Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:42:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 Iran Pushes for A Negotiated End to War After Trump Rejects Ceasefire Proposal https://truthout.org/articles/iran-pushes-for-a-negotiated-end-to-war-after-trump-rejects-ceasefire-proposal/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:42:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341040 As U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rejected Iran’s proposal for a ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz this weekend, the Iranian foreign minister reiterated that “there is no alternative to a negotiated solution.” “There’s always hope for diplomacy,” though the Trump-led United States has been an untrustworthy negotiator, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said during a Sunday…

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]]> Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation https://truthout.org/articles/staying-grounded-in-the-face-of-voter-intimidation/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:39:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341038 The ophthalmologist said he was going to touch my eyeball, then tilted my exam chair back in the darkness. I felt my body brace as movie torture scenes flashed through my mind. I noticed that I wasn’t breathing, so I practiced inhaling through my nose, and exhaling as steadily as I could for the rest of the exam. Noticing our bodies and breathing intentionally may sound simple…

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]]> Florida Homeowners Are Paying the Price of a Broken Disaster System https://truthout.org/articles/florida-homeowners-are-paying-the-price-of-a-broken-disaster-system/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:14:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341036 Two years after the water came, Jen and RJ Garbowicz still own a piece of St. Petersburg. It is an empty lot on a bayou off Tampa Bay, nearly an acre, with a few concrete pilings jutting out of the ground where their house once stood. Hurricane Helene flooded it in September 2024. Hurricane Milton tore up the roof less than two weeks later. The couple had both flood and homeowners insurance.

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]]> “Restrictive Housing” Is Wielded as Punishment Against Trans People in Prison https://truthout.org/articles/restrictive-housing-is-wielded-as-punishment-against-trans-people-in-prison/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:52:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341000 Ever since Donald Trump returned to office, the LGBTQIA community’s human rights have been disregarded and we’ve had little protection against incursions from the government. As Trump incessantly tests the boundaries of power, the few rights trans people once had while incarcerated are now obsolete. Deep-red Texas, meanwhile, has dehumanized incarcerated trans people by depriving us of both…

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]]> Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons https://truthout.org/articles/incarcerated-women-are-pushing-for-decarceration-not-trauma-informed-prisons/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:43:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341021 As abolitionists across the United States push for decarceration, a backlash has emerged in the form of new prison construction, demonstrating the resiliency of mass incarceration. Several new women’s prisons are being built despite a growing chorus of voices arguing that prisons only inflict more harm on women who have already endured abuse and trauma. Last year, a new prison to hold nearly…

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]]> Missouri’s Abortion Rights Face a Second Vote in Two Years https://truthout.org/articles/missouris-abortion-rights-face-a-second-vote-in-two-years/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:49:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341029 Roe policies.]]> After Missouri voters added abortion protections to the state constitution in 2024, Kelly McCoomb decided to keep her yard sign supporting the measure in the basement of her suburban St. Louis home. Abortion access is important to McCoomb. She wants her daughter to grow up in a state where the option is available if needed, and the sign was a keepsake from the day Missourians voted to reverse…

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]]> Supreme Court Shuts Down Missouri’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-shuts-down-missouris-gerrymandered-congressional-map/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:08:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341027 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday drove a stake through the heart of Missouri’s undead congressional map, ordering it be buried for the year and for voters to cast ballots in the districts they’ve used the past two election cycles. In a unanimous decision, the court said that state law rules in the case. “In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map — not the 2025 map — must be used…

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]]> Israeli Attacks on Water Leave Palestinians in Masafer Yatta Struggling to Survive https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-attacks-on-water-leave-palestinians-in-masafer-yatta-struggling-to-survive/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:44:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341025 Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills, are facing repeated water cuts after Israeli settlers damaged infrastructure supplying water to families in the area. According to Hebron’s governor Khaled Dudin, this attack follows a persistent pattern of settlers directly targeting the water supply, now for the fifth time. Masafer Yatta is a 36-square-kilometer semi-desertic hilly…

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]]> The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum https://truthout.org/articles/the-movement-to-abolish-ice-is-gaining-momentum/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:46:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341024 Echoing activists across the country, the global human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on the United States government to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Emerging from the #Not1More campaign organized by undocumented activists and groups like Puente and Juntos in 2014, and gaining momentum with concerted organizing by grassroots groups such as Mijente…

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]]> Iranian American Organization Sues Trump to Demand End to War on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/iranian-american-organization-sues-trump-to-demand-end-to-war-on-iran/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:58:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340998 The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ongoing war on Iran. The organization filed the complaint on Thursday, asking a court to halt the U.S.’s military action against Iran and to declare the U.S.’s war on Iran unconstitutional. The lawsuit argues that Trump violated the Constitution’s war powers checks…

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]]> Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Celebrate Dismissal of Harsh Charges https://truthout.org/articles/pro-palestine-stanford-students-celebrate-dismissal-of-harsh-charges/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:54:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341011 This week a judge dismissed all the charges brought against a group of Stanford students for occupying the university president’s office in June 2024 to protest Stanford’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The judge also reduced the amount of restitution to roughly $52,000 total, which ended up being paid by an anonymous source. The September 21 decision came down despite the strenuous…

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]]> Over 100 Protesters Arrested at Peaceful Sit-In Ahead of Netanyahu’s UN Speech https://truthout.org/video/over-100-protesters-arrested-at-peaceful-sit-in-ahead-of-netanyahus-un-speech/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:01:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=341012 Over 100 protesters were arrested near the United Nations in New York on Thursday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the General Assembly. The sit-in, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, denounced Netanyahu for perpetrating a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, building more illegal settlements in the West Bank, occupying parts of Lebanon and bombing Iran alongside…

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]]> Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption https://truthout.org/articles/democrat-files-26-impeachment-articles-against-trump-over-war-ice-corruption/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:55:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341008 A House Democrat has filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, calling him the “most impeachable president” in U.S. history and accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors ranging from his war on Iran to his schemes to enrich himself and his allies while in office. House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Steve Cohen, of Tennessee, introduced 26 impeachment articles on…

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]]> DHS Claim of 16K Noncitizen Voters in Nevada Falls to 0 After State Inquiry https://truthout.org/articles/dhs-claim-of-16k-noncitizen-voters-in-nevada-falls-to-zero-after-state-inquiry/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:16:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341006 An estimate from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the number of noncitizen residents registered to vote in Nevada has dropped from an initial claim of nearly 16,000, down to 185, and eventually to zero, just weeks after President Donald Trump cited the claim during a campaign rally in a push to purge several states’ voter rolls. DHS officials initially informed Nevada election…

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]]> Forced Psychiatric Care Can Feel Like a “Forever Sentence,” Victims Say https://truthout.org/articles/forced-psychiatric-care-can-feel-like-a-forever-sentence-victims-say/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:53:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340997 Involuntary psychiatric treatment is a cornerstone of Donald Trump’s mental health policy, and liberal governors like Gavin Newsom, Kathy Hochul, and Wes Moore have also increasingly embraced coercive approaches to mental health care. Yet a central question often goes unaddressed by the lawmakers putting forth these policies: What happens when we force people to accept psychiatric care via court…

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]]> Poll: Approval of Socialism at Record High as Capitalist Principles Hit New Lows https://truthout.org/articles/poll-approval-of-socialism-at-record-high-as-capitalist-principles-hit-new-lows/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:46:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340991 New polling finds that Americans approve of socialism more than ever, surpassing the 40 percent threshold for the first time in a Gallup survey as left-wing ideas and politicians surge in popularity. According to Gallup polling conducted last month, 43 percent of Americans say they have a positive view of socialism. In Gallup’s 16 years of polling this question, the proportion of Americans…

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]]> The Billionaire Tax Could Be Defeated by 2 Other Tax Measures — Here’s How https://truthout.org/articles/the-billionaire-tax-could-be-defeated-by-2-other-tax-measures-heres-how/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:32:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=341004 California voters will soon decide whether to tax billionaires — but even if a majority says yes, the measure could still lose to either of two billionaire-funded measures designed to cancel it out. The billionaire-backed group Building a Better California designed two countermeasures to undermine the wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it. Recent polling shows slim majorities…

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]]> Pesticide Linked to Cancer Pollutes 25 Percent of US River and Stream Miles https://truthout.org/articles/pesticide-linked-to-cancer-pollutes-25-percent-of-us-river-and-stream-miles/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:31:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340992 A cancer-linked pesticide banned in more than 60 countries around the world contaminates an estimated 25% of river and stream miles in the lower 48 US states, including many waterways used for drinking water, according to a new analysis. The analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity builds on evidence that atrazine — which is commonly used to grow corn, soybeans…

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]]> Processing Error Could Disenfranchise Tens of Thousands of Voters in Texas https://truthout.org/articles/processing-error-could-disenfranchise-tens-of-thousands-of-voters-in-texas/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:19:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340994 A massive backlog of voter registration applications in Texas could affect the outcome of local and state elections, including a contentious election involving a U.S. Senate seat. Public officials in the Republican-controlled state have not yet acknowledged what the error actually is. It’s also possible that the error could have affected elections from before the primary elections in March…

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]]> Fetterman Joins GOP to Block Iran War Powers Resolution — Again https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-joins-gop-to-block-iran-war-powers-resolution-again/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:13:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340990 Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat on Thursday to help Republicans in the US Senate vote down a resolution to end the “illegal” war of choice launched against Iran by President Donald Trump earlier this year. In the 49-50 vote, the Republican majority blocked the latest resolution calling for an end to the war. While four Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine…

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]]> Don’t Be Fooled: GOP Scuffle Over NIH Grants Doesn’t Mean Science Has Prevailed https://truthout.org/articles/dont-be-fooled-gop-scuffle-over-nih-grants-doesnt-mean-science-has-prevailed/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:05:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340983 Over the last two years, in an effort to stamp its ideology on the country’s premier academic and scientific institutions, the Trump administration has repeatedly moved to exert control over how grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are distributed. According to reporting by The New York Times and other outlets, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), led by Russell Vought…

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]]> Doctors and Hospitals in 3 Dozen States to See Lower Medicaid Payments https://truthout.org/articles/doctors-and-hospitals-in-3-dozen-states-to-see-lower-medicaid-payments/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:05:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340986 New federal rules likely will force three dozen states to reduce their annual Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals by a total of more than $50 billion — potentially shrinking the number of providers willing to see Medicaid patients, according to a new analysis. The analysis in the peer-reviewed Health Affairs estimates that the 17 states with the highest provider reimbursement rates…

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]]> Democrats Demand Answers on Trump Plan to Build Data Centers on Public Lands https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-demand-answers-on-trump-plan-to-build-data-centers-on-public-lands/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:15:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340982 In a letter sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday, a group of Democrats demanded answers on the Trump administration’s reported plans to construct at least a dozen data centers on public lands owned by the federal government. The letter to Burgum was spearheaded by House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Rep. Jared Huffman (D-California) and signed by 15 other Democrats.

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]]> A Radicalized Right-Wing Silicon Valley Is Shaping Trump’s AI Policies https://truthout.org/video/a-radicalized-silicon-valley-is-shaping-trumps-ai-policies/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:00:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=340980 Gilded Rage, discusses the influence of billionaire tech elites.]]> “One of the features we see in … a lot of the billionaire tech elites is a real kind of anger,” says Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley. “They’re angry at what they see as the excesses of woke culture and liberal and lefty politics. … And they’re angry that they don’t have free rein to enact the world they want to enact…

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]]> This Group Made Tech to Protect Users’ Privacy. Trump Labeled Them Terrorists. https://truthout.org/articles/this-group-made-tech-to-protect-users-privacy-trump-labeled-them-terrorists/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:53:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340978 When the government puts a target on your back, every corner of online organizing becomes a puzzle. How do you ensure that your emails are private, when Google will hand over the contents of your emails to prosecutors, sometimes without ever notifying you? How do you keep your comrades informed, when maintaining an email list poses a security risk? How do you share information online without…

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]]> “I Am the Code” — Trump’s Demands for Ballroom Led to First Architect Quitting https://truthout.org/articles/i-am-the-code-trumps-demands-for-ballroom-led-to-first-architect-quitting/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:24:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340976 James McCrery, the first architect hired to work on President Donald Trump’s ballroom project for the East Wing of the White House, resigned last year amid concerns that the president’s many demands for the construction project wouldn’t comply with safety codes. McCrery abruptly quit the project in October 2025. According to reporting from The Washington Post, McCrery’s decision to leave was…

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]]> Families and Witnesses to 5 ICE Killings Testify Before Congress https://truthout.org/articles/families-and-witnesses-to-five-ice-killings-testify-before-congress/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:23:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340973 On Tuesday, family members and witnesses of five people fatally shot by federal immigration agents testified at a public forum organized by congressional Democrats, calling for accountability for the killings. Family members of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Renee Good, Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, and Ruben Ray Martinez – all killed by ICE agents since 2025 – gave statements, as did a witness in…

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]]> Critics Slam Trump Propaganda Ad Paid for by the US Government as Illegal https://truthout.org/articles/critics-slam-trump-propaganda-ad-paid-for-by-the-us-government-as-illegal/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:53:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340971 The White House is being accused of violating federal law after it aired an ad glorifying President Donald Trump, which it explicitly said was “paid for by the US government.” The ad was first reported by CBS News Miami investigative reporter Jim DeFede, who saw it airing on Fox News Wednesday night. The 30-second spot features numerous videos and images of Trump, set to the song “Love…

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]]> Florida Files Lawsuit Against The New York Times for Alleged Anti-Israel Bias https://truthout.org/articles/florida-files-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-for-alleged-anti-israel-bias/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:08:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340967 The state of Florida filed a shareholder lawsuit Wednesday against The New York Times in a Manhattan state trial court, arguing its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict would harm shareholder value for the state’s agencies and public sector retirees. The named plaintiff is the Florida State Board of Administration (SBA), which oversees more than $276 billion in assets for state and local…

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]]> Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Press Ban, Says Journos’ Rights Likely Violated https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-trumps-white-house-press-ban-says-journos-rights-likely-violated/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:02:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340969 Update: After news organizations threatened to return to court to compel the White House to adhere to a recent judicial order to restore and honor their press passes, all three companies have reported that their journalists have been allowed to return to the building’s grounds. The original article appears below: A federal judge has ruled that media outlets suing the Trump administration over…

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]]> Pentagon Quietly Adds to US Death Toll From Iran War After Reports of Cover-Up https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-quietly-adds-to-us-death-toll-from-iran-war-after-reports-of-coverup/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:51:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340963 The Pentagon has quietly added one more U.S. fatality to its casualty counts amid the war on Iran, bringing the officially reported death toll to 19 people — while reports have suggested that the U.S. is covering up several more deaths. Department of Defense officials added the death to its public casualty database on Monday, but, as The Washington Post noted, had not announced the death…

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]]> Vaccine Expert Warns US’s 4 Reported Measles Deaths Are Likely a Vast Undercount https://truthout.org/video/vaccine-expert-warns-uss-4-reported-measles-deaths-are-likely-a-vast-undercount/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:10:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=340961 2026 is already the deadliest year for measles in the United States since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000. Four people died over the last month in Pennsylvania amid an ongoing outbreak in the state, which had not seen a measles-related death in at least 35 years. All four victims, including two infants, were unvaccinated (children do not receive their first dose of the measles vaccine…

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]]> Most Voters Support Impeaching Hegseth Over Iran War, Poll Finds https://truthout.org/articles/most-voters-support-impeaching-hegseth-over-iran-war-poll-finds/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:18:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340953 The majority of U.S. voters support impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s war on Iran, new polling finds. The Economist/YouGov found in a survey conducted September 18 to 21 that 51 percent of registered voters say that Hegseth should be impeached for “starting a war with Iran without authorization by Congress.” The opinion holds a double-digit…

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]]> Enbridge Builds Pipeline Bypass Following Largest Spill in Wisconsin’s History https://truthout.org/articles/enbridge-builds-pipeline-bypass-following-largest-spill-in-wisconsins-history/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:14:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340956 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) repeatedly requested Enbridge keep its Line 5 pipeline shut down following the largest oil and gas spill in state history on Aug. 25. Enbridge defied the requests. Without receiving the required permits, it built a new pipeline to bypass the rupture and restarted Line 5’s operations. Enbridge’s actions raise serious questions about the state’…

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]]> DOJ Cites “National Security” to Defend Trump’s White House Ban on News Outlets https://truthout.org/articles/doj-cites-national-security-to-defend-trumps-white-house-ban-on-news-outlets/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:11:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340951 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a legal filing on Tuesday arguing that President Donald Trump has the right to ban media outlets from the White House, dubiously citing issues of “national security.” Trump announced the ban — which affects CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — in a Truth Social post on Friday, claiming he was banning the outlets as a “result of their constant ‘reporting’…

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]]> Israel Damaged 82 Percent of Gaza’s Buildings. Collapses Are Burying Us Alive. https://truthout.org/articles/israel-damaged-82-percent-of-gazas-buildings-collapses-are-burying-us-alive/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:23:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340943 Khaled Al Soutari, who was inside the six-story residential building in western Gaza City that collapsed on September 16, is now sleeping on the street without a tent, devastated by the loss of 21 of his neighbors. “They were more than just neighbors to me,” Al Soutari told me when I interviewed him two days after the building collapse, sitting on the street with a group of his neighbors next…

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]]> Trump’s Final Battle to Sabotage the Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-final-battle-to-sabotage-the-midterms/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:57:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340942 After the 2020 presidential election that resulted in a clear victory for Joe Biden, Donald Trump tried mightily to overturn the outcome. He has persistently insisted to this day that he won and Biden lost. On January 6, 2021, Trump ordered then-Vice President Mike Pence to violate his constitutional duty to certify the duly elected electors before the joint session of Congress by counting only…

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]]> Women and Youth Are at the Forefront of the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation https://truthout.org/articles/women-and-youth-are-at-the-forefront-of-the-struggle-for-palestinian-liberation/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:49:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340935 I grew up in a household of women and children that, as my sisters and I matured, eventually became a household of only women. My father was frequently gone on long overseas business trips before his untimely death when I was seven. I often wonder if this is the reason the expression “women and children” strikes me as essentially flawed: It suggests that women and children are the more vulnerable…

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]]> Shooter of Palestinian College Students Convicted After 3 Years https://truthout.org/articles/shooter-of-palestinian-college-students-convicted-after-three-years/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:38:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340945 On Monday, a jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students in November 2023, concluding a case that highlights an increase in anti-Palestinian racism since October 7. On November 25, 2023, Eaton shot Kinnan Abdalhamid, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, and Hisham Awartani in Burlington, Vermont, after seeing them walk by his apartment. The three students…

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]]> Trump Attempts to Rebrand Artificial Intelligence as “Super Intelligence” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-attempts-to-rebrand-artificial-intelligence-as-super-intelligence/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:39:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340939 In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that he is renaming artificial intelligence, or AI, directing all U.S. agencies to call it “super intelligence” and encouraging the world community to follow suit. The proposed name change comes as public concerns are mounting regarding the technology’s unregulated expansion…

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]]> Report Warns Heat May Kill 451,000 People in First 9 Months of Super El Niño https://truthout.org/articles/report-warns-heat-may-kill-451000-people-in-first-9-months-of-super-el-nino/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:23:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340931 A report published Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab estimates that extreme heat fueled by this year’s “Super El Niño” event could kill more than 450,000 people in the coming months, in addition to deaths from drought, wildfires, and other extreme weather. The report notes that “anomalously warm conditions” caused by the record-shattering El Niño…

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]]> ICE “Disappears” Thousands Ordered to Be Deported From Detainee Locator https://truthout.org/articles/ice-disappears-thousands-ordered-to-be-deported-from-detainee-locator/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:04:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340923 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is removing the names of its detainees who are facing final deportation orders from its public online database. The move will disrupt detainees’ legal challenges to deportation and leave their whereabouts unknown to their lawyers and loved ones. The agency quietly removed thousands of people from its online detainee locator on September 15…

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]]> Judge Blocks Deportation of ICE Shooting Victim Wilber Rafael Garces Perez https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-deportation-of-ice-shooting-victim-wilber-rafael-garces-perez/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:46:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340924 The attorney representing Wilber Rafael Garces Perez said Tuesday that a federal judge had granted her emergency request to block the Trump administration from deporting the 28-year-old delivery driver, who was shot by an immigration agent Sunday and has since been transferred multiple times between hospitals and a detention center — all while the officer’s bullet reportedly remains lodged in his…

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]]> Trump Admin Boots 760K Individuals From ACA Exchanges, Citing Alleged Fraud https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-boots-760k-individuals-from-aca-exchanges-citing-alleged-fraud/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:41:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340918 Vice President J.D. Vance and Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, jointly announced on Tuesday a plan by the Trump administration to cancel coverage for hundreds of thousands of individuals and families currently enrolled in insurance exchanges within the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The administration will cancel around 315,000 ACA health plans…

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]]> Trump Threatens Iran With Genocide in Address to UN General Assembly https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-iran-with-genocide-in-address-to-un-general-assembly/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:04:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340908 President Donald Trump made his most openly genocidal threat yet to Iran on Tuesday, threatening to “annihilate” the country and its 92 million people with “no hope of survival.” In his opening address to the UN General Assembly in New York City, Trump asserted again that he is facing a choice on Iran about whether to make a deal “that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country.”…

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]]> Tennessee Is Days Away From Executing a Sexual Assault Victim https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-is-days-away-from-executing-a-sexual-assault-victim/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:46:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340920 Christa Pike was sexually abused and raped from the time when she was a toddler until almost a year to the day before she was arrested in 1995 at age 18 for murdering fellow teenager Colleen Slemmer when the two attended a job training program for troubled youth in Knoxville. Tennessee officials do not dispute these facts. “I think everybody in this courtroom wishes that those things had…

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]]> No English Test for You: Trump’s Campaign Against Iran Now Targets Education https://truthout.org/articles/no-english-test-for-you-trumps-campaign-against-iran-now-targets-education/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:45:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340917 As U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration tightens its repressive measures against Iran, Iranian students and applicants of English proficiency tests have become the latest targets of a campaign by the White House to severely constrain Iran’s connections with the rest of the world. With the war on Iran nearing the end of its seventh month, the U.S.-Israeli bombing operations have been…

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]]> Trump Compares AI Warnings to Past Climate Fears He Wrongly Says Were a “Hoax” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-compares-ai-warnings-to-past-climate-fears-he-wrongly-says-were-a-hoax/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:32:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340915 President Donald Trump has dismissed legitimate concerns about the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), comparing them to the “hoax” of the climate crisis. “The same people that said, ‘We’ll all be dead in twelve years because of Global Warming’ … are the people that are now saying that AI is going to kill us, that robots are going to attack us, and everything is a DISASTER…

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]]> Trump Administration Aims to “Asphyxiate” Cuba Into Submission, Diplomat Says https://truthout.org/video/trump-administration-aims-to-asphyxiate-cuba-into-submission-diplomat-says/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:34:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=340906 As the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York, we speak with senior Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who says the Trump administration is seeking to “asphyxiate the people of Cuba into submission.” On Friday, millions in Cuba lost power in what was at least the sixth major blackout since President Trump cut off fuel shipments to the island in January. The fuel blockade comes…

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]]> Senator Says European Nations Must Sanction Trump, Rubio Before US Wrecks ICC https://truthout.org/articles/senator-says-european-nations-must-sanction-trump-rubio-before-us-wrecks-icc/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:07:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340900 A U.S. senator has called on foreign leaders to impose sanctions on top U.S. officials as the Trump administration wages a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC). Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) said that, if they “have any self-respect,” nations party to the ICC would take steps to stop the Trump administration’s meddling. It is extraordinary for such a call to come…

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]]> NYC Announces Largest Food Delivery Worker Settlement Ever Reached in US https://truthout.org/articles/nyc-announces-largest-food-delivery-worker-settlement-ever-reached-in-us/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:32:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340902 Immigrant delivery workers have long alleged that DoorDash has shortchanged them out of their hard-earned wages. Now, the city has announced a historic settlement that aims to make them square — and then some. On Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Samuel Levine announced a $131.5 million settlement agreement with DoorDash for…

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]]> Mass Protest Planned Against Netanyahu’s UN Speech in NYC Thursday https://truthout.org/articles/mass-protest-planned-against-netanyahus-un-speech-in-nyc-thursday/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:11:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340899 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in New York City on Thursday for the UN General Assembly — where he is expected to defend his warmongering in Iran and Gaza in a speech during the afternoon. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has presided over the nearly three-year-long genocide in Gaza — which has killed at least 75,000 Palestinians…

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]]> Trump’s FBI Scrapped Bribery Investigation Linked to Sen. Susan Collins https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-fbi-scrapped-bribery-investigation-linked-to-sen-susan-collins/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:28:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340894 In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C. For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump’s dismal approval ratings were dragging her down in the polls, and she was falling behind her likely 2020…

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]]> Beshear Says McConnell’s Return Shows Why the Senate Is “Broken” https://truthout.org/articles/beshear-says-mcconnells-return-shows-why-the-senate-is-broken/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:37:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340896 Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Kentucky) told the hosts of ABC’s “The View” that he still has concerns about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Kentucky) ability to serve in Congress. McConnell returned to work at the U.S. Capitol earlier in September, after spending three months out of public view following a fall in his home in June. During that time, the Kentucky senator made some public statements…

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]]> Democratic States Cave on Paramount Merger Lawsuit in Win for Billionaire Owners https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-states-cave-on-paramount-merger-lawsuit-in-win-for-billionaire-owners/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:35:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340886 A coalition of Democratic states and Paramount reached a settlement in a lawsuit against its proposed $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, paving the way for one of the largest media mergers in history — and a massive consolidation of power over a huge swath of the entertainment and news industries under the conservative billionaire Ellison family.

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]]> This Rising Leftist Party Hopes to Turn Back Germany’s Fascist Wave https://truthout.org/articles/this-rising-leftist-party-hopes-to-turn-back-germanys-fascist-wave/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:19:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340888 Germany is now facing the same systemic crisis that its leaders once diagnosed in other European countries, such as Greece, Portugal, and Spain, in the early 2010s. Economic woes and anti-immigrant sentiment have given rise to anti-establishment politics, which in turn is reshaping the country’s political landscape. Indeed, after the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party achieved a historic result…

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]]> US Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Decry Inhumane Conditions, Imprisonment https://truthout.org/video/us-deportees-sent-to-equatorial-guinea-decry-inhumane-conditions-imprisonment/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:15:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=340884 Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month, in apparent retaliation for speaking out about conditions they faced in the Central African country. Samson Birhane, who is from Eritrea, and Ahmed Soliman, a gay asylum seeker from Egypt, were both deported by the Trump administration despite U.S.

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]]> The National Security Exception Was Never Going to Stop at Prosecuting Muslims https://truthout.org/articles/the-national-security-exception-was-never-going-to-stop-at-prosecuting-muslims/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:04:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340879 For 25 years, the US ran a parallel legal system largely for Muslims. It now reaches immigrants and the left. Less than two weeks after the September 11, 2001, attacks, President George W. Bush told Congress that the war on terror “begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there.” Twenty-five years later, his line reads as a confession: the war on terror was designed to have no borders and no…

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]]> Bessent Says New US Sanctions Will “Shut Down” All Iranian Airlines Worldwide  https://truthout.org/articles/bessent-says-new-us-sanctions-will-shut-down-all-iranian-airlines-worldwide/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:53:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340878 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that the U.S. is slated to unleash new sanctions aimed at cutting off Iranian airlines from global travel, once again leveraging the U.S.’s vast power over the global financial system to further isolate Iran as the energy crisis spurred by the war rapidly worsens. “On September 23rd, all the Iranian airlines, all the Iranian airlines will be…

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]]> TV Networks Decline Pool Coverage After Trump Bans News Outlets From White House https://truthout.org/articles/tv-networks-decline-pool-coverage-after-trump-bans-news-outlets-from-white-house/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:48:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340872 The major U.S. television networks launched what was described as a boycott against TV pool coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday after the White House dropped CNN from the network’s scheduled pool assignment, escalating the administration’s assault on the country’s most prominent media organizations and press freedom. CNN was set to act as the television pool network accompanying the…

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]]> Congress Has Not Passed a Farm Bill Since 2018. This Year May Be No Different. https://truthout.org/articles/congress-has-not-passed-a-farm-bill-since-2018-this-year-may-be-no-different/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:05:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340873 Last Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell returned to Congress after a three-month absence and promptly cast a deciding vote in the Republican-led Agriculture Committee. Back in August, Democrats on the committee blocked the Senate’s version of the farm bill from progressing to a full vote. But even after McConnell’s vote, the way things are going, it’s unlikely that Congress will pass a farm…

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]]> US’s Boat Strikes Are “Plausibly” Crimes Against Humanity, UN Report Says https://truthout.org/articles/uss-boat-strikes-are-plausibly-crimes-against-humanity-un-report-says/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:55:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340868 A UN report has concluded that the United States’s boat strike campaign against supposed drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean has violated international law and “plausibly” amounts to crimes against humanity, a label reserved for the worst human rights violations in global conflicts. The report says that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that the boat strikes…

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]]> Report: AI-Generated “Intel” Nearly Sparked US War With China https://truthout.org/articles/report-ai-generated-intel-nearly-sparked-us-war-with-china/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:04:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340866 The U.S. military reportedly “almost started a war” earlier this year over an errant report created by an analyst who was using artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the contents of a ship from China in waters near the Middle East. According to CNN, the AI wrongly informed a special operations command analyst that the ship was transporting components that could be used to aid in the…

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]]> ICE Shoots Man in Austin Doing Food Delivery, Spurring Protests https://truthout.org/articles/ice-shoots-man-in-austin-doing-food-delivery-spurring-protests/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:50:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340867 An immigration enforcement agent shot and injured a man in Austin on Sunday, city officials said. Police nor the U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the man. But Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an Austin immigration lawyer, said she was hired to represent the man and that he was released from the hospital and into federal custody Sunday evening. She identified him as Wilber Rafael…

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]]> Pentagon Is Undercounting US Death Toll Amid Iran War, Washington Post Reports https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-is-undercounting-us-death-toll-amid-iran-war-washington-post-reports/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:06:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340863 The Trump administration — which calls itself the “most transparent administration in history” — is once again under fire for its lack of transparency after The Washington Post on Friday published a report in which US officials said more American troops have died during the Iran War than the Pentagon has disclosed. Five officials familiar with the Pentagon’s internal casualty accounting told…

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]]> Black and African Studies Programs Are Disappearing From College Campuses https://truthout.org/articles/black-and-african-studies-programs-are-disappearing-from-college-campuses/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:37:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340794 For Northwestern University alumna Keala Uchôa, the university’s recent decision to restructure its African Studies program and cut two staff positions is hardly surprising. The move isn’t isolated. Over the years, the university and students have clashed over protests, a faculty member has sued over not getting tenure, and some current and former students — including Uchôa — say they’ve been…

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]]> Experts Say Drug Transparency Bill Has Been Stripped of Critical Provisions https://truthout.org/articles/experts-say-drug-transparency-bill-has-been-stripped-of-critical-provisions/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:35:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340860 Landmark legislation designed to alert consumers to where their drugs were made is headed for a full Senate vote, but safety experts say the transparency bill has been stripped of two of its most critical provisions. The Clear Labels Act was introduced earlier this year by Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., after lawmakers and drug safety experts called for more…

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]]> Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-is-trampling-native-treaty-rights-to-build-data-centers/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:34:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340850 In 2004, Microsoft’s future chief sustainability officer, Melanie Nakagawa, co-edited a law journal issue on Indigenous peoples’ right to prior informed consent. This month, as a data center developer routed around exactly that standard in New Mexico, she didn’t answer whether it applies to her own company’s work. Ask Google, Amazon, and Microsoft whether they consult Native nations before…

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]]> Walking September 11’s Other Crime Scenes https://truthout.org/articles/walking-september-11s-other-crime-scenes/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:32:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340832 It was late in the afternoon when my mother told me that “they would come for us.” I was not yet 10 at the time. Climbing the stairs for a tea-time cheese sandwich, I left my brother and cousins to their football skirmish in the garden of my family’s villa in western Baghdad. Or so I remember. I saw two skyscrapers spewing smoke over New York, and my mother stone-faced before the TV. She was right.

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]]> Appeals Court Blocks Trump Policy to Rapidly Deport Migrants to Third Countries https://truthout.org/articles/appeals-court-blocks-trump-policy-to-rapidly-deport-migrants-to-third-countries/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:59:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340855 A federal appeals court Friday struck down the Trump administration’s policy to quickly send noncitizens to countries they are not from, finding that immigrants must have an opportunity to challenge their removal if they fear for their safety. The decision largely upheld a Boston federal judge’s February ruling that found the Department of Homeland Security’s policy unlawful.

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]]> Trump Says He’s Banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico From the White House https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-hes-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-from-the-white-house/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:01:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340853 In one of his most direct assaults on the First Amendment, President Donald Trump announced in a Friday afternoon tirade that he would ban CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and Politico from the White House. “I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW … and Politico from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!

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]]> Arab Americans Feel Betrayed After Michigan Grants $1M to Israeli Contractor https://truthout.org/articles/arab-americans-feel-betrayed-after-michigan-grants-1m-to-israeli-contractor/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:28:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340835 Amid Israel’s offensive in south Lebanon, Nasser Beydoun — like many Arab Americans who hail from the area — would look at satellite images of his hometown of Bint Jbeil to see if his family house is still standing. Israel has been wiping out entire towns on the Lebanese side of the border as part of a deliberate policy that human rights advocates say aims to make the region uninhabitable.

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]]> Some Black Los Angelenos May Soon Receive Environmental Reparations https://truthout.org/articles/some-black-los-angelenos-may-soon-receive-environmental-reparations/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:13:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340816 As a child in the 1950s and ’60s, Regina Martin became so used to the oil pumpjacks near her home that she assumed every child lived beside them. Everyone was made “sick to [their] tummy” by the sulfurous, rotten-egg smell that never seemed to leave, she thought. Only until she was grown did she begin to see a possible connection between growing up on top of the nation’s largest urban oil…

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]]> Indigenous Tribes Form Resistance Camp Against Proposed Copper Mine in Michigan https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-tribes-form-resistance-camp-against-proposed-copper-mine-in-michigan/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:11:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340770 Anahkwet (Guy Reiter), a member of the Menominee nation and a longtime community organizer, remembers the counsel of his elders about what to do when times get thorny, tangled, and twisted. “If I’m struggling with something in my life, if I’m having a hard time, I was taught to go outside and walk,” Anahkwet told Truthout. “The earth will show me something that I haven’t seen before, or a way of…

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]]> “You Have a Strong and Steadfast Friend,” RFK Jr. Tells Anti-Vaxxers https://truthout.org/articles/you-have-a-strong-and-steadfast-friend-rfk-jr-tells-anti-vaxxers/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:47:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340843 On Thursday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave a keynote speech to an anti-vaccine group he once led. Kennedy — a noted anti-vaxxer who has consistently peddled dangerous disinformation to the public — appeared at a conference held by Children’s Health Defense. During his speech, he sought to assure concerned members of the group that…

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]]> Organizers Aim to Thwart Purchase of Israel Bonds by World’s Largest Investor https://truthout.org/articles/organizers-aim-to-thwart-purchase-of-israel-bonds-by-worlds-largest-investor/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:25:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340845 Organizers in Palm Beach County, Florida, are fighting to stop the county from investing further in bonds that help fund Israel’s occupation and genocide. The county already holds $1 billion in Israel Bonds, making its investment the largest in the world and roughly three times the next highest investor, the State of Florida. The Our Taxes, Our Needs campaign is ramping up ahead of the county’s…

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]]> There Are 0 Data Centers on Public Lands. Trump Is Considering Building 12. https://truthout.org/articles/there-are-0-data-centers-on-public-lands-trump-is-considering-building-12/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:25:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340839 The Trump administration is reportedly considering a dozen data center projects to be built on public lands, a plan that would grant tech firms massive swaths of protected lands as they expand AI projects already sharply criticized for outsized use of public resources. The proposals under consideration are spread across six states — Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming — and would…

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]]> Trump Administration Faces Second Lawsuit to Keep ICE Agents Away From Polls https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-faces-second-lawsuit-to-keep-ice-agents-away-from-polls/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:47:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340840 A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the second this month, following comments from top Trump officials citing a federal policy to…

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]]> OpenAI Execs Hoped to Make “Gazillions” After Feeding Model Journalists’ Work https://truthout.org/articles/openai-execs-hoped-to-make-gazillions-after-feeding-model-journalists-work/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:41:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340837 Newly unsealed court documents reveal that employees at Microsoft and OpenAI expressed alarm that AI systems they were jointly developing could lead to an “existential threat” to the publishing industry. The court document in question is part of a joint filing from news organizations, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and 10 other publications that are suing Microsoft and…

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]]> Markey Moves to Block $5B US Bombs Sale to Saudi Arabia Amid Yemen Escalation https://truthout.org/articles/markey-moves-to-block-5b-us-bombs-sale-to-saudi-arabia-amid-yemen-escalation/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:56:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340830 On Thursday, Democratic senators introduced legislation to block a sale of $5 billion worth of bombs and bomb kits to Saudi Arabia, protesting the kingdom’s human rights abuses amid its escalation in fighting in Yemen. Senators Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), with support of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), introduced a joint resolution of disapproval (JRD) targeting…

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]]> Trump Says He Has a “Big Decision” to Make: Whether to “Annihilate” Iran https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-he-has-a-big-decision-to-make-whether-to-annihilate-iran/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:45:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340833 President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is weighing whether or not to “annihilate” Iran in a renewed effort to end the illegal 201-day US-Israeli war of choice, musings that came on the heels of a report by United Nations experts who said the United States likely committed war crimes during earlier attacks on the Middle East nation. “I have a big decision coming up. Do I want to go in and…

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]]> Trump Admin Upended Protections for Endangered Species by Redefining 2 Words https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-upended-protections-for-endangered-species-by-redefining-2-words/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:55:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340828 The Endangered Species Act has stood as a pillar of conservation in the United States since 1973, bringing animals like bald eagles, manatees, and humpback whales back from the brink of extinction. But now, the Trump administration has taken its boldest step yet in an effort to strip legal protections for endangered species. Starting this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says that it…

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]]> Israel Detains Palestinian American Journalist Reporting on Settler Violence https://truthout.org/articles/israel-detains-palestinian-american-journalist-reporting-on-settler-violence/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:38:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340812 On Tuesday, Israeli forces detained Palestinian American journalist Naqaa Hamed in the occupied West Bank as she returned from a reporting assignment on escalating settler violence. Israeli soldiers detained Hamed with two other journalists at a checkpoint near Bethlehem, and questioned her about her journalism and the stories she was reporting. The two other journalists were released…

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]]> Massive Public Transit Win in Chicago Shows the Power of Grassroots Coalitions https://truthout.org/articles/massive-public-transit-win-in-chicago-shows-the-power-of-grassroots-coalitions/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:48:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340810 After years of organizing by a coalition of transit, environmental, and community organizing groups, the Chicago region’s transit system began an important new chapter on September 1 as the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA). The new system was created by the NITA Act, which was signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in December 2025. The new legislation raises $1.5 billion in new revenue and creates…

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]]> Warren Introduces Bill to Ban Private Equity From Owning Medical Practices https://truthout.org/articles/warren-introduces-bill-to-ban-private-equity-from-owning-medical-practices/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:25:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340817 A group of Democrats has introduced bicameral legislation to ban private equity from owning medical practices as increasingly widespread corporate ownership continues driving up health care costs each year. The bill was introduced Wednesday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) with the support of 12 other members of the Senate and House. The legislation was based on a law in Oregon…

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]]> UN Inquiry Finds US Strike on Minab, Iran, That Killed 123 Children Was War Crime https://truthout.org/articles/un-inquiry-finds-us-strike-on-minab-iran-that-killed-123-children-was-war-crime/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:50:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340805 A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded that the U.S. committed war crimes in two attacks on Iran that killed scores of civilians, including over 120 children, on the first day of the war. In a report released Thursday, the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said that the U.S. violated international human rights laws regarding civilian harm in its attacks…

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]]> Democrats Backed by Industry Super PACs Are Writing the Party’s AI Plan https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-backed-by-industry-super-pacs-are-writing-the-partys-ai-plan/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:33:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340809 Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) took to ABC’s Sunday morning show to assure the public that the Democratic Party is taking strong measures to combat the AI Doomsday threat roiling the country. His prime example: a Democratic House commission on artificial intelligence stacked with lawmakers who’ve received a bonanza in campaign funding from Big Tech.

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]]> Trump’s “Mystery Meat” Deal Underscores the Danger of Unchecked Corporate Power https://truthout.org/video/trumps-mystery-meat-deal-underscores-the-danger-of-unchecked-corporate-power/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:31:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=340807 The Jungle, says author Eric Schlosser.]]> Amid growing concerns over food safety in the United States, President Donald Trump last month authorized the duty-free importation of 660 million pounds of cheap beef trimmings that will get mixed in with other cuts to make ground beef. Imported beef and pork were once labeled with their country of origin, but Congress voted in 2015 to end that requirement, so customers at the grocery store will…

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]]> Minnesotans Aren’t Going to Let “Operation Metro Surge” Be Forgotten https://truthout.org/articles/minnesotans-arent-going-to-let-operation-metro-surge-be-forgotten/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:49:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340798 Sabrina Rucker wasn’t just focused on protecting her immigrant neighbors and coordinating with activists in grassroots response networks during “Operation Metro Surge,” the aggressive federal immigration crackdown that rocked Minnesota this past winter. She was also documenting the brutality of the enforcement actions and the resistance they sparked. Rucker, co-founder and CEO of a local…

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]]> California Eyes Prison Heat Protections That Fall Short of Other Workplaces’ https://truthout.org/articles/california-eyes-prison-heat-protections-that-fall-short-of-other-workplaces/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:48:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340789 As Californians have weathered relentless heat waves, state workplace safety regulators have repeatedly reminded employers to protect employees from heat illness by providing water, shade, cooldown areas, and additional rest breaks when temperatures climb. But there’s a notable exception to the state’s heat safety rules: the nurses, guards, staff, and tens of thousands of incarcerated people…

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]]> Trump Caught Reviewing Plan to Demolish Kennedy Center in Air Force One https://truthout.org/articles/trump-caught-reviewing-plan-to-demolish-kennedy-center-in-air-force-one/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:11:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340790 A photographer captured extraordinary pictures of President Donald Trump looking at a seeming plan to demolish the Kennedy Center through the windows of Air Force One on Wednesday evening, as the president has repeatedly vowed to impose his will on the 55-year-old cultural building regardless of court orders against him. The pictures, captured by Washington, D.C.

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]]> US Once Again Denies Palestinian Officials Visas to Attend New York UN Meeting https://truthout.org/articles/us-once-again-denies-palestinian-officials-visas-to-attend-new-york-un-meeting/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:46:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340788 For the second year in a row, the US government under President Donald Trump has denied diplomatic visas for Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials — a move condemned by the PA and outside critics as counter to international peace efforts. Abbas, who leads both the PA and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), was to attend meetings at the United…

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]]> Artificial Intimacy Is Changing Who We Are https://truthout.org/audio/artificial-intimacy-is-changing-who-we-are/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:57:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=340782 What happens when machines become easier to relate to than other people? In this episode of Movement Memos, host Kelly Hayes talks with author Sherry Turkle about artificial intimacy, the erosion of empathy and social skills, and the political dangers of replacing human connection with frictionless simulations of care. Music: Son Monarcas and Sarah the Illstrumentalist Note: This a…

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]]> Since 2025, Trump Made More Stock Trades Than All 535 Congress Members Combined https://truthout.org/articles/since-2025-trump-made-more-stock-trades-than-all-535-congress-members-combined/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:27:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340775 President Donald Trump made nearly 30,000 stock trades since his return to office, marking a far higher volume of trades than all 535 members of Congress combined, a new Bloomberg analysis finds. Between his inauguration in January 2025 and the end of June, Trump and his team made nearly 28,700 trades, his financial disclosures show. That amounts to roughly 80 trades per market day for nearly…

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]]> War-Damaged Building in Gaza Collapses, Killing 21, as Gaza Remains Unlivable https://truthout.org/articles/war-damaged-building-in-gaza-collapses-killing-21-as-gaza-remains-unlivable/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:40:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340768 In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed in Gaza, killing at least 21 people, including 11 children. An estimated 100 people were living in the six-story building when it collapsed as residents were sleeping. Rescue teams worked to pull out dozens of people from the rubble in the hours that followed, their work made more difficult due to the…

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]]> Every 3 Days an Environmental Defender Is Murdered https://truthout.org/articles/every-3-days-an-environmental-defender-is-murdered/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:21:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340771 Every three days someone is killed for defending nature. In 2025, watchdog group Global Witness documented 124 such deaths worldwide, a toll researchers say is likely only a fraction of the total number because repression and armed conflict make many deaths impossible to verify. The victims included Indigenous people, small-scale farmers and community organizers peacefully protecting…

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]]> Bush, With Legacy of Torture, Unveils Portrait Book of “Political Prisoners” https://truthout.org/articles/bush-with-legacy-of-torture-unveils-portrait-book-of-political-prisoners/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:16:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340763 Former President George W. Bush, the father of the global war on terror that has suppressed and killed millions of people across the world, has announced that he is releasing a book of paintings called The Call of Freedom: Portraits of Political Prisoners and Dissidents. The book is being published by Penguin Random House imprint Crown, and includes paintings and biographical information on…

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]]> “Logic of Elimination” Drives Israel’s Policies in the West Bank, Report Finds https://truthout.org/video/logic-of-elimination-drives-israels-policies-in-the-west-bank-report-finds/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:11:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=340764 A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.” “For too long, Israel’s policies in the West Bank have been treated or looked at as isolated events,” says Ori Givati, director of international relations at B’Tselem.

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]]> Deportation Case of Palestinian Activist Salah Sarsour Tests First Amendment  https://truthout.org/articles/deportation-case-of-palestinian-activist-salah-sarsour-tests-first-amendment/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:08:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340762 A federal immigration court in Chicago held the fourth and final removal hearing on the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Palestinian American human rights activist Salah Sarsour on Monday, September 14. Sarsour himself has argued the case is a major test of the First Amendment under President Donald Trump’s authoritarian crackdown on immigrants and dissent. One of multiple advocates…

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]]> 130 Legal Experts Urge Burnham to Expand UK’s Sanctions on Israeli Settlements https://truthout.org/articles/130-legal-experts-urge-burnham-to-expand-uks-sanctions-on-israeli-settlements/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:06:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340766 On Tuesday, over 130 legal experts sent a six-page letter to U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, stating that the newly-announced sanctions on Israel are insufficient to meet the U.K.’s obligations under international law. On September 8, the U.K. government announced a set of sanctions banning imports from illegal settlements in the West Bank and penalizing companies and individuals providing…

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