Trump Administration Prosecutes US Scientists Amid Severe Ebola Epidemic
“There is an anti-science movement,” said a recently retired researcher. “We are targets.”
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Republicans Push Voter ID by Comparing It to Olive Garden’s “Pasta Pass”
“Voting is a constitutional right. It is not a lunch special,” one Democratic lawmaker said in response.
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Exhibit at Canada’s Human Rights Museum Shatters Myths About Israel’s Founding
Pro-Israel lobby groups have pressured the museum for years not to showcase the stories of Palestinian Canadians.
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Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos
A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.
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US Golfer Tried to Call Trump to Overturn Penalty, on Heels of World Cup Scandal
Right-wing golfer Bryson DeChambeau has previously visited the Trump White House and played golf with the president.
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Attempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents are Falling Apart
One former prosecutor suggested that many of the arrests were “being filed without any merit.”
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AIPAC-Backed PAC Pours Millions Into Beating Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan
To underwrite this costly effort, United Democracy Project is turning to Republican and out-of-state mega-donors.
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US’s Own Intelligence Finds Further Strikes on Iran Are Futile, Report Says
The recent round of strikes has killed dozens in Iran and destroyed key civilian infrastructure.
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Trump Responds to US Military Deaths With Vows of Disproportionate Retaliation
Disproportionate military responses are a violation of international humanitarian law.
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Raskin Launches Investigation Into Whether Epstein Acted as a Foreign Agent
Raskin called on the Justice and State Departments to release all files referencing Epstein and other foreign nations.
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Izzy Aly Spent 6 Months in ICE Jail. Now He’s Fighting to End Detention.
Immigration policing “is not something to stay quiet about, even as one of the intended targets,” says Aly.
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House Committee Blocks Push to Strip Pentagon Bill of Israel Integration Measure
Pro-Israel lawmakers are seeking to integrate the US military with Israel’s while it’s still committing genocide.
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Trump Admin’s War on ICC Isn’t About US Sovereignty — It’s About Impunity
“To this administration, law itself is the enemy,” and it’s trying to do abroad what it’s doing at home, says an expert.
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DOJ Subpoenaed Phone Records From NYT Reporters and Their Family Members
The move was in reaction to the publication’s reporting on Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
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US Start-Up’s Seabed Mining Plan Flouts International Law, Critics Say
The proposal encroaches on a marine preserve, and French Polynesia banned seabed mining in 2022.
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Pentagon Slashed Civilian Harm Reduction Staff and Is Instead Using AI
CENTCOM, which oversees the war in Iran, has had its civilian harm reduction team slashed from 10 people to just one.
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Gaza Is in a Water Crisis as Israel’s Blockade Makes Reconstruction Impossible
Water should never be a luxury. Yet, in Gaza, it has become one.
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Democratic Socialists Outpoll MAGA Candidates Among Voters
Additional polling has revealed that most Americans back many of the basic tenets that democratic socialists promote.
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Federal Agents Reportedly Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Evidence gathered by the FBI could implicate immigration agents in future civil rights investigations.
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As Trump Threatens Invasion, Admin Releases Report Vilifying Cuba and the Left
In the report, officials condemn the dissidence of left-wing figures like Hasan Piker and Zohran Mamdani.
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Could a Talking Trash Can Defeat the UK’s Far Right Politician Nigel Farage?
If Farage fails, we’ll know the far right isn’t as durable as it seems.
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US Continues to Escalate War on Iran With Ninth Straight Night of Attacks
Iranian authorities say at least 41 Iranians have been killed and 408 wounded this month in US strikes.
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Industry Groups Keep Louisiana Residents From Knowing What’s in Their Air
Three of the chemicals that account for the majority of cancer risk in the region aren’t monitored by the state at all.
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Politico Owner Axel Springer Gives Prize to Far Right Billionaire Peter Thiel
The award ceremony is slated to include remarks from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
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Trump Celebrates During World Cup Final as CENTCOM Announces US Soldier’s Death
The World Cup crowd booed and jeered at Trump as he walked onto the field at the conclusion of the match.
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Trump Administration Slashes Visa Lengths for Students, Journalists
The rule changes focus on the “duration of status” system, which has allowed qualifying visa holders to stay in the US.
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Indian Workers Are Resisting Efforts to Train Their AI Robot Replacements
The resistance offers lessons for workers elsewhere to disrupt the relentless onslaught of surveillance capitalism.
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Tyrin Johnson Is Dead. Memphis Is Occupied. This Is Militarized “Public Safety.”
Tyrin Johnson’s killing is part of a larger militarization unfolding in Memphis, Tennessee, under Trump.
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Backing for UBI Is Growing. Let’s Push for the Most Progressive Version of It.
Universal basic income is not a panacea, and some versions are libertarian — but a good version is worth fighting for.
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Florida Farmworkers Exposed to Scorching Heat and Pesticides
Gov. Ron DeSantis banned local governments from implementing heat protections for outdoor workers two years ago.
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Trump Admin Guts Endangered Species Act to Prioritize Corporate Interests
“Yet again, the Trump administration has sold out our endangered wildlife to the highest bidder,” said one critic.
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Colorado ICE Jail Employee Accused of Shooting a Protester Is Arrested
The shooting shows a “pattern of violence coming from The GEO Group and from ICE,” said an activist.
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Health Insurers Walk Back on Pledge to Improve Denials Process
Patients who need the costliest services are still being disproportionately denied access to doctor-recommended care.
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DHS Chief Threatens to Imprison Election Officials Who Don’t Comply With Trump
A government watchdog indicated it would file legal challenges to the administration’s efforts to take over elections.
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Many Call Authoritarianism “Un-American.” 250 Years of History Show Otherwise.
A group of Indigenous scholars are countering erasures in US history in Rebecca Nagle’s new “First America” podcast.
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South Korea’s Far Right Is on the Rise — With the MAGA Movement’s Backing
The retail tycoon who owns Starbucks Korea, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is stoking the country’s far right.
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