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TruthOut 7h ago

US Boat Bombing Campaign Surpasses 200 Deaths After Latest Strike

by Brett Wilkins

Human rights advocates say US strikes on suspected drug boats are unlawful killings.

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TruthOut 9h ago

As Federal Government Abandons Wetlands Protection, Localities Become Frontlines

by Jonathan Rosenblum

Wetlands are some of the US's most valuable and endangered environments. It's now up to local action to preserve them.

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TruthOut 9h ago

Colombia’s Presidential Election Could Reshape Relations With Trump Administration

by Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli

Conservative candidates champion a Trump-aligned “Plan Colombia 2.0” despite deadly US boat strikes.

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TruthOut 10h ago

Trump’s Violent Memes Expose Long-Simmering Truths About US Imperialism

by Michelle Chen

Trump’s white nationalist revanchism is on display as he turns state violence into entertainment.

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TruthOut 1d ago

Appeals Court Revives Texas Immigration Law Allowing Arrests on Suspicion

by Alex Nguyen

Civil rights groups warn the immigration law could lead to racial profiling and family separations.

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TruthOut 1d ago

Disability Rights Are at Risk as 7 States Back Case Attacking Key Protections

by Marianne Dhenin

Advocates for disability rights are fighting the lawsuit, which would push more people to be warehoused in institutions.

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TruthOut 1d ago

ICE Agent Arrested in Texas, Charged With Lying About Minneapolis Shooting

by Stephen Prager

“Nobody is above the law,” said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, "including agents of the federal government.”

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TruthOut 3d ago

If ICE Shows Up at the World Cup, Essential Service Workers Are Ready to Strike

by Sasha Abramsky

Hotel staff and food service workers who keep SoFi stadium functioning say they’ll walk off the job if ICE is present.

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TruthOut 1d ago

Congress Is Poised to Integrate US and Israeli Militaries More Closely Than Ever

by Ben Freeman

A new provision would fuse the US and Israel's military-industrial complexes while moving them further from public view.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Wife of Hunger Strike Organizer at Delaney Hall ICE Jail Speaks Out

by Amy Goodman

“Their demands are not to get better conditions. Their demands are to get freed and be heard,” Gabriela Soto said.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Trump White House Advances Plan Requiring Federal Workers to Sign NDAs

by Chris Walker

One critic of the policy said it would “kneecap whistleblower protections" and “undermine the First Amendment.”

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TruthOut 1d ago

Trump’s Loyalty to Fossil Fuel Companies Is Driving Up Inflation

by Basav Sen

The sooner we transition off fossil fuels, the healthier we — and our wallets — will be.

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TruthOut 2d ago

ICE and Prison Guards Retaliate Against Detainees and Protestors at Delaney Hall

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

ICE and prison guards have escalated their attacks on detainees and activists at Delaney immigrant jail in New Jersey.

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TruthOut 2d ago

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund

by Jonathan Shorman

The order comes in response to a suit alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments and Congressional authority.

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TruthOut 2d ago

Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

“Gaza’s humanitarian space is further shrinking,” said the EU commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management.

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TruthOut 3d ago

DOJ Begins Investigating E. Jean Carroll, Who Won Two Civil Cases Against Trump

by Julia Conley

The former magazine columnist prevailed in separate lawsuits against the president for sexual abuse and defamation.

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TruthOut 3d ago

ICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Communities Can Push Back.

by Kelly Hayes

“You can do something. It is within reach. You can have an effect,” says journalist John Washington.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Trump Defends Prediction Market Companies Against State Regulations

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Trump’s second term has overturned regulations that guarded this industry, allowing it to grow exponentially.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Pesticide Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

by Carey Gillam

Many countries have banned paraquat. Research has also linked it to non-Hodgkin lymphoma and childhood leukemia.

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TruthOut 2d ago

Trump’s “Board of Peace” Has No Funds for Gaza Reconstruction

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

“For us, it doesn’t look like a peace deal, it looks like a trap,” said Bisan Owda, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza.

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TruthOut 2d ago

Hunger in US Under Trump Reaches Levels Not Seen Since Peak of COVID Pandemic

by Jake Johnson

A new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals the fallout from cuts to federal food aid programs.

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TruthOut 2d ago

A Grassroots Group in Tucson Is 3D-Printing Tourniquets to Send to Lebanon

by Ella Fassler

A small non-hierarchical collective in Arizona is using an open-source design to create life-saving tourniquets.

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TruthOut 3d ago

DHS Secretary Claims Plans Underway to Stop Intl Flights from Sanctuary Cities

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

DHS Secretary Mullin threatened to stop processing international flights in sanctuary cities in response to protests.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Oregon Employers With Most SNAP Recipients Included Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon

by Alex Baumhardt

These companies financially benefitted in the billions from Trump's tax cuts while their workers struggled to buy food.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Corporations, Federal Agencies Are Using Seattle Police’s Surveillance Network

by Glen Stellmacher

Amazon, Facebook, ICE, and the FBI are among the members of an intelligence-sharing network called Seattle Shield.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Critics Warn of “Grift” in Potential DOJ Settlement of Trump’s $10B IRS Lawsuit

by Chris Walker

“It's the latest Trump-corrupt scheme to take money out of your pockets and put it into his,” said Sen. Adam Schiff.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Newly Released Footage Highlights ICE’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

The technology is used on both immigrants and “legal observers, peaceful protestors, and US citizens,” an analyst noted.

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TruthOut 11d ago

World Cup Players Say FIFA Heat Policies Fall Short Amid Climate Crisis Threat

by Chris Walker

In addition to heat mitigation, players are demanding that FIFA take proactive steps to address the climate crisis.

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TruthOut 11d ago

US Employers Spend Over $1.5 Billion a Year to Fight Union Efforts, Study Finds

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

“Union avoidance law firms have constructed an industry providing counsel on union busting,” the report says.

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TruthOut 16d ago

SCOTUS Ruling on Voting Rights Act Puts a Third of Black Caucus Seats at Risk

by Chris Walker

Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina is among the lawmakers at risk of losing their seats because of mid-census redraws.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century

by Emma Cieslik

SCOTUS has temporarily paused a Fifth Circuit Court ruling that echoed the Comstock Act of 1873, an anti-obscenity law.

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TruthOut 15d ago

Immigrants Are Reportedly Being Held in ICE Jails Despite Agreeing to Leave US

by Stephen Janis

Rep. LaMonica McIver says private prisons are profiting by jailing some who've already signed deportation agreements.

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TruthOut 16d ago

In Scathing Ruling, Judge Blocks DOJ from Obtaining Medical Data for Trans Youth

by Erin Reed

The ruling called a DOJ official’s sworn statements “at best, deceptive, if not intentionally and knowingly false.”

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TruthOut 15d ago

Fears Mount in Cuba as DOJ Reportedly Prepares to Criminally Indict Raúl Castro

by Brett Wilkins

With Trump's oil blockade strangling the island, many fear an indictment could serve as a pretext for US invasion.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Trump’s EPA Rolls Back Protections Against PFAS in Drinking Water

by Brian Bienkowski

Years of testing and research have shown the cancer-linked chemicals to be widespread in drinking water in the US.

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TruthOut 7d ago

DOJ Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year

by Marianne Dhenin

Disability rights advocates say everything from filing for unemployment to voting in the midterms just got much harder.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Workers, Students, Indigenous Movements Shut Down Bolivia in Popular Rebellion

by Sam Carliner

The popular revolt has mounted a broader challenge to neoliberalism, austerity, and US imperialism in Latin America.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding

by Mike Ludwig

Backlash to Flock cameras and AI systems is exploding after scandals, including police using the tech to stalk women.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Rubio Baselessly Smears Bolivia’s Protesters as “Criminals and Drug Traffickers”

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Rubio’s comments came amidst over three weeks of protest in Bolivia by Indigenous groups, peasants, and workers.

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TruthOut 10d ago

VA Dems Are Frustrated With Spanberger’s Veto of Legislation Reining in ICE

by Markus Schmidt

The governor's vetoes of legislation on marijuana, higher ed, and other reforms have also upset Democratic lawmakers.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom

by Andrue Kahn

The divisions the ruling class manufactures and depends upon hinder the universal liberation that the Torah envisions.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

The US has had birthright citizenship since the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Bipartisan Opposition Grows Against Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund

by Chris Walker

Trump's slush fund has “glaring constitutional defects,” said Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Tobacco Company Gave $5M to Trump PAC Days Before FDA OK’d Flavored Vapes

by Stephen Prager

A recently filed financial report shows Reynolds Americans donated to the super PAC MAGA Inc. in April.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Tennessee Man Jailed for Sharing Charlie Kirk Meme Receives $835K Settlement

by Chris Walker

Larry Bushart missed the birth of his granddaughter and lost his job as a result of his 37 days in jail.

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TruthOut 11d ago

DOJ Says IRS Is “Forever Barred” From Investigating Trump Family Tax Returns

by Amy Goodman

The Justice Department memo was signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who is Trump’s former personal attorney.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Tennessee GOP House Speaker Suspends Dems From Committees for Voting Map Protest

by Sam Stockard

All 24 Democrats in the state House voted against new congressional maps that benefit the GOP candidate in the midterms.

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TruthOut 13d ago

UC Is Finalizing Its Land-Use Rules Without Involving Directly Impacted Tribes

by Petala Ironcloud

Some Native leaders say the omission is not an oversight -- it is a structural problem baked into the framework itself.

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TruthOut 16d ago

VA Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Bill Allowing Public Employees to Collectively Bargain

by Charlotte Rene Woods

Spanberger had previously expressed support for the bills. One union leader called the veto “an absolute betrayal.”

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TruthOut 12d ago

Legal Workers Protest After Woman Forced to Give Birth in Brooklyn Courtroom

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

“Arraignments have become a place where people now die in cuffs and give birth in cuffs,” said one legal advocate.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Officials Decry Retribution as Vance Defers $1.3B in Medicaid Payments to CA

by Julia Conley

Vance’s task force meant to root out alleged fraud has so far only focused on states that did not vote for Trump.

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TruthOut 13d ago

USAID Cuts Could Hinder Management of Ebola Outbreak in Congo and Uganda

by Amy Goodman

The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency due to the rapid spread of the deadly virus.

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TruthOut 15d ago

SCOTUS Denied VA Dems’ Attempt to Salvage Congressional Map Approved by Voters

by Julia Conley

The map would have added several Democratic-leaning districts as a counter to GOP gerrymandering in other states.

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TruthOut 15d ago

The US Has Treated Immigrant Doctors as a Safety Net in Moments of Crisis

by Eram Alam

The US has long seen immigrant physicians as a global reserve labor force instrumentalized in response to crises.

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TruthOut 17d ago

ICE Shot a Man in December. Now, Agents Can’t Get Their Stories Straight.

by Madison McVan

DHS agents have misled the public about similar incidents. This time, the target faces federal felony charges.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Xi Warns Support for Taiwan Could Lead to Conflict Between China and US

by Amy Goodman

Congress has approved a new $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, but Trump has not yet moved it forward.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Democrats Decry Trump’s $1.8 Billion “Slush Fund to Reward His Own Allies”

by Ashley Murray

Sen. Chuck Schumer called the plan “one of the most depraved” uses by Trump of the Justice Department.

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TruthOut 12d ago

ICE Separated 145,000 Children From Their Parents Since 2025, Study Estimates

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

“Family separations cause lasting trauma that no child should ever have to endure,” one lawmaker said.

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TruthOut 11d ago

Trump-Backed Candidate Unseats Massie in $33 Million Primary House Race

by Chris Walker

Trump's endorsed candidate, Ed Gallrein, won the primary race by more than 10 points.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Trump Adviser Loomer Peddles Falsehoods About San Diego Mosque Shooting Victims

by Chris Walker

Loomer also called for the deportation of “every Muslim in America” following the shooting.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Trump Appoints Former Private Prison Executive as New Director of ICE

by Jake Johnson

David Venturella was the senior vice president of client relations at GEO Group until 2023.

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TruthOut 16d ago

The FBI Has Established a “Payback Squad” to Target Trump Foes — Report

by Chris Walker

The so-called “payback squad” is composed of agents who are deeply loyal to the president.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Judge Blocks US Sanctions Against UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Francesca Albanese “has done nothing more than speak!” the judge wrote in his ruling.

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TruthOut 7d ago

South Florida Elected Official Targets 2 Constituents Who Are JVP Activists

by Eleanor J. Bader

Jewish Voice for Peace says a city commissioner personally spent $4,000 on billboard trucks targeting local activists.

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TruthOut 8d ago

Cubans Rally in Havana Against the Trump Administration’s Threats to Attack

by Brett Wilkins

“Cuba is a people of peace and reaffirms its legitimate right to self-defense," Cuba’s CDR national coordinator said

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TruthOut 7d ago

The Trump Administration Is Shielding Prediction Markets

by Brad Reed

A recent report found CFTC staff were put on leave after questioning Trump-linked betting markets.

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TruthOut 8d ago

Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.

by Nicholas Powers

Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, and from that place, turn and look at our present.

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TruthOut 7d ago

Black Farmers Warn Pollution Is Changing The Food on Our Plates

by Adam Mahoney

Air pollution is stripping nutrients from staple crops central to Black diets.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.

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TruthOut 7d ago

Tulsi Gabbard Exit Marks Fourth Woman to Leave Trump Cabinet

by Grace Panetta

Resignations and firings have further narrowed diversity in Trump’s Cabinet.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Trump Celebrates Colbert’s Ouster at Hands of CBS Owners Aligned With His Admin

by Amy Goodman

CBS owner Paramount Skydance is now seeking another megamerger that would put more media under Ellison family control.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Despite Trump’s Oil Blockade, Quiet Resistance of Daily Life Continues in Cuba

by Kurt Hackbarth

People who have withstood 64 years of economic blockade won’t simply raise a white flag at the latest sign of adversity.

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TruthOut 8d ago

New Immigration Rule Could Force Green Card Applicants to Leave US

by Brad Reed

The policy ends a decades-old process which allows immigrants to apply from within the US.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Humanitarian Convoy Stuck in Libyan Desert Is Determined to Reach Gaza

by Nandini Naira Archer

The land convoy sits within the wider Global Sumud Flotilla initiative challenging Israel’s siege of Gaza.

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TruthOut 9d ago

8 House Democrats Join GOP in Vote to Defund Schools That Support Trans Youth

by Erin Reed

The vote represents the single largest Democratic crossover on a standalone anti-trans bill in recent years.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Omissions, Corrections, and Deceptions — Critics Blast the DNC’s Autopsy Report

by Chris Walker

The autopsy never once mentions the terms “Gaza” or “Palestinian,” a top issue for many voters in 2024.

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TruthOut 8d ago

Critics Warn Utah Megadata Center Could Devastate Great Salt Lake

by Leia Larsen

The proposed “hyperscale” campus would strain water, energy, and local ecology.

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TruthOut 8d ago

Israel Ramps Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes Ahead of Fall Elections

by Theia Chatelle

East Jerusalem is days away from its largest forced displacement since 1967.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Trump Proposes Resettling More White South Africans and Blocking Other Refugees

by Amy Goodman

The US president's claims that Afrikaners face racial persecution and genocide have been repeatedly disproven.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0

by Austin C. McCoy

In 2016, Trump asked Black voters what they had to lose if he was president. In 2026, the answer is clear.

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TruthOut 9d ago

Trump Says He “Gets a Kick” Out of Criticisms He Receives for US Military Deaths

by Chris Walker

There have been nearly 400 US military casualties in Operation Epic Fury so far.

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TruthOut 11d ago

Trump Demands Firing of Parliamentarian Over Disagreement on Ballroom Funding

by Chris Walker

Elizabeth MacDonough has served as Senate parliamentarian since 2012, presiding over Democratic and Republican terms.

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TruthOut 11d ago

Cuba Has a Rich History of International Solidarity. US Wants to Extinguish It.

by Jonathan Ng

Washington has long deployed economic pressure to challenge Cuba’s fiercely independent social and foreign policies.

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TruthOut 11d ago

Ben Gvir Taunts Flotilla Activists, Highlighting Israel’s Abuse of Detainees

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Israel is “employing a criminal policy of abuse and humiliation against activists,” said a human rights center.

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TruthOut 11d ago

Israel Announces Plan to Build Military Complex at UNRWA Site It Bulldozed

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

The UN compound provided services to Palestinian refugees in occupied East Jerusalem from 1952 through 2024.

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TruthOut 11d ago

Gaza Reconstruction Is Hindered as Israel Restricts Aid and Building Materials

by Eman Abu Zayed

“The children ask me when we will return to a proper home, and I have no answer,” said one displaced resident.

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TruthOut 11d ago

As Cities Try to Regulate Data Centers, More States Work to Block Their Efforts

by ray levy-uyeda

At least 9 states have considered bills to curb local control of data centers and AI over the last 2 years.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Trump Admin Cites National Security to Pause Permits for TX Wind Energy Projects

by Brandon Mulder

The Defense Department has not approved a wind project since August 2025 as 165 projects nationally now remain on hold.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Absence of the Word “Black” in Black Maternal Health Bills Concerns Advocates

by Barbara Rodriguez

Advocates worry that the changes attempt to avoid anti-DEI attacks at the expense of making legislation less effective.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Israel Enacts Death Penalty Law for Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

The law formalizes “the systematic, state-sanctioned killing of Palestinian detainees,” human rights advocates warned.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Israel Raids Humanitarian Flotilla Bound for Gaza in International Waters

by Jon Queally

Israeli forces began detaining those aboard several of the more than 50 vessels headed toward the territory on Monday.

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TruthOut 16d ago

For Palestinians, the Nakba Isn’t Just History. It’s Also Our Present.

by Hend Salama Abo Helow

Some Palestinian doctors argue there’s no PTSD in Gaza because the traumatization of genocide and survival is ongoing.

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TruthOut 15d ago

How Indigenous Organizers Defeated Plans to Mine a Sacred Black Hills Site

by Alexandra Martinez

Prayer camps, direct action, and lawsuits were key to the victory, offering a roadmap for future land defense fights.

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TruthOut 13d ago

House Passes Bill Aimed at Cracking Down on Localities’ Cashless Bail Programs

by Chris Walker

A 2024 study found “no statistically significant relationship” linking cashless bail with increases in violent crime.

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TruthOut 12d ago

From Asia to the Middle East, US Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy Choice

by Christine Ahn

The only reliable products of US airpower are devastated civilian populations and suppression of internal movements.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Israel Plans to Sue NYT Over Article Detailing Sexual Abuse of Palestinians

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Kristof’s article argues that sexual violence against Palestinians is systemic and a part of Israeli state policy.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy

by Nicholas Powers

Curbing access to the ballot brings us closer to the far right's techno-feudalist dream of a "Dark Enlightenment.”

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TruthOut 18d ago

Trump’s FDA Chief Is Pushed Out. Acting Head Is Nonscientist Friend of Don Jr.

by Amy Goodman

Mass layoffs and the loss of scientific expertise had already thrown the Food and Drug Administration in turmoil.

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TruthOut 16d ago

Cuba Runs Out of Oil Amidst Suffocating US Blockade

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

The UN has condemned the blockade as a violation of international law and an “extreme form” of economic coercion.

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TruthOut 17d ago

What Trump’s “Whenever Wars” Reveal About US Empire

by Kelly Hayes

“We really have to see the rise of Trump itself as an indictment of the whole system,” says Khury Petersen-Smith.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Trump Admin’s “Rededicate 250” Event Panned as Christian Nationalist Gathering

by Chris Walker

Instead of appearing in person at the event he widely promoted, the president reportedly spent the day golfing.

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TruthOut 16d ago

Israel Is Now Occupying 60 Percent of the Gaza Strip

by Amy Goodman

In Gaza, Israel has accelerated the Nakba “10 times as viciously,” Palestinian writer Muhammad Shehada says.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Oz Says Don’t Worry About Hantavirus — RFK Jr. Is “Involved” in Response

by Chris Walker

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the gravity of measles outbreaks across the US over the past two years.

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TruthOut 18d ago

EU Approves Sanctions on Violent Israeli Settlers. Critics Say It’s Not Enough.

by Qassam Muaddi

Europe continues to hold partnership agreements with Israel, including in military and academic cooperation.

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TruthOut 15d ago

Trump Describes Executions to Kids, While MAGA Bans Lessons Causing “Discomfort”

by Jesse Hagopian

Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Microsoft Ousts Head of Israeli Branch Over Use of Tech to Spy on Palestinians

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Microsoft continues “to supply cloud and AI arms to the Israeli military,” activists pointed out.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Director of E. Jean Carroll Film Says Distribution Was “Quite a Challenge”

by Amy Goodman

The documentary examines Carroll’s legal fights against Trump for sexual assault and defamation.

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TruthOut 18d ago

WH Adviser Says Americans’ Economic Anxiety Due to Fast Pace of “Good” Changes

by Chris Walker

Consumer prices increased by 3.8 percent over the past year, the highest rate seen since 2023.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Blanche Says Trump “Slush Fund” Payouts Could Include Jan. 6 Participants

by Chris Walker

Among those who could be eligible for payouts are members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Trump Admin Sanctions Flotilla Activists, Baselessly Claims Ties to Hamas

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Israel wants to “criminalize solidarity work,” said one of the activists who was sanctioned.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Amazon Deforestation Falls to Lowest Levels Since 2018

by Gabriel Matias Castilho

“History shows us that this decrease can be fragile,” a Greenpeace spokesperson said.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Republicans Push “Waste and Fraud” Narrative Again to Gut the Social Safety Net

by Amy K. Matsui

The real fraud is gutting SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs to fund a war the public overwhelmingly opposes.

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TruthOut 15d ago

Israel Escalates Siege on Qalandia Refugee Camp, Pursuing Settlement Plans

by Aseel Mafarjeh

Qalandia is the latest target of a new Israeli assault that started in Jenin and has expanded across the West Bank.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker Whom It Then Boosted Through Policy

by Darius Tahir

The president made trades in Eli Lilly early this year while making decisions benefiting the drugmaker’s GLP-1 business.

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TruthOut 13d ago

Trump Claims He Cancelled Planned Attack on Iran at Request of Gulf States

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Trump said the US military is “prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran” if a deal isn’t reached.

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TruthOut 16d ago

Despite Repeated Bombings, CENTCOM Head Denies US Targeted Schools in Iran

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has noted over 82,000 civilian structures damaged by US and Israeli attacks on Iran.

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TruthOut 15d ago

Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again

by Sasha Abramsky

The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Trump Arrives in China With Entourage of Tech CEOs

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week to discuss trade and China’s support for Iran.

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TruthOut 16d ago

Tennessee’s War on Black Political Power Demands Not Just Outrage But Resistance

by Earle J. Fisher

The struggle isn’t just about surviving the next election -- we must secure civil rights for the next generation.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Trump Nominee Refuses to Say If President Can or Cannot Do “Whatever He Wants”

by Chris Walker

Matthew Schwartz, a former lawyer for Trump, has been nominated to be a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

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TruthOut 9d ago

US Military Using More Missiles to Defend Israel Than Israel Itself

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

This raises questions about the US relationship with Israel as well as the US’s use of weapons throughout the war.

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TruthOut 3d ago

New York Passes State Budget With No Funds to Support Access to Transgender Care

by Erin Reed

Advocates say the state has fallen short as hospitals have shut down care for transgender people nationwide.

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TruthOut 12d ago

Israeli Minister Smotrich Responds to ICC Warrant by Threatening More War Crimes

by Stephen Prager

The ICC reportedly requested a warrant for Smotrich’s role expanding settlements. Formal charges have yet to be issued.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Trump Counterterrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives

by Marianne Dhenin

The administration is increasingly attempting to scare activists into silence, but progressives are preparing instead.

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TruthOut 18d ago

A New House Resolution Would Dismantle DHS and Defund Trump’s War Machine

by Mike Ludwig

Congress needs a new human rights mandate after deadly abuses by the Trump administration, progressives say.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Trump Administration Plans to Send Citizens With Ebola Exposure to Kenya

by Julia Conley

“This is unbelievable and infuriating,” said Dr. Craig Spencer, a professor of public health who survived Ebola in 2014.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Stephen Miller Pushes False Claim That SNAP Requires No Proof of Financial Need

by Chris Walker

“We don't check, as a country, if you even have kids. You will just start getting the checks,” Miller falsely asserted.

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TruthOut 4d ago

NC GOP Lawmakers Propose Amendment Legalizing Murder to Stop Abortions

by Chris Walker

The amendment has little chance of advancing, but should be taken “very seriously,” abortion rights advocates maintain.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Eid al-Adha in Gaza Isn’t Like It Was Before the Genocide. We Celebrate Anyway.

by Shahad Ali

“This Eid, we will try to live it simply and reclaim even a small part of our traditions,” said one Gaza resident.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Universal Health Care Once Seemed on the Horizon in California. What Happened?

by Sonali Kolhatkar

Among California’s top five gubernatorial candidates, only one unequivocally supports state-based single-payer.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Delaware Judge Upholds Town Charter That Allows Corporations to Vote

by Chris Walker

Roughly one in eight “voters” in the town of Fenwick Island are “nonliving” entities.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Trump Calls Somali Americans “Crooks” in Racist Cabinet Rant

by Chris Walker

The president has a long history of spewing racist rhetoric.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Congressional Black Caucus Demands Corporations Oppose Voting Rights Rollbacks

by Chris Walker

Around 200 of the corporations that received the letter had pledged to protect voting rights five years prior.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Protests Erupt at New Jersey Immigrant Jail in Support of Striking Detainees

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Some 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike on Friday in protest of the conditions at the ICE jail.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Residents of Polluted Areas Say Trump’s Rollbacks Are “Getting Really Scary”

by Dan Ross

Many communities are also frustrated with state-level inaction but still see some opportunities for pushback.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Federal Judges Block Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map

by Anna Barrett

The panel had been ordered to review its decision on the map after a recent SCOTUS ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Labor Unions Celebrate World Court’s Ruling That Enshrines the Right to Strike

by Marjorie Cohn

The ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion comes as legal restrictions on the right to strike are increasing around the world.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Yakama Nation Fights to Protect a Sacred Site From an Energy Storage Center

by Alex Baumhardt

While the project will store clean energy, evidence is mounting that much of it will be used to power an AI data center.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Trump Admin Cuts to USAID, WHO, Likely Stalled Response to Ebola, Experts Warn

by Chris Walker

“Facilities in affected areas are operating without basic protective supplies” due to cuts to USAID, one expert said.

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TruthOut 2d ago

Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison

by Mike Ludwig

The judge's ruling rejected a request to end the prison's use of grueling farm labor as a disciplinary measure.

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TruthOut 9d ago

House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Day in a Row

by Jessica Corbett

The cancellation comes just after four GOP senators joined Democrats to pass a Senate war powers resolution.

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TruthOut 11d ago

After Months of Failed Votes, Senate Finally Advances Iran War Powers Resolution

by Jessica Corbett

Sen. Bill Cassidy voted in favor of the resolution days after losing his primary race to a Trump-endorsed candidate.

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TruthOut 15d ago

Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power

by George Yancy

Virtually everyone killed by the US during the “war on terror” has been a person of color, writer Norman Solomon says.

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TruthOut 18d ago

Iran’s Missile Arsenal Still Intact, Reports Say, Contradicting Trump’s Claims

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Reports contradict claims made by Trump, who has repeatedly stated that Iran has been “decimated” by the war.

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TruthOut 17d ago

Netanyahu Says He Secretly Visited UAE at Height of Iran War, UAE Denies It

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Cooperation between the UAE and Israel has deepened since the UAE signed on to the Abraham Accords in 2020.

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TruthOut 18d ago

As Trump Floats Gas Tax Holiday, Experts Say Ending Iran War Is Best Option

by Chris Walker

Gas prices have increased by 54 percent in the US since the start of the war in Iran.

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TruthOut 2d ago

Jury Awards $50 Million to Family of Woman Killed in Boeing Crash

by Amy Goodman

Samya Stumo was among 346 killed in what a judge previously called "the deadliest corporate crime in US history.”

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TruthOut 3d ago

Biden-Era Advisors Who Oversaw Gaza Genocide Regroup to Shape Dem Foreign Policy

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Biden-era advisors are reconvening to plan the party’s approach for the coming election cycle.

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TruthOut 10d ago

Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned LGBTQ Song

by Chris Walker

The Watertown school board banned students from performing “A Mother of a Revolution” just days before the concert.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Maine Removes Trans Sports and Bathroom Ban From November Ballot

by Erin Reed

A review of the billionaire-funded petition campaign identified forged signatures and improper gathering procedures.

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TruthOut 6d ago

By Serving as Stenographers to Power, Corporate Media Abetted Israel’s Genocide

by Robin Andersen

Failure to accurately cover the destruction of Gaza is inimical to the basic professional canons of journalism.

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TruthOut 6d ago

Trump Has Turned Venezuela Into a 21st Century US Protectorate

by Edgardo Lander

Trump has imposed a radical reorientation of Venezuela's international place within the global world order.

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TruthOut 6d ago

Israel Advances Plan to Displace Palestinian Bedouin Communities in West Bank

by Shatha Hammad

The forced resettlement plan seeks to advance an Israeli settlement project splitting the Palestinian territory.

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TruthOut 6d ago

Pope Leo Issues Encyclical Warning of AI’s Potential Dangers If Left Unregulated

by Jake Johnson

“No algorithm can make war morally acceptable,” reads the first major theological document of Leo XIV's papacy.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “Vindictive”

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Abrego Garcia was the “victim of a politicized, vindictive White House,” one of his lawyers said.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Ex-Nuclear Negotiator Criticizes Trump’s Push for Abraham Accords in Iran Deal

by Amy Goodman

Trump threatened to blow up Oman and said Gulf states “owe” it to the US to normalize relations with Israel.

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TruthOut 5d ago

US Bombs Iranian Ships Despite Ceasefire and Ongoing Peace Negotiations

by Amy Goodman

Israel is also continuing its attack on Lebanon in what journalist Negar Mortazavi says is an effort to undermine talks.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Israel Expands Strikes and Ground Invasion in Lebanon as Iran Negotiations Stall

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

Iran has repeatedly insisted that a deal must include Lebanon, while Israel has demanded otherwise.

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TruthOut 16d ago

Rep. Jared Golden Joins GOP to Block House Iran War Powers Resolution Yet Again

by Jon Queally

Golden originally co-sponsored the resolution but was the deciding Democratic vote against it in a 212-212 tie.

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TruthOut 11h ago

Trump Admin Uses Iran War Oil Shock to Push Drilling in Alaskan Wilderness

by Michael Arria

The five-year plan is expected to cause 4,000 additional oil spills and the destruction of fragile ecosystems.

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TruthOut 3d ago

Student Journalist Awarded by CBS Condemns Network’s Shift Right at News Emmys

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

“Journalism that serves the people becomes increasingly harder to come by, yet ever more crucial,” said Santiago Campos.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Increased Tax Refunds Have Been Eaten Up by Iran War Price Spikes, Experts Say

by Brad Reed

Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” aimed to stimulate spending with bigger refunds, but inflation has swallowed the benefits.

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TruthOut 6d ago

This Tehran Music School Took Ages to Build Up. Airstrikes Turned It to Rubble.

by Kourosh Ziabari

The destruction of Honiak Music Academy shows the devastating impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran's creative spaces.

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TruthOut 6d ago

A Minute of Silence Isn’t Enough to Reflect on the US’s Death and Destruction

by Rory Fanning

Let’s stop lying to ourselves on Memorial Day and instead try exploring the full truth about war in all its evil.

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