Fetterman Votes With GOP Yet Again on War Powers Resolution to Rein In Trump
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is asking Congress for an additional $67 billion for the war in Iran.
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Nearly All of Europe Vow to Boycott World Cup Over Plan for Kushner Family Sale
FIFA unveiled a plan to sell a major stake in the World Cup to a firm run by Joshua Kushner, Jared Kushner’s brother.
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Calls Grow for Oversight as OpenAI Says Experimental AI Agents Went Rogue
Scientists and AI firm employees urge the US to “deliberately pace” the development of the most advanced AI systems.
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India’s “Cockroach Movement” Woke Up a Nation. But Is It Already Asleep Again?
India’s Gen Z-led movement confronted Modi, but some see it as a missed opportunity for transformational change.
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As the War on Iran Spikes Gas Prices, Shell’s Profits More Than Double
A Greenpeace UK campaigner said that “we’re running out of words to describe the obscenity of these numbers.”
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Access to Abortion in Kansas Is at Stake August 4 — But Voters May Not Know It
Kansas’s safe haven status is now threatened again by abortion opponents who have decided to simply rewrite the rules.
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Fetterman Is So Unpopular That He Loses to “Someone Else” by 18 Points in Poll
Nearly 60 percent of respondents said they’d go for anyone other than him if the Senate race were today.
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“This Is a God Thing” — Johnson Claims Prayers Will Help GOP Win the Midterms
Polling shows that Americans have a negative view of Republicans in Congress and prefer Democrats to win in November.
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Asked About ICC Warrant, Netanyahu Says He Travels With “Special Forces”
The Israeli prime minister vowed that he will still visit New York City for the upcoming UN meeting.
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Trump Pardons Mega-Donor Days After Contribution to GOP Candidate
Trump issued the pardon to Adam Kidan, a key player in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal that was exposed in the 2000s.
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Documents Show TSA Shares Passengers’ Personal Information With ICE
This contradicts testimony from a TSA official who said the data wasn’t being collected for immigration enforcement.
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The Odyssey Is Facing a Boycott for Filming in Occupied Western Sahara
The film’s producers have provided legitimacy to the illegal occupation by accepting subsidies from the Moroccan state.
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GOP Senator Calls Mamdani a “Thug,” Says He Should Be Imprisoned in Gitmo
The remark comes amid a rise in Islamophobic attacks on Mamdani ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
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UN Palestine Rapporteur Slams Nations’ Complicity as Netanyahu Meets Trump
Francesca Albanese also comments on settler- and soldier-led pogroms in the occupied West Bank.
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Disease Researchers Blame DOGE Cuts for Spiraling Cyclospora Outbreak
Public health agencies are struggling to mount an effective response with less resources and fewer staff.
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Trump’s Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low in 2 New Polls
Trump has net-negative ratings in the categories of the economy, the war on Iran, immigration, and more.
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Trump Threatens to Bomb the “F****** S***” Out of Iran After US Base Strike
The latest threat of escalation comes as the US announced joint strikes with Saudi Arabia on Iraq.
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Trump Quietly Gutted Agency Best-Known for Work on Curbing Hospital Infections
The Federalist Society-linked lawyer who took over said AI can do much of the agency’s evidence review and analytics.
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How Do We Sustain Momentum for the Anti-ICE Movement Over Time?
Silky Shah, executive director of Detention Watch Network, discusses how the fight against ICE has entered a new phase.
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Trump to End Medicare Part D Subsidies After Vowing to “Protect” Program in 2024
Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, justified the change by citing “stabilizing” markets.
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Democrats Call FIFA President to Congress After Trump’s World Cup “Quid Pro Quo”
Meanwhile, FIFA announced that it is planning to sell a major stake in the World Cup to a Kushner family firm.
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UAE-Supplied Drones Still Target Civilians in Sudan Despite EU Condemnation
“It’s really the bare minimum to call out the actors involved … the EU should be doing a lot more,” said an expert.
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Trump Escalates Campaign Against Smithsonian With New “Warning Signs” Order
Trump's executive order bashed the Smithsonian Institution for attempting to advance ideas of “social justice.”
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Nearly Half of Americans Say US Should Arrest Netanyahu Ahead of Trump Meeting
About a quarter of Americans say that the US should let him walk free, compared to nearly half who want him arrested.
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Legal Team of Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Appeals to the UN for Support
Lawyers are appealing to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which had urged the release of Leonard Peltier.
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Kentucky Gov. Beshear Demands McConnell Prove He Can Still Serve — or Resign
It's been a month and a half since Sen. Mitch McConnell made a public appearance.
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Americans Placed $166B in Sports Bets in 2025 — Double Amount Spent on the Arts
In a relatively unregulated market, sports betting companies are embracing predatory tactics to keep their users hooked.
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This Activist Was Targeted by ICE for Criticizing Colombia’s President-Elect
Beto Coral was arrested and returned to Colombia for exercising free speech in criticizing Abelardo de la Espriella.
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DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Arm Has Been Captured by Industry, Critics Say
Instead of enforcing environmental laws, it’s suing states over their efforts to hold oil companies accountable.
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New DHS Rule Skips Asylum Interviews, Sends Some Cases Straight to Courts
The change speeds up deportation proceedings, and over 444,000 currently pending asylum applicants could be affected.
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Citizens Bank Cuts Ties With Prison Companies After De-ICE Pressure Campaign
“Public conscience and community resistance have paid off,” read a statement from the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition.
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Trump Says US Has Taken “Billions and Billions” From Venezuela and Iran Is Next
He said that Congress should approve legislation to allow Venezuela’s funds to be rerouted to the US military.
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AI “News” Outlet Pushes False and Misleading Info Amid New Mexico Flooding Crisis
An Israel-based startup publicized its operations in a press release decrying the loss of local news outlets.
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DOJ Charges Alleged Cop City Activist Over “Duress” Password That Wipes Phone
The alleged anti-Cop City activist was stopped and interrogated at the airport when reentering the US in January 2025.
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“Megafires” in France and Spain Force Over 350,000 People to Evacuate
A professor who fled Madrid says decades of neoliberal policies have diminished Spain’s ability to respond to disasters.
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Trump Is Already Outpacing His First-Term Record Number of Airstrikes on Somalia
The Trump administration cut humanitarian aid to Somalia while continuing to pound it with military airstrikes.
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