Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:54:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 White House Reportedly Asks DOJ to Revive Reflecting Pool Vandalism Charges https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-reportedly-asks-doj-to-revive-reflecting-pool-vandalism-charges/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:54:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339914 The Trump administration is reportedly considering renewing charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, just weeks after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro admitted that claims of him vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool were likely false. The new charges would be highly unusual, especially with that admission being submitted in official court records, and would present a…

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]]> Study: Medicare for All Would Save 114k Lives Yearly — and Save $1T in Costs https://truthout.org/articles/study-medicare-for-all-would-save-114k-lives-yearly-and-save-1t-in-costs/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:43:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339898 A new study has found that Medicare for All would save over 100,000 lives in the U.S. per year while also reducing Americans’ health care spending by more than $1 trillion annually. Yale University and University of Maryland researchers have estimated that the universal single payer health care system introduced in the Medicare for All Act would prevent 114,000 deaths per year.

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]]> Think Tank Battling Progressive Policies Gets Funding From Insurance Industry https://truthout.org/articles/think-tank-battling-progressive-policies-gets-funding-from-insurance-industry/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:05:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339887 The investigative outlet Sludge published an analysis on Monday showing that the health insurance industry is among the corporate donors to Third Way, a think tank that is reportedly preparing to pour $15 million into an effort to combat the rise of candidates who support Medicare for All and other progressive policies. Third Way, which has long been hostile to the progressive wing of the…

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]]> Federal Immigration Policy Takes Center Stage in Minnesota’s Primary Elections https://truthout.org/articles/federal-immigration-policy-takes-center-stage-in-minnesotas-primary-elections/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:55:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339901 In Minnesota, glossy political mailers, sensationalized television ads, and campaign stunts meant to animate voters in this year’s primary elections all focus on one common theme: immigration. The August 11 elections come as Minnesotans are learning more about the devastating impacts of “Operation Metro Surge,” which brought thousands of federal law enforcement agents to the state on a…

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]]> Federal Court Dismisses Youth Climate Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders https://truthout.org/articles/federal-court-dismisses-youth-climate-lawsuit-challenging-trump-executive-orders/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:54:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339896 The federal court system will not give a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit additional consideration after a panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition to rehear the case before the full circuit. Lighthiser v. Trump is one of a series of youth-led climate change lawsuits brought by Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based advocacy law firm…

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]]> DOJ Expands Executive Privilege to Include Trump’s Talks With Private Citizens https://truthout.org/articles/doj-expands-executive-privilege-to-include-trumps-talks-with-private-citizens/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:47:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339899 Just one day after Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a new memorandum expanding what constitutes “executive privilege,” extending the presidential protection to conversations he has with private citizens. While not signed by Blanche personally, many legal experts view the new opinion as indicating what types of arguments the Trump…

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]]> White House Reportedly Lobbied to Keep Accused Abuser Rep. Max Miller in Race https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-reportedly-lobbied-to-keep-accused-abuser-rep-max-miller-in-race/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:56:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339889 In the days before the Ohio deadline for candidates to be replaced, the White House waged a campaign to ensure that alleged abuser Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) stayed in his race for reelection, reportedly effectively telling Republicans to “back off” of criticisms of his candidacy. Politico reported on Monday, citing three sources, that Donald Trump’s political team told Republicans in Ohio in…

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]]> North Carolina Teen Was Arrested for Allegedly Self-Managing an Abortion https://truthout.org/articles/north-carolina-teen-was-arrested-for-allegedly-self-managing-an-abortion/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:02:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339894 Abortion opponents have long claimed that abortion bans aren’t meant to target pregnant people, but rather the providers who perform the abortions. Time and again, that has proven to be a lie. This time, the target is a teenager. Just this month, an 18-year-old young woman in Durham, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with a litany of crimes for allegedly self-managing an abortion at 31…

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]]> Amid Measles Outbreak, Trump Signs Order Furthering Anti-Vaccine Movement https://truthout.org/articles/amid-measles-outbreak-trump-signs-order-furthering-anti-vaccine-movement/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:57:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339892 President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on childhood vaccines, alarming multiple health experts and medical organizations due to the changes having no scientific basis. The order, titled the “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans,” was signed by Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. It calls for revising vaccine recommendations for children…

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]]> ICE Stationed Undercover Agent Outside of Ilhan Omar Town Hall Meeting, She Says https://truthout.org/articles/ice-stationed-undercover-agent-outside-of-ilhan-omar-town-hall-meeting-she-says/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:59:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339881 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) is demanding answers from the Trump administration after she discovered that an undercover ICE agent was stationed outside of one of her town hall meetings, raising fears of intimidation by the agency just days before the state’s primary election. Last Thursday, local law enforcement who were coordinating security for the event in Richfield, Minnesota…

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]]> As Foodborne Illnesses Surge, People Turn to Local Farms for Certainty https://truthout.org/articles/as-foodborne-illnesses-surge-people-turn-to-local-farms-for-certainty/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:36:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339885 This summer, it has felt like the flow of Black folks and families arriving at Deep Roots CPS Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, has never let up, said Cherie Jzar, the farm’s managing director. They’re in search of something that has become harder to find in the grocery aisle: certainty. They’re asking about lettuce — when and where you can best grow it — and how they can incorporate…

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]]> New Poll Shows Strong Support for Proportional Representation Among Americans https://truthout.org/articles/new-poll-shows-strong-support-for-proportional-representation-among-americans/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:55:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339882 A new poll demonstrates that Americans are ready for drastic changes regarding how lawmakers are selected to represent them in Washington, D.C. The survey, produced by Fix Our House/New America/Verasight and published on Monday, was conducted between the end of June and the start of July. The poll sought to discern Americans’ views on the idea of proportional representation…

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]]> Trump Blames Iran for Gaza Genocide as He Demands “Compensation” From Tehran https://truthout.org/articles/trump-blames-iran-for-gaza-genocide-as-he-demands-compensation-from-tehran/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:31:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339872 President Donald Trump said that he blames Iran, not Israel, for the “damages and death” done to Gaza and Lebanon on Monday after he demanded compensation from Tehran in his latest attempt to achieve favorable terms in his negotiations with Iran. “[W]ith respect to the Iran negotiations, Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen…

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]]> Dems Will Investigate Trump Admin’s Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Charges https://truthout.org/articles/dems-will-investigate-trump-admins-reflecting-pool-vandalism-charges/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:47:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339873 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have indicated that they are readying an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to charge former Olympian David Hearn with alleged acts of vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. The New Republic’s Greg Sargent reported on the plan on Monday. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee…

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]]> First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones. https://truthout.org/articles/first-came-the-flock-cameras-now-local-cops-want-autonomous-drones/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:44:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339875 Police in cities across the U.S. are rolling out a pro-drone PR blitz as hundreds of local police departments prepare to deploy autonomous, AI-driven surveillance drones. The drones are capable of following a single vehicle across an entire city, capturing footage through apartment windows, and generally recording daily life from the sky without being noticed. As of February, more than 1,000…

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]]> UN Experts Warn of Israeli Escalation in Gaza After 160 Killed in July Alone https://truthout.org/articles/un-experts-warn-of-israeli-escalation-in-gaza-after-160-killed-in-july-alone/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:53:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339866 A group of UN experts has warned against Israel’s recent escalations in Gaza after Israeli forces killed 160 Palestinians in the strip last month, bringing the death toll during the supposed “ceasefire” to over 1,200. “Despite a ceasefire nominally in force since October 2025, Israeli forces have killed about 160 Palestinians in Gaza in July alone,” the group of 19 human rights experts wrote…

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]]> Sanders Demands Democrats Ban Super PAC Spending in Primaries After AIPAC Blitz https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-demands-democrats-ban-super-pac-spending-in-primaries-after-aipac-blitz/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:53:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339852 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has called on Democratic leaders to ban super PAC spending from the party’s primaries after AIPAC poured $32 million in the Michigan Senate primary race to defeat pro-Palestine Democrat Abdul El-Sayed — and is now poised to support his Republican opponent. Sanders made the demand in a mock letter, posted on social media on Sunday, addressed to Senate Minority…

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]]> Keith LaMar Celebrates 3-Year Execution Reprieve From Death Row in Ohio https://truthout.org/video/keith-lamar-celebrates-3-year-execution-reprieve-from-death-row-in-ohio/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:41:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339867 We speak with Keith LaMar, an artist, teacher and writer on death row in Ohio. LaMar, who has spent three decades in solitary confinement, was sentenced to death for the murder of five fellow prisoners during a 1993 prison uprising. He has always maintained his innocence. His trial was held in a remote Ohio community before an all-white jury. LaMar is one of three men on death row for whom Ohio…

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]]> Ocean Temperatures in July Broke Record Due to Fossil Fuel-Driven Super El Niño https://truthout.org/articles/ocean-temperatures-in-july-broke-record-due-to-fossil-fuel-driven-super-el-nino/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:28:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339861 Last month’s average global ocean surface temperature was the hottest ever recorded in the month of July, fueled in part by uniquely intense, fossil fuel-driven El Niño conditions that have wreaked deadly havoc around the world this summer. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said Monday that last month — which ranked as the second warmest July on record — “saw…

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]]> Israel Rejects Board of Peace Plan Linking Hamas Disarmament to Troop Withdrawal https://truthout.org/articles/israel-rejects-board-of-peace-plan-linking-hamas-disarmament-to-troop-withdrawal/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:26:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339851 Among many buzzwords in diplo-speak around Palestine is the support for “a demilitarized Palestinian state living side by side in peace next to Israel.” This condition is repeated so often that it goes unnoticed most of the time. That premise, and its inherent injustice, dysfunctionality, and lack of pragmatism, was highlighted this week by no less an entity than Donald Trump’s Orwellian…

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]]> CoreCivic Says Future ICE Contracts Bode Well for Business https://truthout.org/articles/corecivic-ceo-tells-shareholders-theyre-benefitting-from-mass-deportation/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:23:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339857 Revenue grew more than 27 percent for private prison operator CoreCivic as the Tennessee company profited from contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that support the Trump administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda, according to a shareholders’ report released last week. Revenue from ICE, alone, increased more than 50 percent compared to the same three-month period…

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]]> Forget Climate Doomerism. We Know What We Must Do to Protect the Planet. https://truthout.org/articles/forget-climate-doomerism-we-know-what-we-must-do-to-protect-the-planet/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:23:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339827 2026 could turn out to be the hottest year on record. Yet, climate change is now on the back burner while the Trump administration intensifies its all-out assault on climate and environmental actions, as indicated by the president’s attack on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for publishing what he called “fraudulent, biased, and misleading” material on climate change.

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]]> Trump Says Voters Are “Angry at Republicans,” Not Him https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-voters-are-angry-at-republicans-not-him/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:36:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339859 Perhaps sensing that Republicans are likely to fare poorly in this year’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from blame in an interview late last week. Speaking to Punchbowl News in an interview that aired on Friday, Trump deflected any responsibility for Republicans’ poor polling numbers, instead claiming that voters were mad at GOP lawmakers or candidates…

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]]> Trump Ballroom Deemed Unlawful by Federal Appeals Court https://truthout.org/articles/trump-ballroom-deemed-unlawful-by-federal-appeals-court/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:58:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339853 Late last week, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s finding that halted construction of President Donald Trump’s ballroom at the former site of the East Wing of the White House. The Friday ruling means that construction will remain paused, for now, pending the outcome of the case. Trump may appeal the ruling, which would likely send it to the Supreme Court to decide.

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]]> Medicaid Work Requirements Leave Unhoused People Out in the Cold https://truthout.org/articles/medicaid-work-requirements-leave-unhoused-people-out-in-the-cold/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:56:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339849 MISSOULA, Mont. — Tywon Pugh has seizures that make it hard to find and keep a job. “They called me a ‘liability to the job site,’” Pugh said, recalling the words of his manager when a seizure cost him his last job at a fast-food restaurant in this western Montana city. When the 46-year-old lost work in the past, his wife of 10 years covered their rent and he tended to their home until…

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]]> Trump’s Truth Social Subscription Scheme Functions Like a Tax on Your 401K https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-truth-social-subscription-scheme-functions-like-a-tax-on-your-401k/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:18:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339835 You may not have heard about this latest tax from Trump. That could be because he’s not going through Congress to get it. Also, this scam could get buried in the middle of his many other grifting schemes. Trump is starting a new special subscription service to his social media platform, Truth Social, where big investors will pay $100,000 a month for advance access to Trump posts that can move…

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]]> Trump May Be Renewing His Push for Control of Greenland https://truthout.org/articles/trump-appears-to-be-renewing-his-push-for-control-of-greenland/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:07:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339846 After appearing to back off earlier this year, President Donald Trump this week renewed his threats to seize Greenland. A Saturday report that a Texas oil company with ties to Trump had begun preparing to drill in the Arctic territory without permission has raised fresh concerns that his push for control of the island may already be moving beyond rhetoric. As The Guardian reported, Greenland’…

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]]> DoorDash Pushes to End DC’s Self-Governance Over a 20-Cent Tax https://truthout.org/articles/doordash-pushes-to-end-dcs-self-governance-over-a-20-cent-tax/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:17:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339813 Ever since he reentered office, Donald Trump has laid siege to Washington, D.C., dropping banners with his face all over federal buildings, enacting a bizarre “beautification” project, and unleashing thousands of National Guard members to effectively put the city under military occupation. Now, as D.C. residents wonder what awaits the rest of his term, the delivery company DoorDash is joining…

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]]> Protesters Marking 10 Years After Michael Brown’s Killing Face Arrest and Prison https://truthout.org/articles/protesters-marking-10-years-after-michael-browns-killing-face-arrest-and-prison/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:17:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339824 On the afternoon of July 17, 2026, the hallway of the St. Louis County Courthouse’s third floor was mostly empty. The pre-trial hearing for 30-year-old youth minister and protester Elijah Gantt had ended 30 minutes ago, where just over a dozen members of his community support team had shown up. At one of his bond reduction hearings last year, a few of them wore “FREE ELIJAH” T-shirts.

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]]> Trump’s Foreign Aid Priority? Investigating Crime Against White South Africans https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-foreign-aid-priority-investigating-crime-against-white-south-africans/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:12:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339834 Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid. It’s labeled well-established, long-running programs as “not aligned with American interests” and slashed their budgets. Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid…

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]]> With Blanche Confirmed as AG, Epstein Survivors Say DOJ Continues to Fail Them https://truthout.org/articles/with-blanche-confirmed-as-ag-epstein-survivors-say-doj-continues-to-fail-them/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:00:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339842 Every minute of every day, Liz Stein has to relive the worst thing that’s ever happened to her. She does it during news interviews and when meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill to demand justice for herself and other survivors of the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And she’s had to do it throughout the attorney general confirmation process for Todd Blanche…

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]]> I Saw Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Save Lives. Now Israel Is Holding Him Hostage. https://truthout.org/articles/i-saw-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-save-lives-now-israel-is-holding-him-hostage/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:45:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339826 Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is not only the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza; he is one of the medical voices that brought the suffering of patients and the wounded to the rest of the world. He has dedicated his own life to saving the lives of others and caring for children and patients. He refused to leave Gaza even amid Israeli attacks, choosing instead to remain beside his patients…

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]]> New Mexico Court Fines Meta $567 Million for Harming Kids https://truthout.org/articles/new-mexico-court-fines-meta-567-million-for-harming-kids/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:53:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339839 A New Mexico court on Thursday ruled that Meta must pay an additional $567 million fine on top of the $375 million a jury fined the tech giant in March for harms caused to teens and children who use its Instagram and Facebook social media platforms. First Judicial District Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in his 68-pager ruling that “significant numbers of people in New Mexico experience harm from…

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]]> ICE and Data Centers Aren’t New, But Face Growing Pushback as They Intertwine https://truthout.org/articles/ice-and-data-centers-arent-new-but-face-growing-pushback-as-they-intertwine/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:51:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339809 On July 13, residents of Neptune Township, New Jersey, voted to ban AI data centers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jails from being built in their town. While protests against the construction of AI data centers and ICE facilities have increased since Donald Trump’s reelection, the Neptune Township ordinance is the first in the U.S. reflecting a connection between the deportation…

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]]> Michigan Could Elect Openly Trans Woman to State Legislature for the First Time https://truthout.org/articles/michigan-could-elect-openly-trans-woman-to-state-legislature-for-the-first-time/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:28:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339830 Michigan is on track to welcome its first openly transgender woman to serve as a state representative. Erin in the Morning readers likely first met Joanna Whaley in April or May of this year, when we reported that the 38-year-old hospital chaplain was running to be the state representative in Michigan’s 2nd House District. She had been temporarily knocked off the ballot because her opponent…

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]]> Blanche Suggests DOJ Could Use Victorian-Era Law to Ban Mailing Abortion Pills https://truthout.org/video/blanche-suggests-doj-could-use-victorian-era-law-to-ban-mailing-abortion-pills/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:20:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339828 Reproductive rights activists are alarmed over a pledge by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to institute nationwide abortion restrictions. Blanche, whose confirmation for attorney general is currently before the Senate, made the remarks in a private call with anti-abortion activists that was later posted online. According to the audio recording, Blanche said the Trump administration is…

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]]> Wildfire Smoke Now Threatens Prenatal Health More Than Harmful Human Emissions https://truthout.org/articles/wildfire-smoke-now-threatens-prenatal-health-more-than-harmful-human-emissions/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:00:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339819 In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental health and changing the climate. Five years later, President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act. Since that 1970 law and its amendments were passed, combined emissions of a half dozen harmful air pollutants from vehicles and industrial sources have…

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]]> Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax. Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1.4 Percent. https://truthout.org/articles/palantir-paid-no-federal-income-tax-its-global-tax-rate-is-just-1-4-percent/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:33:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339815 Palantir Technologies, one of the world’s most influential — and controversial — surveillance tech companies, enjoyed an effective tax rate of just 1.4% globally last year while paying no US federal income tax despite recording substantial profits, an analysis released on Wednesday revealed. The study, Who Pays for the Surveillance State?, was written by the Center for International Corporate…

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]]> Trump Issues “Birth Tourism” Orders Following Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Loss https://truthout.org/articles/trump-issues-birth-tourism-orders-following-birthright-citizenship-scotus-loss/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:19:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339822 On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on birthright citizenship, just over a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a previous order he made on the issue was unconstitutional. The new orders are narrower than that previous one, which was signed in the first week of his second term in office. Several legal experts have already opined that the new orders…

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]]> It’s Not Just Delaney. Immigration Jails Have Had Hundreds of Hunger Strikes. https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-delaney-immigration-jails-have-had-hundreds-of-hunger-strikes/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:51:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339726 When Dilmer “Loba” Lovos Mendez learned about the protests inside the Dilley Detention Center in Texas, they were not surprised. While being held for two years in California immigration jails from 2024 to 2026, Lovos Mendez had seen firsthand how common such organized acts of resistance actually are, and was themself directly involved with three protest actions during that time.

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]]> US War on ICC Isn’t New, Isn’t Just Coming From GOP, and Isn’t Just About Israel https://truthout.org/articles/us-war-on-icc-isnt-new-isnt-just-coming-from-gop-and-isnt-just-about-israel/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:30:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339774 The United States has launched an all-out assault on the International Criminal Court (ICC). In the past few weeks alone, the Trump administration has vowed to eradicate the top court, pressured countries to withdraw from it, and has attacked progressive political leaders like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who seek to carry out its mandates. These attacks are jarring, but they are not…

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]]> Dems Warn Prediction Markets Allowing Bets on Wildfires Threaten Public Safety https://truthout.org/articles/dems-warn-prediction-markets-allowing-bets-on-wildfires-threaten-public-safety/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:35:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339817 Several Democratic senators have sent a letter to Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), expressing deep concern about online prediction gambling markets allowing bets on wildfires. The letter, sent earlier this week, notes that Polymarket — an online prediction gambling website — allowed users to bet on several questions relating to the Palisades and Eaton…

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]]> Gaza Holds Funeral for 112 Family Members Who Were Under Rubble Since 2023 https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-holds-funeral-for-112-family-members-who-were-under-rubble-since-2023/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:50:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339810 Nearly three years after they were killed, Palestinians in Gaza buried 112 loved ones whose bodies had been trapped beneath the rubble after an Israeli airstrike in November 2023, during the early months of the genocide. Over the past three weeks, Gaza’s Civil Defense crews recovered their remains after years of being inaccessible under collapsed buildings, while the bodies of 41 others who were…

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]]> We Are Risking Developing AI Beyond Human Supervision, Expert Warns https://truthout.org/video/we-are-risking-developing-ai-beyond-human-supervision-expert-warns/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:58:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339806 Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn’t have to be. Krueger, an assistant professor at the University of Montreal and founder of the nonprofit Evitable, warns that “we need to mitigate the risk of extinction” with regulation and moratoriums to halt the development of AI’s computational power and complexity, which he says is progressing at a rate much…

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]]> Senate Committee Finds Fauci in Contempt of Congress for Using Fifth Amendment https://truthout.org/articles/senate-committee-finds-fauci-in-contempt-of-congress-for-using-fifth-amendment/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:31:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339804 On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security Committee passed a resolution, along partisan lines, to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to testify at a hearing last week about the origins of the COVID-19 virus, citing his Fifth Amendment protections. Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was a key figure during the…

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]]> Trump Threatens Severe “Treason” Charges Against “Leakers” in Truth Social Rant https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-severe-treason-charges-against-leakers-in-truth-social-rant/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:23:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339802 In a Truth Social post early Thursday morning, President Donald Trump denied reporting that U.S. military munitions were being depleted due to his war on Iran, and threatened to pursue severe penalties for “leakers” who were telling the media otherwise. “The ‘leakers’ of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!” Trump wrote in his post.

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]]> Coalition Calls on CA Governor to Commute State’s Remaining 578 Death Sentences https://truthout.org/articles/coalition-calls-on-ca-governor-to-commute-states-remaining-578-death-sentences/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:19:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339797 During his time on death row in California, before he was found innocent and exonerated, Shujaa Graham said he was beaten and spent nearly entire days in a small cell at the facility formerly known as San Quentin State Prison. Even when he was let out in the yard, he could only look up at the sky through the cage that stretched over the roof. He remembered men around him, some of whom were also…

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]]> Trump Installs Project 2025 Author Dennis Kirk as Interior Department Watchdog https://truthout.org/articles/trump-installs-project-2025-author-dennis-kirk-as-interior-department-watchdog/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:17:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339793 The Trump administration has reportedly installed an author of the far-right Project 2025 agenda inside the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General as the watchdog is facing growing calls to investigate alleged corruption by top agency officials. Dennis Kirk worked in the White House budget office during Trump’s first term and co-authored a Project 2025 chapter that recommended…

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]]> The Trump Administration Has Lost 75 of 93 First Amendment Cases, Report Finds https://truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administration-has-lost-75-of-93-first-amendment-cases-report-finds/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:39:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339794 A review of court cases finds that the Trump administration has been challenged dozens of times for violations of multiple First Amendment protections since January 2025, losing in 8 out of every 10 instances in district federal courts across the country. According to a report from Reuters, which conducted the review, there have been 93 challenges to actions taken by the White House since…

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]]> Juliana Leon Died in a Climate-Linked Heat Wave. Her Daughter Is Suing Big Oil. https://truthout.org/articles/juliana-leon-died-in-a-climate-linked-heat-wave-her-daughter-is-suing-big-oil/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:59:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339766 Can a lawsuit hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate-change and its impact? That’s the question a Washington State-based woman is hoping to answer. Misti Leon is suing several big oil companies — including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and others — over the 2021 heat-related death of her mother Juliana, who died during a record-breaking heat dome over the Pacific Northwest. For years…

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]]> You Can’t Drink Data: Native Communities Are Resisting the AI Death Cycle https://truthout.org/audio/you-cant-drink-data-native-communities-are-resisting-the-ai-death-cycle/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:30:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=339789 “It comes down to the stealing of everything that is and the taking of everything that is,” says Joseph White Eyes. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” host Kelly Hayes talks with Native organizers Joseph White Eyes and Krystal Two Bulls about the struggle against data centers in Native communities. The conversation explores how the AI boom is advancing a new era of colonial extraction…

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]]> Pentagon Seemingly Caused a Medevac Plane to Crash, Killing Everyone Onboard https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-seemingly-caused-a-medevac-plane-to-crash-killing-everyone-onboard/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:33:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339783 The Pentagon appears to have caused a plane crash that killed four people in New Mexico in May that happened while the military was conducting a GPS jamming test a hundred miles away, new reporting finds. On May 13, a medevac flight took off from Roswell shortly before midnight to pick up a patient in Ruidoso, as Wired reported recently. It was a dark night and the area is sparsely…

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]]> With Primary Wins, Progressives Make Clear That Michigan Is Not for Sale https://truthout.org/articles/with-primary-wins-progressives-make-clear-that-michigan-is-not-for-sale/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:14:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339782 Tuesday night marked another significant battle in the clash between establishment Democrats and insurgent progressives that has come to define the 2026 primary season. After hard-fought battles in Michigan, Missouri, and elsewhere, progressive candidates defied expectations and reams of outside spending to emerge victorious in most of the closely watched races. In Michigan…

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]]> Johnson Says Abuse Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller Aren’t His “Business” https://truthout.org/articles/johnson-says-abuse-allegations-against-gop-rep-max-miller-arent-his-business/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:36:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339784 Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) provided comment this week on a Republican lawmaker who is facing a series of domestic abuse allegations, indicating that he has no plans to admonish his colleague in the near future. Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is in the middle of a child custody battle with his ex-wife, Emily Moreno. Court records from that case indicate that…

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]]> El-Sayed Hits Back at GOP’s Islamophobic Attacks: “That’s the Best You Got?” https://truthout.org/articles/el-sayed-hits-back-at-gops-islamophobic-attacks-thats-the-best-you-got/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:48:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339772 Republicans nearly immediately resorted to Islamophobic attacks after voters chose Abdul El-Sayed as Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate on Wednesday, sparking defiance from El-Sayed as he taunted the GOP’s inability to speak to real issues. In a statement on El-Sayed’s win on Wednesday morning, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) referred to El-Sayed using his full…

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]]> Up to 350,000 Haitians Lose TPS After Judge Lifts Stay on SCOTUS Ruling https://truthout.org/articles/up-to-350000-haitians-lose-tps-after-judge-lifts-stay-on-scotus-ruling/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:35:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339776 WASHINGTON — A federal judge lifted a stay Wednesday on the termination of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in order to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for the Trump administration to remove their legal status and open them up for deportations. The order from U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes means that between 330,000 to 350,000…

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]]> Gabriela Soto Links Miscarriage to Stress of Husband’s ICE Detention https://truthout.org/video/gabriela-soto-links-miscarriage-to-stress-of-husbands-ice-detention/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:54:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339773 In the wake of a third ICE death at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, we speak with Gabriela Soto, whose husband Martín was one of the leaders of the May hunger strike at the immigration jail. Martín was transferred to Elizabeth Detention Center, New Jersey’s other ICE facility, during the hunger strike at Delaney. Gabriela is calling for the closure of both facilities.

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]]> Beshear Rejects Notion That a “Deadline” Has Passed to Replace McConnell https://truthout.org/articles/beshear-rejects-notion-that-a-deadline-has-passed-to-replace-mcconnell/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:54:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339777 Amid speculation from the public that a deadline had passed to replace Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, whose health status and ability to return to office are presently unknown, Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Kentucky) has reiterated that no such deadline exists. McConnell’s office has said that the senator required hospitalization in June for a fall in his home. The senator has made no…

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]]> Jon Stewart Grills Fetterman, Reminding Him That Israel Is “Not Our Country”  https://truthout.org/articles/jon-stewart-grills-fetterman-reminding-him-that-israel-is-not-our-country/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:06:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339764 Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) has been grilled on his extremist support of Israel by Jon Stewart, who highlighted the absurdity of Fetterman’s positions by reminding the senator that Israel is “not our country.” In a clip of Stewart’s podcast that gained traction online on Wednesday, Fetterman expressed his anxieties about the growing influence of the left and progressives who want the…

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]]> Trump USDA Chief Celebrates 5 Million People Losing Food Aid as “Pretty Big Win” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-usda-chief-celebrates-5-million-people-losing-food-aid-as-pretty-big-win/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:24:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339767 US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins bragged on Tuesday that the Trump administration has now “moved 5 million people off food stamps,” an outcome that she hailed as a significant victory even amid mounting reports of families with children struggling to afford groceries after losing federal assistance. “For those of us that love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be…

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]]> Voters Reject GOP “Power Grab” Referendum Measures in Kansas and Missouri https://truthout.org/articles/voters-reject-gop-power-grab-referendum-measures-in-kansas-and-missouri/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:14:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339768 On Tuesday, voters in Kansas and Missouri overwhelmingly rejected ballot measures proposed by Republican lawmakers that aimed to restrict their democratic and human rights. In Kansas, proposed Amendment 1 would have required direct elections for state Supreme Court justices. The measure was introduced by Republicans in the state legislature to counter the process for appointing jurists to the…

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]]> Michigan Supreme Court Squashes Plan to Update Line 5 Pipeline https://truthout.org/articles/michigan-supreme-court-squashes-plan-to-update-line-5-pipeline/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:33:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339763 In a win for opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline, the Michigan Supreme Court vacated a key permit last week for a proposed project that would replace a segment of the pipeline running underneath an environmentally-sensitive area of the Great Lakes, finding that a state commission did not examine the full scope of possible harm to the environment. Following the 6-1 decision…

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]]> Faith Leaders Collectively Raise Alarm as AI and Nuclear Weapons Systems Merge https://truthout.org/articles/faith-leaders-collectively-raise-alarm-as-ai-and-nuclear-weapons-systems-merge/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:35:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339733 Eighty-one years after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nuclear landscape is dire. Experts say arms control is on “life support,” if not dead, while diplomacy and negotiations are overrun by conflict and confrontation. In February, the expiration of the New START Treaty marked the end of more than five decades of U.S.-Russian (Soviet) arms-control treaties.

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]]> Abdul El-Sayed Triumphs Over Haley Stevens in $60M Loss for AIPAC, Corporations https://truthout.org/articles/abdul-el-sayed-triumphs-over-haley-stevens-in-60m-loss-for-aipac-corporations/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:32:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339754 Former public health official Abdul El-Sayed has achieved a dominant win in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, winning by a narrow margin over Rep. Haley Stevens in a ground-shaking triumph over the $60 million spent by AIPAC and corporations to oppose him. With over 95 percent of the vote counted, El-Sayed had 48.5 percent of the vote, compared to Stevens’s 47.5…

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]]> Israeli Plan for Crocodile Moat for Prison for Palestinians Blocked for Animal Welfare https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-plan-for-crocodile-moat-for-prison-for-palestinians-blocked-for-animal-welfare/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:20:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339745 An Israeli court has temporarily blocked a plan, cooked up by far right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to construct a moat full of crocodiles around a notoriously abusive prison that holds Palestinians. The injunction was issued on Sunday against the transfer of crocodiles to the facility in response to a petition filed over concerns that the crocodiles would be harmed or mistreated.

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]]> Migrant Children Were Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Immigration Jail https://truthout.org/articles/migrant-children-were-exposed-to-toxic-contamination-at-florida-immigration-jail/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:19:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339755 Migrant children incarcerated at a now-closed facility next to an Air Force Reserve base outside of Miami were exposed to toxic chemicals such as arsenic and lead, which are linked with developmental harm and cancer, according to more than 20,000 pages of records released as part of federal litigation over the site. The Homestead migrant detention center for unaccompanied children…

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]]> Trump’s FTC Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI” https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-ftc-is-threatening-to-punish-big-tech-for-woke-ai/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:58:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339753 To understand the stakes of the debate over AI regulation, look no further than Minnesota, where tech oligarch Elon Musk is once again generating embarrassing headlines. Last week, a federal judge denied a request from Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI to block a Minnesota law banning nude deepfakes used to sexually harass women and girls from taking effect.

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]]> Sen. Tim Kaine Says People Killed by Trump Boat Strikes Are Murder Victims https://truthout.org/articles/sen-tim-kaine-says-people-killed-by-trump-boat-strikes-are-murder-victims/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:58:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339748 Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday accused the Trump administration of committing murder with its campaign of military strikes against purported drug trafficking vessels, which has killed at least 221 people since its launch in September 2025. In a letter sent to President Donald Trump, Kaine (D-Va.) said that he reviewed classified notifications sent to Congress related to the boat strike campaign and…

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]]> Federal Workers Sue Over Policy That Ends Gender-Affirming Care in Health Plans https://truthout.org/articles/federal-workers-sue-over-policy-that-ends-gender-affirming-care-in-health-plans/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:53:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339751 A group of government workers filed a lawsuit this week against the Trump administration over a policy to end gender-affirming care for adults through federal employee health insurance offerings. The five government workers who are suing the administration are being represented by the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that promotes and defends LGBTQ causes. The workers argue that the…

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]]> Eric Adams Booed While Lobbying for Data Center in Small Wisconsin Town https://truthout.org/articles/eric-adams-booed-while-lobbying-for-data-center-in-small-wisconsin-town/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:02:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339739 Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams faced vehement opposition when he travelled to a small Wisconsin town to try to convince residents to accept the construction of a data center on Saturday, new reporting reveals. New York’s Hell Gate reported that Adams gave a talk in the town of Wisconsin Rapids, situated in the central part of the state, as part of his new job as a “pitchman” for real…

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]]> Trump Rages at Pirro After Her Office Drops Lincoln Pool “Vandalism” Cases https://truthout.org/articles/trump-rages-at-pirro-after-her-office-drops-lincoln-pool-vandalism-cases/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:06:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339749 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. has dropped all charges against individuals it had previously claimed engaged in acts of “vandalism” at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, despite President Donald Trump’s continued insistence — without evidence — that they were responsible for the damage. The move comes just days after the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped…

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]]> Wildfire Experts Worry Trump Admin Directives Are Putting Firefighters at Risk https://truthout.org/articles/wildfire-experts-worry-trump-admin-directives-are-putting-firefighters-at-risk/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:58:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339737 As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme, fast-moving blazes — could put firefighters in danger as conditions escalate this month. Those extreme weather conditions fueled disaster in Eastern Washington Saturday when a fast-moving…

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]]> New Exhibit Imagines Emmett Till’s Life If He Had Come Home Alive https://truthout.org/video/new-exhibit-imagines-emmett-tills-life-if-he-had-come-home-alive/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:48:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339743 More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit and companion book ask how the world would be different “If Emmett Till Lived.” The Black teenager’s brutal murder, as well as his open-casket funeral that displayed his mutilated body, shocked the United States in 1955 and became a galvanizing moment in the…

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]]> Education Department Ends Tracking of Bullying and Harassment of Trans Kids https://truthout.org/articles/education-department-ends-tracking-of-bullying-and-harassment-of-trans-kids/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:18:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339740 The United States Department of Education will no longer collect data measuring harassment, bullying, or assaults of transgender or nonbinary students. The Office of Management and Budget approved the rule change in July. The move comes as the executive branch agency has taken over many aspects of the Education Department, with the Trump administration seeking to consolidate and eventually…

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]]> “Ceasefire” May Be the Official Headline, But in Gaza, We Face Constant Bombing https://truthout.org/articles/ceasefire-may-be-the-official-headline-but-in-gaza-we-face-constant-bombing/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:43:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339722 As a daughter of Gaza City — a place that has endured every possible attempt to destroy the very meaning of life — I had lost every sense of safety and security until the announcement of a ceasefire in October 2025. At that time, hearing about the ceasefire felt like hearing that a terminally ill patient had finally been cured. At last, we believed we would sleep in peace.

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]]> New Book Chronicles Life of Howard Zinn, Historian Attacked by Donald Trump https://truthout.org/video/new-book-chronicles-life-of-howard-zinn-historian-attacked-by-donald-trump/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:10:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339730 We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation, about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States. For Zinn, says Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history, not just studying history.”…

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]]> El-Sayed Surges in Michigan Senate Primary Polls Despite Big Spending by AIPAC https://truthout.org/articles/el-sayed-surges-in-michigan-senate-primary-polls-despite-big-spending-by-aipac/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:07:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339727 Early in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, Erin Mallen sent $10 to State Senator Mallory McMorrow. Mallen, a mom who runs an Etsy shop near Traverse City, a liberal bastion in northern Michigan, liked McMorrow — she is young and a break from the Senate’s establishment who occupied a middle lane between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, Mallen said. Lagging in the polls…

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]]> Report: Trump Admin Is “Crowdsourcing” Ideas for Ending War in Iran https://truthout.org/articles/report-trump-admin-is-crowdsourcing-ideas-for-ending-war-in-iran/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:56:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339723 As the U.S. war on Iran enters its sixth month with no tactical end in sight, U.S. Central Command is reportedly crowdsourcing unorthodox methods to “punish Iran.” “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an email to a broad group of military analysts from CENTCOM read, according to reporting from CNN. Two anonymous sources confirmed CENTCOM’…

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]]> Unpublished DNC Autopsy Chapter Slams “Self-Enriching” Consultants for 2024 Loss https://truthout.org/articles/unpublished-dnc-autopsy-chapter-slams-self-enriching-consultants-for-2024-loss/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:08:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339720 The New York Times on Monday published what it described as a “missing chapter” of the Democratic National Committee’s widely criticized “autopsy” of the 2024 presidential election. The chapter, titled “What Happened in 2024” and provided to the Times by Democratic strategist Paul Rivera, offers criticisms of party consultants who are “self-enriching” and out of touch with the concerns of…

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]]> In Effort to Get Confirmed, Blanche Signals Termination of Trump “Slush Fund” https://truthout.org/articles/in-effort-to-get-confirmed-blanche-signals-termination-of-trump-slush-fund/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:38:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339716 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has formally rescinded a proposal for a nearly $1.8 billion slush fund that had been part of a settlement agreement between President Donald Trump and the IRS, intended to provide supposed victims of political prosecutions with financial compensation. Among those who could have qualified for the fund were participants in the violent attack on the U.S.

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]]> Watchdogs Call for Investigations Into FCC Commissioners for Taking Gala Tickets https://truthout.org/articles/watchdogs-call-for-investigations-into-fcc-commissioners-for-taking-gala-tickets/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:41:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339718 Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The complaints filed by Democracy Defenders Fund and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in…

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]]> The Labor Movement Is Divided Over How to Deal With AI https://truthout.org/articles/the-labor-movement-is-divided-over-how-to-deal-with-ai/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:47:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339712 Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated our workplaces, where many employers have sought to boost productivity, cut labor costs, and eliminate jobs via the technology. A 2025 Pew Research Center poll found that 1 in 5 workers now use AI in their jobs. Organized labor’s response to the AI has been fraught. Where some see an inevitable shift that simply needs to be regulated and could…

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]]> Already Vulnerable, Iran’s Media Institutions Suffer in US War of Aggression https://truthout.org/articles/already-vulnerable-irans-media-institutions-suffer-in-us-war-of-aggression/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:18:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339703 President Donald Trump has casually boasted about the destruction of Iran’s infrastructure during the U.S.-Israeli war, including bridges, desalination plants, and major industries relied on by civilians. Among those attacks on infrastructure, but less reported on by the international press, has been the targeting of Iranian media. Iran’s newsrooms, broadcasting studios, publishing houses…

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]]> RFK Jr.’s Cooking Show Continues Long Line of Trump’s Obsession With Reality TV https://truthout.org/articles/rfk-jr-s-cooking-show-continues-long-line-of-trumps-obsession-with-reality-tv/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:09:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339705 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has launched a new food show that focuses on the questionable dietary guidelines he issued earlier this year. “The Real Food Show,” which can be watched on the HHS website, debuted last week. The meals presented on the program fall in line with Kennedy’s so-called “upside-down” food pyramid…

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]]> Family Members Demand Investigation of Michigan Prison After Deaths of 5 Women https://truthout.org/articles/family-members-demand-investigation-of-michigan-prison-after-deaths-of-5-women/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:06:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339697 “At the end of the day, I didn’t even recognize my own child,” said Izora Clark, whose daughter Krystal has become a focal point of demands for reform at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Michigan’s only women’s prison. Clark, along with Krystal’s daughter and grandchildren, joined advocates and family members of other women incarcerated at Women’s Huron Valley outside the Michigan…

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]]> 5 States Will Vote on Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives This November https://truthout.org/articles/5-states-will-vote-on-anti-trans-ballot-initiatives-this-november/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:32:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339688 As the 2026 elections approach, transgender people across the country are watching one fight in particular: a wave of anti-trans ballot measures heading directly to voters this November. Five states — Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Washington — are set to put measures before the electorate that would target transgender people in sports, medical care, and in Arizona’s case…

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]]> Israel Is Targeting and Deporting Foreign Activists Resisting Settler Violence https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-targeting-and-deporting-foreign-activists-resisting-settler-violence/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:30:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339686 When the sun rises over Masafer Yatta in the West Bank’s Hebron Hills, orange light falls across the horizon, the shepherds bring out their flocks, and the struggle for survival begins anew. On March 15th, that struggle manifested in the form of a speeding car, a wounded child, and several international volunteers who were very, very far from home. It was early in the morning when Elijah…

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]]> Missouri Ballot Measure Attempts to Undermine Voters’ Influence Over Policy https://truthout.org/articles/missouri-ballot-measure-attempts-to-undermine-voters-influence-over-policy/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:24:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339655 For nearly a century, Missouri was considered a bellwether — a leader or indicator of the political trends of the nation. If you wanted to take the nation’s pulse, there was no better place to look than the heart of our country. Between 1904 and 2004, Missouri’s electoral votes reflected the winning presidential candidate in every single election minus Eisenhower’s re-election in 1956. Today…

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]]> Trump’s Brutal Blockade on Cuba Harkens Back to the Days of US Invasions https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-brutal-blockade-on-cuba-harkens-back-to-the-days-of-us-invasions/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:23:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339663 In recent months, President Donald Trump’s blockade against Cuba has generated blackouts and hunger, stretching society to its breaking point. Exploiting the crisis, Cuban American reactionaries across Florida are pressing for regime change. Decked in MAGA swag, they frequently gather along the palm tree-lined streets of Miami to excoriate socialism, promote escalation, and sport signs declaring…

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]]> Prosecutor Investigating US Boat Strikes and Torture Assassinated in Ecuador https://truthout.org/video/prosecutor-investigating-us-boat-strikes-and-torture-assassinated-in-ecuador/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:35:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339683 U.S. boat strikes across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people since September, while the Trump administration has provided no evidence linking the vessels or their passengers to drug trafficking. Ecuadorian prosecutor Alexandra Bravo was fatally shot on June 14 by a hitman in the city of Manta. Bravo had been investigating U.S. strikes on three Ecuadorian boats in…

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]]> New Study: Abortion Bans May Be Increasing Suicidal Thoughts Among Teen Girls https://truthout.org/articles/new-study-abortion-bans-may-be-increasing-suicidal-thoughts-among-teen-girls/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:31:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339694 Abortion bans may be driving more teenage girls to seriously contemplate suicide — regardless of whether they are pregnant, a new study finds. Already, teenage girls are at greater risk of serious depression and suicidal ideation, which means considering or planning suicide. Some public health officials suggest the rates of depression may be at crisis levels: Federal data published in 2024…

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]]> Israel Closes Investigation of 2023 Settler Pogrom Without Charging Perpetrators https://truthout.org/articles/israel-closes-investigation-of-2023-settler-pogrom-without-charging-perpetrators/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:30:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339692 As the Israeli government faces increasing scrutiny for its enabling of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces has reportedly closed an investigation into one of the most brutal assaults documented in recent memory. Nobody has been charged. Haaretz reported on Friday that the Military Advocate General’s Office has closed its investigation into an…

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]]> FISA Section 702 Isn’t the Only Way the Government Spies on Our Communications https://truthout.org/articles/fisa-section-702-isnt-the-only-way-the-government-spies-on-our-communications/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:53:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339679 Congress is grappling with the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the controversial program that allows the U.S. government to surveil foreigners and the individuals that correspond with them, including Americans. Its proponents say it’s vital to national security, but civil liberties advocates say it’s unconstitutional. Section 702 expired on June 12…

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]]> Grassroots Movement in Illinois Is Resisting Corporate Grab of Water Systems https://truthout.org/articles/grassroots-movement-in-illinois-is-resisting-corporate-grab-of-water-systems/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:51:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339690 The road from public ownership of a municipal water system to privatization is a one-way street paved with regret. Once public ownership is lost, it’s a rarity to recover control. Bolingbrook, Illinois, has been trying to for the last 15 years. Missoula, Montana, is one extraordinary success story, but it took sustained public support, political will across administrations, costly decades in the…

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]]> Israel and US Ridiculed for Reportedly Considering “Land Blockade” of Iran https://truthout.org/articles/israel-and-us-ridiculed-for-reportedly-considering-land-blockade-of-iran/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:09:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339678 As reports say that some within the U.S. government believe that they are facing “strategic defeat” in the war on Iran, new reporting says that the U.S. and Israel are considering a land blockade of Iran — which would involve some level of cooperation from the seven countries that share a land border with the country. The land blockade idea is one of various operations being discussed as…

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]]> Swing District Voters Want Major Change. That Could Help Democratic Socialists. https://truthout.org/articles/swing-district-voters-want-major-change-that-could-help-democratic-socialists/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:59:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339676 A new poll released this week suggests that voters in swing districts across the country are more supportive of candidates who will bring about swift change to flawed institutions, rather than establishment politicians who promise only incremental change. The Working Families Party/Justice Research Group poll, conducted July 26-27 in swing House districts across the country (with Michigan…

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]]> This Developer Went From Financial Peril to Billion-Dollar Deals for DHS https://truthout.org/articles/this-developer-went-from-financial-peril-to-billion-dollar-deals-for-dhs/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:29:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339674

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]]> Democrats Call for an Ethics Investigation Into GOP Rep. Max Miller https://truthout.org/video/democrats-call-for-an-ethics-investigation-into-gop-rep-max-miller/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:07:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339672 Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller’s ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter’s collarbone.

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]]> Trump Seeks Extradition of Pro-Palestine Activist Amid Crackdown on the US Left https://truthout.org/articles/trump-seeks-extradition-of-pro-palestine-activist-amid-crackdown-on-the-us-left/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:20:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339668 On July 10, activist James “Fergie” Chambers was arrested in Ibiza, Spain after the Trump administration requested his extradition. Chambers, an heir to the Cox Communications family fortune, has used his vast inheritance to fund pro-Palestine organizations for years. The indictment accuses him of “international money laundering… with the intent to provide material support to and resources to…

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]]> Stevens Posts Bizarre, Racist Rant Against El-Sayed as He Surges Ahead in Polls  https://truthout.org/articles/stevens-posts-bizarre-racist-rant-against-el-sayed-as-he-surges-ahead-in-polls/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:20:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339659 On Thursday, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Michigan) posted a bizarre and racist rant against opponent Abdul El-Sayed over his criticisms of AIPAC — even as Stevens’s campaign has already faced pushback for embracing bigoted attacks. In a post on X addressed directly to El-Sayed late Thursday evening, Stevens said that “[e]veryone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on…

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