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Before Trump sanctioned the entirety of the ICC, his executive order in Feb 2025 granted his administration the ability to sanction foreign nationals for supporting the ICC’s investigations into U.S. and Israeli parties guilty of committing war crimes.truthout.org/articles/we-bea…
Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to “immediately impose a lockdown on Hebron and prepare for a full lockdown of the entire” illegally occupied West Bank following a gun battle that reportedly left two Palestinians dead and 5 Israeli soldiers wounded. truthout.org/articles/netany…
With progressives expected to hold a majority, if not a supermajority, on Providence City Council after the general election, local organizers are looking forward to implementing the solutions they fought for on the campaign trail.truthout.org/articles/tenant…
The indictment against state sen. Louise Lucas comes just a week and a half after federal agents raided the Washington, D.C. residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, another vocal critic of the president and a frequent target of his rage-filled social media posts.truthout.org/articles/trump-…
Trump's Justice Department has dropped dozens of cases involving discrimination against Black, Latino, and Native American people, from Voting Rights Act lawsuits and redlining settlements with banks to firefighter and police hiring issues.truthout.org/articles/trumps…
This October, more than 100 politicians and local and state election officials around the country received envelopes in the mail with an unidentified white powder. They included the Arizona secretary of state and members of Congress from California.truthout.org/articles/its-no…
A new documentary examines AIPAC’s history and its role in shaping U.S. policy toward Israel, and questions whether its activities warrant further scrutiny under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, for those acting at the request of a foreign government.truthout.org/video/new-docum…
Israel had indicated to the U.S. that it wanted to restart major operations in mid-October, just before its parliamentary elections were set to start. President Donald Trump reportedly dismissed that idea, opting to wait until after the midterms.truthout.org/articles/report…
At least 902 cases have been documented of people being charged with crimes related to their pregnancies in the three years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision. Many more cases are thought to exist as the research doesn't cover this year.truthout.org/articles/prosec…
A new data analysis shows that delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas across the country. truthout.org/articles/ballot…
Cindy Napolitan and her daughter Melissa have multiple sclerosis and live in a nursing home. Previously they voted by mail, but this year they voted in person. They worried their mail-in ballots — and even their in-person votes — may not be counted. truthout.org/articles/nursin…
Norwegian People’s Aid, a leading NGO doing land mine removal and disarmament work around the world, announced it will decline U.S. funding due to new restrictions related to DEI. truthout.org/articles/trumps…
The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s bid to halt care for incarcerated transgender people, marking a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative-leaning court.
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Student-led protests in Albania are escalating over corruption, living costs, and a planned Kushner/Trump luxury resort. Demonstrators are calling for the prime minister’s resignation, among other demands.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcasters over poll coverage. A Democratic strategist responds: “It’s not illegal to tell the American people that Trump is a failed president.”
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Student-led protests in Paris have spread across France over several weeks, despite arrests, reports of police brutality, and restrictions on demonstrations.
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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton says Ramaswamy exploited her estranged mother for political gain. Acton accused her mother’s then-husband of sexually assaulting her as a child.
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A new Progress Action Fund ad calls out the GOP’s “creepy fetish of monitoring children’s bathrooms.” The left-wing PAC aims to disrupt the right-wing media bubble.
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