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US Military Using More Missiles to Defend Israel than Israel Itself

US Military Using More Missiles to Defend Israel than Israel Itself

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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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding

Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding

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

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Mike Ludwig

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Amy Goodman

Humanitarian Convoy Stuck in Libyan Desert Is Determined to Reach Gaza

Humanitarian Convoy Stuck in Libyan Desert Is Determined to Reach Gaza

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

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Nandini naira archer

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Jessica Corbett

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

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

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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Kurt Hackbarth, Colin Mooers

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

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

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

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Erin Reed

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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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Austin C. Mccoy

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

Trump Proposes Resettling More White South Africans and Blocking Other Refugees

Trump Proposes Resettling More White South Africans and Blocking Other Refugees

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

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Amy Goodman

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

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

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

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Markus schmidt

Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision

Trump Demands End to Birthright Citizenship Ahead of Supreme Court Decision

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Glen Stellmacher

Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom

Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom

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

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Andrue Kahn

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Stephen Prager

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

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

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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Chris Walker

Trump Demands Firing of Parliamentarian Over Disagreement on Ballroom Funding

Trump Demands Firing of Parliamentarian Over Disagreement on Ballroom Funding

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Jonathan Ng

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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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Ray Levy-Uyeda

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Amy Goodman

Gaza Reconstruction Is Hindered as Israel Restricts Aid and Building Materials

Gaza Reconstruction Is Hindered as Israel Restricts Aid and Building Materials

“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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Eman Abu Zayed

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

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

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

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Jessica Corbett

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Emma Cieslik

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

Trump Admin Sanctions Flotilla Activists, Baselessly Claims Ties to Hamas

Trump Admin Sanctions Flotilla Activists, Baselessly Claims Ties to Hamas

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Stephen Prager

Trump Adviser Loomer Peddles Falsehoods About San Diego Mosque Shooting Victims

Trump Adviser Loomer Peddles Falsehoods About San Diego Mosque Shooting Victims

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Shireen Akram-Boshar

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

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

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

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Amy Goodman

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

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

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

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Ashley Murray

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

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

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

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Brian Bienkowski

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

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

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

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Chris Walker

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

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

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

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Christine Ahn

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

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

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

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Petala Ironcloud

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

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

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

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Amy Goodman

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

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

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

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Nicholas Powers

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

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

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

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Brandon mulder

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

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

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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Shireen Akram-Boshar