Articles – Truthout https://truthout.org Fearless Independent Journalism Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:30:15 +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 State Department Mislabels Every Country on Map of Africa at Global Conference https://truthout.org/articles/state-department-mislabels-every-country-on-map-of-africa-at-global-conference/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:13:39 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339638 The U.S. State Department presented a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference this week in which every country was mislabelled and its borders jumbled. The map, as first reported by Substack writer and AIDS expert Emily Bass and confirmed by Reuters, “caused a stir” when it was presented by a top official from the foreign affairs agency. The graphic shows an outline of Africa with six…

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]]> The Fight Against AI Data Centers Is Spreading Globally https://truthout.org/articles/the-fight-against-ai-data-centers-is-spreading-globally/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:57:22 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339636 Earlier this year, Gallup asked a national sample of Americans whether they would support an AI data center being built in their local area. Seventy-one percent opposed it, 48 percent of them strongly. Opposition to living near a nuclear power plant was markedly lower, at 53 percent. Republicans, Democrats and independents all rejected data centers. Asked why, respondents most often pointed to…

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]]> Fetterman Votes With GOP Yet Again on War Powers Resolution to Rein In Trump https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-votes-with-gop-yet-again-on-war-powers-resolution-to-rein-in-trump/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:30:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339635 WASHINGTON — For the second time in as many weeks, a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s war with Iran failed to pass the U.S. Senate Thursday. The vote breakdown, 49-50, fell along familiar lines as previous War Powers votes, with Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine supporting the measure.

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]]> Nearly All of Europe Vow to Boycott World Cup Over Plan for Kushner Family Sale https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-all-of-europe-vow-to-boycott-world-cup-over-plan-for-kushner-family-sale/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:15:32 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339628 Europe’s soccer league, which encompasses nearly every country in the continent, has vowed a boycott of the World Cup and other FIFA events if the organization moves forward with its plan to sell a large minor stake of the global competition to the Kushner family. On Tuesday, FIFA announced a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, and told members that the plan needed to…

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]]> Calls Grow for Oversight as OpenAI Says Experimental AI Agents Went Rogue https://truthout.org/video/calls-grow-for-oversight-as-openai-admits-experimental-ai-agents-went-rogue/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:09:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339631 Artificial intelligence tools are quickly advancing in sophistication and capabilities, raising alarm among researchers and industry figures who say the technology needs to be more tightly regulated. This comes as OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, recently disclosed that one of its experimental AI agents went rogue and secretly hacked into the infrastructure of several other companies in what was supposed…

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]]> India’s “Cockroach Movement” Woke Up a Nation. But Is It Already Asleep Again? https://truthout.org/articles/indias-cockroach-movement-confronted-modi-it-may-have-ended-too-soon/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:09:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339627 Clad in a black T-shirt and sporting slightly unkempt hair, Abhijeet Dipke conducted the massive crowd in front of him. As they waved a sea of Indian flags to the beat of the music, he stood over them waving one back. The song they were all singing, “Maa Tujhe Salaam,” is one of India’s most patriotic, released by A.R. Rahman in 1997 to mark the country’s 50th year of independence.

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]]> As the War on Iran Spikes Gas Prices, Shell’s Profits More Than Double https://truthout.org/articles/as-the-war-on-iran-spikes-gas-prices-shells-profits-more-than-doubled/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:40:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339625 The London-based oil behemoth Shell reported Thursday that its net profit more than doubled in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2025 as the Iran war pushed up energy prices, causing pain for consumers in the United Kingdom and around the world. “These profits have been built on an energy crisis that’s left households across the country struggling with high energy…

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]]> Access to Abortion in Kansas Is at Stake August 4 — But Voters May Not Know It https://truthout.org/articles/access-to-abortion-in-kansas-is-at-stake-august-4-but-voters-may-not-know-it/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:32:56 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339623 If there’s one thing we’ve learned from abortion opponents, it’s that abortion rights, no matter how many times they are affirmed and supported by the electorate, are never a settled issue. In August 2022, less than two months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Kansas made a defiant stand in favor of abortion rights, one that reverberated across the country. But abortion opponents refuse to take no…

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]]> Fetterman Is So Unpopular That He Loses to “Someone Else” by 18 Points in Poll https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-is-so-unpopular-that-he-loses-to-someone-else-by-18-points-in-poll/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:08:14 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339621 Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) is so unpopular that he would lose his hypothetical re-election by nearly 20 points to a generic “someone else” choice if the election were held today, new polling finds. PennLive/Bravo Group polling released Wednesday asked a group of Pennsylvania voters who they would vote for between Fetterman and “someone else.” Fifty-eight percent of respondents said…

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]]> “This Is a God Thing” — Johnson Claims Prayers Will Help GOP Win the Midterms https://truthout.org/articles/this-is-a-god-thing-johnson-claims-prayers-will-help-gop-win-the-midterms/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:00:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339618 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) claimed this past weekend that Republicans will end up winning the 2026 midterms due in large part to God’s intervention. Johnson appeared on the far right program “This Week on Capitol Hill,” which is hosted by Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. During the July 25 episode, Johnson claimed that Americans “trust House Republicans…

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]]> Asked About ICC Warrant, Netanyahu Says He Travels With “Special Forces” https://truthout.org/articles/asked-about-icc-warrant-netanyahu-says-he-travels-with-special-forces/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:20:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339612 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he travels with Israeli “special forces” in the event that he is arrested abroad for his charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) — as he vowed to travel to New York City for the UN General Assembly meeting in September. In an interview with Fox, Sean Hannity expressed concern that Netanyahu may face arrest in a country…

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]]> Trump Pardons Mega-Donor Days After Contribution to GOP Candidate https://truthout.org/articles/trump-pardons-mega-donor-days-after-they-contributed-to-gop-candidate/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:18:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339614 President Donald Trump has pardoned yet another person who has made significant donations to his past campaigns and to Republican Party causes, casting more doubts upon the legitimacy of his use of the constitutionally unchecked power. Adam Kidan, a key figure involved in the Jack Abramoff fraud and lobbying scandal, served a prison sentence of around two and a half years in the mid-2000s.

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]]> Documents Show TSA Shares Passengers’ Personal Information With ICE https://truthout.org/articles/documents-show-tsa-shares-passengers-personal-information-with-ice/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:47:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339609 The Trump administration has for more than a year used personal information airline passengers provide to the Transportation Security Administration for immigration enforcement, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group. The documents, collected by the government accountability organization American Oversight, show for the first time a formal data-sharing agreement since…

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]]> The Odyssey Is Facing a Boycott for Filming in Occupied Western Sahara https://truthout.org/articles/the-odyssey-is-facing-a-boycott-for-filming-in-occupied-western-sahara/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:46:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339606 Western Sahara is a sparsely populated country roughly the size of Colorado, located in northwestern Africa, just south of Morocco. It’s inhabited by a traditionally nomadic people known as Sahrawis, who have a distinct history, culture, and dialect. The land is currently under the occupation of Moroccan forces who moved into Western Sahara in 1975 in violation of a landmark decision by the…

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]]> GOP Senator Calls Mamdani a “Thug,” Says He Should Be Imprisoned in Gitmo https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senator-calls-mamdani-a-thug-says-he-should-be-imprisoned-in-gitmo/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:39:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339602 Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville (Alabama) has called for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be imprisoned in the notorious Guantanámo Bay torture camp, labelling the Muslim politician a “thug” amid a rise in racist and Islamophobic attacks against him ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. In an interview with far right podcaster Benny Johnson…

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]]> UN Palestine Rapporteur Slams Nations’ Complicity as Netanyahu Meets Trump https://truthout.org/video/un-palestine-rapporteur-slams-nations-complicity-as-netanyahu-meets-trump/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:38:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339603 We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from international law. Despite an International Criminal Court warrant out for his arrest, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently visited the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. While the United States is not a member state to the…

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]]> Disease Researchers Blame DOGE Cuts for Spiraling Cyclospora Outbreak https://truthout.org/articles/disease-researchers-blame-doge-cuts-for-spiraling-cyclospora-outbreak/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:34:54 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339597 As the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite continues to spread through the U.S., now having sickened an estimated 11,500 Americans in at least nine states since May, it is becoming increasingly clear that the situation has been massively worsened by the actions of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) over the past 18 months. CNN reported last week that cuts to the Centers for…

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]]> Trump’s Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low in 2 New Polls https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-approval-rating-hits-all-time-low-in-2-new-polls/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:22:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339598 Just over a year and a half after he re-entered the White House for a second term, more Americans than ever disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job performance. According to a CNN/SSRS poll published on Wednesday, just 34 percent of Americans give Trump approving marks. Conversely, 66 percent say they disapprove of the way he’s handled his job as president. Trump’s approval numbers…

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]]> Trump Threatens to Bomb the “F****** S***” Out of Iran After US Base Strike https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-bomb-the-f-s-out-of-iran-after-us-base-strike/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:18:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339594 President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. is going to “beat” the “f****** s***” out of Iran, in a chilling new threat of escalations as the war spirals out of control and engulfs more regional conflicts. “We’re going to beat the f****** s*** out of them,” Trump told Fox’s Trey Yingst. It’s unclear if Trump censored himself, or if the outlet censored his words. “We’ll be hitting…

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]]> Trump Quietly Gutted Agency Best-Known for Work on Curbing Hospital Infections https://truthout.org/articles/trump-quietly-gutted-agency-best-known-for-work-on-curbing-hospital-infections/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:30:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339592 The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice. In a July 15 letter, the small Department of Health and Human Services agency known as AHRQ told researchers it was…

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]]> How Do We Sustain Momentum for the Anti-ICE Movement Over Time? https://truthout.org/articles/how-do-we-sustain-momentum-for-the-anti-ice-movement-over-time/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:01:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339587 The violence and scale of the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrants and the communities they live in can be disorienting. In recent months, the terrain has shifted from roving spectacles of violence in blue cities to arrests increasingly embedded in the everyday harms of policing. Meanwhile, activists and community members have forced the administration to retreat from one of its most…

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]]> Trump to End Medicare Part D Subsidies After Vowing to “Protect” Program in 2024 https://truthout.org/articles/trump-to-end-medicare-part-d-subsidies-after-vowing-to-protect-program-in-2024/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:36:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339589 On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its plans to end a subsidy program for Medicare Part D, which has helped lower prescription drug costs for tens of millions of enrollees in the program for the past two years. The Biden-era program provided subsidies to insurance companies, which in turn lowered the cost of drugs for seniors in Medicare. If repealed, many enrollees in the program…

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]]> Democrats Call FIFA President to Congress After Trump’s World Cup “Quid Pro Quo” https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-call-fifa-president-to-congress-after-trumps-world-cup-quid-pro-quo/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:20:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339581 The Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have launched an investigation into dealings between President Donald Trump and the leaders of FIFA on the heels of the World Cup, accusing the leaders of conducting a “bribery and corruption scheme” to enrich themselves at the expense of soccer fans around the world. On Monday, the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland)…

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]]> UAE-Supplied Drones Still Target Civilians in Sudan Despite EU Condemnation https://truthout.org/articles/uae-supplied-drones-still-target-civilians-in-sudan-despite-eu-condemnation/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:15:49 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339583 On July 9, the European Parliament passed a resolution that condemned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for supporting a violent Sudanese paramilitary responsible for war crimes and other atrocities. The resolution demanded urgent action to stop the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from invading el-Obeid, a strategic city in central Sudan at risk of mass atrocities. It called for an end to all…

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]]> Trump Escalates Campaign Against Smithsonian With New “Warning Signs” Order https://truthout.org/articles/trump-escalates-campaign-against-smithsonian-with-new-warning-signs-order/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:45:41 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339580 President Donald Trump issued an executive order this past weekend demanding new signage outside the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH), due to what his administration has alleged are displays that demonstrate an unpatriotic view of the past. The signs will “warn” visitors about a supposed “ideological capture” of the NMAH. They also claim that the museum’s…

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]]> Nearly Half of Americans Say US Should Arrest Netanyahu Ahead of Trump Meeting https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-half-of-americans-say-us-should-arrest-netanyahu-ahead-of-trump-meeting/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:06:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339566 Nearly half of Americans think that the U.S. should carry out the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters the country, new polling finds, outnumbering those who say the U.S. shouldn’t arrest him by nearly two to one. Polling conducted by The Economist/YouGov ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Tuesday finds that 49…

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]]> Legal Team of Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Appeals to the UN for Support https://truthout.org/articles/legal-team-of-political-prisoner-mumia-abu-jamal-appeals-to-the-un-for-support/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:41:44 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339571 World-renowned political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is 72 years old, suffering multiple health problems, and may die in prison, say legal advocates in a new request they filed today that asks the United Nations to support his release. Abu-Jamal’s legal team decided to appeal to the UN after having exhausted nearly every legal avenue for relief available in the United States. Abu-Jamal was a…

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]]> Kentucky Gov. Beshear Demands McConnell Prove He Can Still Serve — or Resign https://truthout.org/articles/kentucky-gov-beshear-demands-mcconnell-prove-he-can-still-serve-or-resign/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:40:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339570 Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is demanding that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) provide evidence of his ability to continue serving in office, or resign immediately from his position. It’s been about a month and a half since McConnell last made a public appearance, following his hospitalization due to what his office says was a fall in his home. McConnell’s health and absence from…

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]]> Americans Placed $166B in Sports Bets in 2025 — Double Amount Spent on the Arts https://truthout.org/articles/americans-placed-166b-in-sports-bets-in-2025-double-amount-spent-on-the-arts/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:00:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339560 Americans spent nearly $170 billion on sports bets in 2025, representing more than double the amount Americans spent on movies, books, music, and museums combined last year, a new analysis finds as the betting industry turns to increasingly predatory tactics. According to an analysis by Fortune, Americans placed $166 billion in sports bets last year, while spending a total of $70 billion…

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]]> This Activist Was Targeted by ICE for Criticizing Colombia’s President-Elect https://truthout.org/video/this-activist-was-targeted-by-ice-for-criticizing-colombias-president-elect/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:54:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339564 A prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an ICE jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known as Beto Coral, was a frequent online critic of far-right President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump ally, in the run-up to Colombia’s election. In a memo obtained by The New York Times in June, U.S.

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]]> DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Arm Has Been Captured by Industry, Critics Say https://truthout.org/articles/dojs-environmental-enforcement-arm-has-been-captured-by-industry-critics-say/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:53:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339545 Tom Mariani spent nearly 40 years working as an environmental attorney inside the U.S. Department of Justice. But the return of President Donald Trump to office last year marked the end of his government career. His departure was part of a mass exodus of civil servants across the federal government, including at the DOJ, in the beginning of the second Trump administration. Over the last year…

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]]> New DHS Rule Skips Asylum Interviews, Sends Some Cases Straight to Courts https://truthout.org/articles/new-dhs-rule-skips-asylum-interviews-sends-some-cases-straight-to-courts/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:51:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339562 Washington — Federal asylum officers can deny interviews to asylum seekers and send them immediately to an immigration judge, speeding up deportation proceedings, under a rule U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published Tuesday. The rule, which takes effect immediately, will allow USCIS, a Department of Homeland Security agency, to refer directly to immigration judges certain asylum…

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]]> Citizens Bank Cuts Ties With Prison Companies After De-ICE Pressure Campaign https://truthout.org/articles/citizens-bank-cuts-ties-with-prison-companies-after-de-ice-pressure-campaign/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:17:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339549 A coalition of social justice organizations is celebrating a recent decision by Citizens Bank to sever its financial ties with two companies that operate immigration prisons on behalf of the Trump administration. The national bank, which is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, has faced significant pushback from protesters for providing more than $2.5 billion in financing to CoreCivic…

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]]> Trump Says US Has Taken “Billions and Billions” From Venezuela and Iran Is Next https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-us-has-taken-billions-and-billions-from-venezuela-and-iran-is-next/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:20:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339541 President Donald Trump claimed that the U.S. has seized over $13 billion in oil revenues from Venezuela and is using it for “running the country” in remarks on Monday in which he threatened to do the same to Iran. Late last week, the Financial Times estimated that the U.S. has put roughly $13 billion of Venezuela’s oil revenues into a reported U.S. Treasury account ever since the Trump…

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]]> AI “News” Outlet Pushes False and Misleading Info Amid New Mexico Flooding Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/ai-news-outlet-pushes-false-and-misleading-info-amid-new-mexico-flooding-crisis/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:55:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339537 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced emergency orders directing $500,000 to help with statewide flooding disasters, including in Gallup, where historic monsoon rains in McKinley County flooded streets, damaged homes and tested the city’s aging drainage system. Leah March, a spokesperson for the governor’s office, told Source NM in an email that the funding will provide sandbags…

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]]> DOJ Charges Alleged Cop City Activist Over “Duress” Password That Wipes Phone https://truthout.org/articles/doj-charges-alleged-cop-city-activist-over-duress-password-that-wipes-phone/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:47:16 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339532 The Department of Justice is trying to prosecute a man allegedly involved in the movement against Atlanta’s Cop City for using a “duress” password on his smartphone that reportedly wiped its contents, in a seemingly unprecedented line of prosecution as the Trump administration expands its methods of criminalizing those with left-wing beliefs. According to The Guardian, the defendant…

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]]> “Megafires” in France and Spain Force Over 350,000 People to Evacuate https://truthout.org/video/megafires-in-france-and-spain-force-over-350000-people-to-evacuate/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:37:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339534 France and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fires began in the southwest of France on Wednesday before spreading to Spain, where they have consumed more than 120,000 acres in what is now the most destructive fire in Spain’s recent history. Meanwhile, a new heat wave is expected to hit Europe this week…

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]]> Trump Is Already Outpacing His First-Term Record Number of Airstrikes on Somalia https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-already-outpacing-his-first-term-record-number-of-airstrikes-on-somalia/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:17:52 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339531 In a recent video released by the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared, “The inspiration of America to the rest of the world has been extraordinary.” The video, which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, hails the legacy of the framers while a voiceover praises the generations who “dedicated themselves to building a more peaceful and…

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]]> Musk Says He Got “Carried Away” With DOGE Cuts, Which Are Set to Kill Millions https://truthout.org/articles/musk-says-he-got-carried-away-with-doge-cuts-which-are-set-to-kill-millions/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:03:51 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339527 Elon Musk has shared that he got “carried away” during his time heading the supposed “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, in the early months of the second Donald Trump term — with the billionaire seeming to express only mild regret for the sweeping, illegal government cuts that are slated to kill millions of people across the world over the coming years. “I think I got a little…

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]]> Trump Administration’s Demand for Hospital Emergency Room Records Raises Alarm https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administrations-demand-for-hospital-emergency-room-records-raises-alarm/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:47:07 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339521 A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, responsible for tracking and issuing recalls of dangerous products…

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]]> ICE Poised to Ramp Up Arrests of Haitians as Deportation Protections Set to End https://truthout.org/articles/ice-poised-to-ramp-up-arrests-of-haitians-as-deportation-protections-set-to-end/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:44:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339529 Mass arrests of Haitian immigrants by federal agents could begin as early as this week, according to federal documents regarding President Donald Trump’s new directive to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump could end deportation protections for the community. A binding mandate was expected to be sent to lower…

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]]> When a Fascist Organization Set Up Shop in Their Town, Residents Fought Back https://truthout.org/articles/when-a-fascist-organization-set-up-shop-in-their-town-residents-fought-back/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:02:28 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339518 There is a certain symmetry to what we have experienced over the past decade of collapsing national consensus and far right radicalization. In cities and small towns around the country, people are watching as their friendships break down along lines of political or moral agreement, and as the shadow of white nationalism towers over even the most seemingly idyllic environments.

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]]> Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Order Targeting Voting Rights https://truthout.org/articles/appeals-court-keeps-block-on-trump-order-targeting-voting-rights/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:44:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339516 A federal appellate panel on Saturday rejected the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower court’s injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing President Donald Trump’s March executive order targeting mail-in ballots as part of Republicans’ broader attack on voting rights. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against a motion…

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]]> ICE to Reopen Private Prison as Massive North Carolina Detention Center https://truthout.org/articles/ice-to-reopen-private-prison-as-massive-north-carolina-detention-center/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:20:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339512 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be reopening a for-profit prison in Winton, North Carolina, as one of the largest immigrant detention facilities on the East Coast, according to reports from the New York Times. The report cited internal ICE documents showing plans for a mass detention center in the former Rivers Correctional Institution with 1,400 beds. It’s part of an agreement…

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]]> Trump Medicaid Rule Could Strip Coverage From Seriously Ill People https://truthout.org/articles/trump-medicaid-rule-could-strip-coverage-from-seriously-ill-people/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:46:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339510 Afew weeks ago, we argued the Trump administration was seeking to invent new ways to punish Americans. The idea was that the authoritarian impulses of the MAGA-run government will need to dial up the cruelty in order to sow chaos and pave the way for a broader assault on democracy. Well, this week a rule was issued by Medicare and Medicaid services that shows just how proficient the Trump…

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]]> Reporters in Gaza Are Under Attack. Will I Be Recognized as One If I Am Killed? https://truthout.org/articles/reporters-in-gaza-are-under-attack-will-i-be-recognized-as-one-if-i-am-killed/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:19:48 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339479 On June 25, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists announced that it had removed 20 names from its list of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip, confirming only eight names while leaving the remaining cases under review. When I read the announcement, I did not focus on the numbers. Instead, I found myself asking a single question that has haunted me ever since: If I am killed tomorrow while…

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]]> Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy. https://truthout.org/articles/higher-ed-cant-be-neutral-in-an-age-of-brutality-it-must-choose-democracy/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:30:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339460 Across the United States, and increasingly in other democracies under siege, higher education faces a coordinated assault unlike anything witnessed in generations. State governments are prohibiting the teaching of histories that confront slavery, colonialism, Indigenous dispossession, structural racism, and widening inequality. Books are disappearing from classrooms and libraries. Diversity…

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]]> Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Secret Dossiers on ICE Watchers https://truthout.org/articles/advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-secret-dossiers-on-ice-watchers/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:58:31 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339504 A coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing the Trump administration of secretly collecting and keeping personal information about people who monitor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, arguing that the practice violates federal privacy law and threatens constitutionally protected speech and association. The lawsuit — filed in…

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]]> As Highways Expand, Black Communities Are Threatened With Flooding and Land Loss https://truthout.org/articles/as-highways-expand-black-communities-are-threatened-with-flooding-and-land-loss/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:26:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339502 Timothy Williams’ family has lived in the same community for over 150 years, but he is afraid that they are one big storm away from losing it all. Eight years ago, the Alabama Department of Transportation widened the highway that runs just a few yards from Williams’ home in Shiloh. Since then, every time it rains, water has flowed down the highway, flooding his land with enough force to…

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]]> For Single Immigrant Mothers, the Financial Toll of ICE Raids Is Far From Over https://truthout.org/articles/for-single-immigrant-mothers-the-financial-toll-of-ice-raids-is-far-from-over/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:34:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339499 It was a frigid January morning in Minneapolis. Alexa quietly stepped outside her apartment to heat her car for her baby, who was waiting inside in her crib. They immediately spotted her. At the edge of the complex, the doors of a van carrying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swung open. They sprinted toward her. She remembers the guns they held, and how the sight of them…

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]]> The Odyssey Challenges the Right-Wing Myth of a “Golden Past” https://truthout.org/articles/the-odyssey-challenges-the-right-wing-myth-of-a-golden-past/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:55:53 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339459 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opens with a shot of the bard Demodocus — played by rapper Travis Scott — hitting a staff on a table for a beat. The movie then cuts to Sinon, an Achaean soldier in front of the Trojan Horse, who is played by transgender actor Elliot Page. Later, the hero, Odysseus (a somber Matt Damon) confesses that he is a war criminal. The blood on his hands stopped him from…

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]]> Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts https://truthout.org/articles/kansas-amendment-battle-highlights-billionaires-efforts-to-capture-state-courts/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:52:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339497 The networks of two major players who helped capture the U.S. Supreme Court — anti-abortion lawyer Leonard Leo and oil billionaire Charles Koch — have also long targeted state courts to advance their regressive agenda. One of their tactics, influencing the way that state justices are selected nationwide, is being borne out in Kansas. On August 4, voters in Kansas will decide the fate of a…

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]]> Haley Stevens’s Palantir Consultant Scandal Draws Attention to Her Record on ICE https://truthout.org/articles/haley-stevenss-palantir-consultant-scandal-draws-attention-to-her-record-on-ice/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:50:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339491 Up until this week, House representative and Democratic Senate candidate Haley Stevens’s campaign shared a mutual consultant with far right tech surveillance company Palantir, new reporting reveals, bringing renewed attention to Stevens’s record on ICE as she faces a contentious race against Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. Drop Site News’s Ryan Grim reported on Thursday that the consultant…

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]]> 4 Years After Roe Was Overturned, Public Opinion on Abortion Has Shifted https://truthout.org/articles/4-years-after-roe-was-overturned-public-opinion-on-abortion-has-shifted/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:24:08 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339489 It’s been four years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion. In the immediate aftermath of the decision, national attention centered on implementation of state bans and a rapidly shifting legal landscape. But four years later, one of the most impactful developments has…

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]]> 25 States Sue to Stop Admin’s FEMA Restrictions Over Election Overhaul Demands https://truthout.org/articles/25-states-sue-to-stop-admins-fema-restrictions-over-election-overhaul-demands/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:23:19 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339495 More than two dozen states have filed a joint lawsuit seeking to prevent the Trump administration from limiting disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) if they do not comply with the president’s demands on election systems changes. Twenty-five states plus Washington, D.C. filed the suit in federal court in Rhode Island. The suit argues that rules imposed by…

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]]> New Legislation Targets Birthright Citizenship in Territories Like Puerto Rico https://truthout.org/video/new-legislation-targets-birthright-citizenship-in-territories-like-puerto-rico/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:38:47 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339482 After failing to overturn birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Republican legislators are turning to new tactics to disenfranchise people born on U.S. soil. Their latest targets are those born to noncitizen or permanent resident parents in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, where the Supreme Court has said citizenship is granted by statute and full constitutional protections do not apply.

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]]> Pentagon Quietly Revises Death Count of US Troops in Iran War From 18 to 14 https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-quietly-revises-death-count-of-us-troops-in-iran-war-from-18-to-14/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:36:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339469 The Trump administration quietly revised the U.S. troop death count in the Iran war from 18 to 14 this week, seemingly removing the deaths of the four troops killed this past weekend in Iranian strikes even as the administration faces accusations of cover-ups with regard to American casualties of the war. The New York Times reported that, on Wednesday, the Pentagon website that logs troop…

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]]> The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It https://truthout.org/articles/the-states-war-on-the-left-didnt-begin-with-trump-but-hes-escalating-it/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339478 The Trump administration’s drive to turn the machinery of counterterrorism against left-wing movements worldwide kicked into a higher gear this month surrounding its convening of an international “Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism.” On July 16, 2026, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau stood before representatives of over 60 nations assembled for the global summit…

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]]> Right-Wing Bill Mill Meeting Centers Voter Suppression, Protecting Data Centers https://truthout.org/articles/right-wing-bill-mill-meeting-centers-voter-suppression-protecting-data-centers/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:22:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339473 The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faithful descend on the Sunshine State this week for the right-wing bill mill’s annual meeting at the four-star JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. In addition to smoking stogies at a “late night cigar reception,” sipping drinks, and trying out Meta’s latest “AI-powered wearable technologies,” attendees are considering model policies designed to…

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]]> DOJ Drops Subpoenas of New York Times Journalists and Their Family Members https://truthout.org/articles/doj-drops-subpoenas-of-new-york-times-journalists-and-their-family-members/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:56:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339470 Lawyers for the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped subpoenas of several New York Times journalists — and some targeting their family members — after a federal judge berated the Trump administration for its actions. Earlier this month, the Times reported on security flaws of President Donald Trump’s new Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. When Trump didn’t use the jet on his travels home from a…

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]]> Majority in Gaza Are Still Suffering “Crisis or Worse” Levels of Hunger https://truthout.org/articles/majority-in-gaza-are-still-suffering-crisis-or-worse-levels-of-hunger/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:42:06 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339467 Although the Gaza Strip is no longer officially enduring famine, a majority of Palestinians there are suffering “crisis or worse” levels of hunger in an emergency that is expected to worsen in the coming months if Israel’s bombardment and siege — which many experts say is a key component of an ongoing genocide — continue. The Integrated Phase Food Security Classification — which ranks food…

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]]> Gaza’s Streets and Markets Have Become Dumping Grounds for Medical Waste https://truthout.org/articles/gazas-streets-and-markets-have-become-dumping-grounds-for-medical-waste/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:27:58 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339466 Just a few hundred meters from Al-Ma’madani Hospital in the center of Gaza City lies Firas Market, which has turned into a site for heaps of mixed garbage as medical waste accumulates alongside household trash, commercial trash, and rubble remnants. The piles stretch across the market and between buildings, suffocating the city with choking odors and rising dust, right next to passersby and…

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]]> Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution to Rein In Trump’s War on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-casts-deciding-vote-against-resolution-to-rein-in-trumps-war-on-iran/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:59:09 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339457 Conservative Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has cast the deciding vote to defeat yet another Senate war powers resolution aimed at reining in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, just hours after the House passed a provision to do so. The resolution, introduced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), failed to advance in a 47 to 49 vote on Thursday. The resolution would require the U.S.

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]]> People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Dems Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency. https://truthout.org/articles/people-keep-dying-in-ice-custody-13-dems-back-a-bill-to-abolish-the-agency/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:24:01 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339455 Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva was at home in Georgia with his family on July 9 when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came to arrest him. Sonimar Maria, Arenas-Silva’s sister, said her family implored the agents not to take the 45-year-old Venezuelan, mentioning his medical needs, but ICE did not listen to their pleas. Flanked by progressive House Democrats and speaking in Spanish…

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]]> Trump Threatens “Massive” Attack of Unprecedented Proportion on Iran https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-massive-attack-of-unprecedented-proportion-on-iran/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:16:04 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339451 President Donald Trump has threatened to conduct an attack on Iran that’s “bigger than ever,” saying that he is still considering whether or not to do so after weeks of vowing to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure, in what experts say would be war crimes. “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,” Trump told Axios’s…

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]]> Madison Residents Protest After Police Shoot, Kill a Black Man in Broad Daylight https://truthout.org/articles/madison-residents-protest-after-police-shoot-kill-a-black-man-in-broad-daylight/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:10:21 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339449 Hundreds of people demonstrated in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday night following the police killing of a Black man in a popular commercial and residential area. The Madison Police Department (MPD) has not yet identified the man, stating only that he was in his 30s. Local social justice organizations have identified the man who was killed as Madison resident Corey Ruiz.

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]]> House Republicans Subpoena Left-Wing Groups Amid Trump Administration Crackdown https://truthout.org/articles/house-republicans-subpoena-left-wing-groups-as-trump-admin-assembles-blacklists/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:11:10 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339441 Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee have issued subpoenas to three left-wing groups, including a news outlet, demanding that they turn over their communications and financial records as the Trump administration escalates its McCarthyist crackdowns on those with left-wing views. The committee has demanded documents from BreakThrough News, a left-wing news outlet…

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]]> Palestinian Activist Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Threat of Deportation — Again https://truthout.org/video/palestinian-activist-mohsen-mahdawi-faces-threat-of-deportation-again/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:44:45 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339447 Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, whose arrest by masked and hooded ICE agents when he arrived for his naturalization interview to become a U.S. citizen made national headlines last year, is facing a new deportation threat after a three-judge panel overturned a lower court ruling that had freed him from ICE custody. Mahdawi was involved in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University…

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]]> Floridians’ Fights Against Flock Cameras and AI Are Shaking Up State Politics https://truthout.org/articles/floridians-fights-against-flock-cameras-and-ai-are-shaking-up-state-politics/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:24:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339445 Sam Altman, the embattled CEO of the AI technology company OpenAI, vacillates between warning of a labor market doom loop due to the technology his company developed and promising a new golden era for humanity just around the corner. In an essay posted to his X account this July, he claimed that “by safely stewarding AGI [artificial general intelligence] into the world, we can enter a new…

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]]> US Measles Cases in 2026 Have Already Surpassed Last Year’s Total https://truthout.org/articles/us-measles-cases-in-2026-have-already-surpassed-last-years-total/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:43:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339442 A medical tracker that monitors measles in the United States shows that the number of cases identified in 2026 has already exceeded last year’s total. According to the Johns Hopkins University U.S. measles tracker, 2,295 measles cases have been identified across the country in 2026 so far. In all of 2025, 2,286 cases were counted, meaning that this year’s total has exceeded last year’s in…

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]]> 5 Democrats Vote to Strip Gender-Affirming Care From Trans Servicemembers https://truthout.org/articles/5-democrats-vote-to-strip-gender-affirming-care-from-trans-servicemembers/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:32:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339438 If you’re transgender, you can die for our country — but you cannot receive life-saving health care, access it for your transgender family members, or expect your family to be treated equally in schools run by the armed forces, should a new provision in the House NDAA become law. This appears to be the politic of Democratic Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, of Texas…

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]]> House GOP Approves $95B Budget Framework That Pumps More Money Into Iran War https://truthout.org/articles/house-gop-approves-95b-budget-framework-that-pumps-more-money-into-iran-war/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:22:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339436 House Republicans on Wednesday approved a $95 billion budget framework that would pump more money into US President Donald Trump’s illegal Iran war and push states to adopt restrictions on voting rights, all while Americans struggle to afford groceries and other necessities. Every present House Democrat and just three members of the GOP caucus — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky…

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]]> The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be Disrupted https://truthout.org/audio/the-ai-boom-is-a-corporate-project-it-can-be-disrupted/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:07:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_audio_post&p=339434 A lot of AI technology may not work very well, but providing consumers with reliable information was never its major commercial promise. Investors have poured billions into generative AI because of the promise that it will eliminate jobs on a massive scale. Tech journalist Brian Merchant joins Movement Memos host Kelly Hayes to discuss how the AI boom is being used to displace workers…

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]]> Crypto Investor Twins Gave MAGA Inc. PAC $10 Million After Regulatory Win https://truthout.org/articles/crypto-investor-twins-gave-maga-inc-pac-10-million-after-regulatory-win/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:06:33 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339432 Last month, twin cryptocurrency titans Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and their cryptocurrency company donated more than $10 million in bitcoin to a prominent political action committee supporting President Donald Trump, according to new Federal Election Commission records reviewed by The Lever. The donations came less than a month after the Trump administration moved to vacate a Biden-era…

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]]> AOC: US-Israeli Military Integration Measure “Existential Threat” to Democracy https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-us-israeli-military-integration-measure-existential-threat-to-democracy/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:32:05 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339427 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) issued a stark warning this week about a congressional measure that would merge the U.S. and Israel’s military technology industrial complexes, saying that it represents an “existential threat” to U.S. democracy. The provision — called the “U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” or Section 219 — is included in the 2027 National…

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]]> Trump Downplays 18 US Soldier Deaths in Iran War Hours Before Dignified Transfer https://truthout.org/articles/trump-downplays-18-us-soldier-deaths-in-iran-war-hours-before-dignified-transfer/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:36:24 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339428 On Wednesday, President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers who were killed in the U.S.’s unauthorized and unprovoked war on Iran, which Trump launched in February and has recently escalated. Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly before the ceremony began that he was attending the event to “honor” the fallen servicemembers. The ceremony came just a day…

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]]> As Data Centers Sidestep Tribal Consultations, Tribal Nations Are Fighting Back https://truthout.org/articles/as-data-centers-sidestep-tribal-consultations-tribal-nations-are-fighting-back/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:13:55 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339426 When Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a one-year pause on data center construction on July 14, making New York the first state to pump the brakes on the AI infrastructure boom, tribal nations had already enacted their own moratoriums for months without waiting for a governor’s signature. The Seminole Nation passed its own moratorium in Oklahoma in March. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation sued over a facility in…

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]]> Smotrich Says US Fighting Iran as Israel Sits Back Is “Best for Us” https://truthout.org/articles/smotrich-says-us-fighting-iran-as-israel-sits-back-is-best-for-us/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:18:15 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339419 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said this week that his government has “no interest” in rejoining the U.S. in the war on Iran that Israel helped start, saying that the “correct” situation is the current one — in which Israel sits back and watches while the U.S. burns billions of taxpayer dollars committing potential war crimes against Israel’s biggest adversary. “When it comes to…

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]]> Hegseth: “Greatest Threat” to US Would Be Failing to Give Pentagon $1.5T Budget https://truthout.org/articles/hegseth-greatest-threat-to-us-would-be-failing-to-give-pentagon-1-5t-budget/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:17:34 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339412 On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the “greatest threat” that the U.S. faces is not the historic affordability crisis, institutionalized corruption, or rapid erosion of basic rights, but rather the prospect that the Pentagon — and the military contractors who profit from its contracts — may not get a half trillion-dollar raise next year. During his testimony to the Senate…

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]]> Trump Threatens to Bomb Iranian Civilian Sites, Potential War Crimes https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-bomb-iranian-civilian-sites-potential-war-crimes/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:48:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339421 In a Truth Social post Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump suggested that he would respond to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz by bombing civilian infrastructure in Iran, which would constitute a war crime. “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device…

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]]> At Least 1.5 Million Kids Have Lost Food Assistance Under Republican Budget Law https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-1-5-million-kids-have-lost-food-assistance-under-republican-budget-law/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:21:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339417 At least 1.5 million children have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since US President Donald Trump signed the Republican budget package into law last summer, enacting the largest cuts to federal food aid in the nation’s history. The new estimate of food aid loss among children comes from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), which said Tuesday that SNAP…

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]]> A New Report Reveals Key Details About the US’s Bombing of Minab School https://truthout.org/video/a-new-report-reveals-key-details-about-the-uss-bombing-of-minab-school/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:46:36 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339415 On February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, missiles landed on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the Iranian city of Minab, in a civilian area near the Strait of Hormuz. At least 121 schoolchildren were killed along with 26 teachers. Forensic Architecture and Sky News analyzed the attack, finding that the neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were…

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]]> Trump Administration Prosecutes US Scientists Amid Severe Ebola Epidemic https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-prosecutes-us-scientists-amid-severe-ebola-epidemic/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:49:37 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339410 HAMILTON, Mont. — The Trump administration has stepped up arrests and public condemnation of federal scientists studying viruses as the world faces one of its worst Ebola epidemics. In June, Vincent Munster, an infectious disease researcher at the National Institutes of Health, was charged with bringing biological specimens into the U.S. without proper documents. Weeks later, Sen.

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]]> Republicans Push Voter ID by Comparing It to Olive Garden’s “Pasta Pass” https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-push-voter-id-by-comparing-it-to-olive-gardens-pasta-pass/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:24:43 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339408 In a press conference this week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) pushed for voter ID laws, citing the fact that private industries sometimes require identification — including the Olive Garden. “Show a picture to vote — not a complicated subject,” Scalise said, adding, “Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden to get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID.”…

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]]> Exhibit at Canada’s Human Rights Museum Shatters Myths About Israel’s Founding https://truthout.org/articles/exhibit-at-canadas-human-rights-museum-shatters-myths-about-israels-founding/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:10:46 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339403 For decades, Ramsey Zeid’s parents have passed down stories about their home village of Bayt Nabala — and its destruction when the State of Israel was created in 1948. And for just as long, the Palestinian couple, who now live in the Canadian province of Manitoba, had to counter attempts to brush away their experiences during the Nakba — the forcible displacement of about 750,000…

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]]> Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-trying-to-give-big-oil-immunity-for-causing-climate-chaos/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:27:40 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339395 The science used to attribute extreme weather events to climate change has advanced remarkably in recent years, allowing policy makers, judges, and the public to see clear links between disasters and the fossil fuel emissions driving climate crisis. Now, as the links become clearer, oil and gas lobbyists are scrambling to shield the industry from a wave of lawsuits and state laws seeking to hold…

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]]> US Golfer Tried to Call Trump to Overturn Penalty, on Heels of World Cup Scandal https://truthout.org/articles/us-golfer-tried-to-call-trump-to-overturn-penalty-on-heels-of-world-cup-scandal/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:23:30 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339396 On Friday, American golfer and right-winger Bryson DeChambeau reportedly threatened to get President Donald Trump to help get a two-stroke penalty overturned during the Open in the U.K. this weekend, just weeks after a scandal in which the president intervened in a penalty for a U.S. men’s soccer player during the World Cup. During a lengthy argument with officials over the penalty that…

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]]> Attempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents Are Falling Apart https://truthout.org/articles/attempts-to-charge-people-with-assaulting-immigration-agents-are-falling-apart/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:52:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339398 An examination of cases in which people were arrested for supposedly assaulting an immigration agent finds that nearly half of those charges were either dropped or resulted in no conviction — suggesting that federal law enforcement has engaged in widespread misconduct in carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The New York Times report, published on July 18…

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]]> AIPAC-Backed PAC Pours Millions Into Beating Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan https://truthout.org/articles/aipac-backed-pac-pours-millions-into-beating-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:56:35 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339391 The August 4th Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat pits Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), backed by nearly $15 million (to-date) in support from a super PAC controlled by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), against Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate who characterized Israel’s war in Gaza as a “genocide” and blamed “the impact of AIPAC in our politics” for the U.S.

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]]> US’s Own Intelligence Finds Further Strikes on Iran Are Futile, Report Says https://truthout.org/articles/uss-own-intelligence-finds-further-strikes-on-iran-are-futile-report-says/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:45:23 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339386 U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that further strikes on Iran aren’t likely to achieve any progress with regard to the U.S.’s war aims, a new report finds as the Trump administration approaches Congress to ask for $87 billion more to fund the war. The Washington Post reported on Monday that intelligence analysts have “concluded that Tehran and Washington are, for now…

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]]> Trump Responds to US Military Deaths With Vows of Disproportionate Retaliation https://truthout.org/articles/trump-responds-to-us-military-deaths-with-vows-of-disproportionate-retaliation/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:42:17 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339390 In a Truth Social post on Monday, President Donald Trump vowed to make Iran pay “many times over” for every death of a U.S. soldier in the war — an action that, if carried out, would likely constitute a war crime. This past weekend, CENTCOM announced the three latest deaths of U.S. service members in the war, upping the total number killed to 17 soldiers. The Department of Defense (DOD) also…

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]]> Raskin Launches Investigation Into Whether Epstein Acted as a Foreign Agent https://truthout.org/articles/raskin-launches-investigation-into-whether-epstein-acted-as-a-foreign-agent/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:32:38 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339383 The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, launched an investigation Monday into whether the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein worked on behalf of foreign governments to influence President Donald Trump during his first term. In a letter addressed to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche; Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton…

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]]> Izzy Aly Spent 6 Months in ICE Jail. Now He’s Fighting to End Detention. https://truthout.org/articles/izzy-aly-spent-6-months-in-ice-jail-now-hes-fighting-to-end-detention/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:32:18 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339385 A man with advanced kidney disease who once worried he could be the fourth person to die at the largest immigrant jail in the Northeast says he was surprised and relieved to be released last month. As Truthout previously reported, Izzy Aly was arrested in December at the Philadelphia International Airport as he flew home to Florida from a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-approved…

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]]> House Committee Blocks Push to Strip Pentagon Bill of Israel Integration Measure https://truthout.org/articles/house-committee-blocks-push-to-strip-pentagon-bill-of-israel-integration-measure/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:52:12 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339378 The House Rules Committee has once again blocked the possibility of a full House vote on removing the unprecedented integration of the U.S. and Israeli military’s technological and industrial complexes from the $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget for 2027. On Monday, the committee published a list of amendments it deems “in order” to receive consideration on the House floor when the National…

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]]> Trump Admin’s War on ICC Isn’t About US Sovereignty — It’s About Impunity https://truthout.org/video/trump-admins-war-on-icc-isnt-about-us-sovereignty-its-about-impunity/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:10:02 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=339381 As the Trump administration carries out its campaign against the International Criminal Court, imposing wide-reaching sanctions on judges, prosecutors and groups who have accused Israel of war crimes in front of the international tribunal, we’re joined by veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody. Brody says that the U.S. government’s rejection of the ICC’s jurisdiction is not about “American…

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]]> DOJ Subpoenaed Phone Records From NYT Reporters and Their Family Members https://truthout.org/articles/doj-subpoenaed-phone-records-from-nyt-reporters-and-their-family-members/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:34:13 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339379 The Trump administration sought the phone records of New York Times journalists and their family members, ostensibly to gather evidence that could reveal who leaked information to the publication this month regarding a Qatari-gifted jet that is meant to become the next Air Force One. Press freedom advocates have called the move a “gross” overreach to stifle reporting on the Trump…

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]]> US Start-Up’s Seabed Mining Plan Flouts International Law, Critics Say https://truthout.org/articles/us-start-ups-seabed-mining-plan-flouts-international-law-critics-say/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:14:50 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339373 The government of French Polynesia plans to challenge an American startup’s proposal to explore the waters just beyond its maritime borders for seabed mining. “We were approached, but we were not consulted,” Moetai Brotherson, the territory’s president, told Grist. “We are not remaining passive while industrial activities are proposed immediately next to ecosystems that French Polynesia has…

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]]> Pentagon Slashed Civilian Harm Reduction Staff and Is Instead Using AI https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-slashed-civilian-harm-reduction-staff-and-is-instead-using-ai/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:22:59 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339366 In its first year under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon dramatically slashed its teams responsible for taking efforts to reduce civilian harm in military conflicts, new reporting finds — an undertaking that continued until as little as months before the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Minab, Iran, in one of the worst single incidents of a civilian massacre committed by the U.S.

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]]> Gaza Is in a Water Crisis as Israel’s Blockade Makes Reconstruction Impossible https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-is-in-a-water-crisis-as-israels-blockade-makes-reconstruction-impossible/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:08:03 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339365 Each Tuesday, at exactly 8 a.m., Abo Watan Al-Shararha’s mornings are marked by the distant sirens of humanitarian water trucks. The 39-year-old, who struggles to provide for his family of five, must carry empty jerrycans and venture through the rubble of his neighborhood in al-Zawaida, hoping he will make it to the trucks before the drinking water runs out. For Al-Shararha…

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]]> Democratic Socialists Outpoll MAGA Candidates Among Voters https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-socialists-outpoll-maga-candidates-among-voters/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:01:20 +0000 https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=339369 A new poll demonstrates that voters are more likely to support a self-described democratic socialist candidate for office than someone who calls themselves a supporter of the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) Trump-endorsed political movement. The CNBC survey, published last week, asked respondents to say whether they’d be more or less supportive of candidates with those labels.

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