Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:04:02 +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 Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Lebanon, Including 3 Children, as Strikes Escalate https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-strikes-kill-11-in-lebanon-including-3-children-as-strikes-escalate/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:03:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340011 Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam issued a statement Saturday condemning Israel’s latest deadly bombings in southern Lebanon, attacks that killed nearly a dozen people, including several children. Salam rejected the Israeli government’s insistence that it was targeting a Hezbollah “military compound,” saying, “The seven martyrs of the Israeli airstrike on the town of Ansar are not ‘military…

Source

]]> Black Lung Rates Surge as Miners’ Union Demands Action https://truthout.org/articles/black-lung-rates-surge-as-miners-union-demands-action/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:47:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340008 The United Mine Workers of America made an “urgent demand” of the federal government on Thursday for the “immediate, uncompromised” enforcement of previously approved policies and rules that would protect coal miners from incurable black lung disease. The call from the UMWA comes after new research this month shows that black lung rates have increased to an almost 50-year high after years of…

Source

]]> Trump Family Crypto Empire Wins Approval for Bank Charter https://truthout.org/articles/trump-family-crypto-empire-wins-approval-for-bank-charter/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:22:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=340006 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a regulatory agency whose leader was chosen by President Donald Trump, granted preliminary approval on Friday to World Liberty Financial’s application for a federal bank charter. World Liberty Financial is a crypto venture launched in 2024 by the president’s two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and several partners.

Source

]]> LGBTQ Community Wants Input as Private Club Opens Up on Historic Public Beach https://truthout.org/articles/lgbtq-community-wants-input-as-private-club-opens-up-on-historic-public-beach/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:47:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339985 On July 4, a small group gathered at Jacob Riis Beach in Queens, New York, with handmade signs and zines. They were protesting the conversion of a public bathhouse — a 1930s architectural gem — into a private beach club, set to open on August 15. The response was warm, and beachgoers cheered as the group passed. As the protesters approached the historic bathhouse, the mood shifted.

Source

]]> Networks Make Sure Migrants Have Support When They’re Released From ICE Jails https://truthout.org/articles/networks-make-sure-migrants-have-support-when-theyre-released-from-ice-jails/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:28:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339990 This June, Haydi Torres found herself on the phone with a stranger in Arizona who wanted to help free Ivan, a 39-year-old Russian man, from the San Luis Regional Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail near Yuma. Ivan had already been granted bond. But by the time an advocate contacted Torres, who is a bond and community associate at Envision Freedom Fund…

Source

]]> Israeli Settlers Cut Off Palestinian Farmers’ Water to Fill a Swimming Pool https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-settlers-cut-off-palestinian-farmers-water-to-make-a-swimming-pool/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:50:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339984 Israeli settlers seized the water supply from a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank earlier this summer, preventing Palestinian farmers from growing crops in order to fill a swimming pool. Palestinians in Fasayil, in the Jordan Valley, a particularly fertile section of the West Bank, have had their water cut off for months now. In May, settlers began arriving at a nearby illegal…

Source

]]> Film Follows US Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, Patients https://truthout.org/video/film-follows-us-doctors-to-gaza-as-israel-bombs-hospitals-kills-staff-patients/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:14:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339988 Al Jazeera colleagues.]]> The new documentary American Doctor tells the story of how the besieged hospitals of Gaza have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian territory, with local medical staff risking their own lives in the process. According to Palestinian officials, Israeli attacks have killed about 1,700 healthcare workers in Gaza since October 2023.

Source

]]> Poll Demonstrates Nearly Half of Young Americans Back Democratic Socialism https://truthout.org/articles/poll-demonstrates-nearly-half-of-young-americans-back-democratic-socialism/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:32:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339977 A new poll focusing on young people’s political views finds that, by a two-to-one margin, they tend to support rather than oppose the idea of democratic socialism. The CNBC/Generation Lab poll published earlier this week, which focused on the opinions of Americans between the ages of 18-34, asked respondents if they had favorable views of the political and economic system of governance.

Source

]]> Historic Site of Queer Resistance to Cops Is Now Owned by Private Prison Firm https://truthout.org/articles/historic-site-of-queer-resistance-to-cops-is-now-owned-by-private-prison-firm/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:15:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339970 The first recorded instance of militant resistance to police harassment by queer people in the country turns 60 this month, but it isn’t widely known. Three years before the infamous Stonewall uprising, trans women and queer people responded directly to repeated bullying and targeting by police at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.

Source

]]> Trump Spending Billions to Revert Aircraft Carriers to Steam Catapults https://truthout.org/articles/trump-spending-billions-to-revert-aircraft-carriers-to-steam-catapults/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:59:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339965 President Donald Trump has ordered a major redesign of U.S. aircraft carriers to revert to a steam catapult system for launching fighter jets, a change expected to cost billions of dollars in order to use technology that’s more than 15 years out of date. In a presidential memorandum signed on Thursday, Trump ordered the Navy to remove the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) from…

Source

]]> EPA Has Stopped Including Cancer Risk Estimates in Air Pollution Data https://truthout.org/articles/epa-has-stopped-including-cancer-risk-estimates-in-air-pollution-data/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:51:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339974 Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same question. The facilities emit ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen, and those who lived nearby wanted to know how much the emissions were increasing their cancer risk. She turned to data compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency to find…

Source

]]> Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, Are Now Being Forced to Wear Ankle Monitors https://truthout.org/articles/haitians-in-springfield-ohio-are-now-being-forced-to-wear-ankle-monitors/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:40:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339971 Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Haitians in Springfield are getting letters telling them to report to the ICE office in either Blue Ash (near Cincinnati) or Westerville (near Columbus). “When they do, their passports are collected,” said Carl Ruby…

Source

]]> If Trump Has His Way, 20,000 Kids Could Face Immigration Court Without Lawyers https://truthout.org/articles/if-trump-has-his-way-20000-kids-could-face-immigration-court-without-lawyers/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:33:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339964 As part of its relentless project of mass deportation, the Trump administration has taken particularly brutal aim at the most vulnerable population of immigrants: children. If the federal government has its way, about 20,000 unaccompanied minors will soon face immigration court hearings without legal representation. For decades, Congress has allocated funding for unaccompanied immigrant…

Source

]]> Dems Warn New Federal Guidance May Harm Nursing Home Residents’ Voting Rights https://truthout.org/articles/dems-warn-new-federal-guidance-may-harm-nursing-home-residents-voting-rights/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:31:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339967 The Trump administration’s far-reaching assault on voting rights has extended to nursing homes, a group of Democratic senators warned on Thursday, pointing to federal guidance recently issued by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The guidance, released in July, removes previous recommendations on how nursing home staff can assist residents in exercising their constitutional rights…

Source

]]> Trump’s Handpicked Kennedy Center Board Tries to Put His Name Back on Building https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-handpicked-kennedy-center-board-tries-to-put-his-name-back-on-building/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:37:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339962 The board of trustees for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., voted on Thursday to place President Donald Trump’s name on the outside of the building, testing a previous court order that blocked the renaming of the institution after the president. The change is a loophole of sorts. While the vote doesn’t attempt to rename the building after Trump, it does place a…

Source

]]> CIA Involved in Covert Strikes on Ecuadorian Boats, Report Says https://truthout.org/articles/cia-involved-in-covert-strikes-on-ecuadorian-boats-report-says/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:22:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339956 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is reportedly running a secret operation bombing boats off of the coast of Ecuador that’s separate from the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign, raising more questions about the U.S.’s violence in the region. The agency was seemingly involved in conducting surveillance flights for attacks on three vessels sailing near the Galápagos Islands in…

Source

]]> Federal Agents Began Spying on MN Left-Wing Groups 4 Days After Pretti Was Shot https://truthout.org/articles/federal-agents-in-mn-opened-spying-operation-4-days-after-alex-pretti-was-shot/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:00:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339958 A new legal filing in Minnesota federal court accuses the U.S. government of opening unwarranted investigations into multiple left-leaning groups as residents were protesting against the deadly immigration raids in the state last winter. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), handled the investigations…

Source

]]> Some in Gaza’s Youngest Generation May Not Even Know What Toys Are https://truthout.org/articles/some-in-gazas-youngest-generation-may-not-even-know-what-toys-are/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:05:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339952 While humanitarian associations’ coverage of Gaza focuses on how to provide food, medicine, and shelter, another devastating consequence of wars is the loss of childhood itself. According to various reports and estimates, tens of thousands of children have been killed or injured in Israel’s war on Gaza, and many more have been affected by the loss of one or both parents.

Source

]]> EPA Punts Microplastics Monitoring as Scientists Warn of Health Impacts https://truthout.org/articles/epa-punts-microplastics-monitoring-as-scientists-warn-of-health-impacts/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:04:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339944 If you’ve ever looked at a disposable bottle of water with suspicion before tossing it into a bin, you’re far from alone. On August 8, leading scientists across globe published an editorial in The Lancet warning there is “strong evidence” that plastics harm human health and natural ecosystems at every stage of production and consumption — from fracking for the fossil fuels used to make plastics…

Source

]]> Sailor Went Overboard USS Abraham Lincoln Amid Reports of Morale Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/sailor-went-overboard-uss-abraham-lincoln-amid-reports-of-morale-crisis/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:03:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339947 A sailor reportedly had to be rescued after going overboard off of the USS Abraham Lincoln last month amid an apparent ongoing mental health crisis brought on by the lengthy, Iran war-related deployment for the aircraft carrier. The Navy Times and Stars and Stripes reported this week that at least three sailors have tried to jump overboard the ship recently, but were stopped.

Source

]]> Trump Has Dismantled Federal Civil Rights Enforcement, New Report Shows https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-dismantled-federal-civil-rights-enforcement-new-report-shows/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:01:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339950 Eighteen months into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, the administration has systematically gutted the infrastructure within the federal government that for decades had worked to ensure that civil rights and anti-discrimination laws were being enforced—and has turned agencies “against the communities they were meant to protect,” as one researcher at Human Rights Watch said…

Source

]]> Fountains, Ballroom, and a Helipad: Trump’s White House Projects Cost Nearly $1B https://truthout.org/articles/fountains-ballroom-and-a-helipad-trumps-white-house-projects-cost-nearly-1b/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:52:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339940 The cost of President Donald Trump’s various White House construction projects has ballooned to nearly $1 billion, going from a $200 million ballroom construction funded by private donors last year to a massive, multi-front undertaking that will largely be funded with taxpayer money. According to an analysis of contracts and planning documents by The Washington Post…

Source

]]> Scott Jennings Regularly Misleads. He Could Become Trump’s Next Press Secretary. https://truthout.org/articles/scott-jennings-regularly-misleads-he-could-become-trumps-next-press-secretary/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:10:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339945 Following Karoline Leavitt’s announcement on Wednesday that she will be departing from her role as White House press secretary, one report suggests that the next person for the job could be a MAGA die-hard who frequently defends lies from President Donald Trump, even in the face of live fact-checks: CNN contributor Scott Jennings. According to a report from The Daily Beast…

Source

]]> White House Had Low Confidence in Israeli Tip That Led to Trump’s Plane Decoy https://truthout.org/video/white-house-had-low-confidence-in-israeli-tip-that-led-to-trumps-plane-decoy/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:51:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339948 The Washington Post reported Monday that due to an alleged Iranian threat to assassinate President Trump, he secretly swapped planes before departing the July NATO summit in Turkey — leaving senior administration officials, staff and members of the press corps on board. “The Israelis passed a tip, a concern, that the plane and potentially the president was under threat,” says Dan Lamothe…

Source

]]> As Trump Tries to Undermine Faith in Elections, DC Offers an Example of Defense https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-tries-to-undermine-faith-in-elections-dc-offers-an-example-of-defense/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:50:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339936 As we mark the one-year anniversary of the National Guard’s occupation of Washington, D.C., it’s worth pausing to learn what D.C. resistance has to teach us — especially heading into the midterms. Many of us are carrying real fear about how far Trump might go to interfere with this election. Our fear isn’t unwarranted. But it doesn’t have to be ungrounded, either. Yes, he will say outrageous…

Source

]]> Mainstream Media’s Go-To “Electability” Experts? Corporate-Funded Think Tanks. https://truthout.org/articles/mainstream-medias-go-to-electability-experts-corporate-funded-think-tanks/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:38:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339935 As progressive, DSA, and DSA-adjacent candidates win primaries throughout the US, corporate media is rushing to prop up their favorite “centrist” and “moderate” critics — who, ostensibly, are just looking out for the wellbeing of the Democratic Party — to explain why these candidates people are voting for are actually dangerous and “unelectable.” What the media is refusing to do…

Source

]]> Alito’s Assets in Fossil Fuels Have Grown by Up to $2.9 Million, Analysis Finds https://truthout.org/articles/alitos-assets-in-fossil-fuels-have-grown-by-up-to-2-9-million-analysis-finds/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:08:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339938 A new analysis suggests that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gained as much as $2.9 million in assets from growth in stocks relating to the oil and gas industry over the course of the past two decades. The analysis from the nonprofit watchdog group Court Accountability found that Alito’s assets (not including his personal housing properties) expanded by between $3.4 million and as much as…

Source

]]> Weapons Maker Was Paid $533M in Taxpayer Funds to Produce Shells. It Made None. https://truthout.org/articles/weapons-maker-was-paid-533m-in-taxpayer-funds-to-produce-shells-it-made-none/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:14:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339930 A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the plant was supposed to be churning out urgently needed artillery shells for Ukraine. The robots, giant metal arms with clamps for hands…

Source

]]> Report: US Burned Through $200M of Munitions in 1 Day After Trump Restarted War https://truthout.org/articles/report-us-burned-through-200m-of-munitions-in-1-day-after-trump-restarted-war/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:46:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339932 The U.S. burned through roughly $200 million worth of a single type of missile in one day last month, new reporting reveals as a top Iranian military official claims that Iran could prolong the war until 2029 and beyond. U.S. officials told The New York Times that the U.S. fired 50 Patriot interceptors in just a single day in July, during a week in which Iran was firing at the U.S.

Source

]]> Censorship in LA School District Could Become National Norm, Educators Warn https://truthout.org/articles/censorship-in-la-school-district-could-become-national-norm-educators-warn/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:33:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339917 Teachers in the second-largest school district in the nation have had to remove Black Lives Matter, Land Back, and Palestinian flags from their classrooms as part of so-called corrective actions taken following a complaint alleging discrimination. The changes occurred at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The district has over half a million students and 1…

Source

]]> Trump Admin Ends Anti-Corruption Rule Requiring Shell Companies Report Ownership https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-ends-anti-corruption-rule-requiring-shell-companies-report-ownership/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:01:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339923 The Trump administration has finalized a rule that will allow shell companies and other questionable entities to conceal their ownership from federal investigators, in a move that critics say will only further facilitate corruption in the U.S. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced on Tuesday that it is ending the regulation that requires companies to…

Source

]]> Gaza Tribunal Co-Chairs Call for UK to End Its Complicity in Israel’s Genocide https://truthout.org/video/gaza-tribunal-co-chairs-call-for-uk-to-end-its-complicity-in-israels-genocide/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:40:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339922 From London, we revisit the Gaza Tribunal, an independent, nongovernmental inquiry into the United Kingdom’s complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The tribunal, held nearly one year ago, was chaired by our three guests: former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Israeli professor of human rights law Neve Gordon and Palestinian legal scholar Shahd Hammouri. Their new book is…

Source

]]> Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns https://truthout.org/articles/authoritarians-will-target-effective-legal-organizing-minnesota-defendant-warns/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:36:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339913 The U.S. government is attempting to use conspiracy charges to imprison organizers, just as it did in its war against the Black Panther Party, New Left, and other 1960s and ‘70s radicals through its counterintelligence program, COINTELPRO. Through this method, the Trump regime shares the goal of the Nixon administration of disrupting and attempting to destroy domestic opposition to its…

Source

]]> Texas ICE Jail Has Held Migrant Kids 5 Times Longer Than Legally Allowed https://truthout.org/articles/texas-ice-jail-has-held-migrant-kids-five-times-longer-than-legally-allowed/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:34:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339912 Earlier this year, a 16-year-old student at a Los Angeles high school was looking forward to starting his junior year, where he planned to try out for the school’s varsity tennis team. His parents were both college psychology professors. But in April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested the family, who immigrated from Iran more than a decade ago, after U.S.

Source

]]> Mike Lindell Revives Election Fraud Rhetoric After Losing MN GOP Primary https://truthout.org/articles/mike-lindell-revives-election-fraud-rhetoric-after-losing-mn-gop-primary/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:24:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339920 Republican gubernatorial candidate and former “My Pillow” CEO Mike Lindell is refusing to concede his loss in the GOP primary for Minnesota governor, despite having lost by a wide margin to Speaker of the State House of Representatives Lisa Demuth (R). As of 9 am Central Time, Demuth had received 43.4 percent of the vote, winning the race with plurality support. Lindell secured only 32.5…

Source

]]> Pentagon Admits US Killed 150+ Yemeni Civilians in Airstrikes in 2025 https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-admits-us-killed-150-yemeni-civilians-in-airstrikes-in-2025/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:55:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339908 An internal review conducted by the US Department of Defense found that US airstrikes in Yemen last year killed and wounded hundreds of civilians. As reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, the Pentagon review estimated that US strikes killed more than 150 Yemeni civilians while wounding nearly 250 others. The strikes were carried out as part of an operation authorized by President…

Source

]]> ICE Is Buying Up to $20 Million Worth of Electric Shock Gloves https://truthout.org/articles/ice-is-buying-up-to-20-million-worth-of-electric-shock-gloves/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:37:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339911 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is buying up to $20 million worth of gloves that can allow agents to issue a painful electric shock to force people into compliance, granting the agency yet another tool as it extrajudicially abducts and kills people across the country. According to a notice posted by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, ICE is planning to spend between $10…

Source

]]> White House Reportedly Asks DOJ to Revive Reflecting Pool Vandalism Charges https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-reportedly-asks-doj-to-revive-reflecting-pool-vandalism-charges/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:54:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339914 The Trump administration is reportedly considering renewing charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, just weeks after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro admitted that claims of him vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool were likely false. The new charges would be highly unusual, especially with that admission being submitted in official court records, and would present a…

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

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

Source

]]>