Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:55:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org 32 32 Senate Bill to Fund ICE and CBP Contains Zero Reforms to ICE https://truthout.org/articles/senate-bill-to-fund-ice-and-cbp-contains-zero-reforms-to-ice/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:55:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338290 On Friday morning, the Senate passed a $70 billion reconciliation package to provide additional funding for President Donald Trump’s brutal crackdown on immigrant communities across the country. The funding, which Republicans have called the “Secure America Act,” is allocated to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and particularly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and…

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]]> Trump’s Cabinet Praises Him Once Every 6 Sentences, Analysis Finds https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-cabinet-praises-him-once-every-6-sentences-analysis-finds/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:46:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338278 The New York Times recently analyzed public meetings of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, seeking insight into how members of his administration speak to him. That analysis found that flattery plays a major role — in fact, at least one in every six sentences either flattered the president or criticized his political opponents. It is not unusual for cabinet meetings to feature officials…

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]]> An “ICE Chaser” Describes Being Targeted With Rubber Bullets https://truthout.org/video/an-ice-chaser-describes-being-targeted-with-rubber-bullets/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:02:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338286 Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Bovino was eventually removed from his position in January after immigration agents under his command killed 37-year-old VA nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. We speak with Amanda Moore, a reporter who focuses on far-right extremism and…

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]]> Can States Mitigate the Damage From Trump’s New Medicaid Work Requirements? https://truthout.org/articles/can-states-mitigate-the-damage-from-trumps-new-medicaid-work-requirements/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:41:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338271 The Trump administration’s appetite for cruelty and its wanton disregard for wasting taxpayer funds has shown itself again — this time in its proposed regulations for implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBBA) Medicaid eligibility requirements. But as new details emerge, there are some possible ways that states could protect eligible populations from losing health care.

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]]> Trump Moved to Eliminate Chemical Safety Board Before Deadly Spill Killed 11 https://truthout.org/articles/trump-moved-to-eliminate-chemical-safety-board-before-deadly-spill-killed-11/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:58:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338275 In photos taken from above, the collapsed tank at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill in Longview, Washington, looks like a crushed tin can. Capable of holding 900,000 gallons of chemicals, the massive tank was filled to 90 percent capacity when it ruptured on the morning of May 26. Norman Barlow’s family says he worked as an electrical engineer at the Nippon mill for only three months before the…

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]]> Everybody Hates Data Centers https://truthout.org/articles/everybody-hates-data-centers/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:57:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338273 Between 4,000 and 5,000 data centers are actively humming in the U.S. right now, draining energy and, in the case of some of the hyperscale ones, consuming as much as 5 million gallons of water per day. Even this does not satisfy the demand cultivated by the tech industry, however: At least 3,000 more data centers are under construction or planned, prompting a diverse grassroots mobilization…

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]]> GOP Praises Pulte While Dems Point Out He May Not Even Legally Qualify https://truthout.org/articles/gop-praises-pulte-while-dems-point-out-he-may-not-even-legally-qualify/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:02:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338270 After selecting Bill Pulte — a federal housing agency official with no experience in national security — to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), President Donald Trump and his strongest Republican allies in Congress are presenting a united front, claiming the nominee is a reformer who will be loyal to the president’s wishes. On Thursday, the White House sent out a…

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]]> The New School Investigates Student Leaders Who Voted to Strip Hillel of Funding https://truthout.org/articles/the-new-school-investigates-student-leaders-who-voted-to-strip-hillel-of-funding/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:54:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338267 When members of The New School’s Student Senate were faced with a report detailing how Hillel International was providing material and logistical support to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, they voted on May 1 to cut all ties with their campus chapter of the national Jewish college network and to strip its funding. The student leaders hoped the school’s administration would go on to investigate Hillel’…

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]]> Adam Hamawy, Doctor Who Served in Gaza During Genocide, Wins New Jersey Primary https://truthout.org/articles/adam-hamawy-doctor-who-served-in-gaza-during-genocide-wins-new-jersey-primary/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:57:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338265 Adam Hamawy, a doctor who served in Gaza amid the genocide, won a New Jersey congressional primary on Tuesday, demonstrating the continued impact of the Palestine solidarity movement on U.S. politics. Egyptian-born Hamawy beat 11 other Democrats and will be the Democratic candidate on the ballot for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. The winner of the Democratic primary is expected to…

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]]> House Votes to Roll Back Food Aid for Women and Children Amid Rising Food Prices https://truthout.org/articles/house-votes-to-roll-back-food-aid-for-women-and-children-amid-rising-food-prices/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:56:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338262 House Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, voted Thursday to approve legislation that would slash nutrition assistance for millions of young children and pregnant and postpartum women, even as food prices continue to rise nationwide and earlier GOP cuts to federal aid take hold. In a 213-210 vote, largely along party lines, House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill that would…

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]]> Trump Says a Ceasefire in the Middle East Means “Shooting in a Moderate Manner” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-a-ceasefire-in-the-middle-east-means-shooting-in-a-moderate-manner/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:18:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338260 In remarks in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump stated that in the Middle East, “a ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.” “A ceasefire there is much different than in other parts of the world,” Trump said, in response to a question by a reporter about his definition of a ceasefire. “In that part of the world, a ceasefire is when you’re shooting…

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]]> Trump’s Ex-Border Patrol Chief Joined Portugal Far Right Mass Deportation Summit https://truthout.org/video/trumps-ex-border-patrol-chief-joined-portugal-far-right-mass-deportation-summit/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:44:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338257 Hundreds of far-right activists gathered in Portugal on Saturday for the annual “Remigration Summit” advocating for the mass deportation of immigrants. Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and white nationalist leader Jared Taylor were VIP guests alongside elected officials from Germany and Spain’s far-right parties. In an interview ahead of the event, Bovino cited Nazi Germany’s…

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]]> 3 of RFK Jr.’s Favorite Anti-Vax Studies Are Being Retracted or Scrutinized https://truthout.org/articles/3-of-rfk-jr-s-favorite-anti-vax-studies-are-being-retracted-or-scrutinized/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:01:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338255 At least three scientific papers that are frequently touted by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to promote doubts on vaccine safety have been removed, retracted, or placed under additional scrutiny by the journals that originally published them. According to a report from The Guardian, the studies in question include: Kennedy has…

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]]> Pentagon Hires Convicted January 6 Rioter to Counterterrorism Role https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-hires-convicted-january-6-rioter-to-counterterrorism-role/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:06:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338253 The Pentagon has hired a convicted January 6 rioter to work in a Defense Department office that manages highly classified military operations, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Elias Irizarry — a 24-year-old Trump loyalist who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 — has been hired at the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low…

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]]> Trump’s Attack on Medicaid Will Harm Children’s Long-Term Health, Doctors Warn https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-medicaid-will-harm-childrens-long-term-health-doctors-warn/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:39:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338250 The American Academy of Pediatrics warned Wednesday that the Trump administration’s new rule governing Medicaid work requirements will damage the health of children across the US, as additional bureaucratic barriers make it more difficult for families to access and maintain coverage. AAP, the largest professional association of pediatricians in the country, said it “strongly opposes” the rule…

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]]> Trump Attacks GOP Lawmakers After House Passes Bipartisan Iran War Resolution https://truthout.org/articles/trump-attacks-gop-lawmakers-after-house-passes-bipartisan-iran-war-resolution/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:48:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338248 On Wednesday evening, the United States House of Representatives passed, with bipartisan support, a war powers resolution that seeks to curtail President Donald Trump’s continued war on Iran. The measure passed with 215 votes in favor versus 208 opposed. Four Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats to pass the resolution, following two weeks of GOP leadership delaying the vote.

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]]> Trump Compares UFC “Claw” to Eiffel Tower, Says It May Stay at White House Forever https://truthout.org/articles/trump-compares-ufc-claw-to-eiffel-tower-says-it-may-stay-at-white-house-forever/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:10:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338245 President Donald Trump has suggested that “The Claw” — an enormous structure presently on the South Lawn of the White House, meant to serve as the arena for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on his birthday — could remain a permanent fixture on the grounds. In a video he posted on TikTok on Wednesday, Trump compared The Claw to the Eiffel Tower, the Parisian landmark and UNESCO…

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]]> Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/israel-has-engineered-a-deadly-shortage-of-medications-and-health-care-in-gaza/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:02:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338244 My mother has been a hypertension patient for the past 25 years. Ever since her initial diagnosis, she has adhered strictly to her prescribed medication. Yet since the genocide broke out, her medicine gradually ran out until it vanished from the markets altogether, with no clinic, pharmacy, warehouse, or stockpile left untouched by the shortage. Eventually, my mother was forced to redraw her…

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]]> RFK Jr. Pursues Federal Government Access to Americans’ Medical Records https://truthout.org/articles/rfk-jr-pursues-federal-government-access-to-americans-medical-records/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:58:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338242 US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medical establishment studied for decades and flatly rejects. The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking data from little-known state systems that allow hospitals and clinics to exchange…

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]]> As Ebola Virus Spreads, We See the Terrifying Effects of Trump Dismantling USAID https://truthout.org/articles/as-ebola-virus-spreads-we-see-the-terrifying-effects-of-trump-dismantling-usaid/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:53:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338234 In 2018, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) experienced a severe Ebola outbreak, more than 30 experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), close to 20 disaster-response specialists from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and 120 additional USAID staff were on the ground attempting to manage the outbreak, according to estimates from Friends of…

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]]> Feds Plan Biggest Lease of Land in Colorado History to Oil and Gas Companies https://truthout.org/articles/feds-plan-biggest-lease-of-land-in-colorado-history-to-oil-and-gas-companies/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:41:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338235 A federal agency will offer tens of thousands of acres in northwestern Colorado that the nation’s largest elk herd relies upon for migration, foraging and winter habitat to oil and gas companies for lease in the state’s biggest such sale in modern history. More than 100 parcels included in a June 16 lease sale by the Bureau of Land Management encompass elk, pronghorn and mule deer migration…

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]]> Democrats Opposed to Tlaib’s Resolution to Stop US Joining War on Lebanon https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-opposed-to-tlaibs-resolution-to-stop-u-s-joining-war-on-lebanon/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:53:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338226 Democrats are reportedly “not happy” that Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) is pushing for a vote on a war powers resolution to limit U.S. support for Israel’s war on Lebanon, according to an Axios report on Wednesday. The resolution, which is likely to face a vote on Thursday in the House, calls for President Donald Trump to end all U.S. participation in Israeli military operations in Lebanon…

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]]> Judge Orders Reopening of Trump’s IRS Lawsuit Over Fraud and Collusion https://truthout.org/video/judge-orders-reopening-of-trumps-irs-lawsuit-over-fraud-and-collusion/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:22:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338224 After widespread bipartisan outcry, the Justice Department says it is permanently abandoning plans for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Widely branded as a “slush fund,” it was expected to reward President Donald Trump’s supporters, including those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The fund was announced in May as part of a settlement in Trump’s personal lawsuit against the…

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]]> Mullin Says DHS Would Obey Courts If They Were Not “Politicized” https://truthout.org/articles/mullin-says-dhs-would-obey-courts-if-they-were-not-politicized/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:57:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338217 On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee in defense of the agency’s $63 billion budget request. Democratic senators grilled Mullin about the budget, as well as Mullin’s threats to shut down screenings of international flights in sanctuary cities. They also questioned whether he has implemented DHS…

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]]> For 25 Years, the War on Terror Has Turbocharged Surveillance and Imperialism https://truthout.org/video/for-25-years-the-war-on-terror-has-turbocharged-surveillance-and-imperialism/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:27:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338202 Truthout was founded in 2001, with George W. Bush in the White House and war hawks circling the halls of power. Haymarket Books was founded the same year. Over the wildly tumultuous political period since, our two organizations have connected organizers, activists, and curious readers with books, essays, and reported pieces that have informed and aided their efforts to understand the world and…

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]]> Bleeding Behind Bars Is Extra Grim When Prisons Fail to Offer Menstrual Products https://truthout.org/articles/bleeding-behind-bars-is-extra-grim-when-prisons-fail-to-offer-menstrual-products/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:26:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338205 “Why are they doing women like this? Are we the weaker sex?” Mishunda Davis told Truthout in a call from Logan Correctional Center, Illinois’s largest women’s prison. In 2022, the state passed legislation making menstrual products free for anyone incarcerated in Illinois prisons. Despite the law, Davis and others run out each month. Menstrual care — or the lack of it — gets little attention…

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]]> SCOTUS Allows Alabama to Use Voting Map Ruled Discriminatory by Lower Court https://truthout.org/articles/scotus-allows-alabama-to-use-voting-map-ruled-discriminatory-by-lower-court/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:17:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338212 The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday evening allowed Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map, reversing a lower court’s ruling that repeatedly deemed the map racially discriminatory. In an unsigned 6-3 decision on the case known as Allen v. Milligan, the court wrote that the lower court’s map would not be “more convenient” for Alabama than the congressional map the Legislature passed in 2023.

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]]> In Sudan, Perpetrators of War Crimes Are Rewarded While Civilians Languish https://truthout.org/articles/in-sudan-perpetrators-of-war-crimes-are-rewarded-while-civilians-languish/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:02:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338204 On a warm night in July 2024, soldiers from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) stormed into Yasser’s home in the eastern city of Kassala. They climbed over the gated walls and barged through the front door carrying batons and Kalashnikov rifles. They told Yasser, who requested pseudonyms for himself and his family out of fear of reprisal, that his 21-year-old daughter Hind was accused of…

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]]> Protests in Albania Grow in Opposition to Kushner’s $4 Billion Luxury Resort  https://truthout.org/articles/protests-in-albania-grow-in-opposition-to-kushners-4-billion-luxury-resort/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:51:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338210 Thousands of people in Albania took to the streets on Tuesday night for the fourth consecutive day, in protest of a $4 billion luxury resort project on Albania’s largest island spearheaded by Jared Kushner. Protests near the site began on Saturday, May 30, after developers erected barbed-wire fences blocking off public access to the local beach and coast. Demonstrators attempted to force a…

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]]> Trump Uses Transphobic Smears While Defending Decision to Start Iran War https://truthout.org/articles/trump-uses-transphobic-smears-while-defending-decision-to-start-iran-war/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:43:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338208 During an interview that aired on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump responded to a question about the war in Iran by launching into a bigoted rant against transgender people. The New York Post’s Miranda Devine conducted the interview, asking the president for his response to people who have suggested that he was coerced or manipulated into starting the war by Israeli Prime Minister…

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]]> Democratic Colorado Governor Vetoes Historic Surveillance Pricing Bill https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-colorado-governor-vetoes-historic-surveillance-pricing-bill/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:49:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338203 Colorado’s Democratic governor faced backlash on Wednesday after vetoing legislation that would have cracked down on surveillance pricing, an increasingly common practice whereby corporations use personal data to set individualized prices on groceries and other goods. Gov. Jared Polis, who is term-limited and thus not up for reelection, said in his veto letter that he “appreciate[s] the…

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]]> Jeffries Says Dems Aren’t Thinking About Trump Impeachment “At This Moment” https://truthout.org/articles/jeffries-says-dems-arent-thinking-about-trump-impeachment-at-this-moment/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:36:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338200 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) has indicated that Democrats aren’t currently considering impeaching President Donald Trump — meaning that the issue likely won’t be a talking point in the final months leading up to the midterm elections, despite data demonstrating that impeachment is popular among voters. Speaking to CNBC’s Emily Wilkins at the network’s “CEO Council…

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]]> Russia Taking Advantage of Shortage of US Interceptor Missiles to Attack Ukraine https://truthout.org/articles/russia-taking-advantage-of-shortage-of-us-interceptor-missiles-to-attack-ukraine/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338197 On Monday night, Russia launched a large-scale attack on cities across Ukraine, reportedly killing at least 22 people in one of its largest assaults on the country in months. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia had launched 656 drones and 73 missiles overnight, with the heaviest strikes reported in Kyiv and the city of Dnipro. Tens of thousands of residents took…

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]]> GOP Senate Majority Leader Says Trump Will Withdraw “Anti-Weaponization” Fund https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senate-majority-leader-says-trump-will-withdraw-anti-weaponization-fund/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:45:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338195 U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday the Trump administration has rescinded its plan to use a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department. That decision, combined with testimony from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to a House panel in the afternoon, could end the gridlock that has so far stalled floor debate on…

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]]> Trump Adviser Hassett Claims Americans Are “Optimistic” About State of Economy https://truthout.org/articles/trump-adviser-hassett-claims-americans-are-optimistic-about-state-of-economy/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:14:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338191 In a Fox News interview on Sunday morning, Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, disregarded Americans’ current ill feelings on the economy, instead suggesting that factors like rising prices are proof that Americans are “optimistic.” “People are spending more on gas, but they’re also spending more on everything else,” Hassett claimed in the interview.

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]]> Morale Plummets in Lebanon as Talks Fail to Halt Israel’s Ceasefire Violations https://truthout.org/video/morale-plummets-in-lebanon-as-talks-fail-to-halt-israels-ceasefire-violations/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:13:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338189 Israeli drones have killed at least eight people in Lebanon despite an announcement Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump that both Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop fighting. Trump’s intervention came as Israel threatened new strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, leading Iran to suspend indirect negotiations with the U.S. to protest Israel’s expanding military offensive in Lebanon.

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]]> Israel Adds to Its Constant Ceasefire Violations With Plans to Take More of Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/israel-adds-to-its-constant-ceasefire-violations-with-plans-to-take-more-of-gaza/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:50:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338169 As part of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza in October last year, the Israeli army withdrew to what it called the “Yellow Line” — a temporary demarcation line inside the Gaza Strip that separated areas under Israeli military control from areas where people in Gaza are allowed to live and move. At the time, the Israeli military controlled 53 percent of the Gaza Strip.

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]]> Michigan Governor Joins AI CEOs at Ceremony for Controversial Data Center https://truthout.org/articles/michigan-governor-joins-ai-ceos-at-ceremony-for-controversial-data-center/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:14:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338187 On Monday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined tech CEOs and businessmen at a groundbreaking ceremony for a $16 billion data center in rural Michigan. The data center — the first OpenAI data center in the Midwest — is already under construction, despite facing pushback from local residents. It is located in Saline Township, a rural agricultural community just 10 miles southwest of Ann Arbor…

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]]> Trump Appoints Loyalist With Zero Experience to Top Intelligence Role https://truthout.org/articles/trump-appoints-loyalist-with-zero-experience-to-top-intelligence-role/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:50:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338183 President Donald Trump has named William “Bill” Pulte, the current head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as the next acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a position for which he has no expertise or apparent qualifications. Pulte will take over the role upon the exit of current DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation last month. Trump announced Pulte’s…

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]]> Texas AG Orders Hospital to Set Up Detransition Clinic for Transgender Patients https://truthout.org/articles/texas-ag-orders-hospital-to-set-up-detransition-clinic-for-transgender-patients/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:59:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338180 Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of “potential” gender affirming care patients, according to new details released Monday by the Texas Attorney General’s Office. According to a 10-page list of settlement terms, requested by The Texas Tribune, Texas Children’s has 90 days from the effective date of…

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]]> A Movement Is Growing to Close the Largest ICE Jail on the East Coast https://truthout.org/articles/a-movement-is-growing-to-close-the-largest-ice-jail-on-the-east-coast/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:46:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338176 As people defy a police crackdown and flock to support hunger strikers at Delaney Hall in New Jersey, a campaign is growing in rural Pennsylvania to shut down ICE’s largest immigration jail on the East Coast, where a man with advanced kidney failure worries he may become the fourth person held there to die in the past three years. “No treatment was given to me whatsoever when clear blood was…

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]]> “60 Minutes” Correspondent Pelley Calls Out CBS Execs for “Murdering” Program https://truthout.org/articles/60-minutes-correspondent-pelley-calls-out-cbs-execs-for-murdering-program/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:25:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338172 In a recent staff meeting for the Sunday news program “60 Minutes,” journalist Scott Pelley accused CBS News head Bari Weiss of “murdering the show” and grilled an executive about mass firings at the network. The heated meeting comes as CBS News has seen a major shift rightward and increased censorship under Weiss, a right-wing commentator who was installed as editor-in-chief of the network’s…

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]]> Pentagon Announces Policy Designating Its Press Office as a “Classified Area” https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-announces-policy-designating-its-press-office-as-a-classified-area/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:06:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338170 The Trump administration’s “asinine attempts to silence objective journalism just hit a new low,” said one press freedom advocate late Monday after the Pentagon announced that the US Department of Defense would mark its press office as a classified area, banning journalists from the space where they’ve previously talked openly with DOD officials. Reporters on the military are currently…

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]]> New Jersey Governor Acquiesces to DHS, Deploys Police Outside Delaney Hall  https://truthout.org/articles/new-jersey-governor-acquiesces-to-dhs-deploys-police-outside-delaney-hall/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:45:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338167 On Sunday night, New Jersey police arrested dozens of protesters for defying a curfew outside of Delaney Hall, the immigration jail in Newark, New Jersey, where hundreds of detainees are on day 11 of a hunger strike. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka instituted the curfew on Saturday night, after both state and local police charged at the protesters. The day before, Democratic Gov.

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]]> Utah Senate President Calls for Major Reduction in Scale of Planned Data Center https://truthout.org/articles/utah-senate-president-calls-for-major-reduction-in-scale-of-planned-data-center/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:25:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338162 Amid ongoing outcry over a massive, 40,000-acre data center campus being planned in northern Utah, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams announced that he’s calling for the project to be scaled back dramatically. “I’ve sent a letter directly to Kevin O’Leary calling for a 75% reduction in the proposed data center project area, from 40,000 acres to approximately 10,000 acres,” Adams said in a…

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]]> Iranian Media Says Iran Is Suspending Talks With US Over Ceasefire Violations https://truthout.org/articles/iranian-media-says-iran-is-suspending-talks-with-us-over-ceasefire-violations/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:19:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338165 On Monday, Iranian state-aligned media said that Iran was suspending negotiations with the U.S. Iranian officials decried the U.S.’s blockade of Iranian ports, as well as the deepening Israeli invasion of Lebanon, declaring that both are in violation of the ceasefire. “The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon…

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]]> Far Right Israeli Leaders Join New York Democrats in NYC’s Israel Day Parade https://truthout.org/articles/far-right-israeli-leaders-join-new-york-democrats-in-nycs-israel-day-parade/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:54:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338161 On Sunday, thousands attended New York City’s annual Israel Day Parade, including New York politicians and far right members of the Israeli government. The theme of this year’s parade was “Proud Americans, Proud Zionists.” The parade comes as the U.S. and Israel wage a joint war on Iran and following more than two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not…

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]]> Despite Climate Policy Setbacks, a Just Transition Is Still Within Reach https://truthout.org/articles/despite-climate-policy-setbacks-a-just-transition-is-still-within-reach/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:34:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338159 The evidence for rapid human-caused climate change keeps piling up, yet the world continues to flood the atmosphere with greenhouse gases amid a political backlash against the struggle for a future free of fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow, which means humans are continuing to make the climate crisis worse. Global average temperatures are expected to stay at record levels for…

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]]> Trump Taps Former Private Prison Executive as Interim ICE Director https://truthout.org/video/trump-taps-former-private-prison-executive-as-interim-ice-director/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:34:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338157 President Donald Trump has tapped David Venturella, a former ICE official and executive at the private prison company GEO Group, to replace Todd Lyons as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. GEO Group saw its profits jump from $32 million in 2024 to more than $254 million in 2025 as the Trump administration expanded government contracts with ICE jails nationwide. Setareh Ghandehari…

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]]> Climate Gentrification Is Hitting Miami’s Black Neighborhoods Hard https://truthout.org/articles/climate-gentrification-is-hitting-miamis-black-neighborhoods-hard/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:50:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338154 By the time Latonya Floyd came outside, the photographer’s lens was already pointed toward her family’s home. There was “no knock, no hello,” she said. When she asked what he was doing, he replied that he was “just getting pictures of the property,” for his boss, a real estate investor. The Floyds had lived in that house for three generations, through racial uprisings in the 1960s…

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]]> A Year After Beating Back Trump’s First ICE Surge, Los Angeles Remains Vigilant https://truthout.org/articles/a-year-after-beating-back-trumps-first-ice-surge-los-angeles-remains-vigilant/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:04:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338144 One year after the Trump administration deployed thousands of federal agents to Los Angeles to arrest and detain people, immigrant rights activists are cautiously optimistic about the success of their organizing efforts. Although arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Southern California have dramatically dropped, organizers expect them to ramp up again in the future.

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]]> Sanders Proposes Sovereign Wealth Fund to Harness AI Profits for Public Good https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-proposes-sovereign-wealth-fund-to-harness-ai-profits-for-public-good/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:03:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338148 Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday announced he will soon introduce legislation that would give the American public “a direct ownership stake” in the largest artificial intelligence companies in the U.S. by establishing a sovereign wealth fund, which would ensure everyone benefits from the rapidly advancing technology. Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in a New York Times op-ed that his American AI Sovereign…

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]]> US Boat Bombing Campaign Surpasses 200 Deaths After Latest Strike https://truthout.org/articles/us-boat-bombing-campaign-surpasses-200-deaths-after-latest-strike/ Sun, 31 May 2026 18:51:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338141 The U.S. military on Friday bombed another boat it claimed was smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three more people in what experts say is an illegal campaign whose death toll has now topped 200. U.S. Southern Command said in a statement that “Joint Task Force Southern Spear,” the nine-month campaign ordered by President Donald Trump, “conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a…

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]]> Colombia’s Presidential Election Could Reshape Relations With Trump Administration https://truthout.org/articles/colombias-presidential-election-could-reshape-relations-with-trump-administration/ Sun, 31 May 2026 16:53:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338138 On Sunday, Colombians will go to the polls for the first round of their presidential elections, a race that could radically reshape Colombia’s relations with the United States at a moment of political turmoil and polarization in Latin America. The key contenders include the ruling party’s candidate, Iván Cepeda; conservative outsider Abelardo De la Espriella; and Paloma Valencia of former…

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]]> As Federal Government Abandons Wetlands Protection, Localities Become Frontlines https://truthout.org/articles/as-federal-government-abandons-wetlands-protection-localities-become-frontlines/ Sun, 31 May 2026 16:17:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338126 The March 30 announcement arrived with the bluntness that has become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s environmental retreat: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has served as the nation’s primary wetland guardian for over half a century, declared that it is “getting out of the business of regulating wetlands.” This followed a seismic shift at the Environmental Protection Agency…

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]]> Trump’s Violent Memes Expose Long-Simmering Truths About US Imperialism https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-violent-memes-expose-long-simmering-truths-about-us-imperialism/ Sun, 31 May 2026 15:27:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338116 It seemed on brand for our meme-obsessed President that the U.S. launched Operation Epic Fury with an epic video mashup. While Trump never bothered to articulate a real justification for waging war on Iran, he gestured toward a righteous mission with a montage of dramatic violent scenes, featuring heroic and antiheroic characters from Braveheart to Walter White of “Breaking Bad…

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]]> Trump Admin Uses Iran War Oil Shock to Push Drilling in Alaskan Wilderness https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-uses-iran-war-oil-shock-to-push-drilling-in-alaskan-wilderness/ Sun, 31 May 2026 14:54:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338105 The Trump administration and fellow Republicans are citing the Iran war as a pretext for oil drilling in Alaska, in an attempt to rapidly implement longstanding policy goals in the state. In April, President Donald Trump declared that the Strait of Hormuz blockade could be a boon for U.S. oil production, including in Alaska. This narrative was celebrated by Alaska Republicans…

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]]> Congress Is Poised to Integrate US and Israeli Militaries More Closely Than Ever https://truthout.org/articles/congress-is-poised-to-integrate-us-and-israeli-militaries-more-closely-than-ever/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:59:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338122 At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before. Buried in the House’s version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released on Tuesday, is section 224, entitled “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.

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]]> Appeals Court Revives Texas Immigration Law Allowing Arrests on Suspicion https://truthout.org/articles/appeals-court-revives-texas-immigration-law-allowing-arrests-on-suspicion/ Sat, 30 May 2026 16:48:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338132 A sweeping 2023 Texas immigration law that lets state authorities arrest and deport people suspected of having illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border can go into effect after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted a lower court’s stoppage of certain provisions. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unpublished order after Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office appealed the lower…

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]]> ICE Agent Arrested in Texas, Charged With Lying About Minneapolis Shooting https://truthout.org/articles/ice-agent-arrested-in-texas-charged-with-lying-about-minneapolis-shooting/ Sat, 30 May 2026 15:27:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338125 A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was arrested in Texas on Friday after he was charged by Minnesota officials for allegedly shooting a Venezuelan immigrant during an ICE operation in Minneapolis and lying about what happened. Christian Castro, 52, was deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push in the Twin Cities, dubbed “Operation Metro Surge…

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]]> Trump’s Loyalty to Fossil Fuel Companies Is Driving Up Inflation https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-loyalty-to-fossil-fuel-companies-is-driving-up-inflation/ Sat, 30 May 2026 15:09:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338099 Throughout his second term, President Donald Trump has been on a relentless push to boost fossil fuels, undermine renewable energy, and end all federal regulation to address climate change. The administration claims that this push will help people in the U.S. save money. But in reality, the opposite is true: Fossil fuel dependence makes life more expensive. Thanks to the U.S.

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]]> Disability Rights Are at Risk as 7 States Back Case Attacking Key Protections https://truthout.org/articles/disability-rights-are-at-risk-as-7-states-back-case-attacking-key-protections/ Sat, 30 May 2026 14:51:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338100 The right of disabled people to live in community rather than being warehoused in institutions is under attack in a lawsuit currently being pursued by Texas and six other states. But advocacy efforts are persuading states to pull out of the suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called Texas v. Kennedy.

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]]> ICE and Prison Guards Retaliate Against Detainees and Protesters at Delaney Hall https://truthout.org/articles/ice-and-prison-guards-retaliate-against-detainees-and-protestors-at-delaney-hall/ Fri, 29 May 2026 19:12:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338120 As hundreds of immigrant detainees mark a week of their hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and prison guards are violently retaliating against protesters both inside and outside the facility. The anti-strike crackdown has included attacking detainees with pepper spray and batons, transferring strike leaders out of…

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]]> Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-says-israeli-military-to-take-over-70-percent-of-gaza/ Fri, 29 May 2026 18:29:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338117 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had directed the Israeli military to take over 70 percent of the Gaza strip. In comments at a conference hosted by a “pre-military” academy in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that his “directive is to move to… take [Gaza] step by step… first of all 70 percent.” “One hundred! One hundred!”…

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]]> Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-upholds-infamously-brutal-farm-labor-at-angola-prison/ Fri, 29 May 2026 18:17:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338108 In a ruling that is notably silent on Louisiana’s history of slavery and white supremacy, a federal judge sided with the Louisiana State Penitentiary on May 26, rejecting a request to end the prison’s notorious practice of forcing groups of predominately Black prisoners to perform grueling farm labor on the grounds of a former slave plantation. Commonly known as Angola…

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]]> Trump’s “Board of Peace” Has No Funds for Gaza Reconstruction https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-board-of-peace-has-no-funds-for-gaza-reconstruction/ Fri, 29 May 2026 18:11:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338114 President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” fund has no money for the reconstruction of Gaza, despite raising billions of dollars since January. On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that “Zero dollars have been deposited” into the board’s financial fund — but that the body has received donations directly into its JP Morgan bank account, which allows it to override transparency…

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]]> Jury Awards $50 Million to Family of Woman Killed in Boeing Crash https://truthout.org/video/jury-awards-50-million-to-family-of-woman-killed-in-boeing-crash/ Fri, 29 May 2026 18:00:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338107 A jury in Chicago has ordered Boeing to pay nearly $50 million to the family of Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old who was one of a total of 346 people killed in a pair of Boeing 737 MAX jet crashes less than a decade ago. Stumo died aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March 2019, just months after another 737 MAX jet, a recently introduced model at the time, crashed in Indonesia.

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]]> A Grassroots Group in Tucson Is 3D-Printing Tourniquets to Send to Lebanon https://truthout.org/articles/a-grassroots-group-in-tucson-is-3d-printing-tourniquets-to-send-to-lebanon/ Fri, 29 May 2026 17:21:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338104 In late April, the humanitarian aid organization Anera received a peculiar donation of 250 3D-printed tourniquets. Even more unusual was the fact they were manufactured by a small non-hierarchical collective using an open-source design on the other end of the world, in Tucson, Arizona. The shipment arrived in Lebanon after more than 100 Israeli strikes wounded at least 1,000…

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]]> Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund/ Fri, 29 May 2026 16:37:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338097 A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with a fund that opponents fear will be used to pay off the president’s political allies. Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a brief order halting the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department and other high-ranking administration officials from taking any additional…

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]]> Hunger in US Under Trump Reaches Levels Not Seen Since Peak of COVID Pandemic https://truthout.org/articles/hunger-in-us-under-trump-reaches-levels-not-seen-since-peak-of-covid-pandemic/ Fri, 29 May 2026 15:42:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338095 An analysis released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that food insecurity in the US has reached levels not seen since the height of the coronavirus pandemic, underscoring the devastating impact of Republican cuts to federal nutrition assistance and President Donald Trump’s inflationary economic and foreign policy decisions. In a blog post, New York Fed researchers…

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]]> DHS Secretary Claims Plans Underway to Stop Intl Flights from Sanctuary Cities https://truthout.org/articles/dhs-secretary-claims-plans-underway-to-stop-intl-flights-from-sanctuary-cities/ Thu, 28 May 2026 21:29:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338092 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed that the Trump administration is in the process of drawing up plans to stop processing international flights in sanctuary cities in retaliation for the protests at Delaney Hall, an immigrant jail in Newark, New Jersey. In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Mullin complained that local police had not assisted ICE in…

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]]> Delaware Judge Upholds Town Charter That Allows Corporations to Vote https://truthout.org/articles/delaware-judge-upholds-town-charter-that-allows-corporations-to-vote/ Thu, 28 May 2026 21:02:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338080 A Delaware judge has ruled in favor of allowing a township in the state to continue counting corporations and other nonliving entities as legitimate voters in its municipal elections. Since 1953, the beachside township of Fenwick Island has allowed voting by nonresident property owners. In 2008, the township amended its charter to allow corporations and trusts in the state…

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]]> Student Journalist Awarded by CBS Condemns Network’s Shift Right at News Emmys https://truthout.org/articles/student-journalist-awarded-by-cbs-condemns-networks-shift-right-at-news-emmys/ Thu, 28 May 2026 20:25:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338087 Student journalist Santiago Campos condemned CBS News for its rightward shift under the network’s new management in an acceptance speech for the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship in New York City on Wednesday night. “While I want to thank CBS News for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to also acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike…

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]]> Workers, Students, Indigenous Movements Shut Down Bolivia in Popular Rebellion https://truthout.org/articles/workers-students-and-indigenous-movements-shut-down-bolivia-in-popular-rebellion/ Thu, 28 May 2026 20:03:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338072 For more than a week, the nation of Bolivia has been in a state of full-on revolt. In response to neoliberal reforms by the recently elected right-wing government led by President Rodrigo Paz, unions have launched a general strike, peasants and Indigenous peoples have set up dozens of roadblocks throughout the country, and massive marches have been held in the capital, La Paz.

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]]> Ex-Nuclear Negotiator Criticizes Trump’s Push for Abraham Accords in Iran Deal https://truthout.org/video/ex-nuclear-negotiator-criticizes-trumps-push-for-abraham-accords-in-iran-deal/ Thu, 28 May 2026 19:50:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338084 Nearly two months after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, are the two sides any closer to a lasting peace deal? We speak with Robert Malley, the Middle East program director at the International Crisis Group, who worked in multiple Democratic administrations and helped negotiate the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal with Iran. He says Trump’s decision to pull the U.S.

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]]> New York Passes State Budget With No Funds to Support Access to Transgender Care https://truthout.org/articles/new-york-passes-state-budget-with-no-funds-to-support-access-to-transgender-care/ Thu, 28 May 2026 19:28:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338082 Since Trump took office for his second term, his administration’s attacks on hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth have significantly disrupted that care. In response, advocates have pushed blue states that claim to support transgender people to step in and fund care directly. That has been especially true in New York, where advocates spent the legislative session…

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]]> If ICE Shows Up at the World Cup, Essential Service Workers Are Ready to Strike https://truthout.org/articles/if-ice-shows-up-at-the-world-cup-essential-service-workers-are-ready-to-strike/ Thu, 28 May 2026 18:53:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338074 As the World Cup nears, Los Angeles’s service workers — the people who staff hotels and keep the restaurants and bars going inside the city’s big stadium — have threatened to go on strike if the tournament becomes hunting grounds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They have good reason to be worried. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated that it may not routinely…

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]]> Oregon Employers With Most SNAP Recipients Included Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon https://truthout.org/articles/oregon-employers-with-most-snap-recipients-included-safeway-walmart-and-amazon/ Thu, 28 May 2026 18:52:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338075 Oregonians who received federal aid to pay for their groceries last year frequently reported working for the nation’s largest grocery and retail corporations, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data from the Oregon Department of Human Services. The data, taken from SNAP income verification forms, shows that tens of thousands of employees of…

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]]> Trump Nominee Refuses to Say If President Can or Cannot Do “Whatever He Wants” https://truthout.org/articles/trump-nominee-refuses-to-say-if-president-can-or-cannot-do-whatever-he-wants/ Thu, 28 May 2026 18:17:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338078 During a little-noticed Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, nominees for federal judgeships were questioned on their beliefs regarding President Donald Trump’s Article II authority, with at least one nominee, Matthew Schwartz — a former lawyer for Trump — refusing to give a clear answer. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) asked Schwartz to specifically comment on a statement Trump…

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]]> Trump Calls Somali Americans “Crooks” in Racist Cabinet Rant https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-somali-americans-crooks-in-racist-cabinet-rant/ Thu, 28 May 2026 18:00:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338067 In a White House cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump used racist language to deride Somali people in Minnesota, blanketly describing the entire community as criminals. “They’re all crooks, the Somalians,” Trump said. “What they’ve done to Minnesota, the Somalians, they’re crooked as hell.” Trump then targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), saying, “They’re all crooks.

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]]> Biden-Era Advisors Who Oversaw Gaza Genocide Regroup to Shape Dem Foreign Policy https://truthout.org/articles/biden-era-advisors-who-oversaw-gaza-genocide-regroup-to-shape-dem-foreign-policy/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:46:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338070 In an op-ed in the The New York Times on Tuesday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) condemned members of his own party for their approach to the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” saying that “Democrats failed to meet the moment in 2024.” The op-ed comes as Biden administration advisors who helped engineer Israel’s genocide in Gaza are regrouping in an effort to shape the party’s approach to…

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]]> DOJ Begins Investigating E. Jean Carroll, Who Won Two Civil Cases Against Trump https://truthout.org/articles/doj-begins-investigating-e-jean-carroll-who-won-two-civil-cases-against-trump/ Thu, 28 May 2026 14:57:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338064 President Donald Trump appeared to be out for what one human rights advocate called “outrageous revenge” late Wednesday as it was reported that the Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who won two civil judgments against the president after accusing him of sexual abuse and defamation. CNN first reported that…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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