Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Fri, 15 May 2026 18:53:18 +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 Despite Repeated Bombings, CENTCOM Head Denies US Targeted Schools in Iran https://truthout.org/articles/despite-repeated-bombings-centcom-head-denies-us-targeted-schools-in-iran/ Fri, 15 May 2026 18:53:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337792 On Thursday, the head of CENTCOM denied reports of U.S. attacks damaging civilian sites in Iran — despite evidence that the U.S. has repeatedly bombed Iranian schools and health care facilities. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Brad Cooper, the standing commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) — which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the…

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]]> Cuba Runs Out of Oil Amidst Suffocating US Blockade https://truthout.org/articles/cuba-runs-out-of-oil-amidst-suffocating-us-blockade/ Fri, 15 May 2026 18:23:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337790 Cuba’s government has announced that it has run out of oil. On Wednesday night, Cuba’s energy minister Vicente de La O Levy said that the country has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, and that the national grid is in a “critical” state. He further described how in the capital city of Havana, “the blackouts today exceed 20 or 22 hours.” “The situation is very tense…

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]]> Israel Is Now Occupying 60 Percent of the Gaza Strip https://truthout.org/video/israel-is-now-occupying-60-percent-of-the-gaza-strip/ Fri, 15 May 2026 17:47:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337779 Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians still face widespread oppression and violence from the Israeli state as it continues its expansionary project. “Israel tried, since 1948 until today, to destroy us as a people, as a group, and they failed at…

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]]> SCOTUS Ruling on Voting Rights Act Puts a Third of Black Caucus Seats at Risk https://truthout.org/articles/scotus-ruling-on-voting-rights-act-puts-a-third-of-black-caucus-seats-at-risk/ Fri, 15 May 2026 17:12:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337784 Nearly a third of the seats in Congress currently held by members of the Congressional Black Caucus could be at risk due to a recent Supreme Court ruling upending aspects of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a new analysis has found. In late April, the conservative-led Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled against enforcement mechanisms used by some lower courts requiring…

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]]> In Scathing Ruling, Judge Blocks DOJ from Obtaining Medical Data for Trans Youth https://truthout.org/articles/in-scathing-ruling-judge-blocks-doj-from-obtaining-medical-data-for-trans-youth/ Fri, 15 May 2026 17:01:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337787 In a scathing ruling released Wednesday night, federal judge Mary McElroy — a Trump appointee — condemned Department of Justice lawyers for misrepresenting facts to multiple federal courts in an effort to obtain the names and medical records of transgender youth at Rhode Island Hospital. McElroy accused DOJ attorneys outright of “subterfuge,” found that a senior DOJ official had made sworn…

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]]> Rep. Jared Golden Joins GOP to Block House Iran War Powers Resolution Yet Again https://truthout.org/articles/rep-jared-golden-joins-gop-to-block-house-iran-war-powers-resolution-yet-again/ Fri, 15 May 2026 16:12:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337766 Maine Democratic Congressman Jared Golden was the target of fresh ire late Thursday after casting his party’s sole vote against a war powers resolution in the US House aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s disastrous war against Iran. Though Golden, who is not seeking reelection this year, was an original cosponsor of the resolution (H.Con.Res.75) offered by fellow Democratic Rep.

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]]> VA Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Bill Allowing Public Employees to Collectively Bargain https://truthout.org/articles/va-gov-spanberger-vetoes-bill-allowing-public-employees-to-collectively-bargain/ Fri, 15 May 2026 16:11:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337769 Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed collective bargaining legislation Thursday, drawing major criticism from some of the state’s largest unions and labor advocate groups. The governor previously expressed support for the bills that would allow more Virginia public workers to organize in unions and negotiate their working conditions and pay rates. Spanberger first sought amendments to Senate…

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]]> For Palestinians, the Nakba Isn’t Just History. It’s Also Our Present. https://truthout.org/articles/for-palestinians-the-nakba-isnt-just-history-its-also-our-present/ Fri, 15 May 2026 16:10:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337767 When I first watched the trailer of the prize-winning film All That’s Left of You by the brilliant Palestinian American filmmaker Cherien Dabis, tears streamed down my face and my heart raced. The nearly three-minute video opened the wound of decades of displacement, unending tragedy, and the collective trauma Palestinians have passed down through generations. In the film, Dabis traces the life of…

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]]> The FBI Has Established a “Payback Squad” to Target Trump Foes — Report https://truthout.org/articles/the-fbi-has-established-a-payback-squad-to-target-trump-foes-report/ Fri, 15 May 2026 15:46:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337782 The FBI has reportedly established a team of agents, informally known as a “payback squad,” that is tasked with pursuing investigations (and eventually charges) against individuals perceived to be the political enemies of President Donald Trump. NOTUS reported on the details of the so-called payback squad, citing four individuals with knowledge of its existence…

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]]> Tennessee’s War on Black Political Power Demands Not Just Outrage But Resistance https://truthout.org/articles/tennessees-war-on-black-political-power-demands-not-just-outrage-but-resistance/ Fri, 15 May 2026 13:01:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337747 There are moments when history moves so fast that distraction becomes dangerous. Last week was one of those moments. While much of Memphis and Shelby County were pulled into the familiar rhythms of election analysis, political frustration, and personality-driven debate, something far more consequential was unfolding in Nashville. Tennessee’s recent congressional redistricting effort…

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]]> Israel Plans to Sue NYT Over Article Detailing Sexual Abuse of Palestinians https://truthout.org/articles/israel-plans-to-sue-nyt-over-article-detailing-sexual-abuse-of-palestinians/ Thu, 14 May 2026 21:52:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337764 Israel has announced that it will sue The New York Times and reporter Nicholas Kristof over a recent article called “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” which documents systemic sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers and settlers. In a social media post on May 14, Israel’s foreign ministry stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar “have…

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]]> Netanyahu Says He Secretly Visited UAE at Height of Iran War, UAE Denies It https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-says-he-secretly-visited-uae-at-height-of-iran-war-uae-denies-it/ Thu, 14 May 2026 21:13:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337762 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the height of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement released on Wednesday. “The visit has led to a historic breakthrough in relations between Israel and the UAE,” the office claimed, after stating that Netanyahu had met with the UAE’s president…

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]]> Xi Warns Support for Taiwan Could Lead to Conflict Between China and US https://truthout.org/video/xi-warns-support-for-taiwan-could-lead-to-conflict-between-china-and-us/ Thu, 14 May 2026 19:07:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337759 US President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a highly anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. It is the first U.S. state visit to China since 2017, during Trump’s first administration. Trade, the Iran war, artificial intelligence and the fate of Taiwan are some of the issues being discussed, although it’s not clear if any new agreements are likely.

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]]> Amazon Deforestation Falls to Lowest Levels Since 2018 https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-deforestation-falls-to-lowest-levels-since-2018/ Thu, 14 May 2026 18:45:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337755 The number of deforested kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2025 and March 2026 fell by 36 percent compared to the previous year, according to a recent report published by the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, also known as Imazon. In total, 1,460 square kilometers (564 square miles) of land were cut down during that period, the lowest figure since 2018.

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]]> Judge Blocks US Sanctions Against UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese  https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-us-sanctions-against-un-palestine-expert-francesca-albanese/ Thu, 14 May 2026 18:38:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337754 A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the occupied Palestinian territories, concluding that the sanctions violated her right to free speech after she called for Israeli officials to be charged with war crimes. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said that the sanctions against Albanese violate her right to free…

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]]> ICE Shot a Man in December. Now, Agents Can’t Get Their Stories Straight. https://truthout.org/articles/ice-shot-a-man-in-december-now-agents-cant-get-their-stories-straight/ Thu, 14 May 2026 17:19:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337744 These are the facts most everyone agrees on: Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero pulled out of his apartment complex to start a DoorDash shift on the icy roads of St. Paul four days before Christmas, during the early stages of Operation Metro Surge. The driver behind him flicked on the emergency lights. The immigration agents — two in a blue Ford Expedition and four in a white Dodge…

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]]> Officials Decry Retribution as Vance Defers $1.3B in Medicaid Payments to CA https://truthout.org/articles/officials-decry-retribution-as-vance-defers-1-3b-in-medicaid-payments-to-ca/ Thu, 14 May 2026 17:11:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337751 “Political retribution, plain and simple,” was how US Sen. Alex Padilla described an announcement by Vice President JD Vance late Wednesday regarding the White House’s decision to withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursement payments to California. Vance and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, claimed the state’s Medicaid records have generated “red…

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]]> Critics Warn of “Grift” in Potential DOJ Settlement of Trump’s $10B IRS Lawsuit https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-of-grift-in-potential-doj-settlement-of-trumps-10b-irs-lawsuit/ Thu, 14 May 2026 16:15:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337746 The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly holding internal discussions to determine whether to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump and his family members against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — an outcome that would represent a major conflict of interest, given that Trump oversees the departments and agencies involved. Such a settlement could allow Trump and his family…

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]]> What Trump’s “Whenever Wars” Reveal About US Empire https://truthout.org/audio/what-trumps-whenever-wars-reveal-about-us-empire/ Thu, 14 May 2026 14:07:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=337741 “Trump is banking on the idea that the entire U.S. population is as cynical and hateful as he is. And evidently, it’s not true,” says Khury Petersen-Smith. In this episode of Movement Memos, host Kelly Hayes talks with Petersen-Smith about Trump’s “whenever wars,” the spectacle of militarized violence, and the anti-war movement this moment demands. From ICE raids in U.S.

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]]> Trump Counterterrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives https://truthout.org/articles/trump-counterterrorism-strategy-expands-administrations-war-on-progressives/ Thu, 14 May 2026 14:04:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337699 The White House’s 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy, published May 6, reveals startling new details about the Trump administration’s plans to target progressives. The new memo builds on one issued last September, called the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) on “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” Organizers warn the administration’s so-called “America…

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]]> Trump Arrives in China With Entourage of Tech CEOs https://truthout.org/articles/trump-arrives-in-china-with-entourage-of-tech-ceos/ Wed, 13 May 2026 21:17:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337738 Trump arrived in China on Wednesday for his summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping accompanied by an entourage of billionaire tech CEOs. Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang were just 3 of 17 tech executives who joined Trump at the summit. Trump was also joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. On his Truth Social account…

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]]> Trump’s FDA Chief Is Pushed Out. Acting Head Is Nonscientist Friend of Don Jr. https://truthout.org/video/trumps-fda-chief-is-pushed-out-acting-head-is-nonscientist-friend-of-don-jr/ Wed, 13 May 2026 21:12:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337735 Trump’s commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary, has resigned. During Makary’s 13-month tenure, he attempted to split the difference between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda and a more traditional approach to regulation, ultimately angering both camps. “Nobody was happy with what he did,” says Dr.

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]]> Iran’s Missile Arsenal Still Intact, Reports Say, Contradicting Trump’s Claims https://truthout.org/articles/irans-missile-arsenal-still-intact-sources-say-contradicting-trumps-claims/ Wed, 13 May 2026 21:03:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337734 Iran’s missile arsenal is still largely intact, according to U.S. and other intelligence agencies, contradicting claims made by the Trump administration. Iran has regained access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to the majority of its mobile launchers and underground facilities, according to a report by The New York Times. These missile sites can be used…

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]]> EU Approves Sanctions on Violent Israeli Settlers. Critics Say It’s Not Enough. https://truthout.org/articles/eu-approves-sanctions-on-violent-israeli-settlers-critics-say-its-not-enough/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:57:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337730 Israeli settler groups committing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank could now be sanctioned by the European Union, after 27 foreign ministers of EU countries greenlit imposing sanctions on violent settlers and settler groups on Monday. The ministers also decided to sanction Hamas leaders. The decision came at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, which discussed major Middle…

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]]> A New House Resolution Would Dismantle DHS and Defund Trump’s War Machine https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-house-resolution-would-dismantle-dhs-and-defund-trumps-war-machine/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:55:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337727 For antiwar progressives in Congress, public disgust with Donald Trump’s violent, fumbling presidency has presented them with a specific challenge: confronting Trump’s brutality at home and abroad, while pressing a global reset button on human rights. With voters angry about tax dollars funding genocidal carnage overseas, and her Chicagoland district among the many communities reeling from Trump’s…

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]]> As Trump Floats Gas Tax Holiday, Experts Say Ending Iran War Is Best Option https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-floats-gas-tax-holiday-experts-say-ending-iran-war-is-best-option/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:50:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337732 As Americans struggle to afford rising prices at gas pumps across the U.S., President Donald Trump is promoting the idea of a federal gas tax “holiday” — but experts widely agree that the best way to lower gas prices is to end the war on Iran. As of Wednesday, prices for regular grade gasoline stood at $4.511 per gallon, on average, across the country. That number is nearly 54 percent higher…

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]]> Tennessee GOP House Speaker Suspends Dems From Committees for Voting Map Protest https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-gop-house-speaker-suspends-dems-from-committees-for-voting-map-protest/ Wed, 13 May 2026 19:30:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337715 Tennessee’s Republican House speaker is punishing Democrats for participating in a chaotic end to the special session lawmakers used to redraw congressional maps to bolster a GOP candidate in the midterm election. House Speaker Cameron Sexton sent a letter Tuesday to House Minority Leader Karen Camper notifying her that Democratic Caucus members will be removed from all standing committees…

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]]> Republicans Push “Waste and Fraud” Narrative Again to Gut the Social Safety Net https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-push-waste-and-fraud-narrative-again-to-gut-the-social-safety-net/ Wed, 13 May 2026 19:10:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337716 Congress hasn’t finished the second reconciliation bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, but Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), who chairs the House Budget Committee, has already started laying out his caucus’s wish list for a third. In particular, he specified that Republicans want to pour billions of dollars into military spending. To offset those costs, Arrington is eyeing more cuts…

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]]> WH Adviser Says Americans’ Economic Anxiety Due to Fast Pace of “Good” Changes https://truthout.org/articles/wh-adviser-says-americans-economic-anxiety-due-to-fast-pace-of-good-changes/ Wed, 13 May 2026 19:07:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337723 An economic adviser to President Donald Trump has dismissed Americans’ worries over the state of the economy, claiming their concerns are a reaction to rapid movements by the administration rather than the rising consumer prices millions are having to deal with due to the president’s policies. In comments to CNBC earlier this week, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett claimed that…

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]]> Trump Appoints Former Private Prison Executive as New Director of ICE https://truthout.org/articles/trump-appoints-former-private-prison-executive-as-new-director-of-ice/ Wed, 13 May 2026 19:02:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337713 The Trump administration announced Tuesday that former private prison executive David Venturella will lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an acting capacity after the agency’s current director departs at the end of the month. Venturella has been a senior adviser to ICE since February 2025 and previously worked at the private prison giant GEO Group for more than a decade…

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]]> Microsoft Ousts Head of Israeli Branch Over Use of Tech to Spy on Palestinians https://truthout.org/articles/microsoft-ousts-head-of-israeli-branch-over-use-of-tech-to-spy-on-palestinians/ Wed, 13 May 2026 18:43:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337721 Microsoft’s Israel subsidiary has announced that its general manager, Alon Haimovich, will be stepping down from his position on May 31, after an investigation into the subsidiary’s collaboration with the Israeli military. Microsoft ordered an inquiry into its Israel subsidiary last year after a joint investigation by The Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine…

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]]> Oz Says Don’t Worry About Hantavirus — RFK Jr. Is “Involved” in Response https://truthout.org/articles/oz-says-dont-worry-about-hantavirus-rfk-jr-is-involved-in-response/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:16:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337711 Speaking to reporters in the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump was asked about the potential spread of hantavirus in the U.S., following the return of over a dozen Americans who were on a cruise liner where the virus had infected multiple people. The question specifically asked about infectious disease experts expressing concern regarding the lack of an adequate government…

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]]> Trump Shrugs Off Americans’ “Financial Situation” After Inflation Report Release https://truthout.org/articles/trump-shrugs-off-americans-financial-situation-after-inflation-report-release/ Tue, 12 May 2026 21:09:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337707 On Monday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, showcasing that inflation is the highest it’s been in the past three years. According to the CPI, prices on all consumer goods shot up by 3.8 percent over the past year. The report indicates that Americans’ wages are no longer keeping up with the pace of inflation — in other words…

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]]> Hegseth Refused to Say If Parents Should Drop Child Care to Fund Military Budget https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-wont-say-whether-parents-should-forgo-childcare-to-cover-defense-budget/ Tue, 12 May 2026 21:01:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337705 On Tuesday, May 12, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified in back-to-back hearings before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Throughout the hearings, Hegseth defended Trump’s defense budget request of $1.5 trillion. Hegseth was joined by General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Jules Hurst III, the Pentagon’s acting…

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]]> New School Student Senate Sanctions Hillel Over Program With Israeli Military https://truthout.org/articles/new-school-student-senate-sanctions-hillel-over-program-with-israeli-military/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:14:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337702 Ryder Glickman’s first day as chair of The New School University Student Senate (USS) was an eventful one. His inaugural act was to call a vote on a first-of-its-kind resolution to sanction Hillel at The New School. This vote followed the release of a 38-page report detailing Hillel’s potential violations of international law. The report, conducted by a student committee…

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]]> Israeli Officials Denounce NYT Report on Systemic Sexual Abuse of Palestinians  https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-officials-denounce-nyt-report-on-systemic-sexual-abuse-of-palestinians/ Tue, 12 May 2026 19:50:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337700 Israel’s Foreign Ministry denounced The New York Times for publishing an op-ed on Israel’s systemic sexual abuse of Palestinians. The New York Times “chose to publish one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry posted on X late on Monday. It went on to claim that the Times has an “agenda” and that the op-ed is “part of a false and well…

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]]> Trump’s 1-Hour Posting Frenzy Fuels Questions About His Mental Fitness https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-1-hour-posting-frenzy-fuels-questions-about-his-mental-fitness/ Tue, 12 May 2026 18:46:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337697 On Monday night, President Donald Trump made a series of baseless and erratic accusations against his perceived political enemies, including expressing a desire to charge former President Barack Obama with sedition and treason over a conspiracy theory regarding the 2016 election. Over the period stretching from 12:00 am ET on Monday through 9:30 am ET on Tuesday, Trump posted or reposted 77…

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]]> Trump’s Justice Department Subpoenas News Outlets Over Iran War Coverage https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-justice-department-subpoenas-news-outlets-over-iran-war-coverage/ Tue, 12 May 2026 17:52:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337693 The US Justice Department has reportedly subpoenaed The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets at the urging of President Donald Trump, who has complained incessantly about coverage of his illegal and disastrous Iran war. The Journal reported Monday that it received grand jury subpoenas dated March 4 for records of its journalists as Trump pushed the Justice Department — now led by his…

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]]> State Dept. Revoking Passports Over Unpaid Child Support in Revival of 1996 Law https://truthout.org/articles/state-dept-revoking-passports-over-unpaid-child-support-in-revival-of-1996-law/ Tue, 12 May 2026 17:49:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337694 The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it will begin revoking passports of parents who owe significant child support. The department said that it would begin revoking U.S. passports of parents who owe $100,000 in unpaid child support — some 2700 U.S. passport holders — before expanding to include any parents who owe more than $2,500 in child support. The Department of Health…

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]]> Flotilla Activist Describes Kidnapping by Israel in International Waters https://truthout.org/video/flotilla-activist-describes-kidnapping-by-israel-in-international-waters/ Tue, 12 May 2026 17:40:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337691 “We were hearing, every day, the screams of other Palestinians who were being tortured inside this investigation center.” Spanish citizen Saif Abukeshek, an activist of Palestinian origin, speaks with Democracy Now! about spending 10 days in Israeli detention after he was abducted in international waters. He was among 175 international activists sailing to Gaza as part of the Global Sumud…

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]]> Trump’s EPA Wants to Fast-Track Construction of Gas Plants, Data Centers https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-epa-wants-to-fast-track-construction-of-gas-plants-data-centers/ Tue, 12 May 2026 16:45:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337688 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed changes Monday that would allow gas power plants, data centers and factories to begin construction on non-polluting components such as piping, wiring, cement pads and other support structures before obtaining air-emission permits. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a news release that the “proposal works to provide solutions to…

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]]> We Can’t Curb Nuclear Proliferation If We Don’t Acknowledge Israel’s Nukes https://truthout.org/articles/we-cant-curb-nuclear-proliferation-if-we-dont-acknowledge-israels-nukes/ Tue, 12 May 2026 16:19:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337680 Thirty House Democrats, led by Rep. Joaquin Castro, publicly asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 4 to end the long-standing U.S. policy of ambiguity around Israel’s nuclear capabilities. In a letter, the group asked for answers on detailed questions about Israel’s warheads, delivery systems, fissile material production, and nuclear doctrine. They argue that Congress has a constitutional…

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]]> Justice Dept. Subpoenas NYU Hospital to Demand Medical Records for Trans Youth https://truthout.org/articles/justice-dept-subpoenas-nyu-hospital-to-demand-medical-records-for-trans-youth/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:44:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337678 The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas has issued the first known criminal subpoena directed at a health care institution for offering gender-affirming care to transgender youth — at NYU Langone, a hospital situated almost 2,000 miles away in the greater New York City area. The notification was sent to patients (and/or parents) via their online portal just after 7pm on…

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]]> CREW Files Ethics Complaint Against Sean Duffy’s Reality Show Road Trip https://truthout.org/articles/crew-files-ethics-complaint-against-sean-duffys-reality-show-road-trip/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:44:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337685 A nonprofit government watchdog organization has filed a formal complaint against Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy, alleging that a reality television show he and his family are taking part in likely violates federal ethics rules. Duffy and his wife, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, and their nine children, are starring in a series called “The Great American Road Trip”…

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]]> Federal Appeals Court Issues Temporary Stay of TX Death Row Prisoner’s Execution https://truthout.org/articles/federal-appeals-court-issues-temporary-stay-of-tx-death-row-prisoners-execution/ Mon, 11 May 2026 21:26:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337654 A federal appeals court has temporarily halted Thursday’s scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Edward Busby, citing concerns over his eligibility for capital punishment because of intellectual disability. The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is in place “pending further order” of the court. Busby argued that a federal district court improperly denied the…

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]]> Wall Street Is Pairing Up With the Army to Build Data Centers https://truthout.org/articles/wall-street-is-pairing-up-with-the-army-to-build-data-centers/ Mon, 11 May 2026 21:22:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337658 Two trends, seemingly separate, have been accelerating over the past few years. First, Wall Street has been plowing billions of dollars into financing data centers. Second, the U.S. military has been ramping up its use of artificial intelligence (AI). Now, these two trends are directly merging. In late March 2026, the U.S. Army announced its selection of companies to build and operate two…

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]]> Israeli Military Ordered Soldiers in Gaza to “Shoot to Kill” Every Man They Saw https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-military-ordered-soldiers-in-gaza-to-shoot-to-kill-every-man-they-saw/ Mon, 11 May 2026 21:16:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337665 The Israeli military ordered soldiers in Gaza to “shoot to kill” any man they saw, and to “use their judgment” with women and children, according to an investigative documentary on Israeli soldiers’ killing of three Israeli hostages in Gaza. In an hour-long documentary broadcast on Israel’s Channel 13, the mother of one of the hostages killed in Gaza by Israeli soldiers in December 2023 said…

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]]> Far Right Pastor Says Trump “Has a Better Understanding” of Bible Than Pope Leo https://truthout.org/articles/far-right-pastor-says-trump-has-a-better-understanding-of-bible-than-pope-leo/ Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337660 This past weekend, a prominent pro-Trump megachurch pastor said he believes the president has a better understanding of the Bible than Pope Leo XIV. In comments to Fox News, Pastor Robert Jeffress, who heads the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, reacted to news of a meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Leo, which happened earlier this month after weeks of Trump attacking…

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]]> Netanyahu Says War on Iran “Not Over” as Long as Iran Has Uranium https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-says-war-on-iran-not-over-as-long-as-iran-has-uranium/ Mon, 11 May 2026 20:42:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337662 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Sunday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is “not over” because Iran still has nuclear material that “has to be taken out” of the country. In a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast by CBS News on Sunday evening, Netanyahu said that the war on Iran has not ended because Iran still has enriched uranium that must be “taken out…

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]]> Far Right Reform Party Saw Big Wins in UK Local Elections at Labor Party’s Cost https://truthout.org/video/far-right-reform-party-saw-big-wins-in-uk-local-elections-at-labor-partys-cost/ Mon, 11 May 2026 20:37:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337657 This year’s local election results from the United Kingdom are in. The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party made substantial gains, while the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling what London-based journalist Daniel Trilling calls a “wider fragmenting of politics” and a generational shift away from the two-party political system. We get an overview of major developments to the…

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]]> Decades of Congressional Inaction Contributed to Illegal US-Israeli War on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-congressional-inaction-contributed-to-illegal-us-israeli-war-on-iran/ Mon, 11 May 2026 19:32:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337647 The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, billed by the Trump administration as a “military operation,” has now evolved into a sustained confrontation with no clear exit strategy, no authorization from Congress, and no public transparency. The United States finds itself at a precarious juncture in a conflict of its own choosing. While high-level representatives from both countries met last month in Pakistan…

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]]> Campaign to Overturn Illinois Anti-BDS Law Picks Up Steam https://truthout.org/articles/campaign-to-overturn-illinois-anti-bds-law-picks-up-steam/ Mon, 11 May 2026 18:09:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337646 Since 2014, U.S. lawmakers have introduced over 200 bills targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The vast majority of these efforts have failed to pass, but more than 30 states have adopted anti-BDS laws. The first state-based measure to take specific action against Israel boycotts was passed in Illinois in 2015; 49-0 in the Senate and 102-0 in the House.

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]]> US Surveillance Flights Over Cuba Have Increased Since Early February https://truthout.org/articles/us-surveillance-flights-over-cuba-have-increased-since-early-february/ Mon, 11 May 2026 17:25:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337644 US surveillance and reconnaissance flights off the coast of Cuba have surged in recent months as President Donald Trump has issued increasingly belligerent threats to seize the island nation by force. CNN reported Sunday that the U.S. Navy and Air Force have conducted more than two dozen surveillance flights — mostly of them near Havana and Santiago de Cuba, the country’s largest cities…

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]]> Trump Suggests He’ll “PACK THE COURT” in Rant Against Justices He Appointed https://truthout.org/articles/trump-suggests-hell-pack-the-court-in-rant-against-justices-he-appointed/ Mon, 11 May 2026 17:16:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337648 In a lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday evening, President Donald Trump lambasted two Supreme Court justices he had personally appointed to the bench for not being “loyal” enough to him. Trump berated Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, deriding their roles in a majority ruling earlier this year that overturned his massive global tariffs. He also denounced them for appearing…

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]]> Fed Judge Rules DOGE Illegally and “Blatantly” Used DEI Terms to Cut Grants https://truthout.org/articles/fed-judge-rules-doge-illegally-and-blatantly-used-dei-terms-to-cut-grants/ Mon, 11 May 2026 15:40:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337642 A federal judge ruled last week that millions of dollars in cuts made by the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), a quasi-government entity led by billionaire Elon Musk, improperly targeted grants distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by targeting terminology relating to protected statuses. The NEH cuts by DOGE staffers “blatantly used” race, gender…

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]]> Black Trans Women Find Care and Survival Through Chosen Mothers https://truthout.org/articles/black-trans-women-find-care-and-survival-through-chosen-mothers/ Sun, 10 May 2026 16:47:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337639 Jeynce Poindexter was 14 when home stopped feeling like home. Her mother could not accept that she was transgender, Poindexter said, and staying would have meant negotiating an identity she already knew was not negotiable. So she left. What came next for Poindexter was survival, then structure. She found chosen family who embraced her as a Black trans woman. Years later she would…

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]]> Trump Administration Carries Out Third Deadly Boat Strike in 5 Days https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-carries-out-third-deadly-boat-strike-in-5-days/ Sun, 10 May 2026 15:17:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337637 The Trump administration continued its illegal bombing of small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two and leaving one survivor in its third such strike in five days. U.S. Southern Command announced the attack on social media, claiming that “intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged…

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]]> Conservative Civic Centers Are Spreading Across Public Universities https://truthout.org/articles/conservative-civic-centers-are-spreading-across-public-universities/ Sun, 10 May 2026 14:35:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337634 As the 250th anniversary of the U.S.’s founding approaches, Florida Republicans are using public universities to help build conservative civics and public policy centers that reimagine U.S. history. Across the state, these taxpayer-funded centers are expanding their reach, drawing public money, influencing degree programs and extending into K-12 classrooms under the banner of civics renewals.

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]]> Motherhood in Gaza Looks Like Caregiving Even When There’s Nothing Left to Give https://truthout.org/articles/motherhood-in-gaza-looks-like-caregiving-even-when-theres-nothing-left-to-give/ Sun, 10 May 2026 14:06:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337585 In Gaza, motherhood does not exist separately from fear. It unfolds inside it — even now, during what is called a ceasefire. I think about this when I speak to my mother from a distance. I try to picture her day as she shares it with me, and the parts of it she doesn’t. The effort it must take to keep going — to care, to cook, to reassure, while carrying a weight of exhaustion — is hard to…

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]]> On Mother’s Day, I Will Mourn Alongside the Grieving Parents of Minab https://truthout.org/articles/on-mothers-day-i-will-mourn-alongside-the-grieving-parents-of-minab/ Sun, 10 May 2026 13:55:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337612 A video of Makan Nasiri has been shared over and over on social media in recent weeks. It starts off with vignettes familiar to so many parents: a young child opening the door to be surprised by a birthday cake, then walking with friends, then dancing joyfully with an older relative. Halfway through, though, there’s a sharp transition. Nasiri was a student at Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in…

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]]> Trump DOJ Rushed Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation Case https://truthout.org/articles/trump-doj-rushed-mahmoud-khalils-deportation-case/ Sat, 09 May 2026 21:32:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337630 An immigration court decision that could hasten the deportation of Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil was marked by irregularities, including unusual speed and the recusals of several judges, The New York Times reported Friday. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which is housed in the Department of Justice (DOJ) but is legally enjoined to make independent decisions…

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]]> Louisiana Hearing Erupts Over GOP Push to Eliminate Majority-Black Districts https://truthout.org/articles/louisiana-hearing-erupts-over-gop-push-to-eliminate-majority-black-districts/ Sat, 09 May 2026 19:50:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337626 Tensions erupted Friday as Republican state lawmakers presented new election maps to eliminate one or both of Louisiana’s majority-Black congressional districts. Hundreds of people came to the State Capitol, filling several overflow rooms, to watch the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, which met to consider new U.S. House district boundaries and give the public a chance to comment.

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]]> War Profiteers Multiply as Opportunists Eye “Golden Opportunity” https://truthout.org/articles/war-profiteers-multiply-as-opportunists-eye-golden-opportunity/ Sat, 09 May 2026 18:37:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337624 As the U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz threatens an already tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, many at home are looking to profit. Below are five examples of wartime grifters, profiteers, and opportunists absolutely outdoing themselves. Late last month, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet lavished praise on the Trump administration for rolling out the red carpet to the…

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]]> Capitalism’s “Overseer Class” Upholds White Supremacy Under Guise of Diversity https://truthout.org/articles/capitalisms-overseer-class-upholds-white-supremacy-under-guise-of-diversity/ Sat, 09 May 2026 16:46:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337594 Journalist Steven Thrasher’s second book, The Overseer Class, begins with a quote by James Baldwin from a 1967 essay in The New York Times, where Baldwin writes, “we feared black cops even more than white cops, because the black cop had to work so much harder — on your head.” To see the continuing relevance of that quote, look to the horrific murder of Tyre Nichols in 2023 — a Black man…

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]]> We Must Resist the Collapse of Conscience in the Age of Trump https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-resist-the-collapse-of-conscience-in-the-age-of-trump/ Sat, 09 May 2026 15:01:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337621 Under the Trump regime, the United States has entered a dark age in which conscience is not merely ignored but systematically dismantled. Compassion is mocked as weakness, truth treated as disposable, and cruelty elevated into a governing principle. This is more than corruption. It signals the suffocation of civic culture under gangster capitalism — a predatory system in which power serves wealth…

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]]> Trump’s Border Czar Threatens to “Flood” New York With ICE Agents https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-border-czar-threatens-to-flood-new-york-with-ice-agents/ Fri, 08 May 2026 18:59:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337619 On Tuesday, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan threatened to “flood the zone” with immigration agents if states like New York attempt to limit coordination with federal immigration agencies. In his opening keynote at the Border Security Expo, an annual conference bringing together law enforcement, government, and private contractors in Arizona, Homan said, “What’s going to happen with places like…

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]]> FOIA Request Reveals Major Spike in ICE Arrests of Iranians Amid 2025 War on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/foia-request-reveals-major-spike-in-ice-arrests-of-iranians-amid-2025-war-on-iran/ Fri, 08 May 2026 18:16:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337617 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested hundreds of Iranian nationals during the U.S.’s June 2025 war on Iran, according to government data released to the National Iranian American Council under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) filed a FOIA request in October 2025 after reports revealed the U.S. had deported dozens of…

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]]> Trans Youth Denied Hormone Therapy Have Much Higher Suicide Risk, Study Shows https://truthout.org/articles/trans-youth-denied-hormone-therapy-have-much-higher-suicide-risk-study-shows/ Fri, 08 May 2026 17:46:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337613 On Wednesday, the Trevor Project released a massive survey of LGBTQ+ youth, with one of the largest subsamples of transgender people of any survey previously recorded. The survey, which questioned 16,667 respondents, included over 10,000 trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer respondents. The survey found harsh experiences among LGBTQ+ people and especially transgender people, including high rates of…

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]]> Contractors Razed a 1,000-Year-Old Indigenous Site to Build Trump’s Border Wall https://truthout.org/video/contractors-razed-a-1000-year-old-indigenous-site-to-build-trumps-border-wall/ Fri, 08 May 2026 17:32:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337610 Construction crews in Arizona who are building President Trump’s expanded border wall have razed a portion of a Native American archeological site in the Sonoran Desert estimated to be at least 1,000 years old. Aerial photos reveal that bulldozers caused extensive damage to a 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an intaglio, which holds special significance for the Hia-Ced O’odham…

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]]> John Roberts Bemoans Americans for Viewing SCOTUS Justices as “Political Actors” https://truthout.org/articles/john-roberts-bemoans-americans-for-viewing-scotus-justices-as-political-actors/ Fri, 08 May 2026 17:12:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337614 On Wednesday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts defended the purported integrity of the high court, bemoaning what he claimed to be a misunderstanding by the American people of how the institution is meant to function. Roberts, who was speaking at a legal conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, said that too many Americans view the justices as “political actors.” “I think at a very…

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]]> Despite Ceasefire, Israel Continues to Expand Occupation of Southern Lebanon https://truthout.org/articles/despite-ceasefire-israel-continues-to-expand-occupation-of-southern-lebanon/ Fri, 08 May 2026 16:45:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337600 On April 17, Zahra al-Qusaybi woke up to news of a ceasefire in Lebanon. For six weeks, she and her two adult daughters had languished in a crowded school shelter in Saida, a city 27 miles south of the capital Beirut. They were among 1.1 million people uprooted from their homes when Israel escalated its war on Lebanon on March 2, ostensibly to disarm the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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]]> Federal Pipeline Regulator Rarely Enforces Safety Rules, New Analysis Shows https://truthout.org/articles/federal-pipeline-regulator-rarely-enforces-safety-rules-new-analysis-shows/ Fri, 08 May 2026 16:45:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337603 While attorneys for a major Canadian pipeline company argue that federal regulators hold sole authority in regulating pipelines across the country, a recent report argues that national-level oversight is not strict enough to prevent oil spills and other safety concerns. Enbridge, which operates the controversial Line 5 pipeline, is currently embroiled in legal battles with state officials…

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]]> Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow https://truthout.org/articles/black-disenfranchisement-has-not-been-this-intense-since-jim-crow/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:36:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337595 The Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate Louisiana’s congressional map creating two Black-majority districts continues to remind us of how much the U.S. has backpedaled away from the so-called racial “reckoning” of the summer of 2020. The Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais undermines another key plank of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, passed more than 60 years ago with the intent of…

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]]> Court Rules Yet Again That Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal https://truthout.org/articles/court-rules-yet-again-that-trumps-tariffs-are-illegal/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:18:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337597 A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful, another major legal blow to the centerpiece of the Republican president’s economic agenda — which has failed to produce the manufacturing boom he repeatedly promised on the campaign trail. The Court of International Trade (CIT) found in a 2-to-1 ruling that Trump…

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]]> US, Iran Exchange Fire Overnight — Trump Maintains Ceasefire Remains in Place https://truthout.org/articles/us-iran-exchange-fire-overnight-trump-maintains-ceasefire-remains-in-place/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:14:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337602 President Donald Trump is maintaining that a ceasefire agreement between Iran and the United States remains in place, for now, despite the two countries exchanging fire on Thursday evening. The exchange occurred as the U.S. was awaiting a response from Iran regarding a proposal to end the war. Both countries claim the other side is at fault for beginning the hostilities.

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]]> TikTok Algorithm Favored Conservative Content in 2024 POTUS Race, Study Suggests https://truthout.org/articles/tiktok-algorithm-favored-conservative-content-in-2024-potus-race-study-suggests/ Thu, 07 May 2026 19:42:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337584 A new study examining the algorithms of the social media site TikTok appears to suggest that content users received on the platform skewed more politically conservative during the 2024 presidential election, regardless of a user’s personal preferences. Researchers Talal Rahwan and Yasir Zaki at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus created over 300 “dummy” bot accounts to mimic real-life…

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]]> Drug Companies Boosted Lobbying by 23 Percent Ahead of TrumpRX Launch https://truthout.org/articles/drug-companies-boosted-lobbying-by-23-percent-ahead-of-trumprx-launch/ Thu, 07 May 2026 19:32:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337590 The 17 pharmaceutical companies anchoring TrumpRx, the White House’s new prescription drug-pricing program, poured more than $130 million into federal lobbying in 2025 — a nearly 23% surge that outpaced the broader industry as the plan was being shaped behind the scenes. Those companies accounted for more than a quarter of the record $457.3 million spent on lobbying last year across the…

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]]> Florida Creates New Conservative US History Course as Alternative to AP https://truthout.org/articles/florida-creates-new-conservative-us-history-course-as-alternative-to-ap/ Thu, 07 May 2026 19:28:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337591 Florida has released a new U.S. History course for high school students that aims to provide a conservative alternative to Advanced Placement courses — the latest attack on public education in the state by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Though students across the country take Advanced Placement courses for college credit — with over half a million U.S. high school students doing so last year…

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]]> GOP and SCOTUS Unleashed a “Gerrymandering Arms Race” at Expense of Black Voters https://truthout.org/video/gop-and-scotus-unleashed-a-gerrymandering-arms-race-at-expense-of-black-voters/ Thu, 07 May 2026 18:33:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337588 “The country’s most important civil rights law no longer effectively exists, and that’s going to have ramifications on American democracy for a very long time.” Mother Jones correspondent Ari Berman reacts to the Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 decision rejecting key principles of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Since the court issued its ruling last week, Republican-controlled states have begun to redraw…

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]]> Trump’s Attack on Science Escalates With Firing of Entire National Science Board https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-science-escalates-with-firing-of-entire-national-science-board/ Thu, 07 May 2026 18:33:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337582 Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration’s relentless war on the U.S.’s scientific infrastructure has picked up speed. The New York Times’s Lisa Friedman reported in late April that over the past months, more than 1,500 top scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development have either been laid off, pushed into early retirement…

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]]> West Bank Faces Economic Crisis as Israel Withholds Tax Revenue and Work Permits https://truthout.org/articles/west-bank-faces-economic-crisis-as-israel-withholds-tax-revenue-and-work-permits/ Thu, 07 May 2026 17:09:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337577 If it had not been stopped at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank, the garbage truck carrying more than 70 Palestinian laborers seeking work would likely have been able to enter Israel without incident. But on April 13, the driver was held outside the Israeli settlement of Ariel for failure to carry a license fit for the vehicle, and upon further inspection…

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]]> Rutgers Criticized for Canceling Commencement Speaker Over Palestine Advocacy https://truthout.org/articles/rutgers-criticized-for-canceling-commencement-speaker-over-palestine-advocacy/ Thu, 07 May 2026 17:08:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337572 Faculty members at Rutgers University in New Jersey on Thursday were among those condemning the school’s decision to rescind an invitation to Rami Elghandour, a biotech executive and producer of the Gaza-focused film The Voice of Hind Rajab, who had been invited to speak at the School of Engineering commencement next week. Elghandour said the engineering school’s dean, Alberto Cuitiño…

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]]> Tennessee GOP Unveils Map to Erase State’s Only Democratic Seat https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-gop-unveils-map-to-erase-states-only-democratic-seat/ Thu, 07 May 2026 17:08:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337576 On Wednesday, Tennessee state Republican lawmakers proposed a new congressional map that would lessen the already small Democratic representation in the state and eliminate Black political power within the delegation sent to Washington. The move comes after the federal Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that enforcement mechanisms from lower courts for the Voting Rights Act (VRA)…

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]]> Google AI Workers in UK Launch Union Campaign, Demand End to Military Contracts  https://truthout.org/articles/google-ai-workers-in-uk-launch-union-campaign-demand-end-to-military-contracts/ Thu, 07 May 2026 16:18:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337578 On Tuesday, May 5, Google AI workers in the U.K. launched a unionization bid, as part of an attempt to end the use of their technology by Israel and the U.S. military. Workers at Google DeepMind — Google’s AI research laboratory, based in London — sent a letter to management Tuesday requesting recognition of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union as official…

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]]> DOJ Sues Colorado Over Law Restricting Capacity of Rifle Cartridges https://truthout.org/articles/doj-sues-colorado-over-law-restricting-capacity-of-rifle-cartridges/ Wed, 06 May 2026 21:34:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337569 The Trump administration sued Colorado over its law restricting large-capacity magazines for rifles a day after it sued Denver over its assault weapons ban. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday, says the state’s restrictions on magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds violate the Second Amendment rights of Coloradans. “Colorado’s ban on certain…

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]]> Democrats Demand Answers From Rubio on Number of Nuclear Bombs Owned by Israel https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-demand-answers-from-rubio-on-number-of-nuclear-bombs-owned-by-israel/ Wed, 06 May 2026 21:16:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337567 A group of Democrats in the House is demanding that the Trump administration provide critical information about the scope and size of Israel’s nuclear weapons capability in the midst of a war over nuclear weapons in which only Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been under scrutiny. The lawmakers, led by Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), say that the U.S. should hold Israel to the “same standard…

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]]> Trump Is Reviving a Tar Sands Oil Pipeline With the Help of Wyoming Tycoons https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-reviving-a-tar-sands-oil-pipeline-with-the-help-of-wyoming-tycoons/ Wed, 06 May 2026 21:06:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337554 On the first day of his presidency back in 2021, Joe Biden revoked a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have brought oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S. The decision to kill Keystone XL was perhaps Biden’s clearest gift to the environmental movement. But now, five years later, a family of Wyoming oil tycoons is bringing the Keystone concept back from the dead — and…

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]]> Trump Administration Investigates Smith College for Admitting Trans Students https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-investigates-smith-college-for-admitting-trans-students/ Wed, 06 May 2026 20:36:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337560 Late on Monday, May 4, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it is opening an investigation into Smith College in Massachusetts for its admission of transgender students, in an expansion of the Trump administration’s attacks on transgender rights. The Trump administration is suggesting that allowing transgender women to enroll at a women’s college violates civil rights protections…

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]]> Sources Say the FBI Has Opened an Inquiry Into The Atlantic’s Report on Patel https://truthout.org/articles/sources-say-the-fbi-has-opened-an-inquiry-into-the-atlantics-report-on-patel/ Wed, 06 May 2026 20:33:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337564 The FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into sources that provided information regarding the agency’s director, Kash Patel, and his alcohol drinking habits to The Atlantic, which published details about them last month. The article in question, produced by staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, relied on dozens of sources, including former and current FBI officials…

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]]> Iran Damaged or Destroyed Hundreds of Targets in US Bases, Reporting Reveals https://truthout.org/articles/iran-damaged-or-destroyed-hundreds-of-targets-in-us-bases-reporting-reveals/ Wed, 06 May 2026 19:59:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337556 Iranian forces have damaged or destroyed hundreds of targets in U.S. bases amid the war, causing far more extensive damage than previously reported by the U.S. government, new reporting based on satellite images reveals. Analysis of the imagery by The Washington Post finds that at least 228 assets have been struck by Iran since the start of the war, including “hangars, barracks, fuel depots…

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]]> FDA Blocks Studies Showing Safety of COVID, Shingles Vaccines https://truthout.org/articles/fda-blocks-studies-showing-safety-of-covid-shingles-vaccines/ Wed, 06 May 2026 18:34:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337558 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has blocked the release of multiple studies demonstrating the safety of vaccinations for coronavirus and shingles, a move that some health experts are saying amounts to censorship. Officials within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have confirmed that the studies were blocked from publication. The three studies in question — which…

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]]> Tlaib: Trump Admin Must Retract “Libelous” Claims About Gaza Flotilla Activists https://truthout.org/articles/tlaib-trump-admin-must-retract-libelous-claims-about-gaza-flotilla-activists/ Wed, 06 May 2026 17:59:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337545 With two activists from the latest Gaza flotilla still being detained by Israel, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) and other House Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration rescind its “libelous falsehoods” about the humanitarian effort and speak out against the Israeli government for its alleged abuses against its participants. Israel’s attacks on and seizures of the flotilla ships…

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]]> UK Convicts Palestine Action Activists in Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity https://truthout.org/articles/uk-convicts-palestine-action-activists-in-crackdown-on-palestine-solidarity/ Wed, 06 May 2026 17:40:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337537 On Tuesday, a London court convicted four of six Palestine Action activists of criminal damage for their break-in of an Elbit Systems factory in August 2024. The four activists — Samuel Corner, 23, Charlotte Head, 29, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21 — were found guilty of smashing drones and computers at the Israeli defense firm’s U.K. site in an attempt to shut the factory down.

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]]> Press Freedom Plummets in US, Reaches Crisis in Middle East and North Africa https://truthout.org/video/press-freedom-plummets-in-us-reaches-crisis-in-middle-east-and-north-africa/ Wed, 06 May 2026 17:31:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337552 Reporters Without Borders warns press freedom has fallen to its lowest level since the group began publishing its annual World Press Freedom Index in 2002. The index has charted how press freedoms have deteriorated in the United States and elsewhere over the past 25 years. The U.S. was ranked 17th in the world in 2002. In the latest index, the U.S. is down to 64th, falling seven places since last…

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]]> FIFA-Backed “Board of Peace” Plan for Gaza Stadium Ignores Needs of Palestinians https://truthout.org/articles/fifa-backed-board-of-peace-plan-for-gaza-stadium-ignores-needs-of-palestinians/ Wed, 06 May 2026 17:30:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337548 In February, Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” struck a $50 million agreement with the football-governing body FIFA, with grand promises to build a national stadium, sports academy, and over 50 “mini-pitches.” The initiative seeks to redirect global attention away from Gaza through so-called “peace agreements” that do not exist on the ground — mere labels placed over unremoved ruins.

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]]> Trump’s War May Cost $72 Billion — Nearly 3 Times Higher Than the Admin Said https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-war-may-cost-72-billion-nearly-3-times-higher-than-the-admin-said/ Wed, 06 May 2026 16:22:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337540 The Pentagon’s official estimate of the direct financial cost of the U.S. war on Iran is a nearly threefold undercount of the actual price tag of the war, according to an expert analysis published Wednesday. Stephen Semler, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, produced the new cost estimate for the Popular Information newsletter. Accounting for armament use…

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]]> Free Phone Calls Saved Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones $622.5 Million https://truthout.org/articles/free-phone-calls-saved-incarcerated-people-and-their-loved-ones-622-5-million/ Wed, 06 May 2026 16:21:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337541 Kwaneta Harris is one of the thousands of Americans charged with supporting both her aging parent and her own children. Her mother is in her early 70s. She also has three children; the youngest is finishing high school. Harris is also incarcerated, which means that she relies on phone calls and electronic messages to stay on top of family responsibilities. Each month, she spends over $400 on…

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]]> Progressive Dem Candidates Are Using Their Opposition to Schumer to Pitch Voters https://truthout.org/articles/progressive-dem-candidates-are-using-their-opposition-to-schumer-to-pitch-voters/ Wed, 06 May 2026 15:28:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337543 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is being openly criticized by progressive Democratic candidates for office, who are making their opposition to the current leader of the Senate caucus a plank in their platform. For some candidates, it may aid them in winning their respective primary races. Iowa candidate for U.S. Senate Zach Wahls, for example, says voters are reacting…

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]]> Graham Says US “Victory” Would Be to Open Strait That Was Open Prior to the War https://truthout.org/articles/graham-says-us-victory-would-be-to-open-strait-that-was-open-prior-to-the-war/ Tue, 05 May 2026 21:02:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337531 Congress’s staunchest advocate for war with Iran, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), said on Monday that a victory for the U.S. in the current conflict would entail the opening of the Strait of Hormuz — which was already open prior to the war that the U.S. and Israel started unprovoked. In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Monday, Graham said that “victory to me would be…

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]]> Trump Urges GOP to Redraw Maps Ahead of Midterms, Even If It Delays Elections https://truthout.org/articles/trump-urges-gop-to-redraw-maps-ahead-of-midterms-even-if-it-delays-elections/ Tue, 05 May 2026 20:38:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337532 Following a Supreme Court ruling last week that upended enforcement mechanisms of the Voting Rights Act, President Donald Trump called on Republican states throughout the country to use the occasion to gerrymander their maps for political reasons. The missive from Trump, posted on Truth Social on Monday, incorrectly implied that states had to change their maps following the court’s ruling.

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