Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Fri, 29 May 2026 20:15:38 +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 ICE and Prison Guards Retaliate Against Detainees and Protestors 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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]]> Labor Unions Celebrate World Court’s Ruling That Enshrines the Right to Strike https://truthout.org/articles/labor-unions-celebrate-world-courts-ruling-that-enshrines-the-right-to-strike/ Tue, 26 May 2026 19:16:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338020 The right to strike is under attack throughout the world, including in the United States. Labor strikes are currently forbidden or restricted in the majority of countries. Now, in a landmark 43-page advisory opinion issued May 21, the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court) has determined that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s (ILO)…

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]]> Yakama Nation Fights to Protect a Sacred Site From an Energy Storage Center https://truthout.org/articles/yakama-nation-fights-to-protect-a-sacred-site-from-an-energy-storage-center/ Tue, 26 May 2026 18:22:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338010 Goldendale, Washington –– High up on the Washington side of the Columbia River near the John Day hydroelectric dam, members of the Yakama Nation gathered to protest a clean energy storage project slated to be built on a sacred tribal site. Supporters of the Goldendale pumped-hydro energy storage project have said it will help meet growing regional energy demand, and the project developers…

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]]> US Bombs Iranian Ships Despite Ceasefire and Ongoing Peace Negotiations https://truthout.org/video/us-bombs-iranian-ships-despite-ongoing-ceasefire-and-peace-negotiations/ Tue, 26 May 2026 18:22:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=338008 We get an update on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from journalist Negar Mortazavi, following the Pentagon’s so-called self-defense strikes on two Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz Monday despite an official ceasefire and ongoing peace negotiations. The “chaotic” ceasefire “has been violated from day one,” says Mortazavi, who notes that Israel’s continuous attacks on southern Lebanon are…

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]]> Trump Admin Cuts to USAID, WHO, Likely Stalled Response to Ebola, Experts Warn https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-cuts-to-usaid-who-likely-stalled-response-to-ebola-experts-warn/ Tue, 26 May 2026 17:19:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338014 Trump administration cuts to grants disbursed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) likely resulted in a delayed response to the current Ebola outbreak in parts of central Africa, former federal health officials have said. As of Monday, at least 220 people are suspected to have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.

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]]> By Serving as Stenographers to Power, Corporate Media Abetted Israel’s Genocide https://truthout.org/articles/by-serving-as-stenographers-to-power-corporate-media-abetted-israels-genocide/ Mon, 25 May 2026 19:30:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338004 News stories vie for our attention, our agreement, our understanding, and our view of what is real, and possibly most importantly, what is just. Journalists, reporters, and editors at the major US news outlets narrated the war for us, they imposed meaning, included evaluation, interpretations, and judgment. They also hid much of the truth of the violence. Interpretations and judgments arrive…

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]]> Trump Has Turned Venezuela Into a 21st Century US Protectorate https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-turned-venezuela-into-a-21st-century-us-protectorate/ Mon, 25 May 2026 18:58:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=338000 Facing the growing loss of its unquestioned hegemony in the world system — that unipolar world that took shape after the end of the Second World War and was consolidated with the collapse of the Soviet bloc — conservative sectors have been arguing for several decades that the window of opportunity to prevent China’s power from equaling or surpassing that of the United States is closing.

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]]> Israel Advances Plan to Displace Palestinian Bedouin Communities in West Bank https://truthout.org/articles/israel-advances-plan-to-displace-palestinian-bedouin-communities-in-west-bank/ Mon, 25 May 2026 17:48:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337996 Salem al-Jahalin, 73, also known as Abu Nayef, circles his home in the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin community outside the town of al-Aizariya, east of Jerusalem. His eyes scan the surrounding terrain as far as he can see, bracing for any incursion by the Israeli army. This is the fourth time the military has threatened to demolish his home, delivering, once again, a notice informing him that his land had…

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]]> Pope Leo Issues Encyclical Warning of AI’s Potential Dangers If Left Unregulated https://truthout.org/articles/pope-leo-issues-encyclical-warning-of-ais-potential-dangers-if-left-unregulated/ Mon, 25 May 2026 16:34:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337994 Pope Leo XIV on Monday released a 42,000-word encyclical calling for government regulation of artificial intelligence and implored world leaders to ensure the burgeoning technology is used for the benefit of all humankind — not concentrated in the hands of a powerful, profit-seeking few. Leo warned in the first major theological document of his papacy that unrestrained AI and its potentially…

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]]> A Minute of Silence Isn’t Enough to Reflect on the US’s Death and Destruction https://truthout.org/articles/a-minute-of-silence-isnt-enough-to-reflect-on-the-uss-death-and-destruction/ Mon, 25 May 2026 16:04:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337992 Thirty years ago, school kids touring Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. were asked what Memorial Day meant to them. “That’s the day the pools open!” they responded, as if in a chorus. Their response rippled across the U.S. and created a bit of a moral panic among the patriotic and civil-minded. The following Memorial Day, Congress sought to put the “memorial” back into the holiday. “Taps…

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]]> This Tehran Music School Took Ages to Build Up. Airstrikes Turned It to Rubble. https://truthout.org/articles/this-tehran-music-school-took-ages-to-build-up-airstrikes-turned-it-to-rubble/ Mon, 25 May 2026 15:43:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337896 Tehran’s sky was still half-lit around 5:00 am on March 23 and the Iranian capital’s characteristic traffic jam hadn’t formed yet. Hamidreza Afarideh hadn’t left for work, but he heard blaring alarms from a remote anti-theft system on his phone that suggested something ominous may have happened at his workplace. As the musician steered toward the often-crowded Pirouzi district in eastern…

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]]> Tulsi Gabbard Exit Marks Fourth Woman to Leave Trump Cabinet https://truthout.org/articles/tulsi-gabbard-exit-marks-fourth-woman-to-leave-trump-cabinet/ Sun, 24 May 2026 20:43:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337989 President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet was never exceptionally diverse from the start. And in the past three months, four women have been fired or resigned. The first to go, on March 5, was ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Then, less than a month later, Trump ousted former Attorney General Pam Bondi. On April 20…

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]]> Black Farmers Warn Pollution Is Changing The Food on Our Plates https://truthout.org/articles/black-farmers-warn-pollution-is-changing-the-food-on-our-plates/ Sun, 24 May 2026 19:43:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337987 If you’re lucky, your family is still using great‑grandma’s red beans and rice, black‑eyed peas, and potato salad recipes. And if you’re extremely fortunate, those meals might still taste like home, even without her hands. But climate pollution has quietly made sure that the food on your plates is not the same food she was eating. Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is stripping nutrients…

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]]> The Trump Administration Is Shielding Prediction Markets https://truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administration-is-shielding-prediction-markets/ Sun, 24 May 2026 17:55:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337985 A Sunday report in The New York Times revealed how the Trump administration is using a key government agency to shut down any efforts to regulate online betting markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket. According to the Times, the administration has stacked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with industry insiders who have systematically “mowed down” staffers at the agency who have…

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]]> South Florida Elected Official Targets 2 Constituents Who Are JVP Activists https://truthout.org/articles/south-florida-elected-official-targets-2-constituents-who-are-jvp-activists/ Sun, 24 May 2026 15:45:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337944 When Miami Beach activist Donna Nevel was leafleting for Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) last year at one of the biggest art fairs in the country, she was shocked to see a billboard-bearing truck emblazoned with her name and photo, along with the words “Jew hater.” Now, JVP is alleging that Miami Beach City Commissioner David Suarez spent $4,000 of his own money on three billboard trucks to…

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]]> DOJ Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year https://truthout.org/articles/doj-just-shut-disabled-people-out-of-essential-online-services-for-another-year/ Sun, 24 May 2026 15:04:26 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337842 A last-minute change from the Department of Justice (DOJ) has outraged disabled people and disability rights groups and could affect access to the ballot box come the midterm elections this November. The agency issued an interim final rule on April 20, pushing back a planned April 24, 2026, deadline for large municipalities to ensure their apps and online offerings are accessible in accordance…

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]]> Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration’s Threats to Attack https://truthout.org/articles/cubans-rally-in-havana-against-the-trump-administrations-threats-to-attack/ Sat, 23 May 2026 20:27:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337974 Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro and threats to attack the island nation, whose socialist government has been preparing its citizens to defend their homeland and revolution against U.S. aggression. “No disrespect is shown to the heroes of the homeland!” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said…

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]]> Critics Warn Utah Megadata Center Could Devastate Great Salt Lake https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-utah-megadata-center-could-devastate-great-salt-lake/ Sat, 23 May 2026 19:30:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337971 Plans for a celebrity-backed “hyperscale” data center in rural Utah, so massive that it would consume more than double the state’s current electricity use, have generated an intense public and political backlash in a state where the motto is “industry” and a Republican supermajority tends to be deferential to development. The project, brought by “Shark Tank” TV personality Kevin O’Leary…

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]]> New Immigration Rule Could Force Green Card Applicants to Leave US https://truthout.org/articles/new-immigration-rule-could-force-green-card-applicants-to-leave-us/ Sat, 23 May 2026 18:39:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337969 Critics are slamming the Trump administration for implementing a new rule that foreigners who apply for green cards must do so from abroad. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced that foreigners currently in the U.S. who want to establish permanent legal residency must first return to their countries of origin to apply for a green card.

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]]> Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One. https://truthout.org/articles/is-there-a-future-without-incarceration-abolitionist-art-shows-us-one/ Sat, 23 May 2026 14:50:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337956 Ibanged my head on the bars. It was 2:00 am. I was in a Brooklyn jail. Under the fluorescent light, other men slept on the bench. Each one of us was arrested for so-called quality-of-life crimes like drinking a beer on a stoop, blasting a radio, or being unhoused. I shook the bars again. The walls closed in on me. I had a hard time breathing. When I got out the next day…

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]]> Israel Ramps Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes Ahead of Fall Elections https://truthout.org/articles/israel-ramps-up-demolitions-of-palestinian-homes-ahead-of-fall-elections/ Sat, 23 May 2026 14:45:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337919 East Jerusalem is days away from its largest forced displacement since 1967. Eight Palestinian homes are set to be demolished by the end of May — the highest number in a single month, according to the Israeli nonprofit Ir Amim since it began tracking such demolitions. “Soon, these will all be gone,” said Fakhri Abu Diab, a longtime East Jerusalem activist whose own home was demolished…

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]]> US Military Using More Missiles to Defend Israel Than Israel Itself  https://truthout.org/articles/us-military-using-more-missiles-to-defend-israel-than-israel-itself/ Fri, 22 May 2026 19:04:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337963 The U.S. is using more of its resources to defend Israel than Israel is itself, according to U.S. officials who spoke to The Washington Post on Thursday. The officials disclosed that the U.S. military has depleted much of its missile-defense inventory after using far more of the weaponry to defend Israel throughout the war on Iran than Israel has used itself. The U.S.

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]]> Rubio Baselessly Smears Bolivia’s Protesters as “Criminals and Drug Traffickers” https://truthout.org/articles/rubio-baselessly-smears-bolivias-protestors-as-criminals-and-drug-traffickers/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:37:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337959 In the midst of a wave of mass protests in Bolivia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that the United States “stands squarely in support of Bolivia’s legitimate constitutional government,” smearing the protesters as “criminals and drug traffickers” who he would not allow to “overthrow democratically elected leaders in our hemisphere.” Rubio’s comments on Bolivia came after three weeks…

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]]> Trump Says He “Gets a Kick” Out of Criticisms He Receives for US Military Deaths https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-he-gets-a-kick-out-of-criticisms-he-receives-for-us-military-deaths/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:20:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337947 Less than a week before Memorial Day weekend — a federal holiday that aims to recognize members of the U.S. military who have died in combat zones — President Donald Trump sought to downplay the U.S. casualties of his ill-defined and unauthorized war on Iran. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, Trump was asked about servicemembers’ deaths. “We lost 13 people.

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]]> Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding https://truthout.org/articles/resistance-to-flock-cameras-and-police-surveillance-is-exploding/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:20:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337952 In communities large and small, red and blue, all across the United States, residents are filling local council meetings in opposition to the explosive growth of high-tech police surveillance systems. Local movements to rid city streets of AI-powered surveillance cameras and Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) networks used by law enforcement are growing rapidly amid scandals…

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]]> Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021 https://truthout.org/articles/private-equity-now-owns-1-in-8-apartment-units-a-50-percent-increase-since-2021/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:09:57 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337957 A new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) shows that private equity firms now own almost 3 million apartment units in the U.S., which amounts to one in eight apartment units, some 13 percent of apartment units in the country. Approximately half of these units were bought since 2021, highlighting private equity’s turn to the housing market even as the U.S. suffers from a housing…

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]]> Trump Celebrates Colbert’s Ouster at Hands of CBS Owners Aligned With His Admin https://truthout.org/video/trump-celebrates-colberts-ouster-at-hands-of-cbs-owners-aligned-with-his-admin/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:57:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337953 CBS owner Paramount Skydance is now seeking another megamerger that would put more media under Ellison family control.]]> Late-night comedian Stephen Colbert has ended his 11-year run as host of The Late Show on CBS. His program’s cancellation removes one of President Trump’s most vocal critics from the airwaves and comes after the comedian criticized his own employer for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump. The settlement came as CBS parent company Paramount was seeking the…

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]]> CBS Owners Aligned with His Administration]]> Humanitarian Convoy Stuck in Libyan Desert Is Determined to Reach Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/humanitarian-convoy-stuck-in-libyan-desert-is-determined-to-reach-gaza/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:44:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337949 “We have been here for four days,” says South African writer and academic Jessica Breakey in a voice note sent from the Libyan desert where she and hundreds of volunteers are stuck as they attempt to deliver aid to Gaza. In the background is the sound of people chatting, organising, and singing songs for Palestine. “There are no toilets. But this is a really interesting…

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]]> Omissions, Corrections, and Deceptions — Critics Blast the DNC’s Autopsy Report https://truthout.org/articles/omissions-corrections-and-deceptions-critics-blast-the-dncs-autopsy-report/ Fri, 22 May 2026 15:51:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337945 A long-anticipated “autopsy” report from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was released to the public on Thursday, containing multiple errors and omissions on subjects that may have cost Democrats the White House in 2024. The DNC — which commissioned the report that was authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera — sought to distance itself from its own document.

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]]> House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Day in a Row https://truthout.org/articles/house-gop-cancels-iran-war-powers-vote-for-second-day-in-a-row/ Fri, 22 May 2026 15:15:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337940 After four US Senate Republicans on Tuesday helped Democrats advance a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, GOP leadership in the House of Representatives canceled a similar vote on Wednesday, and again on Thursday. Progressive and Democratic Party leaders in the House were quick to call out Republican leadership, including Rep. Mike Johnson (R…

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]]> Despite Trump’s Oil Blockade, Quiet Resistance of Daily Life Continues in Cuba https://truthout.org/articles/despite-trumps-oil-blockade-quiet-resistance-of-daily-life-continues-in-cuba/ Fri, 22 May 2026 14:59:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337937 For a Caribbean city known for its effervescent, out-of-doors culture, Havana has relatively few cars on its streets, not many people on its sidewalks, and a handful of places open for patrons. Life at midweek feels like a Sunday or a holiday. The background noise of competing internal-combustion engines, common to every modern city, has been replaced by the discrete whir of electric vehicles.

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]]> 8 House Democrats Join GOP in Vote to Defund Schools That Support Trans Youth https://truthout.org/articles/8-house-democrats-join-gop-in-vote-to-defund-schools-that-support-trans-youth/ Fri, 22 May 2026 14:44:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337936 On Tuesday, May 19, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2616, the “Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act,” by a vote of 217-198. The bill would hand the Trump administration enormous leverage to strip federal funding from any school that “teaches or advances concepts” related to transgender people, codifying into federal law the anti-trans definitions from Trump’s executive order 14168…

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]]> Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision  https://truthout.org/articles/trump-demands-end-to-birthright-citizenship-ahead-of-supreme-court-decision/ Thu, 21 May 2026 21:23:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337931 On Thursday, Trump said in a press conference that “it would be a disgrace” if the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship. “Twenty to 25 percent of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship; they’ll become citizens through birthright citizenship,” he said, grossly exaggerating the amount of children born in the U.S. to undocumented people or…

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]]> VA Dems Are Frustrated With Spanberger’s Veto of Legislation Reining in ICE https://truthout.org/articles/va-dems-are-frustrated-with-spanbergers-veto-of-legislation-reining-in-ice/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:28:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337920 Gov. Abigail Spanberger within just 24 hours vetoed two legislative packages aimed at limiting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Virginia while simultaneously signing other measures targeting masked federal agents and issuing a sweeping executive order governing how ICE officers may operate on state property. The mixed actions frustrated and baffled some Democratic…

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]]> Trump Proposes Resettling More White South Africans and Blocking Other Refugees https://truthout.org/video/trump-proposes-resettling-more-white-south-africans-and-blocking-other-refugees/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:27:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337927 The Trump administration is advancing plans to resettle an additional 10,000 white South Africans in the United States as refugees. Under President Trump’s proposal, which was submitted to Congress on Monday, the U.S. would lift its record-low refugee admissions figure from 7,500 to 17,500, with the additional openings reserved for Afrikaners. This comes as the administration continues to block…

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]]> Newly Released Footage Highlights ICE’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology https://truthout.org/articles/newly-released-footage-highlights-ices-use-of-facial-recognition-technology/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:16:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337926 The Guardian has published newly-released body camera footage showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents using facial recognition technology to identify farm workers in Oregon after violently arresting them. The videos were initially released in court in an ongoing class action lawsuit against ICE’s arrest practices – which include arresting people without a warrant…

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]]> Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0 https://truthout.org/articles/black-workers-are-the-canaries-in-the-coal-mine-during-trump-2-0/ Thu, 21 May 2026 20:02:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337914 Nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump infamously asked Black voters in his pitch to garner their support: “What do you have to lose?” The Federal Reserve answered Trump’s question in its recent Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report for 2025: Black Americans lost more financially than every other racial group. According to the report, 60 percent of Black Americans expressed that their…

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]]> Bipartisan Opposition Grows Against Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund https://truthout.org/articles/bipartisan-opposition-grows-against-trumps-1-8-billion-slush-fund/ Thu, 21 May 2026 19:57:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337921 Lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties are pushing back against a so-called “anti-weaponization” fund, established by President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ), that is ostensibly designed to provide financial compensation to individuals who feel they’ve been unfairly targeted by the federal government. The fund was created following Trump’s decision to…

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]]> Corporations, Federal Agencies Are Using Seattle Police’s Surveillance Network https://truthout.org/articles/corporations-federal-agencies-are-using-seattle-polices-surveillance-network/ Thu, 21 May 2026 19:37:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337916 In Seattle, Facebook, Amazon, real estate management, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) all share one thing in common: membership to Seattle Shield, an exclusive intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police. The system highlights how secretive public-private networks of information-sharing have permeated law enforcement intelligence collection in Seattle and across…

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]]> Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom https://truthout.org/articles/jewish-holiday-of-shavuot-links-economic-justice-with-expanding-social-freedom/ Thu, 21 May 2026 19:00:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337904 In the recent U.K. elections, voters widely rejected the currently ruling Labour Party. Commentator Aditya Chakrabortty credited Labour’s resounding loss to three things: “Gaza … racist [anti-Muslim] Home Office policies, and then finally housing and cost of living.” Some voters swung their support to the far right Reform Party, led by Donald Trump ally Nigel Farage. But the U.K. Green Party…

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]]> Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned LGBTQ Song https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-turn-out-for-wisconsin-high-schoolers-performance-of-banned-lgbtq-song/ Thu, 21 May 2026 18:25:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337908 On Wednesday evening, high school students from Watertown, Wisconsin, performed a song that had been banned by the city’s conservative school board before an audience of hundreds of supportive community members. The micropolitan city of over 23,000 people, which resides almost exactly between the two largest cities in the state, has made national headlines over the past several weeks due to…

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]]> Tobacco Company Gave $5M to Trump PAC Days Before FDA OK’d Flavored Vapes https://truthout.org/articles/tobacco-company-gave-5m-to-trump-pac-days-before-fda-okd-flavored-vapes/ Thu, 21 May 2026 17:49:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337905 It was already known that President Donald Trump pressured top health officials to allow flavored vapes to hit the market after being leaned on by Big Tobacco executives earlier this month. But The New York Times has revealed that the decision came just over a week after a massive super political action committee (PAC) donation from one of the cigarette companies looking to have the…

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]]> Tennessee Man Jailed for Sharing Charlie Kirk Meme Receives $835K Settlement https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-man-jailed-for-sharing-charlie-kirk-meme-receives-835-settlement/ Thu, 21 May 2026 15:58:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337901 A Tennessee man who spent over a month in jail for posting a meme following the death of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk has received a large cash settlement from his home county, an outcome he described as a victory for free speech rights. Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old man from Lexington, Tennessee, spent 37 days in Perry County jail last fall following his arrest by the sheriff’s department…

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]]> US Employers Spend Over $1.5 Billion a Year to Fight Union Efforts, Study Finds https://truthout.org/articles/us-employers-spend-over-1-5-billion-a-year-to-fight-union-efforts-study-finds/ Wed, 20 May 2026 21:43:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337893 A new report finds that U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion a year to fight labor unions, hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers to prevent worker organizing. The report, published jointly by the Economic Policy Institute and LaborLab on Wednesday, estimates that employers spend roughly $1.7 billion annually on union avoidance consultants and law firms to prevent workers “from…

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]]> Israel Announces Plan to Build Military Complex at UNRWA Site It Bulldozed https://truthout.org/articles/israel-announces-plan-to-build-military-complex-at-unrwa-site-it-bulldozed/ Wed, 20 May 2026 21:28:11 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337891 Israel has approved the construction of a new military complex at a site that formerly hosted the UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem — a site it demolished in January. The Israeli military complex will be built at the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) compound in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem, which previously provided humanitarian services like health care…

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]]> Cuba Has a Rich History of International Solidarity. US Wants to Extinguish It. https://truthout.org/articles/cuba-has-a-rich-history-of-international-solidarity-us-wants-to-extinguish-it/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:39:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337886 At night, the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo, Cuba appears like a tangled string of Christmas lights along the coastline, casting colored silhouettes across the waves that lap ashore. Sailors and Marines pack the local sports bar blaring pop music. Others frequent the bowling alley or play video games under intense strobe lights. Yet in contrast to the brightly illuminated base…

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]]> Trump Demands Firing of Parliamentarian Over Disagreement on Ballroom Funding https://truthout.org/articles/trump-demands-firing-of-parliamentarian-over-disagreement-on-ballroom-funding/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:15:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337885 On Wednesday, President Donald Trump demanded that Republican senators fire Elizabeth MacDonough, the parliamentarian for that chamber, due to her recent decision to block funding for the White House ballroom in an upcoming reconciliation bill. The Senate parliamentarian is a nonpartisan advisor who provides counsel to Senate leadership regarding its rules. On some occasions…

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]]> Ben Gvir Taunts Flotilla Activists, Highlighting Israel’s Abuse of Detainees https://truthout.org/articles/ben-gvir-taunts-flotilla-activists-highlighting-israels-abuse-of-detainees/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:35:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337881 On Wednesday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video on X showing himself taunting Global Sumud Flotilla activists who had been kidnapped by Israel after attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The video shows Israeli security agents physically assaulting an activist who says “Free Palestine,” pushing the flotilla member to the ground. Ben Gvir taunts the…

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]]> As Cities Try to Regulate Data Centers, More States Work to Block Their Efforts https://truthout.org/articles/as-cities-try-to-regulate-data-centers-more-states-work-to-block-their-efforts/ Wed, 20 May 2026 18:13:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337877 An increasing number of states are pursuing legislation aimed at preventing local municipalities from regulating data centers and artificial intelligence (AI), legal advocates warn, all but ensuring their construction. This “preemption legislation” truncates efforts led by residents to counter the rapid expansion of facilities that have been widely criticized for everything from noise pollution to…

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]]> Trump-Backed Candidate Unseats Massie in $33 Million Primary House Race https://truthout.org/articles/trump-backed-candidate-unseats-massie-in-33-million-primary-house-race/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:41:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337879 Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, a far right Republican who has opposed a number of Trump administration initiatives, lost his primary election bid on Tuesday night to a candidate personally endorsed and promoted by President Donald Trump. Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL and farmer, won the Kentucky race with around 54.9 percent of the vote. Massie, meanwhile, garnered 45.1…

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]]> DOJ Says IRS Is “Forever Barred” From Investigating Trump Family Tax Returns https://truthout.org/video/doj-says-irs-is-forever-barred-from-investigating-trump-family-tax-returns/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:24:29 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337873 In a shocking and unprecedented move, the Justice Department issued a memo Tuesday saying the IRS is “forever barred” from investigating past tax returns of President Trump, his family, company and “related companies.” It came just a day after the department announced the creation of a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to “compensate” people prosecuted for supposedly political reasons by…

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]]> After Months of Failed Votes, Senate Finally Advances Iran War Powers Resolution https://truthout.org/articles/after-months-of-failed-votes-senate-finally-advances-iran-war-powers-resolution/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:21:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337865 After months of failed votes on Democratic war powers resolutions intended to end President Donald Trump’s illegal assault on Iran, the US Senate finally advanced legislation to a final vote on Tuesday, when a fourth Republican broke ranks. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) joined three other Republicans and all Democrats but one for the 50-47 vote on a motion to discharge Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.)…

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]]> Gaza Reconstruction Is Hindered as Israel Restricts Aid and Building Materials https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-reconstruction-is-hindered-as-israel-restricts-aid-and-building-materials/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:13:42 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337864 The Ain Jalout Tower complex is located in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Considered one of the most prominent residential complexes, over the years it has served as a refuge for dozens of families. In January 2024, during the early months of Israel’s war on Gaza, these towers were subjected to heavy bombardment following waves of forced displacement of residents…

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]]> World Cup Players Say FIFA Heat Policies Fall Short Amid Climate Crisis Threat https://truthout.org/articles/world-cup-players-say-fifa-heat-policies-fall-short-amid-climate-crisis-threat/ Wed, 20 May 2026 15:56:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337871 Current and former World Cup soccer players have penned an open letter to FIFA, urging the sports governing body to address the heat stress that is expected to be felt by competitors during this summer’s games in North America and to take action to tackle the global climate crisis. The 2026 World Cup will take place in three separate countries — Canada, the United States…

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]]> Trump Admin Sanctions Flotilla Activists, Baselessly Claims Ties to Hamas https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-sanctions-flotilla-activists-baselessly-claims-ties-to-hamas/ Tue, 19 May 2026 21:33:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337862 On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four Gaza flotilla activists, baselessly smearing them as part of “Hamas support networks.” The four activists — Saif Abukeshek, Jaldia Aueda, Hisham Abu Mahfuz, and Mohammed Khatib — are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s siege of Gaza in order to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

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]]> Legal Workers Protest After Woman Forced to Give Birth in Brooklyn Courtroom https://truthout.org/articles/legal-workers-protest-after-woman-forced-to-give-birth-in-brooklyn-courtroom/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:58:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337854 On Monday, legal service workers protested in front of the Brooklyn Criminal Court and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office after a woman who was being detained was forced to give birth in a courtroom on Friday. At least 150 legal advocates, public defenders, and local lawmakers rallied against what the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA) called “the dangerous conditions in…

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]]> Blanche Says Trump “Slush Fund” Payouts Could Include Jan. 6 Participants https://truthout.org/articles/blanche-says-trump-slush-fund-payouts-could-include-jan-6-participants/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:39:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337852 During Senate testimony on Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators that anybody in the U.S. who feels they’ve been wrongly targeted by federal prosecutors or investigators will now be eligible for millions of dollars in payouts — including violent participants in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building. The new “anti-weaponization fund” is the result of a…

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]]> Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century https://truthout.org/articles/battle-over-medication-abortion-threatens-to-revert-us-back-to-19th-century/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:45:25 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337850 On May 1, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the mailing of mifepristone, a common abortion medication. The ruling restricted distribution and use of the medication to in-person clinic visits only, even as the number of brick-and-mortar abortion clinics has continued to shutter over the past year, and some red states blocked access to mail order pills.

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]]> Israeli Minister Smotrich Responds to ICC Warrant by Threatening More War Crimes https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-smotrich-responds-to-icc-warrant-by-threatening-more-war-crimes/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:38:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337846 Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor had requested an arrest warrant against him, reportedly in response to his illegal forced expulsion of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank. He said he planned to “fight back” by issuing an order to forcibly evict hundreds more Palestinians from their homes in the West…

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]]> ICE Separated 145,000 Children From Their Parents Since 2025, Study Estimates https://truthout.org/articles/ice-separated-145000-children-from-their-parents-since-2025-study-estimates/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:58:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337848 Tens of thousands of children in the U.S. have had a parent detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the start of Trump’s second term, according to a new report released by the Brookings Institution on Monday. Brookings estimates that over 145,000 children who are U.S. citizens have had at least one of their parents booked into detention since Trump reentered the White…

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]]> Trump Adviser Loomer Peddles Falsehoods About San Diego Mosque Shooting Victims https://truthout.org/articles/trump-adviser-loomer-peddles-falsehoods-about-san-diego-mosque-shooting-victims/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:37:27 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337844 Following the deadly shooting at an Islamic center in Southern California on Monday, Laura Loomer, a right-wing commentator and informal adviser to President Donald Trump, issued multiple social media posts disparaging the victims and their community. The shooting occurred late Monday morning, when two individuals opened fire on the Islamic Center of San Diego. The pair reportedly killed…

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]]> Director of E. Jean Carroll Film Says Distribution Was “Quite a Challenge” https://truthout.org/video/director-of-e-jean-carroll-film-says-distribution-was-quite-a-challenge/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:33:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=337841 President Donald Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to toss two verdicts against him resulting from civil litigation brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. In 2019, the famous advice columnist published a memoir describing an encounter in the 1990s when she says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store. When Trump denied the account, Carroll sued him and won $5 million in damages…

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]]> Democrats Decry Trump’s $1.8 Billion “Slush Fund to Reward His Own Allies” https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-decry-trumps-1-8-billion-slush-fund-to-reward-his-own-allies/ Tue, 19 May 2026 18:04:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=337839 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday a new “anti-weaponization” settlement fund as a condition of President Donald Trump voluntarily dropping his multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for the leak of his tax returns several years ago. Trump, his sons Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization moved to drop the $10 billion suit Monday in…

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