolidated with the collapse of the Soviet bloc — conservative sectors have been arguing for several decades that the window of opportunity to prevent China’s power from equaling or surpassing that of the United States is closing.

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]]> Israel Advances Plan to Displace Palestinian Bedouin Communities in West Bank https://truthout.org/articles/israel-advances-plan-to-displace-palestinian-bedouin-communities-in-west-bank/ Mon, 25 May 2026 17:48:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337996 Salem al-Jahalin, 73, also known as Abu Nayef, circles his home in the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin community outside the town of al-Aizariya, east of Jerusalem. His eyes scan the surrounding terrain as far as he can see, bracing for any incursion by the Israeli army. This is the fourth time the military has threatened to demolish his home, delivering, once again, a notice informing him that his land had…

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]]> Pope Leo Issues Encyclical Warning of AI’s Potential Dangers If Left Unregulated https://truthout.org/articles/pope-leo-issues-encyclical-warning-of-ais-potential-dangers-if-left-unregulated/ Mon, 25 May 2026 16:34:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337994 Pope Leo XIV on Monday released a 42,000-word encyclical calling for government regulation of artificial intelligence and implored world leaders to ensure the burgeoning technology is used for the benefit of all humankind — not concentrated in the hands of a powerful, profit-seeking few. Leo warned in the first major theological document of his papacy that unrestrained AI and its potentially…

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]]> A Minute of Silence Isn’t Enough to Reflect on the US’s Death and Destruction https://truthout.org/articles/a-minute-of-silence-isnt-enough-to-reflect-on-the-uss-death-and-destruction/ Mon, 25 May 2026 16:04:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337992 Thirty years ago, school kids touring Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. were asked what Memorial Day meant to them. “That’s the day the pools open!” they responded, as if in a chorus. Their response rippled across the U.S. and created a bit of a moral panic among the patriotic and civil-minded. The following Memorial Day, Congress sought to put the “memorial” back into the holiday. “Taps…

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]]> This Tehran Music School Took Ages to Build Up. Airstrikes Turned It to Rubble. https://truthout.org/articles/this-tehran-music-school-took-ages-to-build-up-airstrikes-turned-it-to-rubble/ Mon, 25 May 2026 15:43:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337896 Tehran’s sky was still half-lit around 5:00 am on March 23 and the Iranian capital’s characteristic traffic jam hadn’t formed yet. Hamidreza Afarideh hadn’t left for work, but he heard blaring alarms from a remote anti-theft system on his phone that suggested something ominous may have happened at his workplace. As the musician steered toward the often-crowded Pirouzi district in eastern…

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]]> Tulsi Gabbard Exit Marks Fourth Woman to Leave Trump Cabinet https://truthout.org/articles/tulsi-gabbard-exit-marks-fourth-woman-to-leave-trump-cabinet/ Sun, 24 May 2026 20:43:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337989 President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet was never exceptionally diverse from the start. And in the past three months, four women have been fired or resigned. The first to go, on March 5, was ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Then, less than a month later, Trump ousted former Attorney General Pam Bondi. On April 20…

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]]> Black Farmers Warn Pollution Is Changing The Food on Our Plates https://truthout.org/articles/black-farmers-warn-pollution-is-changing-the-food-on-our-plates/ Sun, 24 May 2026 19:43:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337987 If you’re lucky, your family is still using great‑grandma’s red beans and rice, black‑eyed peas, and potato salad recipes. And if you’re extremely fortunate, those meals might still taste like home, even without her hands. But climate pollution has quietly made sure that the food on your plates is not the same food she was eating. Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is stripping nutrients…

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]]> The Trump Administration Is Shielding Prediction Markets https://truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administration-is-shielding-prediction-markets/ Sun, 24 May 2026 17:55:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337985 A Sunday report in The New York Times revealed how the Trump administration is using a key government agency to shut down any efforts to regulate online betting markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket. According to the Times, the administration has stacked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with industry insiders who have systematically “mowed down” staffers at the agency who have…

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]]> South Florida Elected Official Targets 2 Constituents Who Are JVP Activists https://truthout.org/articles/south-florida-elected-official-targets-2-constituents-who-are-jvp-activists/ Sun, 24 May 2026 15:45:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337944 When Miami Beach activist Donna Nevel was leafleting for Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) last year at one of the biggest art fairs in the country, she was shocked to see a billboard-bearing truck emblazoned with her name and photo, along with the words “Jew hater.” Now, JVP is alleging that Miami Beach City Commissioner David Suarez spent $4,000 of his own money on three billboard trucks to…

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]]> DOJ Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year https://truthout.org/articles/doj-just-shut-disabled-people-out-of-essential-online-services-for-another-year/ Sun, 24 May 2026 15:04:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337842 A last-minute change from the Department of Justice (DOJ) has outraged disabled people and disability rights groups and could affect access to the ballot box come the midterm elections this November. The agency issued an interim final rule on April 20, pushing back a planned April 24, 2026, deadline for large municipalities to ensure their apps and online offerings are accessible in accordance…

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]]> Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration’s Threats to Attack https://truthout.org/articles/cubans-rally-in-havana-against-the-trump-administrations-threats-to-attack/ Sat, 23 May 2026 20:27:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337974 Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro and threats to attack the island nation, whose socialist government has been preparing its citizens to defend their homeland and revolution against U.S. aggression. “No disrespect is shown to the heroes of the homeland!” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said…

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]]> Critics Warn Utah Megadata Center Could Devastate Great Salt Lake https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-utah-megadata-center-could-devastate-great-salt-lake/ Sat, 23 May 2026 19:30:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337971 Plans for a celebrity-backed “hyperscale” data center in rural Utah, so massive that it would consume more than double the state’s current electricity use, have generated an intense public and political backlash in a state where the motto is “industry” and a Republican supermajority tends to be deferential to development. The project, brought by “Shark Tank” TV personality Kevin O’Leary…

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]]> New Immigration Rule Could Force Green Card Applicants to Leave US https://truthout.org/articles/new-immigration-rule-could-force-green-card-applicants-to-leave-us/ Sat, 23 May 2026 18:39:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337969 Critics are slamming the Trump administration for implementing a new rule that foreigners who apply for green cards must do so from abroad. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced that foreigners currently in the U.S. who want to establish permanent legal residency must first return to their countries of origin to apply for a green card.

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]]> Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One. https://truthout.org/articles/is-there-a-future-without-incarceration-abolitionist-art-shows-us-one/ Sat, 23 May 2026 14:50:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337956 Ibanged my head on the bars. It was 2:00 am. I was in a Brooklyn jail. Under the fluorescent light, other men slept on the bench. Each one of us was arrested for so-called quality-of-life crimes like drinking a beer on a stoop, blasting a radio, or being unhoused. I shook the bars again. The walls closed in on me. I had a hard time breathing. When I got out the next day…

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]]> Israel Ramps Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes Ahead of Fall Elections https://truthout.org/articles/israel-ramps-up-demolitions-of-palestinian-homes-ahead-of-fall-elections/ Sat, 23 May 2026 14:45:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337919 East Jerusalem is days away from its largest forced displacement since 1967. Eight Palestinian homes are set to be demolished by the end of May — the highest number in a single month, according to the Israeli nonprofit Ir Amim since it began tracking such demolitions. “Soon, these will all be gone,” said Fakhri Abu Diab, a longtime East Jerusalem activist whose own home was demolished…

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]]> US Military Using More Missiles to Defend Israel Than Israel Itself  https://truthout.org/articles/us-military-using-more-missiles-to-defend-israel-than-israel-itself/ Fri, 22 May 2026 19:04:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337963 The U.S. is using more of its resources to defend Israel than Israel is itself, according to U.S. officials who spoke to The Washington Post on Thursday. The officials disclosed that the U.S. military has depleted much of its missile-defense inventory after using far more of the weaponry to defend Israel throughout the war on Iran than Israel has used itself. The U.S.

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]]> Rubio Baselessly Smears Bolivia’s Protesters as “Criminals and Drug Traffickers” https://truthout.org/articles/rubio-baselessly-smears-bolivias-protestors-as-criminals-and-drug-traffickers/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:37:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337959 In the midst of a wave of mass protests in Bolivia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that the United States “stands squarely in support of Bolivia’s legitimate constitutional government,” smearing the protesters as “criminals and drug traffickers” who he would not allow to “overthrow democratically elected leaders in our hemisphere.” Rubio’s comments on Bolivia came after three weeks…

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]]> Trump Says He “Gets a Kick” Out of Criticisms He Receives for US Military Deaths https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-he-gets-a-kick-out-of-criticisms-he-receives-for-us-military-deaths/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:20:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337947 Less than a week before Memorial Day weekend — a federal holiday that aims to recognize members of the U.S. military who have died in combat zones — President Donald Trump sought to downplay the U.S. casualties of his ill-defined and unauthorized war on Iran. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, Trump was asked about servicemembers’ deaths. “We lost 13 people.

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]]> Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding https://truthout.org/articles/resistance-to-flock-cameras-and-police-surveillance-is-exploding/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:20:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337952 In communities large and small, red and blue, all across the United States, residents are filling local council meetings in opposition to the explosive growth of high-tech police surveillance systems. Local movements to rid city streets of AI-powered surveillance cameras and Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) networks used by law enforcement are growing rapidly amid scandals…

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]]> Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021 https://truthout.org/articles/private-equity-now-owns-1-in-8-apartment-units-a-50-percent-increase-since-2021/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:09:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337957 A new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) shows that private equity firms now own almost 3 million apartment units in the U.S., which amounts to one in eight apartment units, some 13 percent of apartment units in the country. Approximately half of these units were bought since 2021, highlighting private equity’s turn to the housing market even as the U.S. suffers from a housing…

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]]> Trump Celebrates Colbert’s Ouster at Hands of CBS Owners Aligned With His Admin https://truthout.org/video/trump-celebrates-colberts-ouster-at-hands-of-cbs-owners-aligned-with-his-admin/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:57:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337953 CBS owner Paramount Skydance is now seeking another megamerger that would put more media under Ellison family control.]]> Late-night comedian Stephen Colbert has ended his 11-year run as host of The Late Show on CBS. His program’s cancellation removes one of President Trump’s most vocal critics from the airwaves and comes after the comedian criticized his own employer for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump. The settlement came as CBS parent company Paramount was seeking the…

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]]> CBS Owners Aligned with His Administration]]> Humanitarian Convoy Stuck in Libyan Desert Is Determined to Reach Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/humanitarian-convoy-stuck-in-libyan-desert-is-determined-to-reach-gaza/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:44:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337949 “We have been here for four days,” says South African writer and academic Jessica Breakey in a voice note sent from the Libyan desert where she and hundreds of volunteers are stuck as they attempt to deliver aid to Gaza. In the background is the sound of people chatting, organising, and singing songs for Palestine. “There are no toilets. But this is a really interesting…

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]]> Omissions, Corrections, and Deceptions — Critics Blast the DNC’s Autopsy Report https://truthout.org/articles/omissions-corrections-and-deceptions-critics-blast-the-dncs-autopsy-report/ Fri, 22 May 2026 15:51:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337945 A long-anticipated “autopsy” report from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was released to the public on Thursday, containing multiple errors and omissions on subjects that may have cost Democrats the White House in 2024. The DNC — which commissioned the report that was authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera — sought to distance itself from its own document.

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]]> House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Day in a Row https://truthout.org/articles/house-gop-cancels-iran-war-powers-vote-for-second-day-in-a-row/ Fri, 22 May 2026 15:15:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337940 After four US Senate Republicans on Tuesday helped Democrats advance a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, GOP leadership in the House of Representatives canceled a similar vote on Wednesday, and again on Thursday. Progressive and Democratic Party leaders in the House were quick to call out Republican leadership, including Rep. Mike Johnson (R…

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]]> Despite Trump’s Oil Blockade, Quiet Resistance of Daily Life Continues in Cuba https://truthout.org/articles/despite-trumps-oil-blockade-quiet-resistance-of-daily-life-continues-in-cuba/ Fri, 22 May 2026 14:59:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337937 For a Caribbean city known for its effervescent, out-of-doors culture, Havana has relatively few cars on its streets, not many people on its sidewalks, and a handful of places open for patrons. Life at midweek feels like a Sunday or a holiday. The background noise of competing internal-combustion engines, common to every modern city, has been replaced by the discrete whir of electric vehicles.

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]]> 8 House Democrats Join GOP in Vote to Defund Schools That Support Trans Youth https://truthout.org/articles/8-house-democrats-join-gop-in-vote-to-defund-schools-that-support-trans-youth/ Fri, 22 May 2026 14:44:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337936 On Tuesday, May 19, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2616, the “Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act,” by a vote of 217-198. The bill would hand the Trump administration enormous leverage to strip federal funding from any school that “teaches or advances concepts” related to transgender people, codifying into federal law the anti-trans definitions from Trump’s executive order 14168…

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]]> Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision  https://truthout.org/articles/trump-demands-end-to-birthright-citizenship-ahead-of-supreme-court-decision/ Thu, 21 May 2026 21:23:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337931 On Thursday, Trump said in a press conference that “it would be a disgrace” if the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship. “Twenty to 25 percent of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship; they’ll become citizens through birthright citizenship,” he said, grossly exaggerating the amount of children born in the U.S. to undocumented people or…

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]]> VA Dems Are Frustrated With Spanberger’s Veto of Legislation Reining in ICE https://truthout.org/articles/va-dems-are-frustrated-with-spanbergers-veto-of-legislation-reining-in-ice/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:28:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337920 Gov. Abigail Spanberger within just 24 hours vetoed two legislative packages aimed at limiting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Virginia while simultaneously signing other measures targeting masked federal agents and issuing a sweeping executive order governing how ICE officers may operate on state property. The mixed actions frustrated and baffled some Democratic…

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]]> Trump Proposes Resettling More White South Africans and Blocking Other Refugees https://truthout.org/video/trump-proposes-resettling-more-white-south-africans-and-blocking-other-refugees/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:27:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337927 The Trump administration is advancing plans to resettle an additional 10,000 white South Africans in the United States as refugees. Under President Trump’s proposal, which was submitted to Congress on Monday, the U.S. would lift its record-low refugee admissions figure from 7,500 to 17,500, with the additional openings reserved for Afrikaners. This comes as the administration continues to block…

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]]> Newly Released Footage Highlights ICE’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology https://truthout.org/articles/newly-released-footage-highlights-ices-use-of-facial-recognition-technology/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:16:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337926 The Guardian has published newly-released body camera footage showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents using facial recognition technology to identify farm workers in Oregon after violently arresting them. The videos were initially released in court in an ongoing class action lawsuit against ICE’s arrest practices – which include arresting people without a warrant…

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]]> Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0 https://truthout.org/articles/black-workers-are-the-canaries-in-the-coal-mine-during-trump-2-0/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:02:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337914 Nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump infamously asked Black voters in his pitch to garner their support: “What do you have to lose?” The Federal Reserve answered Trump’s question in its recent Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report for 2025: Black Americans lost more financially than every other racial group. According to the report, 60 percent of Black Americans expressed that their…

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]]> Bipartisan Opposition Grows Against Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund https://truthout.org/articles/bipartisan-opposition-grows-against-trumps-1-8-billion-slush-fund/ Thu, 21 May 2026 19:57:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337921 Lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties are pushing back against a so-called “anti-weaponization” fund, established by President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ), that is ostensibly designed to provide financial compensation to individuals who feel they’ve been unfairly targeted by the federal government. The fund was created following Trump’s decision to…

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]]> Corporations, Federal Agencies Are Using Seattle Police’s Surveillance Network https://truthout.org/articles/corporations-federal-agencies-are-using-seattle-polices-surveillance-network/ Thu, 21 May 2026 19:37:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337916 In Seattle, Facebook, Amazon, real estate management, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) all share one thing in common: membership to Seattle Shield, an exclusive intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police. The system highlights how secretive public-private networks of information-sharing have permeated law enforcement intelligence collection in Seattle and across…

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]]> Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom https://truthout.org/articles/jewish-holiday-of-shavuot-links-economic-justice-with-expanding-social-freedom/ Thu, 21 May 2026 19:00:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337904 In the recent U.K. elections, voters widely rejected the currently ruling Labour Party. Commentator Aditya Chakrabortty credited Labour’s resounding loss to three things: “Gaza … racist [anti-Muslim] Home Office policies, and then finally housing and cost of living.” Some voters swung their support to the far right Reform Party, led by Donald Trump ally Nigel Farage. But the U.K. Green Party…

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]]> Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned LGBTQ Song https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-turn-out-for-wisconsin-high-schoolers-performance-of-banned-lgbtq-song/ Thu, 21 May 2026 18:25:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337908 On Wednesday evening, high school students from Watertown, Wisconsin, performed a song that had been banned by the city’s conservative school board before an audience of hundreds of supportive community members. The micropolitan city of over 23,000 people, which resides almost exactly between the two largest cities in the state, has made national headlines over the past several weeks due to…

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]]> Tobacco Company Gave $5M to Trump PAC Days Before FDA OK’d Flavored Vapes https://truthout.org/articles/tobacco-company-gave-5m-to-trump-pac-days-before-fda-okd-flavored-vapes/ Thu, 21 May 2026 17:49:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337905 It was already known that President Donald Trump pressured top health officials to allow flavored vapes to hit the market after being leaned on by Big Tobacco executives earlier this month. But The New York Times has revealed that the decision came just over a week after a massive super political action committee (PAC) donation from one of the cigarette companies looking to have the…

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]]> Tennessee Man Jailed for Sharing Charlie Kirk Meme Receives $835K Settlement https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-man-jailed-for-sharing-charlie-kirk-meme-receives-835-settlement/ Thu, 21 May 2026 15:58:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337901 A Tennessee man who spent over a month in jail for posting a meme following the death of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk has received a large cash settlement from his home county, an outcome he described as a victory for free speech rights. Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old man from Lexington, Tennessee, spent 37 days in Perry County jail last fall following his arrest by the sheriff’s department…

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]]> US Employers Spend Over $1.5 Billion a Year to Fight Union Efforts, Study Finds https://truthout.org/articles/us-employers-spend-over-1-5-billion-a-year-to-fight-union-efforts-study-finds/ Wed, 20 May 2026 21:43:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337893 A new report finds that U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion a year to fight labor unions, hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers to prevent worker organizing. The report, published jointly by the Economic Policy Institute and LaborLab on Wednesday, estimates that employers spend roughly $1.7 billion annually on union avoidance consultants and law firms to prevent workers “from…

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]]> Israel Announces Plan to Build Military Complex at UNRWA Site It Bulldozed https://truthout.org/articles/israel-announces-plan-to-build-military-complex-at-unrwa-site-it-bulldozed/ Wed, 20 May 2026 21:28:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337891 Israel has approved the construction of a new military complex at a site that formerly hosted the UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem — a site it demolished in January. The Israeli military complex will be built at the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) compound in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem, which previously provided humanitarian services like health care…

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]]> Cuba Has a Rich History of International Solidarity. US Wants to Extinguish It. https://truthout.org/articles/cuba-has-a-rich-history-of-international-solidarity-us-wants-to-extinguish-it/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:39:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337886 At night, the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo, Cuba appears like a tangled string of Christmas lights along the coastline, casting colored silhouettes across the waves that lap ashore. Sailors and Marines pack the local sports bar blaring pop music. Others frequent the bowling alley or play video games under intense strobe lights. Yet in contrast to the brightly illuminated base…

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]]> Trump Demands Firing of Parliamentarian Over Disagreement on Ballroom Funding https://truthout.org/articles/trump-demands-firing-of-parliamentarian-over-disagreement-on-ballroom-funding/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:15:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337885 On Wednesday, President Donald Trump demanded that Republican senators fire Elizabeth MacDonough, the parliamentarian for that chamber, due to her recent decision to block funding for the White House ballroom in an upcoming reconciliation bill. The Senate parliamentarian is a nonpartisan advisor who provides counsel to Senate leadership regarding its rules. On some occasions…

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]]> Ben Gvir Taunts Flotilla Activists, Highlighting Israel’s Abuse of Detainees https://truthout.org/articles/ben-gvir-taunts-flotilla-activists-highlighting-israels-abuse-of-detainees/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:35:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337881 On Wednesday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video on X showing himself taunting Global Sumud Flotilla activists who had been kidnapped by Israel after attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The video shows Israeli security agents physically assaulting an activist who says “Free Palestine,” pushing the flotilla member to the ground. Ben Gvir taunts the…

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]]> As Cities Try to Regulate Data Centers, More States Work to Block Their Efforts https://truthout.org/articles/as-cities-try-to-regulate-data-centers-more-states-work-to-block-their-efforts/ Wed, 20 May 2026 18:13:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337877 An increasing number of states are pursuing legislation aimed at preventing local municipalities from regulating data centers and artificial intelligence (AI), legal advocates warn, all but ensuring their construction. This “preemption legislation” truncates efforts led by residents to counter the rapid expansion of facilities that have been widely criticized for everything from noise pollution to…

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]]> Trump-Backed Candidate Unseats Massie in $33 Million Primary House Race https://truthout.org/articles/trump-backed-candidate-unseats-massie-in-33-million-primary-house-race/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:41:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337879 Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, a far right Republican who has opposed a number of Trump administration initiatives, lost his primary election bid on Tuesday night to a candidate personally endorsed and promoted by President Donald Trump. Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL and farmer, won the Kentucky race with around 54.9 percent of the vote. Massie, meanwhile, garnered 45.1…

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]]> DOJ Says IRS Is “Forever Barred” From Investigating Trump Family Tax Returns https://truthout.org/video/doj-says-irs-is-forever-barred-from-investigating-trump-family-tax-returns/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:24:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337873 In a shocking and unprecedented move, the Justice Department issued a memo Tuesday saying the IRS is “forever barred” from investigating past tax returns of President Trump, his family, company and “related companies.” It came just a day after the department announced the creation of a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to “compensate” people prosecuted for supposedly political reasons by…

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]]> After Months of Failed Votes, Senate Finally Advances Iran War Powers Resolution https://truthout.org/articles/after-months-of-failed-votes-senate-finally-advances-iran-war-powers-resolution/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:21:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337865 After months of failed votes on Democratic war powers resolutions intended to end President Donald Trump’s illegal assault on Iran, the US Senate finally advanced legislation to a final vote on Tuesday, when a fourth Republican broke ranks. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) joined three other Republicans and all Democrats but one for the 50-47 vote on a motion to discharge Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.)…

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]]> Gaza Reconstruction Is Hindered as Israel Restricts Aid and Building Materials https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-reconstruction-is-hindered-as-israel-restricts-aid-and-building-materials/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:13:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337864 The Ain Jalout Tower complex is located in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Considered one of the most prominent residential complexes, over the years it has served as a refuge for dozens of families. In January 2024, during the early months of Israel’s war on Gaza, these towers were subjected to heavy bombardment following waves of forced displacement of residents…

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]]> World Cup Players Say FIFA Heat Policies Fall Short Amid Climate Crisis Threat https://truthout.org/articles/world-cup-players-say-fifa-heat-policies-fall-short-amid-climate-crisis-threat/ Wed, 20 May 2026 15:56:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337871 Current and former World Cup soccer players have penned an open letter to FIFA, urging the sports governing body to address the heat stress that is expected to be felt by competitors during this summer’s games in North America and to take action to tackle the global climate crisis. The 2026 World Cup will take place in three separate countries — Canada, the United States…

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]]> Trump Admin Sanctions Flotilla Activists, Baselessly Claims Ties to Hamas https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-sanctions-flotilla-activists-baselessly-claims-ties-to-hamas/ Tue, 19 May 2026 21:33:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337862 On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four Gaza flotilla activists, baselessly smearing them as part of “Hamas support networks.” The four activists — Saif Abukeshek, Jaldia Aueda, Hisham Abu Mahfuz, and Mohammed Khatib — are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s siege of Gaza in order to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

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]]> Legal Workers Protest After Woman Forced to Give Birth in Brooklyn Courtroom https://truthout.org/articles/legal-workers-protest-after-woman-forced-to-give-birth-in-brooklyn-courtroom/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:58:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337854 On Monday, legal service workers protested in front of the Brooklyn Criminal Court and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office after a woman who was being detained was forced to give birth in a courtroom on Friday. At least 150 legal advocates, public defenders, and local lawmakers rallied against what the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA) called “the dangerous conditions in…

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]]> Blanche Says Trump “Slush Fund” Payouts Could Include Jan. 6 Participants https://truthout.org/articles/blanche-says-trump-slush-fund-payouts-could-include-jan-6-participants/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:39:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337852 During Senate testimony on Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators that anybody in the U.S. who feels they’ve been wrongly targeted by federal prosecutors or investigators will now be eligible for millions of dollars in payouts — including violent participants in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building. The new “anti-weaponization fund” is the result of a…

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]]> Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century https://truthout.org/articles/battle-over-medication-abortion-threatens-to-revert-us-back-to-19th-century/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:45:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337850 On May 1, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the mailing of mifepristone, a common abortion medication. The ruling restricted distribution and use of the medication to in-person clinic visits only, even as the number of brick-and-mortar abortion clinics has continued to shutter over the past year, and some red states blocked access to mail order pills.

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]]> Israeli Minister Smotrich Responds to ICC Warrant by Threatening More War Crimes https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-smotrich-responds-to-icc-warrant-by-threatening-more-war-crimes/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:38:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337846 Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor had requested an arrest warrant against him, reportedly in response to his illegal forced expulsion of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank. He said he planned to “fight back” by issuing an order to forcibly evict hundreds more Palestinians from their homes in the West…

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]]> ICE Separated 145,000 Children From Their Parents Since 2025, Study Estimates https://truthout.org/articles/ice-separated-145000-children-from-their-parents-since-2025-study-estimates/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:58:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337848 Tens of thousands of children in the U.S. have had a parent detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the start of Trump’s second term, according to a new report released by the Brookings Institution on Monday. Brookings estimates that over 145,000 children who are U.S. citizens have had at least one of their parents booked into detention since Trump reentered the White…

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]]> Trump Adviser Loomer Peddles Falsehoods About San Diego Mosque Shooting Victims https://truthout.org/articles/trump-adviser-loomer-peddles-falsehoods-about-san-diego-mosque-shooting-victims/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:37:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337844 Following the deadly shooting at an Islamic center in Southern California on Monday, Laura Loomer, a right-wing commentator and informal adviser to President Donald Trump, issued multiple social media posts disparaging the victims and their community. The shooting occurred late Monday morning, when two individuals opened fire on the Islamic Center of San Diego. The pair reportedly killed…

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]]> Director of E. Jean Carroll Film Says Distribution Was “Quite a Challenge” https://truthout.org/video/director-of-e-jean-carroll-film-says-distribution-was-quite-a-challenge/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:33:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337841 President Donald Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to toss two verdicts against him resulting from civil litigation brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. In 2019, the famous advice columnist published a memoir describing an encounter in the 1990s when she says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store. When Trump denied the account, Carroll sued him and won $5 million in damages…

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]]> Democrats Decry Trump’s $1.8 Billion “Slush Fund to Reward His Own Allies” https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-decry-trumps-1-8-billion-slush-fund-to-reward-his-own-allies/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:04:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337839 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday a new “anti-weaponization” settlement fund as a condition of President Donald Trump voluntarily dropping his multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for the leak of his tax returns several years ago. Trump, his sons Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization moved to drop the $10 billion suit Monday in…

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]]> Trump’s EPA Rolls Back Protections Against PFAS in Drinking Water https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-epa-rolls-back-protections-against-pfas-in-drinking-water/ Tue, 19 May 2026 16:20:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337837 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday proposed dropping limits for four cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in drinking water established during the Biden administration, saying the changes were rushed and not in compliance with federal law. At the same time, the EPA said it is earmarking nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities to tackle per- and polyfluoroalkyl…

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]]> Trump Admin’s “Rededicate 250” Event Panned as Christian Nationalist Gathering https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admins-rededicate-250-event-panned-as-christian-nationalist-gathering/ Tue, 19 May 2026 15:20:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337835 Over the weekend, thousands of people participated in the “Rededicate 250” national public prayer at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., held as a faith-based “jubilee” to purportedly celebrate the country’s upcoming birthday as “One Nation Under God.” Despite being widely promoted — and the Interior Department using at least $100 million in taxpayer funds to help hold the event — the…

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]]> From Asia to the Middle East, US Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy Choice https://truthout.org/articles/from-southeast-asia-to-middle-east-us-bombs-are-a-failed-foreign-policy-choice/ Tue, 19 May 2026 14:47:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337829 The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran opened not with a declaration, not with diplomacy exhausted, but with airstrikes. Among the first confirmed casualties were more than a hundred schoolchildren killed in a strike on their elementary school in southern Iran. Within a month, 850 U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles were used to strike Iran. President Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to bomb Iran…

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]]> Trump Claims He Cancelled Planned Attack on Iran at Request of Gulf States https://truthout.org/articles/trump-claims-he-cancelled-planned-attack-on-iran-at-request-of-gulf-states/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:37:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337831 On Monday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had instructed the military to “NOT [do] the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow,” writing that “serious negotiations are now taking place” and that “a Deal will be made” shortly between the U.S. and Iran. According to his post, the postponement of the supposed planned attack, which he had not previously announced, came at the request…

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]]> Trump Admin Cites National Security to Pause Permits for TX Wind Energy Projects https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-cites-national-security-to-pause-permits-for-tx-wind-energy-projects/ Mon, 18 May 2026 20:54:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337826 Dozens of wind projects in Texas are in limbo after the U.S. Department of Defense paused issuing routine federal permits citing national security concerns, a move that experts say expands the Trump administration’s crusade against wind energy. According to data collected by the American Clean Power Association, 54 Texas wind projects are waiting for the department to review development plans…

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]]> Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy https://truthout.org/articles/gutting-voting-rights-act-is-just-first-step-in-far-right-plan-to-end-democracy/ Mon, 18 May 2026 20:42:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337816 The girl smiled and pointed at the “I Voted!” sticker on her forehead. Her father took a selfie with her outside the voting center. Hours later, New Yorkers danced and honked car horns to celebrate the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. The street parties reminded me of when Barack Obama won the presidency after eight years of Geoge W. Bush, or Joe Biden against Donald Trump.

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]]> USAID Cuts Could Hinder Management of Ebola Outbreak in Congo and Uganda https://truthout.org/video/usaid-cuts-could-hinder-management-of-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-and-uganda/ Mon, 18 May 2026 20:41:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337821 The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Saturday due to the rapid spread of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Ebola causes severe hemorrhagic fever and is often fatal. There’s no approved vaccine for the strain of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak, known as the Bundibugyo variant. The WHO said in a statement that the outbreak is…

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]]> UC Is Finalizing Its Land-Use Rules Without Involving Directly Impacted Tribes https://truthout.org/articles/uc-is-finalizing-its-land-use-rules-without-involving-directly-impacted-tribes/ Mon, 18 May 2026 20:40:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337819 The University of California (UC) is circulating its first-ever systemwide framework governing tribal access, co-stewardship, and land-use agreements across 80,000 acres of UC-managed land. The framework was developed by UC Tribal Lands Workgroup, composed entirely of UC staff with no Tribal government representatives, and Tribal advisory bodies were only invited to review the document after it…

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]]> Israel Enacts Death Penalty Law for Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank https://truthout.org/articles/israel-enacts-death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-in-the-occupied-west-bank/ Mon, 18 May 2026 19:28:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337822 Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank came into effect on Sunday night, after an Israeli army commander signed a military order applying it to the occupied territory. The law, passed on March 30, applies to those who cause the death of an Israeli citizen “with the aim of denying the existence of the State of Israel,” meaning it effectively applies only to…

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]]> Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker Whom It Then Boosted Through Policy https://truthout.org/articles/trump-bought-stock-in-drugmaker-whom-it-then-boosted-through-policy/ Mon, 18 May 2026 17:21:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337813 President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company. On May 14, the federal government released ethics disclosures revealing a list of stock and bond trades made on Trump’s behalf from January to March of this year.

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]]> Absence of the Word “Black” in Black Maternal Health Bills Concerns Advocates https://truthout.org/articles/absence-of-the-word-black-in-black-maternal-health-bills-concerns-advocates/ Mon, 18 May 2026 17:19:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337812 The word “Black” has been almost completely removed from a package of bills that have long been viewed as Congress’ main legislative vehicle to address the Black maternal health crisis, frustrating some advocates who feel Black women are being erased from the policy. The key change this year is the title. The Momnibus Act — filed in mid-March — was called the Black Maternal Health Momnibus…

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]]> Israel Raids Humanitarian Flotilla Bound for Gaza in International Waters https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-raids-humanitarian-flotilla-bound-for-gaza-in-international-waters/ Mon, 18 May 2026 17:09:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337808 Israel’s raid on a peaceful flotilla of international vessels attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip was described Monday as an act of brazen piracy and condemned by human rights activists and experts who say the world should no longer stand by in the face of such criminality. Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories…

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]]> House Passes Bill Aimed at Cracking Down on Localities’ Cashless Bail Programs https://truthout.org/articles/house-passes-bill-aimed-at-cracking-down-on-localities-cashless-bail-programs/ Mon, 18 May 2026 16:06:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337810 The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation last week designed to deter states and municipalities from instituting or continuing cashless bail programs, even though such policies recognize that the release of individuals from jail, pending their chance to argue their innocence in courts of law, shouldn’t be restricted based on a person’s income. The Cashless Bail Reporting Act passed…

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]]> SCOTUS Denied VA Dems’ Attempt to Salvage Congressional Map Approved by Voters https://truthout.org/articles/scotus-denied-va-dems-attempt-to-salvage-congressional-map-approved-by-voters/ Sat, 16 May 2026 15:50:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337804 Virginia’s Democratic attorney general, Jay Jones, said Friday night that he would redouble efforts to campaign on behalf of Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections following the US Supreme Court’s rejection of a request to restore a voter-approved congressional map. Following the high court’s one-sentence denial of Democratic state officials’ petition for emergency relief…

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]]> Immigrants Are Reportedly Being Held in ICE Jails Despite Agreeing to Leave US https://truthout.org/articles/immigrants-are-reportedly-being-held-in-ice-jails-despite-agreeing-to-leave-us/ Sat, 16 May 2026 15:31:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337774 Accusations that ICE is a giant ATM machine for private prison contractors have been a common critique of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. But a key congresswoman in the fight against the agency has taken the criticism a step further. Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) says the push for profits within the mass deportation-industrial complex has put it at odds with the Trump…

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]]> The US Has Treated Immigrant Doctors as a Safety Net in Moments of Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-has-treated-immigrant-doctors-as-a-safety-net-in-moments-of-crisis/ Sat, 16 May 2026 15:26:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337651 Soon after Medicare, Medicaid, and the Hart-Celler Act, also known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, became law, the federal government began to label certain geographic areas as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), which designated an inadequate number of physicians in relation to the population. HPSAs were generally populated with people who were low-income, elderly…

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]]> Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-war-on-iran-is-a-symptom-of-unchecked-us-military-power/ Sat, 16 May 2026 15:25:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337789 Perhaps some things should never be spoken — for, when they are, they leave us aghast, in a state of horror. Think here of the ghostly figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” During the height of the war on Iran, Donald Trump threatened: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” Those are words that elicit something frightening, terrifying. Let’s be frank. The words…

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]]> Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-making-america-uninsured-again/ Sat, 16 May 2026 15:23:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337749 In 2025, the Trump administration successfully pushed Congress to enact nearly $1 trillion in health care cuts over the coming decade, which the Congressional Budget Office analysis estimated would result in 10 million people losing health coverage by 2034. More recently, it has blocked any and all efforts to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credit subsidies for people buying insurance on…

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]]> How Indigenous Organizers Defeated Plans to Mine a Sacred Black Hills Site https://truthout.org/articles/how-indigenous-organizers-defeated-plans-to-mine-a-sacred-black-hills-site/ Sat, 16 May 2026 14:41:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337781 Indigenous organizers and environmental groups are celebrating a rare and hard-fought victory after a South Dakota mining company withdrew its plan to drill for graphite near Pe’ Sla, a sacred site in the Black Hills. The withdrawal followed a monthslong coordinated campaign that combined prayer, direct action, and legal pressure — tactics that could offer lessons for future land defense fights…

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]]> Israel Escalates Siege on Qalandia Refugee Camp, Pursuing Settlement Plans https://truthout.org/articles/israel-escalates-siege-on-qalandia-refugee-camp-pursuing-settlement-plans/ Sat, 16 May 2026 14:37:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337798 Iman Jahjouh was putting her daughters to bed when the soldiers came through the door early this week. A 33-year-old widow, Iman has been living in a house near her parents’ in the Qalandia refugee camp, close to the camp’s entrance and the airport road. She knows this makes her a target, since her husband’s family cut ties with her after his death. Her two daughters, eight and ten years old…

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