Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:08:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 Rule Lets Fossil Fuel Companies “Unintentionally” Kill Polar Bears and Walruses https://truthout.org/articles/rule-lets-fossil-fuel-companies-unintentionally-kill-polar-bears-and-walruses/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:05:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341600 Oil and gas companies will now be permitted to kill polar bears and Pacific walruses off the northern coast of Alaska so long as such killings are “unintentional,” according to a new Trump administration rule. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on Friday finalized a rule change that would shield fossil fuel companies from legal liability if they engage in the “incidental, unintentional”…

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]]> Texas Woman Sues Anti-Abortion Group Under Law It Helped to Pass https://truthout.org/articles/texas-woman-sues-anti-abortion-group-under-law-it-helped-to-pass/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:42:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341591 A Texas woman is using a state law banning the transport of abortion pills to sue members of the anti-abortion organization Students for Life of America. In the suit filed Tuesday in a Harris County district court, plaintiff Maria Puerto, a 26-year-old mother of two using a pseudonym to protect her family, alleges that four anti-abortion activists had ordered abortion medication on their…

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]]> As Trump Sabotages the ICC With Sanctions, There Are Many Ways to Fight Back https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-sabotages-the-icc-with-sanctions-there-are-many-ways-to-fight-back/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:07:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341567 The U.S. government has long sought to incapacitate the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s first global court that was created to prosecute the most atrocious crimes. As the ICC seeks to provide accountability for Israeli crimes, the Trump administration has become increasingly aggressive in its attempts to hobble the court. On October 9, 2026, Team Trump imposed punitive sanctions…

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]]> Trump Admin Just Effectively Killed a Popular Renewable Energy Program https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-just-effectively-killed-a-popular-renewable-energy-program/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:45:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341586 Earlier this month, after a series of stops and starts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to a long-running program that is supposed to help farmers and rural small businesses stand up renewable energy projects. The new rules, set to go into effect today, October 16, effectively make any solar power development ineligible for funding through the Rural Energy for America…

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]]> “Democrats for Mike Rogers” PAC Is Funded by Republicans, Records Show https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-for-mike-rogers-pac-is-funded-by-republicans-records-show/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:44:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341589 Democrats for Mike Rogers, a group that has spent millions of dollars to defeat Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, has received funds from Republican-aligned organizations, campaign finance records show. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, made public on October 16, revealed that TFM, a super PAC that has been running commercials against El-Sayed under the “Democrats for Mike…

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]]> Inside the Worker Resistance in Silicon Valley’s Tech Oligarchy https://truthout.org/video/inside-the-worker-resistance-in-silicon-valleys-tech-oligarchy/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:43:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341579 Longtime tech worker organizers Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan’s new book, Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry, draws on the authors’ experiences at major tech companies to chronicle the rise and fall of the tech worker movement, its early victories, and the repression and slide to corporate control that followed. “Over the course of the 2010s…

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]]> Washington Post Journalist Hospitalized After Israeli Settler Attack https://truthout.org/articles/washington-post-journalist-hospitalized-after-israeli-settler-attack/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:37:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341582 Israeli settlers conducting an assault on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank amid their autumn olive harvest also attacked a U.S. journalist on Friday, sending her to the hospital as she and other journalists were documenting the coordinated violent raid. Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist for The Washington Post, was donning a “press” vest when settlers chased her and a group of…

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]]> Chuck Schumer Hasn’t Said a Word About Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar https://truthout.org/articles/chuck-schumer-hasnt-said-a-word-about-trumps-attempt-to-deport-ilhan-omar/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:09:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341568 Days after the Trump administration’s unprecedented raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minnesota) house just weeks before the midterm elections, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has not once publicly defended the progressive Democrat against the naked political prosecution. The Democratic leader — one of the most powerful in the country — has not issued statements to the press or…

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]]> HHS Demands Answers From Orgs Over Support for Youth Gender-Affirming Care https://truthout.org/articles/hhs-demands-answers-from-orgs-over-support-for-youth-gender-affirming-care/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:08:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341573 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent letters this week to multiple medical organizations, demanding they provide the department with a “clear, current statement” on their positions regarding gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The organizations in question have expressed support for such care, with many noting that gender-affirming care is based on years of…

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]]> Man Shot by ICE in NYC Last Week Yet to Receive Surgery for Bullet in His Neck https://truthout.org/articles/man-shot-by-ice-in-nyc-last-week-yet-to-receive-surgery-for-bullet-in-his-neck/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:22:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341569 Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old Dominican man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York City last Thursday, has not received surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his neck for over a week. Lawyers for Oscar Belgal have called for his immediate release, citing inadequate care. On Wednesday, the Legal Aid Society, which is representing Belgal, filed a habeas corpus…

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]]> Trump Profited From His Giveaway to Big Pharma While Jacking Up Drug Costs https://truthout.org/articles/trump-profited-from-his-giveaway-to-big-pharma-while-jacking-up-drug-costs/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:48:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341565 An analysis released Friday by Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee details how US President Donald Trump loaded up on shares of major pharmaceutical companies last year as his administration and Republican allies enacted policies that benefited the industry — at the expense seniors and other patients. The JEC analysis estimates that Trump increased his stock holdings in…

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]]> Elon Musk Is Bankrolling Massive Push for Ken Paxton in Texas https://truthout.org/articles/elon-musk-is-bankrolling-massive-push-for-ken-paxton-in-texas/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:44:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341559 After months of being outspent by Democrat James Talarico on the airwaves, Republicans launched a massive rescue mission for Ken Paxton in September, dropping over $200 million to boost their U.S. Senate candidate in Texas. New campaign finance filings revealed that much of the advertising flurry was funded by one highly motivated donor: Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man. Musk…

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]]> New Bill Seeks to Expose What Major Banks Knew Regarding Epstein’s Spending https://truthout.org/articles/new-bill-seeks-to-expose-what-major-banks-knew-regarding-epsteins-spending/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:58:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341562 Several members of Congress have submitted new legislation that would require financial regulators and private banking institutions to disclose thus far unreleased transactions made by disgraced financier and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Wall Street Records Act would require federal banking regulators — including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)…

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]]> New Documents Expose Exxon’s Attempt to Suppress Damning Climate Evidence https://truthout.org/articles/new-documents-expose-exxons-attempt-to-suppress-damning-climate-evidence/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:38:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341552 “Do you believe that statement’s misleading?” “All the clauses in there are patently false. And I told them so.” So reads an exchange from the deposition of Joseph Weissman, an ExxonMobil scientist with the company’s former algae biofuels program. The “patently false” statement in question was a corporate press release claiming algae biofuel was a viable solution to climate change that…

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]]> US Reportedly Considering Dropping “Mother of All Bombs” on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/us-reportedly-considering-dropping-mother-of-all-bombs-on-iran/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:21:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341550 The Pentagon has reportedly drawn up plans to attack Iran with the “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB), the largest conventional weapon ever developed by weight, after being ordered by President Donald Trump to develop strike plans for targets that include “a lot of energy infrastructure.” Energy infrastructure is largely considered to be civilian in nature and thus protected under international law.

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]]> Trump Cancels Livestream of Firing Squad Execution After Fierce Backlash https://truthout.org/articles/trump-cancels-livestream-of-firing-squad-execution-after-fierce-backlash/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341537 President Donald Trump has cancelled a plan to livestream the firing squad execution of former soldier Nidal Malik Hasan after widespread backlash from the public, politicians, military members, and faith leaders. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. “I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with…

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]]> ICE Is Fast-Tracking a Nationwide Domestic Spy Program Across Dozens of Cities https://truthout.org/articles/ice-is-fast-tracking-a-nationwide-domestic-spy-program-across-dozens-of-cities/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:01:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341547 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly fast-tracking a program designed to expand its domestic surveillance capabilities in dozens of cities across the United States. Details of the new spy program, entitled the Enforcement and Removal Operations Overwatch and National Security Enforcement, or ERO ONE, were published on a federal website in September.

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]]> Students Say Cornell Banning Frat Parties and Adding Investigators Insufficient https://truthout.org/articles/students-say-cornell-banning-frat-parties-and-adding-investigators-insufficient/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:40:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341545 Cornell University has suspended parties and social events at fraternity houses for the remainder of the academic year, and will work with state police and their sexual assault investigators on future cases. The changes came in response to outrage over a gang rape at the university in 2024 that has brought national attention to the issue of sexual violence on college campuses and the failures…

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]]> As Resistance to Flock Cameras Grows, Another Surveillance Network Is Spreading https://truthout.org/articles/as-resistance-to-flock-cameras-grows-another-surveillance-network-is-spreading/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:30:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341542 More than 28,000 cameras in Atlanta are integrated into a “real-time crime center,” allowing police live access to many of their video streams. In Hawthorne, California, the city surveillance network includes more than 3,700 cameras. And in Seat Pleasant, Maryland — a town of 4,500 — police have access to one integrated camera for every three residents. These communities are among hundreds in…

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]]> Regulation Should Target AI’s Current Harms, Not Superintelligence Possibilities https://truthout.org/video/regulation-should-target-ais-current-harms-not-superintelligence-possibilities/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:20:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341539 We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. In the book, Marx exposes the deceptive ways tech companies are taking resources from vulnerable communities in order to build massive AI data centers. “We have seen the tech companies that, back in 2019, 2020, wanted us to see them as climate leaders …

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]]> Trump Tells MAGA Audience Leakers Should “Be Shot” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-tells-maga-audience-leakers-should-be-shot/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:45:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341538 President Donald Trump said Wednesday that anyone leaking information out of his own White House should face execution, in an escalation of violent rhetoric against leakers and journalists. “Somebody leaked, some sleazebag. They ought to go to jail or be shot,” Trump told the audience. Speaking at a campaign rally in Arizona on Wednesday, Trump framed his remarks in terms of the start of…

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]]> New Mexico’s Challenges Hold Lessons for the Struggle for Universal Child Care https://truthout.org/articles/new-mexicos-challenges-hold-lessons-for-the-struggle-for-universal-child-care/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:05:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341536 The state of New Mexico in 2025 made headlines for being the first in the nation to enact free universal child care. A 12-year-long grassroots push by advocacy groups and activists to address the dismal state of child well-being resulted in Gov. Michele Lujan Grisham signing a bill to expand eligibility for no-cost, government-provided child care to all the state’s residents, regardless of income.

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]]> Trump Administration Reportedly Trying to Denaturalize and Deport Ilhan Omar https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-reportedly-trying-to-denaturalize-and-deport-ilhan-omar/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:27:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341531 The Trump administration is working to build a case against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) with the hopes of ultimately denaturalizing and deporting the progressive Somali American lawmaker, The Wall Street Journal reports. The alarming, unprecedented effort — denounced as outright fascism by critics — is wide-ranging, encompassing several federal agencies. U.S. officials and other sources…

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]]> Gaza Child Amputees Are Outgrowing Their Prosthetics Amid Israel’s Restrictions https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-child-amputees-are-outgrowing-their-prosthetics-amid-israels-restrictions/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:57:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341532 Abdul-Rahman al-Nashash, 11, holds onto the edge of a chair and pushes his left leg into a plastic prosthetic that doesn’t fit him anymore. The bone that was cut two years ago has kept growing inside, and it presses painfully against his skin. His doctors told him to stop wearing it. He wears it anyway, every morning, pulling the straps tight and rolling his pants down so no one sees the…

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]]> Americans’ Confidence in Food Safety Plummets After Summer of Recalls https://truthout.org/articles/americans-confidence-in-food-safety-plummets-amid-summer-of-recalls/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:36:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341528 Americans’ confidence in the safety of the food supply has plummeted, as has their belief in federal food safety standards, according to a new poll from Gallup. When asked about their confidence in the safety of food in grocery stores across the country, only 65 percent of respondents said they are either “very confident” or “somewhat confident.” While that figure represents a majority of…

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]]> “Because of the Price of Oil … We’re Making a Fortune,” Trump Says at Rally https://truthout.org/articles/because-of-the-price-of-oil-were-making-a-fortune-trump-says-at-rally/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:34:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341524 President Donald Trump attempted to spin high oil prices as a boon for the United States at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday, just hours after new federal data showed that inflation reached its highest level in months in September. “Because of the price of oil, Texas and Oklahoma and North Dakota and all these places, we’re making a fortune,” Trump declared, referring to states that produce…

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]]> How Communities Are Fighting AI Data Centers and Winning https://truthout.org/audio/how-communities-are-fighting-ai-data-centers-and-winning/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:33:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=341515 Across the country, communities are fighting back against the construction of AI data centers and winning. In this episode of Movement Memos, Kelly Hayes talks with Saul Levin, host of The Hum, about the growing movement against Big Tech’s infrastructure boom and the strategies organizers are using to stop these projects. They discuss how unlikely coalitions are building power, sharing tactics…

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]]> New Lawsuit Seeks to Oust Kushner From Envoy Position Amid Profit-Seeking https://truthout.org/articles/new-lawsuit-seeks-to-oust-kushner-from-envoy-position-amid-profit-seeking/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:30:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341517 A government watchdog has filed a lawsuit seeking to prohibit Jared Kushner from serving as special envoy for the Trump administration amid reports of conflicts of interest related to his role as a top Middle East negotiator. The complaint, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Wednesday, argues that courts should block Kushner from his role because he has…

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]]> Most Americans Say Trump’s Presidential Profits Are Illegal or Unethical https://truthout.org/articles/most-americans-say-trumps-presidential-profits-are-illegal-or-unethical/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:10:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341509 A strong majority of Americans believe that President Donald Trump is profiting illegally or unethically from his presidency, polling finds. AP-NORC poll results released Tuesday find that 41 percent of U.S. adults say that Trump has acted illegally in personally profiting from his position, while another 18 percent say that those actions are unethical, for a total of 59 percent. In contrast…

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]]> Meta Has Paid Far Right Accounts for Their Posts Ahead of the Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/meta-has-paid-far-right-accounts-for-their-posts-ahead-of-the-midterms/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:50:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341513 On September 14, far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, known online as Libs of Tiktok, attacked a Washington state high school on Facebook for displaying a Pride flag. “Hey Mercer Island High School, why does your profile photo display a mutilation flag??” she wrote, tagging the school’s account in the post and attaching a photo of the entrance. A few weeks before, on August 27…

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]]> As Inflation Goes Up, New Poll Shows 4 in 10 Struggle to Pay Basic Necessities https://truthout.org/articles/as-inflation-goes-up-new-poll-shows-4-in-10-struggle-to-pay-basic-necessities/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:48:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341507 The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows inflation has increased over the past month (and the year overall), as millions of Americans say they are struggling to make ends meet or pay for basic necessities. According to the CPI report, which was published on Wednesday, consumer prices shot up by 0.6 percent from August to September.

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]]> Progressives Shouldn’t Call on Trump to Restore Military Exercises in Korea https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-shouldnt-call-on-trump-to-restore-military-exercises-in-korea/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:02:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341508 The Korean Peninsula was thrust back into the spotlight this August following a surprise announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump that the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises would be partially cancelled. In his typical meandering style, Trump simultaneously claimed the decision stemmed from his “very good relationship” with Democratic People’s Republic of…

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]]> Trump’s New Press Sec Faces Scrutiny Over Lawyer Claims, Anti-Abortion Views https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-new-press-sec-faces-scrutiny-over-lawyer-claims-anti-abortion-views/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:42:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341498 Following White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia’s first appearance before the media on Tuesday, numerous aspects of her background have come to light — including her staunch anti-abortion views and that she may have lied about her résumé. Zacharia has claimed she is a lawyer, noting that she graduated from law school at Pepperdine University. However, no record of her passing a bar exam…

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]]> Trump Admin Killed Insider Trading Referral Probing Iran War-Related Oil Sales  https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-killed-insider-trading-referral-probing-iran-war-related-oil-sales/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:38:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341493 A Trump administration official intervened against an insider trading investigation into suspiciously timed oil sales made just minutes before a critical announcement by President Donald Trump related to the Iran war this March, new reporting finds. Analysts within the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal government’s regulator against abuses in derivatives markets…

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]]> Report Finds “Forever Chemicals” Pollute 83 Percent of 1,602 US Waterways Tested https://truthout.org/articles/report-finds-forever-chemicals-pollute-83-percent-of-1602-us-waterways-tested/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:36:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341504 If you swam, fished or paddled a lake or river in the US over the past couple of years, there’s a more than 80% chance the water contained toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new report. The report, published today by Environment America Research & Policy Center, found hotspots for the toxics, including the Mississippi River and Lake Ontario, and warns that this widespread pollution is…

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]]> Israeli Forces Raid Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections https://truthout.org/video/israeli-forces-raid-palestinian-ngos-in-the-west-bank-ahead-of-israeli-elections/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:08:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341501 Israeli forces have raided what they say are the offices of several Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials say a child was injured from Israeli gunfire, while others suffered from tear gas inhalation. At least one journalist was reportedly detained in the raids, which come four years after the forced closure of multiple NGOs that the Israeli government designated as…

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]]> Mike Rogers’s Wealth Soared as His Wife’s Firm Won Billion-Dollar Contracts https://truthout.org/articles/mike-rogerss-wealth-soared-as-his-wifes-firm-won-billion-dollar-contracts/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:30:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341496 Former US Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan, saw his personal wealth soar after he was named chair of the House Intelligence Committee in 2011, thanks in large part to his marriage to the CEO of a powerful military contracting firm. Financial disclosures reviewed by Drop Site News as part of an investigation published Tuesday show that Rogers had just $4,000-$60…

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]]> Netanyahu Orders Investigation and Prosecution of Israeli Soldiers in NAZA https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-orders-investigation-and-prosecution-of-israeli-soldiers-in-naza/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:24:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341499 NAZA reveals how Israel’s AI-based systems have been used to execute remote killings of thousands in Israel’s genocide.]]> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel’s attorney general and the heads of the Israeli military and Shin Bet security service to investigate the soldiers and officers interviewed anonymously in the documentary film NAZA. Netanyahu called Sunday for the agencies to identify “all those who are involved or appear in the libel film” and to prosecute them for “serious…

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]]> Supreme Court to Hear Trump Admin’s Arguments to Keep Musk’s DOGE Records Secret https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-to-hear-trump-arguments-to-keep-musks-doge-records-secret/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:35:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341494 On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Trump administration challenging a lawsuit that seeks access to records stemming from Elon Musk’s time leading the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE). DOGE was responsible for ripping through the budgets of several federal agencies last year, ostensibly in the name of cutting wasteful spending…

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]]> The Tech Oligarchs Have Captured Washington — Now They’re Pivoting to the States https://truthout.org/articles/the-tech-oligarchs-have-captured-washington-now-theyre-pivoting-to-the-states/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:58:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341489 Late last month, the wealthiest tech executives on the planet smiled next to President Donald Trump after essentially pinky-swearing they would voluntarily adopt safety policies around AI. While Trump described the agreement as “morally binding,” legal liability or enforcement measures were not explicit parts of the accord. The key takeaway from this handshake deal is that the people with the most…

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]]> Trump’s Mass Deportation Push May Cut Retirees’ Social Security by $2k Annually https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-mass-deportation-push-may-cut-retirees-social-security-by-2k-annually/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:41:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341487 The average retiree will soon see average cuts of over $2,000 to their annual Social Security benefits if the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is continued, according to a new report on the widespread economic consequences of the president’s inhumane agenda. By 2034, retirees’ benefits may be cut by 8.6 percent, or an average of $2,152 per year, as a result of the loss of tax…

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]]> Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP https://truthout.org/articles/rep-delia-ramirez-introduces-landmark-bill-to-abolish-dhs-ice-and-cbp/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:39:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340936 Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-Illinois) has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights. The wide-ranging legislation, dubbed the Reimagining Safety Act, would repeal the Homeland Security Act.

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]]> Report: Trump Is Having Second Thoughts About Livestreaming Military Execution https://truthout.org/articles/report-trump-is-having-second-thoughts-about-livestreaming-military-execution/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:03:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341482 President Donald Trump is reportedly asking advisors if he should go through with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream a military execution later this year. Trump has publicly indicated that he’ll make a final decision on the matter soon. “There are two thoughts: don’t show it and show it,” Trump said. “Because, you know, by showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing…

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]]> Trump Admin Is Reportedly Offering Children as Young as 5 $3,000 to Self-Deport https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-is-reportedly-offering-children-as-young-as-5-3000-to-self-deport/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:46:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341471 ICE is offering children as young as 5 years old $3,000 “incentives” to voluntarily depart the country, legal advocates have reported, as the Trump administration works to separate immigrant families under the hammer of their mass deportation machine. Bloomberg Law first reported on the offers, citing attorneys and immigrant advocacy groups who say that the offers are sometimes given to…

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]]> Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment Held in Solitary Confinement https://truthout.org/articles/air-force-major-who-called-for-trumps-impeachment-held-in-solitary-confinement/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:58:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341481 Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested July 1 on the steps of the US Capitol after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. According to his lawyer, he’s now being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day in what some legal experts say could amount to illegal pretrial punishment. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) contains provisions barring officers from engaging…

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]]> Trump’s Genocidal Rhetoric on Iran Deserves Legal Consequences, Scholars Say https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-genocidal-rhetoric-on-iran-deserves-legal-consequences-scholars-say/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:52:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341484 US President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran have become so frequent that they often don’t make headlines. One recent exception, though, was during his 38-minute speech at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly on September 22, in which Trump mentioned Iran 17 times. “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?

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]]> Elon Musk Becomes the Largest Known Donor to This Year’s Midterms https://truthout.org/video/elon-musk-becomes-the-largest-known-donor-to-this-years-midterms/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:44:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341479 Musk, discusses the rise of the world’s first trillionaire.]]> We speak with the Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk, an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire and how he has amassed unprecedented power in business, technology and politics. The film traces Elon Musk’s early ventures and the rise of SpaceX and Tesla, examining the role of government support in their growth.

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]]> Meet the Right-Wing Activists Urging Trump to Take Extreme Action in Elections https://truthout.org/articles/meet-the-right-wing-activists-urging-trump-to-take-extreme-action-in-elections/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:46:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341476 Since being released early from prison in June, former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters has been granted extraordinary access to the halls of power in Washington. Peters said she has traveled to Washington seven times, visited the White House at least twice, and met with senior officials at the Justice and Commerce departments — remarkable access for someone on parole after a 2024 felony…

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]]> US Measles Cases Top 4,200 as Pennsylvania Reports Sixth Death Related to Virus https://truthout.org/articles/us-measles-cases-top-4200-as-pennsylvania-reports-sixth-death-related-to-virus/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:29:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341473 Health officials in Pennsylvania have announced another death related to measles, the sixth overall in the state and the U.S. since the beginning of this year. Officials identified the person who died as a 39-year-old woman from Franklin County. The individual was reportedly not vaccinated against the virus. The county coroner described the cause of death as a “probable acute cardiac event…

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]]> Emergency Care for Christa Pike Was Delayed After Prison Botched 911 Call https://truthout.org/articles/emergency-care-for-christa-pike-was-delayed-after-prison-botched-911-call/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:07:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341462 Newly released 911 calls show that prison officials neglected to provide basic details when calling for emergency care for Christa Pike after Tennessee officials botched her execution last week. Emergency dispatchers were left scrambling after the prison official who made the first 911 call, roughly an hour after the lethal injection process began, was unable to provide the code for the…

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]]> Tablets Make Communication Easier Behind Bars — But Deaf People Are Left Behind https://truthout.org/articles/tablets-make-communication-easier-behind-bars-but-deaf-people-are-left-behind/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:52:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341464 Tablet computers have revolutionized communication inside prisons for hearing prisoners. Prison systems from across the country — including in New York, California, and Illinois — have distributed tens of thousands of tablets to incarcerated people, which they can use to call home, watch movies, message loved ones, or attend virtual classes (although they are often charged predatory fees for…

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]]> At Least 39 Data Center Measures Will Be on the Ballot This Year in 8 States https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-39-data-center-measures-will-be-on-the-ballot-this-year-in-8-states/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:21:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341465 In the course of a single election cycle, the backlash against data centers has grown from an issue at local planning commission and city council meetings to become a flashpoint in state and federal races across the country. Candidates who once touted data centers as an economic boon have backtracked, and voters in at least three dozen cities, counties and townships will consider ballot…

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]]> Leaked Audio Features MI GOP Candidate Rogers Mocking Affordability Concerns https://truthout.org/articles/leaked-audio-features-mi-gop-candidate-rogers-mocking-affordability-concerns/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:48:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341460 In newly unearthed audio, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers (Michigan) appears to dismiss one of the top issues motivating voters in this year’s midterm races: affordability. In a radio interview from January, Rogers blasted Democrats for highlighting the fact that Americans are facing higher consumer prices on myriad goods and services. “They [Democrats] say…

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]]> Tens of Thousands Protest in India Against Modi Government’s Voter Roll Purges https://truthout.org/video/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-india-against-modi-governments-voter-roll-purges/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:07:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341454 Tens of thousands of people in India have taken to the streets in recent days to protest the deletion of 130 million names from the voter rolls, a large majority of which are believed to be opposed to Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party. The demonstrations, joined by leaders from India’s opposition parties, are being led by students and the youth-led “Cockroach” movement. Tens of thousands of…

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]]> Trump Escalates Attacks on Ilhan Omar With Federal Raid on Her Home https://truthout.org/articles/trump-escalates-attacks-on-ilhan-omar-with-federal-raid-on-her-home/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:10:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341451 Following years of threats from President Donald Trump and other Republicans to deport Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota congresswoman’s Washington, DC home was raided on Monday morning by agents with the Department of Homeland Security. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed that the raid was carried out as part of a judicially authorized warrant, which it said was part of an ongoing…

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]]> Post Office and Election Officials Urge Voters to Mail Ballots Before Deadlines https://truthout.org/articles/post-office-and-election-officials-urge-voters-to-mail-ballots-before-deadlines/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:09:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341449 The U.S. Postal Service had enough problems even before President Donald Trump tried to transform the agency into a de facto election regulation hub that would have had the power to reject ballots heading to voters this November. That plan was quashed by the Supreme Court after a tumultuous legal battle. But that hasn’t taken the spotlight off the Postal Service, which is still facing a lot…

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]]> Measles in Pregnancy Care Is a Novel Concern for Many US Doctors Amid Outbreak https://truthout.org/articles/measles-in-pregnancy-care-is-a-novel-concern-for-many-us-doctors-amid-outbreak/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:44:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341447 A deadly measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, which has infected more than 975 people this year and been linked to five deaths, has also infected at least 50 pregnant women in the state. Doctors in outbreak areas are making changes to how they care for pregnant patients and their babies, offering a glimpse of what may be in store across the nation as cases spread. Among the deaths were two…

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]]> Indigenous People Are Resisting Erasure From Schools, Media, and Our Land  https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-people-are-resisting-erasure-from-schools-media-and-our-land/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:07:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341402 On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that the Indigenous Lucayan people called Guanahani. He continued on to Cuba and Hispaniola and, on later voyages, to other parts of the Caribbean, but he never set foot in what is now the continental United States. It makes little sense for a country to honor a man who never reached it, and even less to credit him with…

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]]> Indigenous Community Quickly Mobilized as Fire Raged on Oregon Reservation https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-community-quickly-mobilized-as-fire-raged-on-oregon-reservation/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:42:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341409 The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are still reeling from the Bench Fire, which tore through more than 60,000 acres of the reservation in north central Oregon in July and August, but Indigenous activists are working hard to provide for the community amid an ongoing water crisis with limited state resources. Wildfires continue to grow more prevalent as a result of global warming…

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]]> Mormon Church Donates $1 Million to Fight Idaho Abortion Rights Ballot Measure https://truthout.org/articles/mormon-church-donates-1-million-to-fight-idaho-abortion-rights-ballot-measure/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:51:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341438 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated $1 million to an Idaho political action committee, or PAC, opposing the abortion rights initiative on the ballot this November. The donation went to the Too Extreme for Idaho Political Action Committee, which opposes the initiative. “While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remains neutral toward political…

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]]> Trump Health Officials Have Been Consulting AI Executives in a Private Chatroom https://truthout.org/articles/trump-health-officials-have-been-consulting-ai-executives-in-a-private-chatroom/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:47:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341424 A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and other artificial intelligence-powered tools to manage their healthcare and medical records. As that campaign has unfolded, administration officials have granted tech companies an unusual opportunity to…

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]]> Coalition Files Emergency Petition to Stop Trump FCC’s Media Consolidation Spree https://truthout.org/articles/coalition-files-emergency-petition-to-stop-trump-fccs-media-consolidation-spree/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:45:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341433 A coalition of nonprofit groups and labor unions filed an emergency petition on Friday aimed at blocking the Federal Communications Commission’s recent repeal of a decades-old rule that limited consolidation among television broadcasters, a move that would allow media conglomerates to seize even more control over local news stations. The petition states that the Republican-controlled FCC’s…

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]]> Extreme Weather Disasters Cost Hundreds of Billions. Let’s Make Polluters Pay. https://truthout.org/articles/extreme-weather-disasters-cost-hundreds-of-billions-lets-make-polluters-pay/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:43:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341374 One of the most visible consequences of global warming is the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as the powerful nor’easter that hammered the East Coast and mid-Atlantic for several days in late September with heavy rain, winds, and flooding. Indeed, a wide array of scientific studies over the past couple of decades have shown how human-caused climate change affects…

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]]> I Carry the Key to My Destroyed Home in Gaza to Keep Alive My Dream of Returning https://truthout.org/articles/i-carry-the-key-to-my-destroyed-home-in-gaza-to-keep-alive-my-dream-of-returning/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:41:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341376 On the night of March 18, 2025, while we were observing Ramadan, my family and I woke to the sound of very loud explosions, one after another. We all woke up frightened and began asking my father, “What happened? Has the war returned?” My father did not answer. No one knew anything. We stayed together, waiting for morning, not knowing what was happening. We had not expected the…

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]]> Outside Groups Have Spent Nearly $2 Billion on Campaigns This Election Cycle https://truthout.org/articles/outside-groups-have-spent-nearly-2-billion-on-campaigns-this-election-cycle/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:13:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341420 Outside groups have poured nearly $2 billion into this election cycle with weeks of spending still to come, and a small cluster of groups is responsible for a growing share of that money. The top six outside groups — the Senate Leadership Fund, Texas PAC, No Going Back PAC, WinSenate PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund and Americans for Prosperity Action — spent more than $60 million…

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]]> Shawn Fain’s Victory in United Auto Workers Elections Keeps Union on New Course https://truthout.org/articles/shawn-fains-victory-in-united-auto-workers-elections-keeps-union-on-new-course/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:11:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341442 United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has won a second four-year term, with an overwhelming lead in member balloting for the union’s top officers. The election was a referendum on the new fighting direction Fain has taken the union by leading 2023’s Stand-Up Strike against the Big 3 automakers, other bold contract fights, and new organizing campaigns. It marks the second time members…

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]]> Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Files New Lawsuit to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline https://truthout.org/articles/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-files-new-lawsuit-to-shut-down-dakota-access-pipeline/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:15:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341435 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday filed a new lawsuit to try to shut down the Dakota Access oil pipeline, continuing a decadelong battle over the project. The tribe filed the case in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and three federal officials of those agencies.

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]]> A Shadow of Fear Hangs Over Gazans Amid Israeli Defense Minister’s Threats https://truthout.org/articles/a-shadow-of-fear-hangs-over-gazans-amid-israeli-defense-ministers-threats/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:59:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341373 We are about to close out three years and enter another since Israel invaded Gaza, but we are not leaving the war behind to begin a new life. We are entering yet another year without knowing when this war will end — or whether it will end at all. The fear remains. The destruction remains. The threats remain. It feels as though each passing year does not bring us closer to an end…

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]]> Thwarted in Courts, Trump DOJ Increases Pressure on States to Obtain Voter Rolls https://truthout.org/articles/thwarted-in-courts-trump-doj-increases-pressure-on-states-to-obtain-voter-rolls/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:57:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341405 The upcoming midterm elections seem destined to serve as a bellwether for the state of democracy in this deeply fraught period of U.S. electoral history. The results will be interpreted as a referendum on the catastrophically unpopular second Trump administration and will determine much of the legislative landscape over the next two years. Substantial Democratic victories could significantly…

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]]> Trump Administration, Accused of Crimes Against Humanity, Sanctions Entire ICC https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity-sanctions-entire-icc/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:43:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341406 Trump administration officials, facing numerous allegations of war crimes in its actions ranging from Iran to Cuba, issued punishing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday that threaten the future of the entire body and its work to hold war criminals and genocidaires to account. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, fresh off of his ultra-nationalist speech at the…

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]]> Trump Bought Millions in SpaceX Bonds, Then Eased Space Travel Regulations https://truthout.org/articles/trump-bought-millions-in-spacex-bonds-then-eased-space-travel-regulations/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:18:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341411 President Donald Trump made over 500 stock trades in the month of August, recent filings show, including millions of dollars in bonds purchased for SpaceX, just days before the administration loosened regulations that would have affected the company. According to the most recent disclosures from Trump, the president purchased bonds from the company worth at least $1 million and up to $5…

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]]> Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Jurist Who Led UN Inquiry Into Genocide in Gaza https://truthout.org/video/nobel-peace-prize-awarded-to-jurist-who-led-un-inquiry-into-genocide-in-gaza/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:55:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341407 The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the South African jurist who led the United Nations commission of inquiry that concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Pillay’s long career in international human rights law includes work as a defense attorney for anti-apartheid activists, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda…

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]]> Alleged Murder by US Marine Sparks Outrage at Military Presence in Okinawa https://truthout.org/articles/alleged-murder-by-us-marine-sparks-outrage-at-military-presence-in-okinawa/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:51:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341403 The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution calling for a formal review of its Status of Forces agreement with the US military amid outrage over the alleged murder of local woman by an American Marine. As reported by Kyodo News, the assembly passed the resolution by an overwhelming margin, with 45 members in favor and just two opposed. According to Kyodo News…

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]]> Trump Openly Incites Race War, Calling for “Fight” Against Somalis in Minnesota https://truthout.org/articles/trump-openly-incites-race-war-calling-for-fight-against-somalis-in-minnesota/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:25:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341380 President Donald Trump encouraged people in Minnesota to “fight” against Somali immigrants in the state on Thursday, openly inciting race war in some of his most violent rhetoric against Somalis yet. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that Somali immigrants are “tak[ing] over” Minnesota, invoking white supremacist rhetoric and calling on others in the state to “fight back.

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]]> Destruction of Archives and Property Records Lays Ground for Land Theft in Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/destruction-of-archives-and-property-records-lays-ground-for-land-theft-in-gaza/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:13:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341372 Inside a rented house in the Saraya area, west of Gaza City, 50-year-old Rami Karaja sat talking about a home he can no longer reach and documents he can no longer retrieve. At the end of April 2025, Karaja’s home in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood was bombed. Among the many things his family lost are the property deeds to the house, which are still buried beneath the rubble.

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]]> Mike Johnson Suggests He’ll Quit Congress If Voters Reject GOP in Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/mike-johnson-suggests-hell-quit-congress-if-voters-reject-gop-in-midterms/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:18:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341399 In a Fox News interview that aired earlier this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) indicated that he might retire from the House of Representatives altogether if Republicans failed to retain control of Congress following this year’s midterm elections. The statement is a stark departure from his previous comments this year, in which the speaker indicated little possibility…

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]]> We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-move-beyond-the-era-of-state-sponsored-state-celebrated-murder/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:07:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341379 Christa Pike woke up on October 6 in a Tennessee hospital with a blood clot and pneumonia, handcuffed and shackled to her bed, having become the first known person to survive an execution via lethal injection. On September 30, the state of Tennessee tried to murder Pike. Instead, it put her through an hour and a half of difficulty breathing as she intermittently gasped for air and was eventually…

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]]> TN Court Rules Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans https://truthout.org/articles/tn-court-rules-killing-of-woman-may-have-been-justifiable-because-she-was-trans/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:05:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341384 Paris Lee was shot six times and killed by Samuel Ward Jr.; this is an indisputable fact. Ward was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in May 2025. He claimed it was self-defense, but the jury didn’t buy it. This week, however, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction. A three-judge panel declared that the jury was under the impression Lee was cisgender…

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]]> Martin Soto, Organizer of Delaney Hall Hunger Strike, Released After 8 Months https://truthout.org/articles/martin-soto-organizer-of-delaney-hall-hunger-strike-released-after-8-months/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:22:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341369 Martin Soto, who helped lead a hunger strike at Delaney Hall immigration jail in Newark, New Jersey, earlier this year, was released from detention with an ankle monitor on Tuesday evening. Martin was released after U.S. District Court Judge Jamel Semper ruled that his detention was illegal, citing the conditions of his confinement, his deteriorating mental health, and lack of sufficient…

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]]> Protests Erupt in New York City After ICE Agent Shoots Father in the Bronx https://truthout.org/articles/protests-erupt-in-new-york-city-after-ice-agent-shoots-man-in-the-bronx/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:17:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341375 A federal immigration officer shot a man Thursday afternoon in New York’s Marble Hill neighborhood, according to police, eyewitnesses and the Department of Homeland Security, in an incident that drew swift rebuke from elected officials and a crowd of spontaneous protesters late Thursday night. The man was treated at a nearby hospital for a gunshot wound to the neck, officials said.

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]]> Trump, Facing Sinking Approval on Earth, Sets Sights on Colonizing the Moon https://truthout.org/articles/trump-facing-sinking-approval-on-earth-sets-sights-on-colonizing-the-moon/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:18:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341366 This week, President Donald Trump — facing increasingly worse approval ratings on issues ranging from the Iran war to immigration — is touting a U.S. program to colonize the moon. “Under NASA’s Artemis program, American astronauts will soon return to establish a permanent American presence on the moon,” Trump said, in remarks unveiling a supposed “New Golden Age” of science initiatives on…

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]]> FBI Adds Torture Charges Against Maduro as US Faces Questions Over Its Abuses https://truthout.org/articles/fbi-adds-torture-charges-against-maduro-as-us-faces-questions-over-its-abuses/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:06:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341367 FBI Director Kash Patel announced additional charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, alleging that both have committed crimes relating to torture. Patel announced the new charges in a post on X on Thursday. The two were already indicted on separate charges relating to drug trafficking and firearms shortly after the U.S. invasion of Venezuela that…

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]]> JD Vance Defines Socialism in US as Replacing Americans “With Foreign Workers” https://truthout.org/articles/jd-vance-defines-socialism-in-us-as-replacing-americans-with-foreign-workers/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:31:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341349 When asked to define socialism on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance said that the rising left-wing ideology means a desire to “replace American workers with foreign workers” — a bizarre response coming from an administration that has made anti-socialist policies one of its central priorities. Vance spoke to the press about the Trump administration’s announcement on Thursday that it is…

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]]> Mississippi Is in Danger of Executing Woman on Death Row, Despite Key Evidence https://truthout.org/articles/mississippi-is-in-danger-of-executing-woman-on-death-row-despite-key-evidence/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:22:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341365 Lisa Jo Chamberlin’s life has always been a tangle of drug use, abuse, and extreme violence. Her mother drank and used Sudafed heavily during her pregnancy. As a result, Chamberlin was born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a group of medical conditions, including poor reasoning and judgment skills, learning disabilities, and intellectual disability, that occur when a fetus is exposed…

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]]> Trump’s Gutting of the Endangered Species Act Will Imperil Hundreds of Species https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-gutting-of-the-endangered-species-act-will-imperil-hundreds-of-species/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:02:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341361 The Supreme Court once billed the Endangered Species Act as “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation.” Federal protections have been key to saving nearly 300 U.S. species — including the bald eagle, American alligator, and grizzly bear — from permanent extinction. Each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…

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]]> Border Patrol Unleashes Violence on Protesters Over Trump’s Border Wall https://truthout.org/articles/border-patrol-unleashes-violence-on-protesters-over-trumps-border-wall/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341358 Since construction began on President Donald Trump’s border wall in haste on October 5, federal agents have clashed with land defenders and arrested roughly two dozen activists who camped out on private land to protest the destruction of fragile desert ecosystems on both sides of the imaginary line that separates Mexico from the tiny town of Lochiel, Arizona. The protest received media…

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]]> Throughout US War on Afghanistan, “We Could Clearly See Failure Was Coming” https://truthout.org/video/throughout-us-war-on-afghanistan-we-could-clearly-see-failure-was-coming/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:54:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341351 This week marks 25 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, the beginning of what would become the longest war in U.S. history. After installing a pro-Western government in Kabul in December 2001, U.S. and other NATO troops would remain in the country for the next two decades battling a stubborn insurgency — until a chaotic U.S. withdrawal in August 2021 that saw the Taliban return to…

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]]> US Embassy Aide Suppressed Report on Israeli Killings of Americans in West Bank https://truthout.org/articles/us-embassy-aide-suppressed-report-on-israeli-killings-of-americans-in-west-bank/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:26:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341345 A Senate request for information on the Israeli killings of Americans in the occupied West Bank was recently blocked by a top aide to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, David Milstein — a pro-Israel extremist who has quietly taken over a huge breadth of U.S. policy decisions on the genocidal state. In March, a group of more than 30 senators, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland)…

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]]> Trump Approves WI Disaster Aid, Credits GOP Candidate Rather Than Actual Governor https://truthout.org/articles/trump-approves-wi-disaster-aid-credits-gop-candidate-rather-than-actual-governor/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:58:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341354 President Donald Trump announced disaster aid for the state of Wisconsin on Wednesday in a decidedly partisan manner, crediting a Republican candidate in the state’s gubernatorial race rather than Wisconsin’s current Democratic governor, who originally made the request for aid. “I just spoke with Tom Tiffany, who has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Governor of the Great…

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]]> Judge Orders Trump Admin to Return Phoenix Man Deported to Equatorial Guinea https://truthout.org/articles/judge-orders-trump-admin-to-return-phoenix-man-deported-to-equatorial-guinea/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:08:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341340 A lawyer for Ahmed Soliman, a 31-year-old Phoenix man who has been arbitrarily detained in Equatorial Guinea since April, when US immigration agents forced him onto a plane under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy, expressed cautious optimism and relief on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled that the Department of Homeland Security must return Soliman to the United…

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]]> Trump Admits He Wants to Privatize Social Security https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admits-he-wants-to-privatize-social-security/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:19:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341343 In remarks to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump admitted that he wanted to push for privatizing Social Security in his first term in office, contradicting campaign promises he made in 2016 and earlier that he wouldn’t touch the popular social safety net program. “I wanted to ride with Social Security being fully invested in the stock market, in the first month…

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]]> As French Police Teargas Students, Trump Blames Protests on “Mass Migration” https://truthout.org/articles/as-french-police-teargas-students-trump-blames-protests-on-mass-migration/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:18:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341341 On Tuesday, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to smear the student mobilizations spreading across France as caused by “out of control mass migration” and “Islam wanting to take over.” Other right-wing politicians and commentators echoed these spurious claims. “This will come to America if the Democrats take power again,” claimed right-wing commentator Dave Rubin on…

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]]> Trump Has Granted $6B in Contracts to Arms Makers His Sons Have Invested In https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-granted-6b-in-contracts-to-arms-makers-his-sons-have-invested-in/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:15:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341336 Military contractors with investments from President Donald Trump’s sons have raked in billions of dollars in government deals and contracts since June 2025, when their venture capital company first obtained a major stake in military technology company Anduril, new reporting finds. Last year, 1789 Capital, of which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, invested $2.5 billion into Anduril.

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]]> Children Born in Gaza Over Last 3 Years Have No Memory of World Before Genocide https://truthout.org/articles/children-born-in-gaza-over-last-3-years-have-no-memory-of-world-before-genocide/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:22:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341330 When I left Gaza in 2024, after six months of living through genocide, I wanted one thing above all else: to spare my only child a life spent permanently at war. I did not want him to grow up believing that the whole world looked like Gaza. But I left more than fifteen nieces and nephews behind. Many were still too young to understand the world they had been born into. They were learning what…

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]]> The War on Afghanistan Was Launched 25 Years Ago. It Still Hasn’t Ended. https://truthout.org/articles/the-war-on-afghanistan-was-launched-25-years-ago-it-still-hasnt-ended/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:17:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341329 “There were nights full of terror. Our village was bombed constantly,” says Zalmay Khan. Afterward, he goes to pray. Because of his wounds, he cannot kneel, so he prays sitting down. Khan is in his early twenties and now works as a Taliban intelligence officer. As a boy, he says, he learned to read the sky before he learned to read words. His village in Wardak province, near Kabul, was bombed…

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]]> Tlaib, Democrats Call for Israel to Release Palestinian Doctors From Detention https://truthout.org/articles/tlaib-democrats-call-for-israel-to-release-palestinian-doctors-from-detention/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:04:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341328 A group of House Democrats has called for Israel to release hundreds of health care workers, including physicians like Hussam Abu Safiya, from detention as Israel’s genocide in Gaza reaches into its fourth year. Six Democrats, led by Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (Illinois), released a joint statement on Tuesday condemning Israel for its “systematic persecution” of Palestinian health care workers…

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]]> VA Ballot Measure Would Restore Formerly Incarcerated People’s Voting Rights https://truthout.org/articles/va-ballot-measure-would-restore-formerly-incarcerated-peoples-voting-rights/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:45:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341332 Quadaire Patterson will vote for the first time this fall, a fact that brought a smile to his face on a recent afternoon as his 1-year-old daughter Trinity frolicked around the living room of the Henrico County home he shares with his wife. He said he has been thinking about how future elections can shape Trinity’s future. But presently, he is eager to vote for a proposed amendment that…

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]]> Humanitarian Workers Keep at “Noble Mission” Despite Risks, Gaza Journalist Says https://truthout.org/video/humanitarian-workers-keep-at-noble-mission-despite-risks-gaza-journalist-says/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:13:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341324 In Gaza, October 7, 2023, is viewed as the beginning of the genocide. Over the past three years, Israel killed over 74,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, but many believe that number is a vast undercount. The killing continues despite a so-called ceasefire that took effect about a year ago. “Every single aspect of the life of the people of Gaza has changed once and forever,”…

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]]> Democrat Opens Probe Into Kushner’s Firm’s Stake in Israeli Military https://truthout.org/articles/democrat-opens-probe-into-kushners-firms-stake-in-israeli-military/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:03:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341311 The top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee has opened a probe into Jared Kushner and his private equity firm’s stake in Israeli military suppliers, raising concerns over “significant conflicts of interest” as Kushner serves as a top Middle East negotiator for the Trump administration. In an inquiry addressed to Kushner sent Monday, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) demanded…

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]]> Paxton Audio Reveals He Thinks Trump’s Policies Are “Dragging” Down His Campaign https://truthout.org/articles/paxton-audio-reveals-he-thinks-trumps-policies-are-dragging-down-his-campaign/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:42:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341309 Newly unearthed audio of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) reveals his frustration with President Donald Trump and his policies, which he views as dragging down his own campaign for U.S. senator. The leaked audio, obtained by Axios, was recorded at a closed-door fundraising event in Washington, D.C. In the recording, Paxton complained that he doesn’t “make the decisions” that…

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