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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:truthout="http://www.truthout.org/"> <channel> <title>Articles – Truthout</title> <atom:link href="https://truthout.org/articles/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://truthout.org</link> <description>Fearless Independent Journalism</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:32:58 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1</generator> <image> <url>https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Truthout-T-logo-sq-1200x1200-e1521532408148-60x60.png</url> <title>Articles – Truthout</title> <link>https://truthout.org</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height></image> <item> <title>Fear of ICE Is Keeping Communities From Speaking Out for Environmental Justice</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/fear-of-ice-is-keeping-communities-from-speaking-out-for-environmental-justice/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amal Ahmed]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329855</guid> <description><![CDATA[Advocates say immigrant communities are increasingly hesitant to speak out publicly for fear of being targeted.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When another concrete batch plant was proposed a few years ago in Aldine, Texas, local environmental organizers drew more than a hundred people to a state environmental agency’s public meeting to oppose the polluting plant. Concrete production is clustered around Aldine, a north Houston neighborhood. For decades, the industrial process has blanketed the community with harmful dust that can cause…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/fear-of-ice-is-keeping-communities-from-speaking-out-for-environmental-justice/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amal Ahmed]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Prism]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-ice-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='133612' /> </item> <item> <title>Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order, In-Line With SCOTUS Limits</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-in-line-with-scotus-limits/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[14th Amendment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birthright Citizenship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump Executive Orders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329853</guid> <description><![CDATA[The judge indicated that his reasoning in issuing the injunction was “not a close call to the court.”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A federal district judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the Trump administration, forbidding the enforcement of an executive order signed on President Donald Trump’s first day in office that attempted to unilaterally redefine the Birthright Citizenship clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The order comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court limited the ability of…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-in-line-with-scotus-limits/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-birthright-citizenship-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='110683' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump’s Threats Against Mamdani Put a Target on the Back of All Immigrants</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-threats-against-mamdani-put-a-target-on-the-back-of-all-immigrants/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Schuyler Mitchell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:59:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[denaturalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Repression]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sanctuary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329852</guid> <description><![CDATA[By using denaturalization as a threat, Trump shifts the goal posts of citizenship to further his political agenda.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to take my United States citizenship for granted. Don’t get me wrong, I was always aware of the benefits conferred on me by a U.S. passport, but I didn’t give it much more thought than that. My great-grandparents immigrated through Ellis Island, and eventually I happened to be born on a certain tract of land, within certain lines drawn up by men many years ago. It’s hard to know how…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-threats-against-mamdani-put-a-target-on-the-back-of-all-immigrants/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Schuyler Mitchell]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-mamdani-b-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='89633' /> </item> <item> <title>US Campuses Have Become the Newest Laboratories for Surveillance Technology</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/us-campuses-have-become-the-newest-laboratories-for-surveillance-technology/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elham Azad]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:27:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Campus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Digital Surveillance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[palestine solidarity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[predictive policing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[student activism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Surveillance]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329774</guid> <description><![CDATA[From Gaza to the US, military-grade surveillance tools are being deployed to monitor and punish student dissent.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In early June 2025, The Guardian revealed that the University of Michigan paid over $800,000 to Amerishield, parent company to a private security company called City Shield. It was part of a broader $3 million public‑security budget, which included surveillance of pro‑Palestinian student activists. The university hired plainclothes agents who trailed students into cafés, harassed them…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/us-campuses-have-become-the-newest-laboratories-for-surveillance-technology/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Elham Azad]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-university-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='77530' /> </item> <item> <title>DHS Head Noem Prioritized Instagram Pics Over FEMA Requests for Texas Floods</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/dhs-head-noem-prioritized-instagram-pics-over-fema-requests-for-texas-floods/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:37:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kristi Noem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas floods]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329849</guid> <description><![CDATA[It took Noem four days to respond to requests from FEMA, delaying access to some search and rescue tools.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Officials within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) who were tasked with responding to massive flooding in central Texas this past week say that some of their lifesaving efforts were delayed due to cost-saving rules imposed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem, whose department oversees FEMA’s work, issued a new agency rule this year requiring all…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/dhs-head-noem-prioritized-instagram-pics-over-fema-requests-for-texas-floods/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-texas-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='161855' /> </item> <item> <title>From LA to Chicago, Latinx Communities Mount a Defense Against ICE Attacks</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/from-la-to-chicago-latinx-communities-mount-a-defense-against-ice-attacks/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:26:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deportations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Latinx]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mass deportations]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329850</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week saw federal agents descend on a popular LA park and a Chicago museum in two spectacles of intimidation.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is sowing fear and chaos in communities across the United States, as heavily armed and masked agents descend on workplaces, schools and public spaces. In Los Angeles, dozens of federal agents, including some on horseback, swept MacArthur Park, located in a predominantly immigrant and working-class part of the city. “It felt like an occupation of L.A.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/from-la-to-chicago-latinx-communities-mount-a-defense-against-ice-attacks/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/SEG1_ICE-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='90045' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump Admin Sanctions UN Palestine Rapporteur Over Her Opposition to Genocide</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-sanctions-un-palestine-rapporteur-over-her-opposition-to-genocide/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:02:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Francesca Albanese]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329845</guid> <description><![CDATA[The move came just a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Trump in the White House.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Defenders of Palestine and the rule of law on Wednesday condemned Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of sanctions targeting United Nations expert Francesca Albanese, one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s U.S.-backed genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. In a post on the social media site X, Rubio said he is imposing sanctions on Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-sanctions-un-palestine-rapporteur-over-her-opposition-to-genocide/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-albanese-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='93160' /> </item> <item> <title>Lula Responds Defiantly to Trump’s Tariff Threat Against Brazil</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/lula-responds-defiantly-to-trumps-tariff-threat-against-brazil/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:22:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jair Bolsonaro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tariffs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade War]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329843</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Brazilian president promised to respond in kind if Trump moves forward with a threatened 50 percent tariff.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva responded defiantly on Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 50% tariff on products from the South American nation, a move that Lula said would be reciprocated. “Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage,” Lula said in a statement released shortly after Trump issued…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/lula-responds-defiantly-to-trumps-tariff-threat-against-brazil/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0710-silva-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='84134' /> </item> <item> <title>Sand Mining Is a Booming Industry — This Mexican Community Is Paying the Price</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/sand-mining-is-a-booming-industry-this-mexican-community-is-paying-the-price/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamara Pearson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:14:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extraction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indigenous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rivers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wetlands]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329801</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, a Mazatec Indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico, has been defending its river from gravel and sand dredgers for over a decade. As a well-organized and determined force, the community has endured unprecedented repression, including criminalization, torture, displacement, imprisonment, and violence. Now, the community faces a new attack — 200 trumped-up charges against…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/sand-mining-is-a-booming-industry-this-mexican-community-is-paying-the-price/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Tamara Pearson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/IMG_6270-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='225518' /> </item> <item> <title>Decades of Cinematic Organizing Change the Narrative on Palestine in the US</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-cinematic-organizing-change-the-narrative-on-palestine-in-the-us/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Umayyah Cable]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:19:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Excerpt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Settler Colonialism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zionism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329701</guid> <description><![CDATA[How cinema fueled a mass uprising for Palestine that rattled corporate giants.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On March 10, 2024, five months into Israel’s accelerated genocidal onslaught against the Palestinian people of Gaza, English filmmaker Jonathan Glazer ascended the stage at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California, to accept an Oscar for his film The Zone of Interest (2023). A historical drama and psychological thriller, The Zone of Interest recasts the story of the Auschwitz…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-cinematic-organizing-change-the-narrative-on-palestine-in-the-us/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Umayyah Cable]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout / University of Minnesota Press]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2066798713-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='63141' /> </item> <item> <title>Philadelphia Union Ends Largest Municipal Workers’ Strike in Decades</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/philadelphia-union-ends-largest-municipal-workers-strike-in-decades/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:03:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy and Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strikes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[worker rights]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329826</guid> <description><![CDATA[“I really think that the union won the public relations battle over the past week,” says labor historian Francis Ryan.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The largest municipal workers’ strike in decades in the city of Philadelphia has ended after 9,000 members of AFSCME District Council 33, who are primarily sanitation workers, walked off the job a week ago. Growing piles of trash on the streets of Philadelphia brought the strike into clear view for city residents. Labor historian Francis Ryan says the workers won “the hearts of a lot of…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/philadelphia-union-ends-largest-municipal-workers-strike-in-decades/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/DN-SEG4-Philly-Strike-3-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='145179' /> </item> <item> <title>X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down After Platform’s AI Chatbot Spews Nazi Hate</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-steps-down-after-platforms-ai-chatbot-spews-nazi-hate/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Reed]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:11:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329824</guid> <description><![CDATA[The antisemitic display from Grok came after Elon Musk said he would make the bot more “politically incorrect.”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media giant X, abruptly announced her departure from the company on Wednesday less than a day after the social media platform’s AI chatbot started calling itself “MechaHitler” and promoting a policy of mass extermination. Writing on X, Yaccarino said that she’d decided to step down “after two incredible years” at the company in which the social media…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-steps-down-after-platforms-ai-chatbot-spews-nazi-hate/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brad Reed]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2192344776-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='95433' /> </item> <item> <title>As Fires Consumed California, Small Towns Organized Their Own Defense</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/as-fires-consumed-california-small-towns-organized-their-own-defense/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Elysia Garcia]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:43:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Excerpt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[California]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disasters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evacuation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildfires]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329757</guid> <description><![CDATA[Faced with abandonment from the state, rural residents built their own fire lines, shelters, and support systems.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you live in a national forest in California, odds are pretty high that at some point or another you’ve been ordered to evacuate. In Indian Valley, for the first twelve days, many of our residents did indeed evacuate, but a significant number stayed behind. Some residents had livestock to look after and often no solid indication of where they could take their animals that wouldn’t also…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/as-fires-consumed-california-small-towns-organized-their-own-defense/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Margaret Elysia Garcia]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout / AK Press]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/photo-1-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='92476' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump’s FTC Let Lobbyists Kill Popular Click-To-Cancel Rule, Advocates Say</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-ftc-let-lobbyists-kill-popular-click-to-cancel-rule-advocates-say/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:13:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[consumer rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FTC]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329817</guid> <description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court blocked the rule, which would have required companies to make it easier to end subscriptions.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Consumer advocates said Tuesday that the Trump administration is to blame for an appeals court decision that effectively killed the Federal Trade Commission’s click-to-cancel rule, a Biden-era effort to stop companies from trapping consumers in subscriptions with onerous cancellation terms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit vacated the rule entirely on procedural grounds on…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-ftc-let-lobbyists-kill-popular-click-to-cancel-rule-advocates-say/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2217872117-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='180758' /> </item> <item> <title>Connecticut Pilots a Better Way for Unhoused Kids and Caregivers to Access Homes</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/connecticut-pilots-a-better-way-for-unhoused-kids-and-caregivers-to-access-homes/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor J. Bader]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:37:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category> <category><![CDATA[head start]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Head Start on Housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Homelessness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329683</guid> <description><![CDATA[Connecticut’s “Head Start on Housing” program could serve as a blueprint for other states nationwide.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Connecticut resident Stacey Duran’s youngest daughter was 3 months old when she fled an abusive partner in 2023. Along with her two other children — a then-7-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son — the family spent more than a year bouncing between friends, relatives, and their car. “Most of the time we were in the car,” Duran told Truthout. “After my son’s father pulled his arm so hard that…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/connecticut-pilots-a-better-way-for-unhoused-kids-and-caregivers-to-access-homes/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Eleanor J. Bader]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2210469516-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='99228' /> </item> <item> <title>Israeli Minister Says Israel Plans to Confine Palestinians in Gaza to a Camp</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-says-israel-plans-to-confine-palestinians-in-gaza-into-a-camp/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:30:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War Crimes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329814</guid> <description><![CDATA[The plan has been likened to building a concentration camp in Gaza.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israel’s Defense Minister said on Monday that he has instructed the military to prepare plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp where they will be imprisoned by Israeli soldiers. Minister Israel Katz told reporters that the Israeli government was planning to establish a so-called “humanitarian city” in southern Gaza, on what used to be Rafah until Israel decimated the city.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-says-israel-plans-to-confine-palestinians-in-gaza-into-a-camp/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-gaza-a-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='117524' /> </item> <item> <title>At Least 1,277 Measles Cases Identified in 2025 — the Highest Number Since 1992</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-1277-measles-cases-identified-in-2025-the-highest-number-since-1992/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:12:35 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anti-Vaxxers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Measles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vaccinations]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329807</guid> <description><![CDATA[Health experts describe the count as “devastating,” as the virus was deemed virtually eradicated in the early 2000s.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest numbers seen in over three decades — despite the fact that the virus was deemed virtually eradicated around the year 2000. At least 1,277 confirmed cases have been identified in 38 states and Washington, D.C. Around 155 people have required hospitalization, with three individuals — two otherwise healthy children and one adult…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-1277-measles-cases-identified-in-2025-the-highest-number-since-1992/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-rfk-jr-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='62785' /> </item> <item> <title>“Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Say Their Living Conditions Are a Form of Torture</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/alligator-alcatraz-prisoners-say-their-living-conditions-are-a-form-of-torture/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:56:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alligator Alcatraz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deportations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mass deportations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329809</guid> <description><![CDATA[They report inadequate and maggot-infested food, inability to bathe, flooding, denial of religious practice, and more.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Detainees at the “Alligator Alcatraz” concentration camp in the Florida Everglades say they are enduring inhumane conditions, including inadequate and maggot-infested food, inability to bathe, flooding, and denial of religious practice, CBS News Miami reported Tuesday. Officially known as Krome Detention Center, the 5,000-bed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration detention…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/alligator-alcatraz-prisoners-say-their-living-conditions-are-a-form-of-torture/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-trump-alligator-alcatraz-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='161977' /> </item> <item> <title>Netanyahu Says Relocating Palestinians From Gaza Gives Them “Free Choice”</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/netanyahu-says-relocating-palestinians-from-gaza-gives-them-free-choice/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:18:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ethnic Cleansing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329804</guid> <description><![CDATA[The “freedom” being offered is to be made refugees again so Israel can continue ethnic cleansing, says Peter Beinart.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this week in Washington, D.C. Trump and Netanyahu are discussing Israel’s war in Gaza, with Netanyahu suggesting that new plans for the forced relocation of refugees to other countries would give Palestinians the “freedom” to choose. But what Palestinians actually want is “the freedom to return to the places from…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/netanyahu-says-relocating-palestinians-from-gaza-gives-them-free-choice/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman & Juan González]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/SEG2_Netanyahu3-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='95505' /> </item> <item> <title>Cruz Seen Vacationing in Greece After Deaths Recorded in Texas Floods</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/cruz-seen-vacationing-in-greece-after-deaths-recorded-in-texas-floods/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:46:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Floods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ted Cruz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas floods]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329802</guid> <description><![CDATA[One witness confronted Cruz at the Parthenon, asking, “20 kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite torrential rains and deadly flooding in his home state late last week, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) remained for some time in Athens, Greece, where he was vacationing when the disaster took place. Although it was well known by July 4 and 5 that the floods were catastrophic, Cruz remained in Greece, sightseeing at, among other places, the Parthenon, The Daily Beast reported.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/cruz-seen-vacationing-in-greece-after-deaths-recorded-in-texas-floods/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-ted-cruz-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='60152' /> </item> <item> <title>Federal Judge Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood in Trump-GOP Budget Law</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-blocks-attack-on-planned-parenthood-in-trump-gop-budget-law/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:28:49 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reproductive Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329799</guid> <description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood welcomed the decision to issue a temporary injunction but stressed that the legal battle is not over.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a provision of the new Republican budget law that bars Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood health centers across the United States, an attack that reproductive rights advocates warn could shutter hundreds of clinics nationwide. The decision by Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, an Obama appointee…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-blocks-attack-on-planned-parenthood-in-trump-gop-budget-law/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-medicaid-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='93861' /> </item> <item> <title>US’s Largest Labor Union Votes to Cut All Ties to the Anti-Defamation League</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/uss-largest-labor-union-votes-to-cut-all-ties-to-the-anti-defamation-league/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmaia Gelman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:13:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ADL]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Education Association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329793</guid> <description><![CDATA[The ADL leveraged spurious antisemitism claims to demand that schools bring it in to set policy and provide programming.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a momentous vote, the National Education Association’s 7,000-member policymaking body cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. On July 6, the NEA’s national Representative Assembly approved New Business Item 39, committing that the NEA “will not use, endorse, or publicize materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), such as its curricular materials or statistics.” The reasoning…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/uss-largest-labor-union-votes-to-cut-all-ties-to-the-anti-defamation-league/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Emmaia Gelman]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Mondoweiss]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-nea-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='139879' /> </item> <item> <title>Japanese BDS Activists Are Ramping Up Their Campaign Against a Robotics Company</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/japanese-bds-activists-are-ramping-up-their-campaign-against-fanuc-robotics/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances Madeson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:05:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BDS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[robots]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329639</guid> <description><![CDATA[Japan BDS is claiming a special responsibility to end Japanese robot makers’ complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Japan is a great geographical distance from Israel’s killing fields in Gaza. But the nature of the global supply chain is bringing Israel’s genocidal assault into Japan’s orbit. Japan BDS, the local formation of the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestine, is claiming a special responsibility to end Japanese robot makers’ complicity in Israel’s campaign of…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/japanese-bds-activists-are-ramping-up-their-campaign-against-fanuc-robotics/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Frances Madeson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-fanuc-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='125398' /> </item> <item> <title>New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-documents-racist-rot-at-the-core-of-the-petrochemical-industry/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[C.J. Polychroniou]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:50:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cancer alley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Racism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[petrochemicals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Racial Justice]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329751</guid> <description><![CDATA[Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A recent study published by Ecological Economics reveals that the petrochemical industry, well known for creating pollution and health risks to predominantly poor and Black communities near its plants, also perpetuates stark racial disparities across its workforce, reflecting what can only be described as institutional racism. In the exclusive interview for Truthout, one of the co-authors of…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-documents-racist-rot-at-the-core-of-the-petrochemical-industry/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[C.J. Polychroniou]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0708-petrochemical-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='70163' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump Falsely Calls “Big Beautiful Bill” the “Most Popular” Law Ever Signed</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trump-wrongly-calls-big-beautiful-bill-the-most-popular-law-ever-signed/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[big beautiful bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329784</guid> <description><![CDATA[One poll published in June found that nearly 6 in 10 Americans were opposed to the bill.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shortly after signing his so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law last week, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the legislation was popular among the American public. “It’s the most popular bill ever signed in the history of our country…this is the single most popular bill ever signed,” Trump said on July 4 during a ceremony at the White House. Despite Trump’s claims…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-wrongly-calls-big-beautiful-bill-the-most-popular-law-ever-signed/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-trump-bbb-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='63927' /> </item> <item> <title>A New Supreme Court Case Could Give the Wealthy Even More Political Power</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-supreme-court-case-could-give-the-wealthy-even-more-political-power/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Ludwig]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:56:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Citizens United v. FEC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oligarchy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329783</guid> <description><![CDATA[A GOP court challenge could lead to the biggest erosion in campaign spending limitations since “Citizens United.”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska cast a deciding vote for the GOP’s unpopular budget package after publicly admitting the bill is “bad” and would disadvantage people across the United States. After negotiating carveouts to protect some of her own constituents, Murkowski urged House Republicans to make revisions before sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-supreme-court-case-could-give-the-wealthy-even-more-political-power/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Mike Ludwig]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-SCOTUS-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='80187' /> </item> <item> <title>States Scramble to Protect Hospitals Ahead of Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/states-scramble-to-protect-hospitals-ahead-of-republicans-medicaid-cuts/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Claire Vollers]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:02:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329780</guid> <description><![CDATA[One analysis estimates that US hospitals could lose nearly $665 billion in Medicaid funding over the next 10 years.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend includes the biggest health care spending cuts in U.S. history. In response, states are scrambling to shield their hospitals from the looming loss of hundreds of millions in federal funding. In Georgia, a key state panel late last month took steps to send more state Medicaid money to hospitals…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/states-scramble-to-protect-hospitals-ahead-of-republicans-medicaid-cuts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Anna Claire Vollers]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Stateline]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-hospital-room-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='114033' /> </item> <item> <title>Case Challenging Trump’s Deportations of Pro-Palestine Students Goes to Trial</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/case-challenging-trumps-deportations-of-pro-palestine-students-goes-to-trial/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:37:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Khalil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solidarity]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329775</guid> <description><![CDATA[While the case deals specifically with noncitizens, it has implications for free speech for everyone in the US.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Trump administration, for the first time, had to defend its policy of deporting immigrants for their political views in court Monday. A case filed by a group of professors will be heard in a Massachusetts federal court. The lawsuit challenges attempts by the Trump administration to arrest and remove foreign-born college students from the country based purely on their pro-Palestine speech.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/case-challenging-trumps-deportations-of-pro-palestine-students-goes-to-trial/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-mahmoud-khalil-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='106938' /> </item> <item> <title>Georgia Librarian Fired After Displaying Book Featuring Transgender Child</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-librarian-fired-after-displaying-book-featuring-transgender-child/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:19:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alliance for Faith and Family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Book Bans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Transgender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[transgender bans]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329776</guid> <description><![CDATA[“The library is for everybody,” said the Pierce County library manager, who had served for 15 years before her firing.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 15-year employee of a library in southern Georgia was fired from her position last month over her inclusion of a book featuring a transgender child in a display. The display created by Pierce County Library Manager Lavonnia Moore was part of a statewide “color our world” summer reading program. Moore said that children contributed to the display, which featured media of varying colors.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-librarian-fired-after-displaying-book-featuring-transgender-child/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-library-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='84442' /> </item> <item> <title>Provision in Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners Amid Climate Crisis</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/provision-in-trump-budget-law-subsidizes-private-jet-owners-amid-climate-crisis/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:03:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Private Jets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329767</guid> <description><![CDATA[Analysts say private jet owners will be able to write off the full cost of their aircraft in the first year of purchase.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republican budget measure that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law late last week contains a provision that analysts say will allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their aircraft in the first year of purchase, a boon to the ultra-rich that comes as millions of people are set to lose healthcare under the same legislation. FlyUSA, a private aviation provider…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/provision-in-trump-budget-law-subsidizes-private-jet-owners-amid-climate-crisis/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-private-jet-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='55193' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump Dodges Questions on Texas Floods, National Weather Service Cuts</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trump-dodges-questions-on-texas-floods-national-weather-service-cuts/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:27:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DOGE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DOGE cuts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Weather Service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas floods]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329772</guid> <description><![CDATA[Several National Weather Service offices in Texas are considerably understaffed.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the weekend, President Donald Trump appeared to deflect reporters’ questions on the deadly flash floods in central Texas last week, including a question on whether his administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) affected preparedness levels in the region. As of Monday morning, more than 80 deaths across six Texas counties have been documented…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-dodges-questions-on-texas-floods-national-weather-service-cuts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Chris Walker]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-texas-floods-trump-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='151928' /> </item> <item> <title>Ceasefire Talks Will Be Null Without Lifting of Gaza Blockade, Surgeon Says</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/ceasefire-talks-will-be-null-without-lifting-of-gaza-blockade-surgeon-says/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War Crimes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329754</guid> <description><![CDATA[Surgeon Feroze Sidhwa discusses Netanyahu’s US visit, Israel’s attacks on health care workers and facilities, and more.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House on Monday to discuss a possible new ceasefire in Gaza, we speak with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa about the humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian territory, where Israel has damaged or destroyed much of the health infrastructure since the start of the war in October 2023. Sidhwa is a trauma surgeon in California who volunteered at Nasser…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/ceasefire-talks-will-be-null-without-lifting-of-gaza-blockade-surgeon-says/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/SEG4-Feroze-Hospital-3-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='116584' /> </item> <item> <title>Amid Gaza’s Devastated Infrastructure, Donkey Carts Function as Ambulances</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/amid-gazas-devastated-infrastructure-donkey-carts-function-as-ambulances/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahad Ali]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:40:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329510</guid> <description><![CDATA[Protecting donkeys helps protect the people who depend on them to survive the ongoing crisis, says a Gaza veterinarian.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israel’s genocide in Gaza has transformed donkeys from an outdated mode of transportation — once seen mostly in impoverished or agricultural areas — into the only remaining means of transportation for many. With most vehicles destroyed and fuel prices soaring, people have been left with no choice but to rely on donkeys to access basic services and transport their belongings when Israeli forces…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/amid-gazas-devastated-infrastructure-donkey-carts-function-as-ambulances/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Shahad Ali]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-donkey-cart-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='138798' /> </item> <item> <title>LA Protests Seem to Show That Courts Won’t Stand in the Way of Trump’s Agenda</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/la-protests-seem-to-show-that-courts-wont-stand-in-the-way-of-trumps-agenda/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen J. Greenberg]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:35:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Courts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fascism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329748</guid> <description><![CDATA[Portland’s attempts in 2020 to fight back against the deployment of federal agents offers lessons about what to expect.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“I must say,” Donald Trump commented, “I wish we had an occupying force.” It was June 1, 2020. The president, then in his first term in office, was having a phone call with the nation’s governors to discuss the ongoing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests taking place nationwide in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman. He was urging the governors to call in…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/la-protests-seem-to-show-that-courts-wont-stand-in-the-way-of-trumps-agenda/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Karen J. Greenberg]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[TomDispatch]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-national-gaurd-la-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='213085' /> </item> <item> <title>Police Arrest 27 During UK Protest Defying Ban on Pro-Palestine Group</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/police-arrest-27-during-uk-protest-defying-ban-on-pro-palestine-group/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:24:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[London]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine Action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Protest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War and Peace]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329742</guid> <description><![CDATA[British lawmakers voted to ban Palestine Action as a “terrorist” group after members vandalized two aircraft.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Metropolitan Police arrested at least 27 protesters who gathered in central London on Saturday to publicly support Palestine Action, a nonviolent direct action group now officially designated a terrorist organization by the U.K. government. According to Middle East Eye, Palestine defenders including 83-year-old Rev. Sue Parfitt, a former government attorney, an emeritus professor…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/police-arrest-27-during-uk-protest-defying-ban-on-pro-palestine-group/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2223676288-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='115530' /> </item> <item> <title>Critics Call Trump’s Proposed White House UFC Match Pure “Idiocracy”</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/critics-call-trumps-proposed-white-house-ufc-match-pure-idiocracy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:04:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dana White]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics and Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[White House]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329740</guid> <description><![CDATA[UFC President and CEO Dana White has donated at least $1 million to Trump's campaign coffers.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Critics of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event on White House grounds to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial next year took to social media Friday to call the proposal something “straight out of ‘Idiocracy’” — the comedy cult classic about a dumbed-down 26th-century America — and condemn what one detractor called “authoritarian theater.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/critics-call-trumps-proposed-white-house-ufc-match-pure-idiocracy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2219109461-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='113667' /> </item> <item> <title>Schools Are Going Underground to Avoid Trump’s Immigration Dragnet</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/schools-are-going-underground-to-avoid-trumps-immigration-dragnet/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jo Napolitano]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:41:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[immigration and customs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public school]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329720</guid> <description><![CDATA[No matter the strategy, the goal is the same: avoid potential federal audits, funding cuts, and closures.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Schools and other organizations serving undocumented students are taking their activities underground, fearful of revealing all they do to help newcomers navigate life in America — lest they be targeted and shuttered by the Trump administration. Some have asked staff to use secure messaging systems like Signal instead of text and email to keep sensitive conversations from public reach.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/schools-are-going-underground-to-avoid-trumps-immigration-dragnet/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jo Napolitano]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[The 19th / The 74]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-649374480-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='98480' /> </item> <item> <title>Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Impacting Routine Care for Seniors and Kids</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/idahos-abortion-ban-is-impacting-routine-care-for-seniors-and-kids/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelcie Moseley-Morris]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:30:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abortion ban]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dobbs v. Jackson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Idaho]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pediatric care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reproductive Rights]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329717</guid> <description><![CDATA[Three years after “Dobbs,” states that were already struggling with physician shortages say they’re getting worse.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack wasn’t on the list. Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint announced its decision to end obstetric services in March 2023, roughly six months after the near-total ban took effect. Among the stated reasons were the state’s legal and political…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/idahos-abortion-ban-is-impacting-routine-care-for-seniors-and-kids/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Kelcie Moseley-Morris]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Florida Phoenix]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-1247881570-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='156657' /> </item> <item> <title>Forest Protectors Launch Tree Sit and Lawsuits to Stop Ecocidal Logging in WA</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/forest-protectors-launch-tree-sit-and-lawsuits-to-stop-ecocidal-logging-in-wa/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Curtis Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:26:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Defense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forest Defenders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples]]></category> <category><![CDATA[logging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329687</guid> <description><![CDATA[Forest protectors are defending mature forests from logging after dam removal and restoration on the Elwha River.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Standing at the edge of the Aldwell Forest clearcut just above the Elwha River in Washington State, the Murphy Company’s devastation of the landscape slaps you in the face. Here on land owned by the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), a beautiful mature forest has been logged for hardwood, plywood, and other wood products. Hacked-off stumps are visible in all directions…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/forest-protectors-launch-tree-sit-and-lawsuits-to-stop-ecocidal-logging-in-wa/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Curtis Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/3.-Aldwell-clear-cut-3-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='202463' /> </item> <item> <title>Regulating AI Isn’t Enough. Let’s Dismantle the Logic That Put It in Schools.</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/regulating-ai-isnt-enough-lets-dismantle-the-logic-that-put-it-in-schools/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse Hagopian]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:24:46 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EdTech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Schools]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329680</guid> <description><![CDATA[AI in schools isn’t progress — it’s a sign of how far we’ve strayed from the purpose of education.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In April, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stood onstage at a major ed-tech conference in San Diego and declared with conviction that students across the U.S. would soon benefit from “A1 teaching.” She repeated it over and over — “A1” instead of “AI.” “There was a school system that’s going to start making sure that first graders, or even pre-Ks, have A1 teaching every year. That’s a wonderful…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/regulating-ai-isnt-enough-lets-dismantle-the-logic-that-put-it-in-schools/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jesse Hagopian]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0707-ai-teacher-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='63640' /> </item> <item> <title>Israel Wants to Force Us Out of Our Homes. We Refuse to Leave Masafer Yatta.</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/israel-wants-to-force-us-out-of-our-homes-we-refuse-to-leave-masafer-yatta/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Hesham Huraini]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:36:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israeli Apartheid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[masafer yatta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329714</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Israeli military is systematically destroying our infrastructure and homes in an effort to displace our community.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Approximately one month ago — after years of harassment and intermittent demolitions — Israeli occupation forces arrived in the Palestinian village of Khallet al-Dabe’, one of the 12 communities that make up Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. They proceeded to demolish the village almost entirely. In just two and a half hours, Israeli occupation forces reduced…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/israel-wants-to-force-us-out-of-our-homes-we-refuse-to-leave-masafer-yatta/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Mohammad Hesham Huraini]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Mondoweiss]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2221626276-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='141468' /> </item> <item> <title>As Death Toll Rises in TX Floods, DOGE Cuts May Have Set Victims Up for Disaster</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/as-death-toll-rises-in-tx-floods-doge-cuts-may-have-set-victims-up-for-disaster/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:35:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DOGE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Weather Service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329728</guid> <description><![CDATA[Texas officials laid blame on faulty forecasts by the National Weather Service, whose expert staff was gutted by Trump.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As catastrophic flooding left scores of people dead and missing in Texas Hill Country and President Donald Trump celebrated signing legislation that will eviscerate every aspect of federal efforts to address the climate emergency, officials in the Lone Star State blasted the National Weather Service — one of many agencies gutted by the Department of Government Efficiency — for issuing faulty…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/as-death-toll-rises-in-tx-floods-doge-cuts-may-have-set-victims-up-for-disaster/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2223050454-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='169462' /> </item> <item> <title>Schools Scramble After Trump Admin Withdraws $7B in Federal Education Funding</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/schools-scramble-after-trump-admin-withdraws-7b-in-federal-education-funding/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kalyn Belsha]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Department of Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Schools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329721</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers and advocates are calling the move an illegal act of impoundment, blocking funds already approved by Congress.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Schools are scrambling to plan for what could become a massive budget hole after the Trump administration said Monday it would not release nearly $7 billion in K-12 education funds that had been expected to go out July 1. The withheld funds, which were approved by Congress earlier this year, include all $890 million meant to help English learners develop their language skills and $375 million…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/schools-scramble-after-trump-admin-withdraws-7b-in-federal-education-funding/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Kalyn Belsha]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Chalkbeat]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2220158592-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='168641' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump Admin Quietly Accelerates Massive Crude Oil Project on Colorado River</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-quietly-accelerates-massive-crude-oil-project-on-colorado-river/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Reed]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:48:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colorado River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329722</guid> <description><![CDATA[Trump is using emergency powers to rush environmental review of a crude oil railway along the already-endangered river.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Trump administration has quietly fast-tracked a massive oil expansion project that environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers warned could have a destructive impact on local communities and the climate. As reported recently by the Oil and Gas Journal, the plan “involves expanding the Wildcat Loadout Facility, a key transfer point for moving Uinta basin crude oil to rail lines that…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-quietly-accelerates-massive-crude-oil-project-on-colorado-river/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brad Reed]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2207325344-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='159177' /> </item> <item> <title>Jewish Safety Will Not Come Through More Guns, Policing, and Repression</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/jewish-safety-will-not-come-through-more-guns-policing-and-repression/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lesley Williams]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:06:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[White Nationalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zionism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329653</guid> <description><![CDATA[The best route to Jewish community safety lies in building solidarity with all marginalized groups.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the last few months, we witnessed two violent attacks on pro-Israel events organized by American Jewish groups, by perpetrators who shouted “Free Palestine!” as they acted. The attacks — which killed two young Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., and severely burned participants in a “Run for Their Lives” event in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages — have been roundly…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/jewish-safety-will-not-come-through-more-guns-policing-and-repression/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Lesley Williams]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2217570536-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='98939' /> </item> <item> <title>Red States Follow DOGE’s Lead, Slashing Services to Fund Giveaways to the Rich</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-follow-doges-lead-slashing-services-to-fund-giveaways-to-the-rich/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Rose Quandt]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:07:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Austerity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Department of Government Efficiency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329616</guid> <description><![CDATA[A handful of states are using DOGE initiatives to push ahead with cuts conservatives have been wanting for decades.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elon Musk has left the White House, but the Trump administration has no plans to halt or reverse the destruction Musk’s slash-and-burn tactics caused over his five months leading the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE). And the damage doesn’t stop at the federal level. At least 26 states have launched “government efficiency” initiatives of their own in recent months…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-follow-doges-lead-slashing-services-to-fund-giveaways-to-the-rich/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Katie Rose Quandt]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2222312639-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='79411' /> </item> <item> <title>Passage of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Approves Reversals in Climate Policy</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/passage-of-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-approves-reversals-in-climate-policy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Winters]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:44:35 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Mitigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inflation Reduction Act]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329707</guid> <description><![CDATA[To pay for the tax breaks, the bill sunsets clean energy tax credits put in place by the Inflation Reduction Act.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. House of Representatives voted 218-214 on Thursday to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, greenlighting deep cuts to America’s social safety net and the decimation of the country’s only federal climate strategy. Democrats uniformly opposed the bill, while all but two House Republicans supported it. “This bill will leave America a far crueler and weaker place,”…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/passage-of-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-approves-reversals-in-climate-policy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Joseph Winters]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Grist]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0704-Mike-Johnson-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='85791' /> </item> <item> <title>EPA Suspends Over 140 Employees for Signing Letter of Dissent</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/epa-suspends-over-140-employees-for-signing-letter-of-dissent/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:04:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dissent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lee Zeldin]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329705</guid> <description><![CDATA[The decision has been widely criticized as a violation of the employees' First Amendment rights.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put 144 employees on leave after they signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s “harmful” policies. EPA press secretary Brigit Hirsch accused the employees of “undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the administration’s agenda.” But the union that represents these employees is calling it an act of illegal “retaliation.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/epa-suspends-over-140-employees-for-signing-letter-of-dissent/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0704-EPA-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='87558' /> </item> <item> <title>Social Security Chief Celebrates Budget Bill That Could Slash Program’s Finances</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/social-security-chief-celebrates-budget-bill-that-could-slash-programs-finances/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:17:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frank Bisignano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329703</guid> <description><![CDATA[The bill will accelerate depletion of Social Security and Medicare's trust funds by a year, according to an analysis.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Donald Trump’s handpicked Social Security chief issued a statement Thursday applauding the passage of a Republican reconciliation bill that analysts say would negatively impact the New Deal program’s finances. Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano called the Republican legislation, which Trump is expected to sign on Friday, a “historic step forward for America’s seniors”…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/social-security-chief-celebrates-budget-bill-that-could-slash-programs-finances/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0304-Frank-Bisignano-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='43045' /> </item> <item> <title>Volunteers Train to Monitor ICE Raid Escalations in Los Angeles</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/volunteers-train-to-monitor-ice-raid-escalations-in-los-angeles/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Myriam-Fernanda Alcala Delgado]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:06:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community Defense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solidarity]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329638</guid> <description><![CDATA[Volunteers keep watch with the aim of alerting the community to any Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The day after families across the country gathered to celebrate Father’s Day, Francisco Romero huddled at dawn with 10 volunteers in a South Los Angeles parking lot. The group was preparing to patrol the neighborhood for signs of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. There was a heaviness in the atmosphere, despite the comradery and smiles. During the group huddle…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/volunteers-train-to-monitor-ice-raid-escalations-in-los-angeles/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Myriam-Fernanda Alcala Delgado]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Capital & Main]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-ice-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='155164' /> </item> <item> <title>In Gaza, Aid Is a Tracking Device Distributed by People With Guns and Drones</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/in-gaza-aid-is-a-tracking-device-distributed-by-people-with-guns-and-drones/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[A. Mansour]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:49:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hunger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329657</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hunger in Gaza isn’t accidental — it’s managed. It’s enforced. And now, aid is being militarized.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The last time I tried to get food aid in Gaza, I nearly died. It was early morning in Rafah, and I hadn’t eaten properly in days. I woke before the sun rose, stomach aching, body weak, and met up with my friend Abu Naji. We planned to walk five kilometers to a zone near al-Alam — “the Flag,” as people call it — where humanitarian aid was rumored to be distributed. Word on the street said it…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/in-gaza-aid-is-a-tracking-device-distributed-by-people-with-guns-and-drones/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[A. Mansour]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0702-gaza-aid-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='90102' /> </item> <item> <title>Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-gi-hotlines-rise-as-service-members-consider-defying-trumps-orders/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:49:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conscientious Objectors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Militarism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solidarity]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329690</guid> <description><![CDATA[Conscientious objector applications surge under Trump as military members fear becoming “the saber that he’s rattling.”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the country tumbles towards fascism, some members of the U.S. military have struggled with a choice: defy illegal orders, or participate in the dismantling of American democracy. In June, over the objections of local leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Donald Trump called up the National Guard and the U.S. Marines to quell protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-gi-hotlines-rise-as-service-members-consider-defying-trumps-orders/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703-army-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='72335' /> </item> <item> <title>Republican Lawmaker Dumped Medicaid-Related Stock Before Voting to Gut Program</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/republican-lawmaker-dumped-medicaid-related-stock-before-voting-to-gut-program/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Reed]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:46:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Centene Corporation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Bresnahan]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329700</guid> <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren said Robert Bresnahan protected his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republican Congressman Robert Bresnahan of Pennsylvania got publicly shamed by many of his congressional colleagues on Thursday after it was revealed he unloaded a Medicaid-related stock before voting for a massive budget package that enacted historically devastating cuts to the program. Quiver Quantitative, an investment data platform that tracks stock trades made by politicians and other…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/republican-lawmaker-dumped-medicaid-related-stock-before-voting-to-gut-program/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Brad Reed]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703-r-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='57452' /> </item> <item> <title>Latest Potential Israeli War Crime in Gaza Used US-Supplied 500-Pound Bomb</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/latest-potential-israeli-war-crime-in-gaza-used-us-supplied-500-pound-bomb/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:17:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War Crimes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329694</guid> <description><![CDATA[Israel's attack on a Gaza café on Monday killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>International law experts are describing Israel’s Monday attack on a Gaza café as a potential war crime after an investigation in The Guardian revealed that the attack was carried out using a 500-lb bomb supplied by the U.S. government. Reporters photographed fragments of the bomb left behind in the wreckage of the al-Baqa Café. Weapons experts identified them as parts of an MK-82 general…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/latest-potential-israeli-war-crime-in-gaza-used-us-supplied-500-pound-bomb/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703-c-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='186510' /> </item> <item> <title>DeSantis Races to Open Immigrant Detention Camp in Swamp Amid Hurricane Season</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-races-to-open-immigrant-detention-camp-in-swamp-amid-hurricane-season/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Kennedy]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:15:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alligator Alcatraz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Everglades]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[immigration jails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329693</guid> <description><![CDATA[Even before “Alligator Alcatraz,” Ron DeSantis had defined his political legacy by gleeful cruelty against immigrants.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Florida’s Everglades National Park is often referred to as the most endangered national park in the United States. In 1968, developers tried to construct the largest airport in the world in the middle of the park, which was already suffering from a multitude of environmental crises: disrupted water flow, a drastic decline in the bird population, human development, invasion of exotic species…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-races-to-open-immigrant-detention-camp-in-swamp-amid-hurricane-season/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Thomas Kennedy & Will Mann]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703-desantis-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='195932' /> </item> <item> <title>Mahmoud Khalil: Let’s Focus on Palestinians Right Now Instead of My Freedom</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/mahmoud-khalil-lets-focus-on-palestinians-right-now-instead-of-my-freedom/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:34:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Detention]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Khalil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329688</guid> <description><![CDATA[Khalil also discusses his experience behind bars and the ongoing threat of deportation that hangs over him.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In his first live broadcast interview since being released from ICE detention, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil tells Democracy Now! about his experience behind bars, the ongoing threat of deportation that hangs over him and why he continues to speak out against the U.S.-backed Israeli war on Gaza. The Columbia University graduate was the first pro-Palestinian campus protester to be jailed by…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/mahmoud-khalil-lets-focus-on-palestinians-right-now-instead-of-my-freedom/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/1920-1080-max-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='86135' /> </item> <item> <title>Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Endured Beatings, Torture in El Salvador Prison</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/abrego-garcias-lawyers-say-he-endured-beatings-torture-in-el-salvador-prison/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ariana Figueroa]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:33:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CECOT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deportations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kilmar Abrego Garcia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mass deportations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Torture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329684</guid> <description><![CDATA[He and 20 others were forced to kneel and guards would strike “anyone who fell from exhaustion,” a court filing reveals.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador, endured “severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture” while there, his attorneys wrote in a late Wednesday filing. The filing, an amended complaint to the District Court of Maryland, provides the first disturbing details of what Abrego…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/abrego-garcias-lawyers-say-he-endured-beatings-torture-in-el-salvador-prison/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Ariana Figueroa]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[NC Newsline]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703_cecot-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='147287' /> </item> <item> <title>Republican Governors Quiet Amid Plans to Slash Medicaid Spending in Their States</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/republican-governors-quiet-amid-plans-to-slash-medicaid-spending-in-their-states/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Galewitz]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:11:59 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[governors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Work Requirements]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329681</guid> <description><![CDATA[They’re saying little publicly in the face of cuts that will punch multibillion-dollar holes in their states’ budgets.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing historic Medicaid cuts of about $1 trillion over 10 years through Trump’s tax and spending legislation, red-state governors are saying little publicly about what it does to…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/republican-governors-quiet-amid-plans-to-slash-medicaid-spending-in-their-states/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Phil Galewitz]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[KFF Health News]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703-m-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='94202' /> </item> <item> <title>Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/europe-puts-social-programs-on-chopping-block-to-appease-trump-on-nato-funding/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sasha Abramsky]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:35:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military-Industrial Complex]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resistance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Safety Net]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social Programs]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329673</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At last week’s NATO summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that his country would be buying a dozen F-35A fighter jets from the U.S., each one capable of carrying a payload of tactical nuclear weapons. It marks the first time since shortly after the end of the Cold War that U.S. nuclear weapons capable of being dropped from aircraft are to be stationed in the U.K.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/europe-puts-social-programs-on-chopping-block-to-appease-trump-on-nato-funding/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sasha Abramsky]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0703-nato-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='88236' /> </item> <item> <title>The Supreme Court Delayed a Ruling That Could Shape Voting Rights Across the US</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-delayed-a-ruling-that-could-shape-voting-rights-across-the-us/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Schuyler Mitchell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:15:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Louisiana v. Callais]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voter Suppression]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voting Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voting Rights Act]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329672</guid> <description><![CDATA[The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court issued a wave of opinions last week, wrapping a 2024-25 term filled with major victories for Donald Trump’s agenda. Amid high-profile decisions on nationwide injunctions, LGBTQ books, trans health care, and more, the court made the unusual choice to delay a ruling on Louisiana v. Callais: a redistricting case that could alter the future of voting rights across the country.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-delayed-a-ruling-that-could-shape-voting-rights-across-the-us/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Schuyler Mitchell]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0702-voting-atlanta-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='82985' /> </item> <item> <title>TX Families Sue to Stop Ten Commandments Requirement in Public School Classrooms</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/tx-families-sue-to-stop-ten-commandments-requirement-in-public-school-classrooms/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Klibanoff]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:14:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Church and State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education & Youth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ten Commandments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329670</guid> <description><![CDATA[The co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation says Texas has no right to dictate how or whether kids worship.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Texas’ new law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms is facing a second legal challenge. Sixteen parents of various religious backgrounds, represented by the ACLU of Texas and religious freedom groups, argued in a new lawsuit Wednesday that the law is “catastrophically unconstitutional.” The latest filing comes after another group of parents filed a similar…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/tx-families-sue-to-stop-ten-commandments-requirement-in-public-school-classrooms/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Eleanor Klibanoff & Alejandro Serrano]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[The Texas Tribune]]></truthout:source> </item> <item> <title>Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State’s 1849 Abortion Ban</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-down-states-1849-abortion-ban/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:06:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abortion bans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reproductive access]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roe v. Wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[women's health]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329671</guid> <description><![CDATA[While the court just affirmed the right to abortion in the state, access to such care remains at risk.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rights advocates celebrated Wednesday after the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s abortion ban from 1849, but campaigners also emphasized that threats to specific healthcare providers and reproductive freedom in general persist. After the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision nixed nationwide abortion rights…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-down-states-1849-abortion-ban/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0702-wisconsin-capitol-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='114691' /> </item> <item> <title>Los Angeles ICE Agents Kidnapped US Citizen Andrea Velez, Says Her Lawyer</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/los-angeles-ice-agents-kidnapped-us-citizen-andrea-velez-says-her-lawyer/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:17:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deportation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deportations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigrant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329668</guid> <description><![CDATA[People are racially profiled and snatched off the streets without due process to fulfill Trump’s “quotas.”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In an effort to fulfill the Trump administration’s daily immigration arrest “quotas,” federal agents and deputized local law enforcement are racially profiling and snatching people off the streets without due process. These arrests, carried out by armed and masked agents, are sowing terror and confusion in communities across the United States. Stephano Medina, a lawyer with the California Center…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/los-angeles-ice-agents-kidnapped-us-citizen-andrea-velez-says-her-lawyer/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/SEG3_Velez2-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='70046' /> </item> <item> <title>Israel’s Bombs Have Stopped Falling, But Iranians Still Face an Uncertain Future</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/israels-bombs-have-stopped-falling-but-iranians-still-face-an-uncertain-future/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Shams]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:03:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Airstrikes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ali Khamenei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civilians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran Nuclear Deal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329655</guid> <description><![CDATA[As the dust settles, Iranians tend the wounded and mourn the dead, attempting to chart a way forward.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iranians are waking up from what feels like a nightmare. For 12 days, Israel bombarded their country with missiles, air strikes, and drone attacks. It hit homes, hospitals, and offices, killing around 1,000 people. Thousands more were injured, and tens of thousands lost their homes. Parents have been left without children, and children without parents. One family lost 12 members in an…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/israels-bombs-have-stopped-falling-but-iranians-still-face-an-uncertain-future/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Alex Shams]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0702-tehran-bombed-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='140692' /> </item> <item> <title>EPA Has Terminated Over $15 Million in Funding for “Forever Chemicals” Research</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/epa-has-terminated-over-15-million-in-funding-for-forever-chemicals-research/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Clark]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:48:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[forever chemicals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microplastics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PFAS]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329652</guid> <description><![CDATA[The EPA said in May that it will delay enforcement on the drinking water limits for PFOA and PFOS until 2031.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a contaminant commonly known as GenX, part of the family of “forever” PFAS chemicals. It came from a Chemours plant in Fayetteville, near the winding Cape Fear River. Few knew about the…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/epa-has-terminated-over-15-million-in-funding-for-forever-chemicals-research/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Anna Clark]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[ProPublica]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0702-water-cooler-pfas-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='100721' /> </item> <item> <title>Press Freedom Advocates Slam Paramount for Caving to Trump in $16M Settlement</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/press-freedom-advocates-slam-paramount-for-caving-to-trump-in-16m-settlement/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:39:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom of the Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paramount]]></category> <category><![CDATA[press freedom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329651</guid> <description><![CDATA[“News media owners are much better off standing strong than acquiescing,” said Reporters Without Borders USA.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The parent company of CBS News, Paramount Global, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to pay U.S. President Donald Trump $16 million to settle what legal experts called an entirely meritless lawsuit over the media organization’s handling of a pre-election “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris. Under the reported terms of the settlement, the money will go toward Trump’s legal fees and his…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/press-freedom-advocates-slam-paramount-for-caving-to-trump-in-16m-settlement/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0702-trump-press-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='147648' /> </item> <item> <title>Zohran Mamdani Won in a Double-Digit Blowout, NYC Ballot Results Confirm</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/zohran-mamdani-won-in-a-double-digit-blowout-nyc-ballot-results-confirm/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democratic Socialism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329642</guid> <description><![CDATA[The last round of ranked-choice ballots showed the left-wing candidate winning 56 percent of the votes, to Cuomo’s 44.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zohran Mamdani has secured a blowout win over disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the count of votes from New York City’s ranked-choice primary released Tuesday confirmed, with the left-wing upstart politician defying all odds to win by double digits. Mamdani formally secured a majority on just the third round of ranked-choice voting, garnering 56 percent of the vote, with over 545,000 votes…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/zohran-mamdani-won-in-a-double-digit-blowout-nyc-ballot-results-confirm/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-mamdani--1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='183516' /> </item> <item> <title>Netanyahu and Trump Will Discuss How to “Capitalize” on Their Attacks on Iran</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/netanyahu-and-trump-will-discuss-how-to-capitalize-on-their-attacks-on-iran/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:21:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329633</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,000 Palestinians, with daily violence only increasing.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the United States next week to meet with President Donald Trump and other top officials in the U.S. administration, supposedly to “capitalize on the success” of the 12-day war against Iran. This comes after nearly 21 months of Israel’s war on Gaza that has killed at least 56,000 Palestinians, with daily violence only increasing.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/netanyahu-and-trump-will-discuss-how-to-capitalize-on-their-attacks-on-iran/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman & Juan González]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/BooksplitV22-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='112899' /> </item> <item> <title>JD Vance Says Medicaid Cuts for Millions “Immaterial” Compared to Funding ICE</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/jd-vance-says-medicaid-cuts-for-millions-immaterial-compared-to-funding-ice/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:21:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fascism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[J.D. Vance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329631</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vance handwaved away the Medicaid cuts — expected to lead to thousands of deaths yearly — as “minutiae.”]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vice President J.D. Vance has callously called the GOP’s massive cuts to Medicaid and other anti-poverty programs “immaterial,” saying the maintenance of such programs is trivial compared to boosting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the rogue immigration agency ravaging communities across the U.S. In a series of social media posts on Tuesday, Vance downplayed the impact of the cuts…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/jd-vance-says-medicaid-cuts-for-millions-immaterial-compared-to-funding-ice/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-vance-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='95685' /> </item> <item> <title>The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/the-political-blowback-to-gops-medicaid-cuts-has-already-begun/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Ludwig]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:07:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[medicaid cuts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tax Breaks]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329623</guid> <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Senate Republicans rushed to pass a massive budget package known as the “big, beautiful bill,” the political consequences of pushing for the deepest cuts in decades to Medicaid and other safety net programs serving millions of people were already becoming clear. After working overnight to vote on a number of amendments and pass the package ahead of an entirely symbolic July 4 deadline imposed…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/the-political-blowback-to-gops-medicaid-cuts-has-already-begun/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Mike Ludwig]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-re-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='103137' /> </item> <item> <title>Europe Sees Dangerous Heat Wave as North America Sets 3,000 Temperature Records</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/europe-sees-dangerous-heat-wave-as-north-america-sets-3000-temperature-records/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:52:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extreme Heat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extreme Weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heat Dome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heatwaves]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329632</guid> <description><![CDATA[This comes as GlobalChange.gov was taken down, along with information on how global warming is affecting the US.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A heat wave is raising temperatures to dangerous levels across much of Europe, just days after a heat wave in North America saw over 3,000 temperature records set. For more, we speak with climate scientist Michael Mann, who warns that heat domes and flooding have nearly tripled since the 1950s. “At some level, this isn’t that complicated. You make the planet hotter, you’re going to have more…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/europe-sees-dangerous-heat-wave-as-north-america-sets-3000-temperature-records/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman & Juan González]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/SEG4-Mann-Heat-3-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='84953' /> </item> <item> <title>UN Expert Exposes Companies Aiding Israel’s Genocide, Occupation in Palestine</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/un-expert-exposes-companies-aiding-israels-genocide-occupation-in-palestine/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:44:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Occupation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329615</guid> <description><![CDATA[Amazon, BlackRock, and Keller Williams LLC are some of the companies named in the report.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese has released a report naming dozens of companies that bear complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid in Palestine, aiming to show how companies have built Israel’s occupation into a sprawling, profitable industry. In her report released Monday, Albanese names over 60 companies, including numerous U.S.-based companies, for their role in advancing…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/un-expert-exposes-companies-aiding-israels-genocide-occupation-in-palestine/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-albanese-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='54119' /> </item> <item> <title>Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-bans-make-the-common-experience-of-miscarriage-far-more-dangerous/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kavitha Surana]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:38:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abortion bans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reproductive Rights]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329621</guid> <description><![CDATA[Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage. But because the procedures, known as D&Cs, are also used to end pregnancies, they have gotten tangled up in state legislation…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-bans-make-the-common-experience-of-miscarriage-far-more-dangerous/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[ProPublica]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701_blood-transfusion-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='47760' /> </item> <item> <title>Militarists Are Carrying the Day in the Battle Between Welfare and Warfare</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/militarists-are-carrying-the-day-in-the-battle-between-welfare-and-warfare/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[William D. Hartung]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:23:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Defense Budget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Golden Dome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military Spending]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pentagon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[welfare]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329618</guid> <description><![CDATA[As budget cuts threaten to harm the rest of us, distorted spending priorities are making arms producers stronger.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “big beautiful bill.” It is, in fact, one of the ugliest pieces of legislation to come out of Congress in living memory. The version that passed the House recently would cut $1.7 trillion, mostly in domestic spending, while providing the top 5% of taxpayers with roughly $1.5 trillion in tax breaks. Over the next few years…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/militarists-are-carrying-the-day-in-the-battle-between-welfare-and-warfare/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[William D. Hartung]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[TomDispatch]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-golden-dome-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='95888' /> </item> <item> <title>Mamdani’s Ability to Break With Dem Status Quo Depends on Organizing From Below</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/mamdanis-ability-to-break-with-dem-status-quo-depends-on-organizing-from-below/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Kang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:34:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Affordable Housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democratic Socialists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eric Adams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grassroots organizing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329606</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-oriented model of political power remains incomprehensible to most political observers.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By now, much ink has been spilled and many takes have been shared on the resounding 12-point victory of Zohran Mamdani over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo last Tuesday in the New York City primary to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor. There are many reasons for this win, including Mamdani’s talents; his clear progressive message focusing on affordability in one of the most expensive…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/mamdanis-ability-to-break-with-dem-status-quo-depends-on-organizing-from-below/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Susan Kang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-zohran-mamdani-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='121881' /> </item> <item> <title>After All-Night Session of Wrangling, GOP Still Lacks Votes to Pass Budget Bill</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/after-all-night-session-of-wrangling-gop-still-lacks-votes-to-pass-budget-bill/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:46:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SNAP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thom Tillis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329612</guid> <description><![CDATA[With Democrats unanimously opposed to the bill, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose three GOP votes.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even after an all-night session of amendment votes and wrangling behind closed doors, Senate Republicans still did not have enough support to pass their reconciliation package as of Tuesday morning, leaving party leaders scrambling to placate GOP holdovers who are purportedly nervous about the legislation’s unprecedented cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance. Sen. Chris Murphy (D…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/after-all-night-session-of-wrangling-gop-still-lacks-votes-to-pass-budget-bill/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0701-thune-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='94847' /> </item> <item> <title>Fetterman Moans He’s Missing Beach Trip to Vote on Bill Projected to Kill 50K</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-moans-hes-missing-beach-trip-to-vote-on-bill-projected-to-kill-50k/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:16:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conservative Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Fetterman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pennsvylania]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reconciliation Bill]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329610</guid> <description><![CDATA[The bill is targeted at harming the poor, and is projected to cause 50,000 excess deaths yearly.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conservative Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) complained on Monday about having to be present for the Senate’s vote on Republicans’ marquee budget bill, which is projected to lead to thousands of deaths and strip millions of health insurance. The senator, who has become infamous for his blasé attitude toward his job and his staunch pro-Israel stance, moaned that he’s missing his family’s…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-moans-hes-missing-beach-trip-to-vote-on-bill-projected-to-kill-50k/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-fetterman-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>By Ruling Against Nationwide Injunctions, SCOTUS Affirms the Imperial Presidency</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/by-ruling-against-nationwide-injunctions-scotus-affirms-the-imperial-presidency/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marjorie Cohn]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:43:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[14th Amendment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birthright Citizenship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[class action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nationwide injunctions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump v. Casa]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329601</guid> <description><![CDATA[SCOTUS stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the US when the president breaks the law.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing in their shameful deference to the president, Donald Trump’s lackeys on the Supreme Court once again affirmed the superiority of the executive over the other two branches of government. Last year, the high court ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution when they carry out official functions. Now, that same court has stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/by-ruling-against-nationwide-injunctions-scotus-affirms-the-imperial-presidency/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Marjorie Cohn]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-scotus-trump-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Indigenous and Green Groups Protest ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-and-green-groups-protest-ices-alligator-alcatraz-in-the-everglades/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:38:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alligator Alcatraz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[immigration jails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329603</guid> <description><![CDATA[Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the Big Cypress National Preserve had begun.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Florida’s Republican government moves to construct a sprawling new immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” environmental groups and a wide range of other activists have begun to mobilize against it. Florida’s Republican attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced last week that construction of the jail, at the site of a disused airbase…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-and-green-groups-protest-ices-alligator-alcatraz-in-the-everglades/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Stephen Prager]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-alligator-alcatraz-protest-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Israeli Forces Liken Gaza Aid Site Shootings to Game of “Red Light, Green Light”</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-forces-liken-gaza-aid-site-shootings-to-game-of-red-light-green-light/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:43:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War Crimes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329602</guid> <description><![CDATA[The deadly aid site protocol is called “Operation Salted Fish,” the Israeli name for the children's game.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israeli soldiers are ordered to treat crowds of Palestinians gathered to receive humanitarian aid in Gaza as a “hostile force” and communicate with the desperate aid seekers by opening fire, according to a new report citing soldiers who were deployed in Gaza. Haaretz, echoing reporting by Palestinians and humanitarian groups on the ground, reports that Israeli soldiers are told to shoot at…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-forces-liken-gaza-aid-site-shootings-to-game-of-red-light-green-light/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-gaza-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Mamdani Says Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist: “What We Need More of Is Equality”</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/mamdani-says-billionaires-shouldnt-exist-what-we-need-more-of-is-equality/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:26:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democratic Socialism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329597</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy in New York City.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zohran Mamdani has said that billionaires shouldn’t exist, repeating a longtime goal of the left as he affirmed his commitment to equality instead in an interview on Sunday. “You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think billionaires have a right to exist?” asked the NBC host, Kristen Welker, weirdly echoing the language used by pundits when discussing Israel.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/mamdani-says-billionaires-shouldnt-exist-what-we-need-more-of-is-equality/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-mamdani-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Native Sahrawis Fight to End Moroccan Occupation of Sahara at the UN</title> <link>https://truthout.org/video/native-sahrawis-fight-to-end-moroccan-occupation-of-sahara-at-the-un/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Goodman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:04:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colonialism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Morocco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Sahara]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_video_post&p=329596</guid> <description><![CDATA[Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi journalist and activist Asria Mohamed speaks with Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman about “Jaimitna,” an art installation that evokes the tents of Sahrawi people living in refugee camps.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/video/native-sahrawis-fight-to-end-moroccan-occupation-of-sahara-at-the-un/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Democracy Now!]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/SEG3_Western-Sahara-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Queer as Fungi: What Mushrooms Can Teach Us About Resistance and Community</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/queer-as-fungi-what-mushrooms-can-teach-us-about-resistance-and-community/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:41:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fungi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ activism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mushrooms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pride]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resistance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stonewall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uprising]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329591</guid> <description><![CDATA[For powerful lessons about organizing and queer community, let’s look beneath our feet.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pride month was established in June to acknowledge a pivotal event in queer American history — the Stonewall Uprising. On June 28, 1969, a popular gay bar in New York City was targeted by a police raid, as it had been countless times before. But on this occasion, the patrons fought back. The story is common knowledge to most queer people in the U.S., but some details bear retelling.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/queer-as-fungi-what-mushrooms-can-teach-us-about-resistance-and-community/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-glowing-mushroom-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump Admin Appears to Defy Court Order Allowing Gender-Affirming Passports</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-appears-to-defy-court-order-allowing-gender-affirming-passports/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Reed]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Courts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Far Right]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[passports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trans Rights]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329588</guid> <description><![CDATA[A source within the government tells journalist Erin Reed they believe the noncompliance is intentional.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two weeks after a federal ruling affirmed that transgender people can update the gender markers on their passports — a policy that had been in place for years before the Trump administration began reversing those updates — the federal government appears to be defying the court order. Now, a source within the government familiar with the process tells Erin In The Morning they believe the non…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-appears-to-defy-court-order-allowing-gender-affirming-passports/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Erin Reed]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Erin in the Morning]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-united-states-passport-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Sanders: GOP Budget Bill Is “Most Dangerous” Legislation in Modern US History</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-gop-budget-bill-is-most-dangerous-legislation-in-modern-us-history/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:18:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329586</guid> <description><![CDATA[The bill would cut Medicaid by over $1 trillion and strip health insurance from nearly 12 million over the next decade.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned the Republican budget reconciliation package in stark terms during a floor speech late Sunday, calling the measure “the most dangerous piece of legislation in the modern history of our country” and warning that its massive cuts to Medicaid, federal nutrition assistance, and other programs would have deadly consequences nationwide. “Over 50,000…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-gop-budget-bill-is-most-dangerous-legislation-in-modern-us-history/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0630-bernie-sanders-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Democrats Force Reading of GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Key Senate Vote</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-force-reading-of-gops-big-beautiful-bill-after-key-senate-vote/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:43:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[big beautiful bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy and Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics and Elections]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329581</guid> <description><![CDATA[Democrats are hoping to draw out the bill's passage while highlighting provisions expected to harm US families.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After an hourslong delay from the initial goal of noon, U.S. Senate Republicans on Saturday night kicked off the process of passing their 940-page budget reconciliation package — which the chamber’s Democrats are making the clerks read in full, not only to draw out the process but also to highlight the various provisions expected to harm American families. “Senate Republicans are scrambling…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-force-reading-of-gops-big-beautiful-bill-after-key-senate-vote/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2221625678-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Rep. Velázquez Touts Bill to Unmask ICE Agents During Rally at NYC Field Office</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/rep-velazquez-touts-bill-to-unmask-ice-agents-during-rally-at-nyc-field-office/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Facemasks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[masks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics and Elections]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329579</guid> <description><![CDATA[The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez on Saturday held a rally outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in New York City to promote her recently introduced No Masks for ICE Act. “We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges — and we shouldn’t accept it from ICE either,” Velázquez (D-N.Y.) said in a statement, referring to the New York Police…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/rep-velazquez-touts-bill-to-unmask-ice-agents-during-rally-at-nyc-field-office/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2218678435-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>States That Have Banned Abortion Are Now Criminalizing Midwives</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/states-that-have-banned-abortion-are-now-criminalizing-midwives/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Michal Hamid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abortion ban]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dobbs v. Jackson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[midwifery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Midwives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reproductive Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roe v. Wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329561</guid> <description><![CDATA[In March, police arrested a midwife named Maria, marking the first targeted provider arrest under Texas’s abortion ban. ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In March, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of a midwife named Maria, along with her colleagues, for allegedly performing illegal abortions in defiance of state law, marking the first targeted provider arrest under Texas’ abortion ban. It should come as no shock that a Latinx midwife is the target. Many were quick to defend Maria, saying, “A midwife wouldn’t do…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/states-that-have-banned-abortion-are-now-criminalizing-midwives/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sarah Michal Hamid]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Prism]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-1888262916-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Taft-Hartley Act Still Undercutting Labor 78 Years Later</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/taft-hartley-act-still-undercutting-labor-78-years-later/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hayley Brown]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:47:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NLRA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NLRB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Right To Work]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Strike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taft-Hartley Act]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Workers]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329557</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taft-Hartley marked the beginning of a long-term strategy to isolate, weaken, and demobilize organized labor in the US.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’ve ever watched a union campaign get crushed by employer intimidation, wondered why you see so few strikes, or been frustrated that unions don’t demand more on climate or racial justice, you’re seeing the effects of a US law passed 78 years ago this month. On June 23, 1947, the United States Congress overrode a presidential veto to enact the Labor Management Relations Act…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/taft-hartley-act-still-undercutting-labor-78-years-later/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Hayley Brown]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Center for Economic and Policy Research]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-514876812-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Queer Appalachian Authors Are Challenging J.D. Vance’s False Narratives</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/queer-appalachian-authors-are-challenging-j-d-vances-false-narratives/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zane McNeill]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:34:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Appalachia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pride]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solidarity]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329524</guid> <description><![CDATA[Storytelling is pushing back against the dominant idea that queerness and rural life are incompatible.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the years since our now-Vice President J.D. Vance published his disingenuous memoir Hillbilly Elegy — which many Appalachians criticized as “poverty porn” designed to launch his political career — Appalachians have continued our tradition of “talking back.” We published books like What You’re Getting Wrong About Appalachia (2018) and Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/queer-appalachian-authors-are-challenging-j-d-vances-false-narratives/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Zane McNeill]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2163403068-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Trump’s Attack on CA Environmental Law Brings Us Closer to Climate Catastrophe</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-ca-environmental-law-brings-us-closer-to-climate-catastrophe/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sasha Abramsky]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:32:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[California]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuels]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329533</guid> <description><![CDATA[Trump wants to destroy the ability of states to chart their own course on combating climate change.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier this month, Donald Trump took his war against California and its web of environmental policies to a new extreme. Around the same time as he was federalizing the California National Guard and preparing to deploy hundreds of marines into Los Angeles, at Trump’s behest, Congress was voting to overturn California’s state laws phasing out the sale of new gas-based passenger vehicles by…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-ca-environmental-law-brings-us-closer-to-climate-catastrophe/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sasha Abramsky]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2215956479-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Hundreds of Black Neighborhoods Across the US Have Disappeared. What Happened?</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-black-neighborhoods-across-the-us-have-disappeared-what-happened/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Mahoney]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Displacement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gentrification]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329570</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new study find the US's gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people since 1980.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ignited by a single arrest and fueled by decades of poverty and police brutality, the Watts Uprising of 1965 turned the Los Angeles neighborhood into a national symbol of Black struggle and resilience. Thousands of Black residents like Ted Watkins Sr. rose up in anger and desperation. They were fighting for resources to maintain their neighborhood. In the aftermath of the rebellion…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/hundreds-of-black-neighborhoods-across-the-us-have-disappeared-what-happened/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Adam Mahoney]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Capital B]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-1252974144-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Chicago’s Water Runs Through Lead Pipes. Why Are They Taking Decades to Replace?</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/chicagos-water-runs-through-lead-pipes-why-are-they-taking-decades-to-replace/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Keerti Gopal]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:02:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drinking Water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329560</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chicagoans face continued exposure to toxic drinking water as the city struggles for funding to remedy the system.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust the water coming out of her tap. “It was just one of these unspoken truths within households like mine — low-income, Black households — that there was some sort of distrust with the water,” said Perry, who later learned that Chicago is the city with the most lead service lines in the country. “No one really talked about it…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/chicagos-water-runs-through-lead-pipes-why-are-they-taking-decades-to-replace/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Keerti Gopal & Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Grist]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2191268075-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>GOP and Fetterman Block Senate War Powers Resolution Opposing US Attacks on Iran</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/gop-and-fetterman-block-senate-war-powers-resolution-opposing-us-attacks-on-iran/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:53:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War Powers]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329576</guid> <description><![CDATA[“It is beyond absurd that we continue to finance Israel's wars,” said Bernie Sanders on the Senate floor.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nearly all U.S. Senate Republicans and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania on Friday evening blocked a resolution that reiterated Congress’ authority to declare war and would have ordered President Donald Trump to stop taking military action against Iran without congressional approval. Every other member of the Democratic Caucus and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) supported holding a final…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/gop-and-fetterman-block-senate-war-powers-resolution-opposing-us-attacks-on-iran/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2220850370-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Mike Lee Tries to Put Vast Public Land Sale Back in Budget After It Was Removed</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/mike-lee-tries-to-put-vast-public-land-sale-back-in-budget-after-it-was-removed/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:53:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public lands]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329569</guid> <description><![CDATA[The massive privatization effort was already blocked from inclusion in the GOP megabill by the Senate parliamentarian.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahead of a vote on Republicans’ budget reconciliation package expected as soon as noon Saturday, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee revived his effort to sell off public lands. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has blocked multiple provisions of the GOP megabill, including several under the jurisdiction of the Utah Republican’s panel.</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/mike-lee-tries-to-put-vast-public-land-sale-back-in-budget-after-it-was-removed/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Jessica Corbett]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Common Dreams]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2219923822-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>What We Can Learn From the Defiant Life and Legacy of Marsha P. Johnson</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/what-we-can-learn-from-the-defiant-life-and-legacy-of-marsha-p-johnson/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:55:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marsha P. Johnson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pride]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329473</guid> <description><![CDATA[Black trans artist, filmmaker, and activist Tourmaline discusses her new book about Marsha’s trailblazing life.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marsha P. Johnson has become an icon of gay, trans, and queer liberation, and yet little is known about her life beyond her participation in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969 and the decadeslong controversy after her lifeless body was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992. In Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson, Tourmaline, an award-winning Black trans artist, filmmaker…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/what-we-can-learn-from-the-defiant-life-and-legacy-of-marsha-p-johnson/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-1392246164-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Internet Access Is a Lifeline for Us in Gaza — So Israel Attacked It</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/internet-access-is-a-lifeline-for-us-in-gaza-so-israel-attacked-it/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hend Salama Abo Helow]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:48:02 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[telecommunications]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Communications blackouts aren’t accidental. They’re strategy. They’re the tool Israel uses to try to erase us quietly.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m always consumed by the same question: How will this endless, brutal spectacle of killing finally end? Will it be like a movie — justice prevailing, liberation won, goodness triumphing over evil? Will the ending even be worthy of the horrors we’ve endured? Or will it all fade away in an open-ended scene, full of unknowns, unanswered questions, and the absence of closure?</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/internet-access-is-a-lifeline-for-us-in-gaza-so-israel-attacked-it/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Hend Salama Abo Helow]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2201934505-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Supreme Court Paves Way for Trump Mission to End Birthright Citizenship</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-paves-way-for-trump-mission-to-end-birthright-citizenship/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:32:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birthright Citizenship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fascism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329553</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court effectively blocked the judiciary’s ability to stop Trump from implementing a huge range of policies.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Donald Trump has said that he is “promptly” moving forward in ending the constitutional right of birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court paved the way for him to do so in a wide-ranging ruling on Friday that grants Trump enormous power. In a 6-3 ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court drastically narrowed the circumstances where a judge can impose a nationwide injunction against…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-paves-way-for-trump-mission-to-end-birthright-citizenship/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0627-trump--1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Democratic Senator Gillibrand Goes on Islamophobic Rant Against Mamdani</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-senator-gillibrand-goes-on-islamophobic-rant-against-mamdani/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:53:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329539</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Democrat’s rant has sparked calls for her to resign over her bigoted language.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (New York) went on an Islamophobic rant against New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a radio interview on Thursday, spewing lies about Mamdani and suggesting that he would represent a threat to public safety if elected. In an appearance on WYNC’s “Brian Lehrer Show,” the senator repeated numerous lies about Mamdani…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-senator-gillibrand-goes-on-islamophobic-rant-against-mamdani/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sharon Zhang]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[Truthout]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0627-gillibrand-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> <item> <title>Federal Budget Bill May Reduce Aid for Nearly 500,000 Texas College Students</title> <link>https://truthout.org/articles/federal-budget-bill-may-reduce-aid-for-nearly-500000-texas-college-students/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sneha Dey]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:38:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[colleges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PELL grants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Universities]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://truthout.org/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=329550</guid> <description><![CDATA[A proposal in the House would cut the maximum Pell Grant award by $1,500 and remove eligibility for part-time students.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nearly half a million Texas students stand to get less help paying for college because of aggressive cuts federal lawmakers are considering to a critical financial aid program. The country’s lowest-income students depend on the Pell Grant to get through college. It is the largest source of grant aid in Texas. But a U.S. House proposal in the massive budget package President Donald Trump…</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/federal-budget-bill-may-reduce-aid-for-nearly-500000-texas-college-students/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <truthout:authors><![CDATA[Sneha Dey]]></truthout:authors> <truthout:source><![CDATA[The Texas Tribune]]></truthout:source> <enclosure url='https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2025/07/2025_0627-t-1200x900.jpg' type='image/jpeg' length='0' /> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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