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Headlines for June 30, 2026 * [Iranian Officials Deny Trump's Claims of High-Level Talks in Doha][1] * [Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 8, Including 2 Children, as Smotrich Calls for Gaza Settlements][2] * [Rights Group Says Israel Is Killing Palestinian Children in West Bank at Fastest Rate Since 1967][3] * [More Than 130 Venezuelans Recently Deported from U.S. Feared Dead in La Guaira Earthquakes][4] * [Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow After Russian Attacks on Ukraine Kill 8][5] * [SCOTUS to Allow the President to Fire Independent Agency Heads, Except at the Federal Reserve][6] * [Divided Supreme Court Upholds Grace Periods for Mail-In Ballots Postmarked by Election Day][7] * [SCOTUS Rules Cellphone Location Data Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment][8] * [SCOTUS Declines to Hear Trump's Appeal of $5 Million Sex Abuse and Defamation Case][9] * [Supreme Court Will Consider Arizona Laws Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote][10] * [DSA-Backed Insurgents Target Democratic Incumbents as Colorado Holds Primaries][11] * [New York City Council Employee with TPS Released from Newark ICE Jail After 5 Months][12] * [Trump Bought Stock in Taser Company Before ICE Announced $220 Million Contract][13] * [New York Mayor Mamdani Closes Part of Rikers Island Jail][14] [1]:

Iranian Officials Deny Trump’s Claims of High-Level Talks in Doha

Officials in Qatar say no high-level meetings are scheduled between the United States and Iran, after the Trump administration said it had sent env...

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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 8, Including 2 Children, as Smotrich Calls for Gaza Settlements

Israeli strikes on southern and central Gaza Monday killed at least eight people, among them two children. In one of the attacks, Al Jazeera report...

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Rights Group Says Israel Is Killing Palestinian Children in West Bank at Fastest Rate Since 1967

In news from the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the city of al-Bireh, near Ramallah, Monday. Amir Ahm...

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More Than 130 Venezuelans Recently Deported from U.S. Feared Dead in La Guaira Earthquakes

In Venezuela, rescue crews continue to search for tens of thousands of missing people, nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated ...

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Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow After Russian Attacks on Ukraine Kill 8

Ukraine launched a wave of long-range drone attacks on Moscow overnight, the latest in a series of assaults on Russia’s capital. A regional gover...

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SCOTUS to Allow the President to Fire Independent Agency Heads, Except at the Federal Reserve

The Supreme Court has granted President Trump the power to fire and replace commissioners at independent government agencies. Monday’s 6-3 ruling...

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Divided Supreme Court Upholds Grace Periods for Mail-In Ballots Postmarked by Election Day

In another major Supreme Court decision, justices ruled 5 to 4 to uphold a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be received up to five da...

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SCOTUS Rules Cellphone Location Data Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment

In another landmark decision on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement agencies must first obtain a warrant before sweeping up smartp...

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SCOTUS Declines to Hear Trump’s Appeal of $5 Million Sex Abuse and Defamation Case

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to consider President Trump’s appeal of a $5 million verdict in a civil suit that found that he sexually ass...

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Supreme Court Will Consider Arizona Laws Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote

The Supreme Court is handing down the final decisions of its term this morning, with rulings on birthright citizenship, bans on transgender athlete...

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DSA-Backed Insurgents Target Democratic Incumbents as Colorado Holds Primaries

In Colorado, 15-term incumbent Democratic Congressmember Diana DeGette faces the most serious primary challenge of her political career from a demo...

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New York City Council Employee with TPS Released from Newark ICE Jail After 5 Months

In immigration news, Gothamist reports more than 70 immigrants detained at the Newark, New Jersey, ICE jail — known as Delaney Hall — have file...

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Trump Bought Stock in Taser Company Before ICE Announced $220 Million Contract

President Trump purchased up to $5 million worth of stock in the corporation that makes Taser weapons, just two weeks before ICE solicited a $220 m...

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New York Mayor Mamdani Closes Part of Rikers Island Jail

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has announced the permanent closure of a detention facility inside the Rikers Island jail com...

Headlines for June 30, 2026

Iranian Officials Deny Trump’s Claims of High-Level Talks in Doha; Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 8, Including 2 Children, as Smotrich Calls for Ga...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 18 hours ago

"Merciless Indian Savages": Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence [[Seg rebecca first america]][1] Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth, we speak to award-winning Cherokee author and journalist Rebecca Nagle about what’s missing from the conventional story of the American Revolution. “The last grievance in the Declaration of Independence is about 'merciless Indian savages,'” says Rebecca Nagle. “According to our founders, in their own words, the thing that they were most angry about was Native people.” She also argues that the “biggest myth” is that the founders built a democracy, “because they also built an empire,” and that the two can’t coexist. Nagle partnered with leading Indigenous scholars on a new documentary podcast called *First America*. The series challenges the conventional U.S. origin story by examining the experiences of Indigenous peoples, and traces how laws and legal doctrines first used to dispossess Indigenous nations continue to impact questions of executive power, immigration, xenophobia, citizenship, territorial expansion and U.S. foreign policy today. Nagle links the dark history of the United States’ founding to ongoing oppression in the country. “I would be reporting on America’s past, and then the same thing would happen in our present,” she says. “Rounding people up, putting people in detention, even shooting anybody who gets in the way, these are things that our government has done before — not once, not twice, but many, many times.” [1]:

“Merciless Indian Savages”: Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth, we speak to award-winning Cherokee author and jour...

“Merciless Indian Savages”: Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth, we speak to award-winning Cherokee author and jour...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 18 hours ago

Meet Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American Who Won New York State Senate Primary [[Guest seg abeer]][1] The Democratic Socialists of America’s slate dominated the New York primaries last week, with Aber Kawas winning the Democratic nomination for a New York state Senate seat in the New York City borough of Queens with a 20-point lead against progressive State Assemblymember Steven Raga. Born and raised in New York to Palestinian parents, Kawas campaigned on affordable housing, universal healthcare, immigration reform, public transit, climate action and opposition to U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Over the past decade, the DSA has grown from about 5,000 members to over 100,000 members in 200 chapters across the United States. “What we are saying is that we want to make sure that people who are struggling are provided the best social services possible by our government,” says Aber Kawas of DSA candidates. “That is not a threat to people. That is a really hopeful message that so many Americans and so many people are looking for, and that is why we were able to win in these landslide victories.” [1]:

Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American, Wins NY Primary for State Senate

The Democratic Socialists of America’s slate dominated the New York primaries last week, with Aber Kawas winning the Democratic nomination for a ...

Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American, Wins NY Primary for State Senate

The Democratic Socialists of America’s slate dominated the New York primaries last week, with Aber Kawas winning the Democratic nomination for a ...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 18 hours ago

"Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People": Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue [[Seg venezuela]][1] Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated the capital, Caracas, and the nearby city of La Guaira. Rescue teams are desperately searching for survivors, with Venezuelan health officials saying Monday that over 1,700 people are confirmed dead. The toll is expected to rise dramatically as the window for finding survivors closes. In the face of the wreckage, “we’re seeing also a lot of solidarity from the Venezuelan people” who are sharing space and resources with those displaced by the quakes, says Beatriz Ochoa, Latin America head of advocacy for the Norwegian Refugee Council. Looking ahead, “We will need to transition to more medium- and longer-term solutions, so that people can have affordable housing and a more dignified place to sleep and to be able to rebuild their lives,” says Ochoa, calling for more international support. [1]:

“Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People”: Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue

Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a w...

“Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People”: Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue

Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a w...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) yesterday

Headlines for June 29, 2026 * [Nearly 50,000 Remain Missing in Venezuela as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Pivot to Recovery][1] * [Iran Denies U.S. Claims of Upcoming Talks Following Weekend Clashes][2] * [Israel Renews Attacks on Southern Lebanon After Signing U.S.-Brokered Deal][3] * [Children Among the Dead as Israel Continues to Bombard Gaza, Despite Ceasefire Deal][4] * [Gaza Humanitarian Convoy Activists Released from Libyan Prison][5] * [France's Death Toll Tops 1,000 as Europe Bakes Under Unprecedented Heat Wave][6] * [Appeals Court Blocks Trump's Rollback of Pollution Limits from Coal-Fired Plants][7] * [Kenyan Activists Arrested at Anti-Government Protests Say They Were Tortured by Police][8] * [Trump Taps Former Oklahoma State Trooper Lance Schroyer as Next ICE Director][9] * [Mexican Immigrant Dies at For-Profit ICE Jail in Texas, the 20th Such Death in 2026][10] * [Tens of Thousands in Budapest Celebrate First Pride Event Since Viktor Orbán's Ouster][11] * [Court in Chile Sentences Former Secret Police over 1976 Assassination in Washington, D.C.][12] [1]:

Nearly 50,000 Remain Missing in Venezuela as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Pivot to Recovery

In Venezuela, nearly 50,000 people remain missing, five days after a pair of massive earthquakes struck near the capital, Caracas. The confirmed de...

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Iran Denies U.S. Claims of Upcoming Talks Following Weekend Clashes

The Trump administration says the U.S. and Iran have agreed to end attacks in the Persian Gulf, after the two sides traded fire throughout the week...

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Israel Renews Attacks on Southern Lebanon After Signing U.S.-Brokered Deal

Israeli forces continued to strike southern Lebanon over the weekend, continuing to defy terms of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement. Lebanon’s He...

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Children Among the Dead as Israel Continues to Bombard Gaza, Despite Ceasefire Deal

In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire have killed at least four Palestinians over the past 24 hours. Among the dead is Eileen al-Farra, a ...

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Gaza Humanitarian Convoy Activists Released from Libyan Prison

Authorities in eastern Libya have released 10 Palestine solidarity activists who were arrested in May as they attempted to break Israel’s siege o...

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France’s Death Toll Tops 1,000 as Europe Bakes Under Unprecedented Heat Wave

Several countries across Europe have shattered temperature records as a deadly heat wave puts over 150 million people under extreme heat advisories...

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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Rollback of Pollution Limits from Coal-Fired Plants

A federal appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s rollback of Biden-era limits to soot pollution from coal-fired power plants. T...

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Kenyan Activists Arrested at Anti-Government Protests Say They Were Tortured by Police

Kenya’s Human Rights Commission says at least six activists were brutally tortured by police in Nairobi following their arrest at an anti-governm...

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Trump Taps Former Oklahoma State Trooper Lance Schroyer as Next ICE Director

President Trump has nominated a former Oklahoma state trooper to serve as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE. Lance Schr...

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Mexican Immigrant Dies at For-Profit ICE Jail in Texas, the 20th Such Death in 2026

Another immigrant has died in the custody of ICE. Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez is at least the 20th reported ICE death in 2026. The 63-year-old immigran...

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Tens of Thousands in Budapest Celebrate First Pride Event Since Viktor Orbán’s Ouster

Millions of people took to the streets of cities around the world over the weekend for Pride celebrations. Here in the U.S., LGBTQ+ groups faced a ...

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Court in Chile Sentences Former Secret Police over 1976 Assassination in Washington, D.C.

Three agents of former U.S.-backed Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet’s secret police have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for their ...

Headlines for June 29, 2026

Nearly 50,000 Remain Missing in Venezuela as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Pivot to Recovery; Iran Denies U.S. Claims of Upcoming Talks Following Weeke...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) yesterday

"America, U.S.A.": Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & "The Madness at the Heart of the Country" [[Booksplitv2]][1] “I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of *America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries*, a new book from Princeton historian Eddie Glaude. Released ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the book is a critical look back at how the United States has celebrated previous milestone birthdays, including what narratives were left out of the official commemorations. This comes as President Donald Trump has made himself the center of many events and celebrations for the 250th anniversary, while promoting a “storybook version” of U.S. history that elides the injustice that was baked into the very founding of the country, Glaude tells *Democracy Now!* in a wide-ranging conversation about race, inequality and the legacy of slavery. “Donald Trump and his supporters, they want to be white without judgment,” says Glaude. “History is a battleground, because history, of course, holds them to account.” [1]:

“America, U.S.A.”: Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & “The Madness at the Heart of the Country”

“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Annive...

“America, U.S.A.”: Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & “The Madness at the Heart of the Country”

“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Annive...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) yesterday

"Meet a Stranger": StoryCorps Facilitates Conversations Across the U.S. for 250th Anniversary [[Seg2 connect250]][1] The Trump administration’s commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding have drawn criticism for their overt partisanship and conflicts of interest for the Trump family. Surveys show widespread ambivalence and lack of enthusiasm for the semiquincentennial. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay has set out to capture the national mood with [Connect250][2], an oral history project matching strangers across the United States to interview each other about their lives, families and formative experiences. The series is produced in partnership with NPR’s *Morning Edition*, with the conversations to be preserved in the Library of Congress. “It’s actually a very hopeful project,” says Isay. “We have to hold on to hope.” [1]:

“Meet a Stranger”: StoryCorps Facilitates Conversations Across the U.S. for 250th Anniversary

The Trump administration’s commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding have drawn criticism for their overt partisanship ...

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Connect250 Signup

Pre-register for a 40-minute conversation with an American you’ve never met, and help create a time capsule of American voices in honor of the na...

“Meet a Stranger”: StoryCorps Facilitates Conversations Across the U.S. for 250th Anniversary

The Trump administration’s commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding have drawn criticism for their overt partisanship ...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 4 days ago

Headlines for June 26, 2026 * [Over 500 Are Dead and Thousands Remain Missing Following Twin Earthquakes in Venezuela][1] * [U.N. Shipping Agency Halts Strait of Hormuz Evacuations as Projectile Strikes Cargo Ship][2] * [Israeli Airstrikes Kill 2 in Lebanon as Netanyahu Says Occupation Will Continue Indefinitely][3] * [Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Block Asylum Seekers at U.S. Border][4] * [Supreme Court Will Allow Trump to End TPS for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians][5] * [Supreme Court Blocks Cancer Patients from Suing Bayer over Popular Weed Killer][6] * [U.S. Plans to Deport Over 500 Unaccompanied Immigrant Children][7] * [Federal Agents Confront Election Worker at Syracuse Polling Place over Instagram Post][8] * [Judge Blocks Trump's Order Creating "Confirmed Citizen Lists" and Restricting Mail-in Voting][9] * [JD Vance Praises Richard Nixon, Downplays Watergate Scandal][10] * [New York City to Freeze Rents for Nearly 1 Million Apartments for Next Two Years][11] [1]:

Over 500 Are Dead and Thousands Remain Missing Following Twin Earthquakes in Venezuela

In Venezuela, the confirmed death toll from twin earthquakes has risen to 589 and is expected to rise, as international rescue teams, including fro...

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U.N. Shipping Agency Halts Strait of Hormuz Evacuations as Projectile Strikes Cargo Ship

The International Maritime Organization has paused its evacuation of thousands of stranded sailors and hundreds of cargo ships from the Persian Gul...

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill 2 in Lebanon as Netanyahu Says Occupation Will Continue Indefinitely

Lebanon’s National News Agency reports Israeli airstrikes killed two people and wounded a third in southern Lebanon, while Israeli soldiers bulld...

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Block Asylum Seekers at U.S. Border

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s policy of denying people at the U.S.-Mexico border a chance to seek asylum —...

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Supreme Court Will Allow Trump to End TPS for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians

In another 6-3 ruling, the court’s conservative majority agreed to allow the Trump administration to end temporary protected status, TPS, for an ...

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Supreme Court Blocks Cancer Patients from Suing Bayer over Popular Weed Killer

Also on Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns onto private property. And justices r...

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U.S. Plans to Deport Over 500 Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport more than 500 unaccompanied immigrant children, bypassing longstanding legal protections ...

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Federal Agents Confront Election Worker at Syracuse Polling Place over Instagram Post

In Syracuse, New York, two Homeland Security officers entered a voting site during Tuesday’s primary elections to request that a poll worker dele...

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Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Creating “Confirmed Citizen Lists” and Restricting Mail-in Voting

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked President Trump’s executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to create so-called ...

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JD Vance Praises Richard Nixon, Downplays Watergate Scandal

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday praised disgraced former President Richard Nixon, downplaying the Watergate break-in and cover-up as a minor ev...

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New York City to Freeze Rents for Nearly 1 Million Apartments for Next Two Years

New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board has voted to freeze rents for the next two years for nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. The histo...

Headlines for June 26, 2026

Over 500 Are Dead and Thousands Remain Missing Following Twin Earthquakes in Venezuela; U.N. Shipping Agency Halts Strait of Hormuz Evacuations as ...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 4 days ago

In "Devastating" Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to "Turn Back" Asylum Seekers [[Seg1 splits asylum]][1] The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a major blow to the rights of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The court ruled 6 to 3 along partisan lines to sanction so-called metering at the southern border, which allows immigration officers at ports of entry to block asylum seekers from setting foot on U.S. soil. “In a time of increasing conflict and climate catastrophe, this will result in many more deaths,” warns Erika Pinheiro of Al Otro Lado, the lead plaintiff in the case. When the turnback policy was first introduced, recounts Melissa Crow of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, who served as co-counsel for the plaintiffs’ case, many asylum seekers became “so desperate that they ended up trying to enter between ports of entry, either by swimming across the Rio Grande or by traversing the desert under harrowing conditions, and many, many of them didn’t make it to the other side.” [1]:

In “Devastating” Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to “Turn Back” Asylum Seekers

The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a major blow to the rights of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The court ruled...

In “Devastating” Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to “Turn Back” Asylum Seekers

The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a major blow to the rights of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The court ruled...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 4 days ago

Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars [[Seg2 splits venezuela]][1] The death toll from twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday night is expected to reach into the thousands as rescuers continue to search for bodies trapped in the rubble. Hospitals are rapidly reaching a breaking point, and thousands of survivors have been left homeless. Reporter Andreína Chávez’s building was one of the countless residences in Venezuela’s capital Caracas and its surrounding region that were damaged by the massive quakes. Chávez was on the street when the earthquakes struck, and says she “saw at least three buildings partially collapse right in front of [her].” As Venezuelans band together to find survivors, the country is calling for international support and resources to step up critical rescue and recovery efforts. “We weren’t prepared for a disaster of this magnitude,” says Chávez. “Venezuela is a country that has been under U.S. sanctions … as well as a country that has an infrastructure that is very deteriorated. We have public services that are very deteriorated, and all of that has been something that has really added to this tragedy.” [1]:

Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars

The death toll from twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday night is expected to reach into the thousands as rescuers continue to search for ...

Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars

The death toll from twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday night is expected to reach into the thousands as rescuers continue to search for ...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 4 days ago

Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in "Racially Inflected" Decision [[Seg3 splits tps]][1] Thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the United States are newly at risk of deportation after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump administration to strip them of “temporary protected status,” or TPS. The program, designed for foreign citizens of countries the U.S. government believes are too unstable or dangerous to be returned to, often due to natural disasters or war, has been a major target of attack by the Trump administration and its anti-immigrant agenda. “We are looking at the catastrophic deficit in the workforce in the United States if we allow this deportation machine and cruelty to take effect,” our guest, Haitian Bridge Alliance’s Guerline Jozef, says. “This is just part of the Trump administration’s efforts to feed the detention and deportation machine and essentially halt immigration,” adds Lupe Aguirre of the International Refugee Assistance Project. “It’s about maintaining their campaign promises to root out people that they see as undesirable.” [1]:

Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in “Racially Inflected” Decision

Thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the United States are newly at risk of deportation after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump adm...

Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in “Racially Inflected” Decision

Thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the United States are newly at risk of deportation after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump adm...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 4 days ago

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer [[Seg4 splits monsanto]][1] The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about potential cancer risks from its popular weed killer Roundup. The case before the Supreme Court began in St. Louis, Missouri, where a resident named John Durnell, who had used Roundup for decades and was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, sued Monsanto under Missouri state law for not putting a warning label on its product. But because the federal Environmental Protection Agency found no cancer risk in its assessment of Roundup, the court has ruled against Durnell. “The ruling essentially says that only the EPA can make a determination that something is harmful to us and has to carry a warning label,” explains reporter Nate Halverson, who has been documenting health and environmental harms allegedly linked to Roundup, as well as efforts to hold Monsanto accountable. In his reporting, Halverson found that scientific studies cited by the EPA in its Roundup assessment were “ghostwritten” by Monsanto itself — and “that ghostwritten information has now made its way into the Supreme Court’s decision.” [1]:

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about po...

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about po...

Democracy Now! (RSS/Atom feed) 5 days ago

Headlines for June 25, 2026 * [Thousands Feared Dead After Twin Earthquakes Rock Venezuela][1] * [White House Requests $87.6 Billion in Supplemental Funds, Mostly for Iran War][2] * [Israel Kills Two in Southern Lebanon, Straining U.S.-Iran Ceasefire][3] * [Drone Kills 12-Year-Old in Gaza as U.N. Inquiry Finds Israel Targets Children in Ongoing "Genocide"][4] * [Palestinian Journalist's "Shocking" Photo Shows Effects of Torture, Medical Neglect in Israeli Jails][5] * [Professor Fired for Pro-Palestinian Activism Reinstated by San José State][6] * [Trump Clashes with GOP Senators over Iran and Blocks Housing Bill to Force SAVE Act Vote][7] * [Ukrainian Drones Kill 3 in Russian-Held Donetsk as Russia Bombards Team Clearing Landmines][8] * [Moscow Court Sentences Politician to Seven Years in Prison for Antiwar Messages][9] * [Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to Resume Mass Deportations Without Trial][10] * [Pentagon Restores Flu Vaccine Mandate After Outbreak Sickens Hundreds at Air Force Base][11] * ["Five Eyes" Intelligence Alliance Warns AI Models Pose Huge Cybersecurity Risks][12] * [Keiko Fujimori, Daughter of Peru's Former Dictator, Poised to Win Razor-Thin Presidential Runoff][13] [1]:

Thousands Feared Dead After Twin Earthquakes Rock Venezuela

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency, after scores of people were killed and over 1,000 injured by two...

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White House Requests $87.6 Billion in Supplemental Funds, Mostly for Iran War

The White House has asked Congress to approve nearly $88 billion in supplemental funding, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war on Iran. That’...

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Israel Kills Two in Southern Lebanon, Straining U.S.-Iran Ceasefire

Israeli attacks killed at least two people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, coming despite the renewed ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, which ...

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Drone Kills 12-Year-Old in Gaza as U.N. Inquiry Finds Israel Targets Children in Ongoing “Genocide”

In Gaza, an Israeli drone struck a tent housing displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi on Wednesday, killing a 12-year-old child and wounding several ...

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Palestinian Journalist’s “Shocking” Photo Shows Effects of Torture, Medical Neglect in Israeli Jails

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old Palestinian man during a raid on the town of al-Yamoun west of Jenin. Meanw...

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Professor Fired for Pro-Palestinian Activism Reinstated by San José State

San José State University has been ordered to reinstate a tenured professor who was fired for her pro-Palestinian activism. An arbitrator issued t...

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Trump Clashes with GOP Senators over Iran and Blocks Housing Bill to Force SAVE Act Vote

President Trump abruptly called off plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, less than two hours before a scheduled signing ceremony. ...

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Ukrainian Drones Kill 3 in Russian-Held Donetsk as Russia Bombards Team Clearing Landmines

Ukraine is intensifying its attacks inside Russia, striking a major natural gas processing plant — one of the largest in the world. In addition, ...

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Moscow Court Sentences Politician to Seven Years in Prison for Antiwar Messages

In Moscow, the prominent antiwar politician Maxim Kruglov has been sentenced to seven years in prison. He was convicted of spreading false informat...

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Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to Resume Mass Deportations Without Trial

A U.S. appeals court cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume the expedited mass deportation of immigrants without a chance to appear...

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Pentagon Restores Flu Vaccine Mandate After Outbreak Sickens Hundreds at Air Force Base

The Pentagon has reversed course and will once again require flu vaccines for all recruits. In April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu s...

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“Five Eyes” Intelligence Alliance Warns AI Models Pose Huge Cybersecurity Risks

The intelligence alliance known as “Five Eyes” is warning that powerful new artificial intelligence models are rapidly becoming capable of deva...

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Keiko Fujimori, Daughter of Peru’s Former Dictator, Poised to Win Razor-Thin Presidential Runoff

In Peru, Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, appears poised to become Peru’s next president. The far-right Fujimori has...

Headlines for June 25, 2026

Thousands Feared Dead After Twin Earthquakes Rock Venezuela; White House Requests $87.6 Billion in Supplemental Funds, Mostly for Iran War; Israel ...

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"Utter Devastation": Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes [[Seg venezuela]][1] Thousands are feared dead in Venezuela after back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck the country Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital Caracas and surrounding areas. Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency as rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rubble of “dozens” of collapsed buildings. Historian Alejandro Velasco, who has family in Venezuela, reports that “many Venezuelans abroad are trying to get in touch with their loved ones in Venezuela and are having a hard time doing so.” The current death toll is at 164, with 1,000 people injured, but the U.S. Geological Survey warns there’s a high chance the death toll could rise into the tens of thousands — or even top 100,000. [1]:

“Utter Devastation”: Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes

Thousands are feared dead in Venezuela after back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck the country Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the ca...

“Utter Devastation”: Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes

Thousands are feared dead in Venezuela after back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck the country Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the ca...

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Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists [[Seg prairieland]][1] A group of anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in jail on Tuesday, after federal prosecutors accused them of being an “antifa terror cell.” The activists attended a protest outside the Prairieland ICE jail in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4 of last year, during which fireworks were set off and a police officer was shot and wounded. All nine defendants were found guilty after being tried before a federal judge in Texas. Matt Sledge, political reporter for *The Intercept*, warns that “we just have to watch for this playbook to be applied elsewhere.” “Now anyone engaged in basic protests with the wrong political beliefs can be labeled a domestic terrorist, when they have no intention of violence, not engaged in any violence, not interested in any violence,” says Sufia Khalid, deputy director of the National Security Criminal Defense Center, who represents one of the Prairieland defendants. [1]:

Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists

A group of anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in jail on Tuesday, after federal prosecutors accused them of being an �...

Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists

A group of anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in jail on Tuesday, after federal prosecutors accused them of being an �...

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"How to Think About AI": Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Understanding AI, Labor Automation & More [[Seg cory ai]][1] *Democracy Now!* speaks with science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow about AI and his latest book, *The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence — Before It’s Too Late*. Doctorow comments on AI’s “bad unit economics” and the connection between automation and labor. “When labor drives automation, it’s usually in service to making the product better, and when capital drives automation, it’s usually in service to making more of the product,” says Doctorow. [1]:

“How to Think About AI”: Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Understanding AI, Labor Automation & More

Democracy Now! speaks with science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow about AI and his latest book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guid...

“How to Think About AI”: Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Understanding AI, Labor Automation & More

Democracy Now! speaks with science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow about AI and his latest book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guid...

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Headlines for June 24, 2026 * [Mamdani-Endorsed Progressives Sweep New York House Primaries][1] * [Congress Directs Trump to End U.S. War on Iran][2] * [France Experiences Hottest Day on Record as U.N. Warns of More Frequent Climate Disasters][3] * [Anti-ICE Protesters Sentenced to Decades in Prison over "Terrorism" at Texas ICE Jail][4] * [Supreme Court Ruling Gives U.S. "Blank Check" to Weaken Green Card Holders' Rights][5] * [Trump's Efforts to Ram Through SAVE America Act Meets Resistance from GOP Senators][6] * [Trump Loyalist Bill Pulte Begins Purge at National Intelligence Office][7] * [WaPo: Tulsi Gabbard's Political Rise Was Highly Influenced by Guru of Hare Krishna Offshoot][8] * [Congress Approves Housing Bill Limiting Institutional Investors and Easing New Construction][9] [1]:

Mamdani-Endorsed Progressives Sweep New York House Primaries

In a major blow to the Democratic establishment, three progressives backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani won primary races in New York City. For...

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Congress Directs Trump to End U.S. War on Iran

On Capitol Hill, the Senate passed a war powers resolution Tuesday directing President Trump to end the war with Iran. Republican Senators Rand Pau...

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France Experiences Hottest Day on Record as U.N. Warns of More Frequent Climate Disasters

More than two dozen countries across Europe are under extreme heat alerts today, after a high-pressure “heat dome” settled over the continent, ...

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Anti-ICE Protesters Sentenced to Decades in Prison over “Terrorism” at Texas ICE Jail

A federal judge in Texas has handed down prison sentences ranging from 30 to 100 years to a group of anti-ICE protesters convicted on terrorism cha...

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Supreme Court Ruling Gives U.S. “Blank Check” to Weaken Green Card Holders’ Rights

The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday in a 6-3 ruling that will make it easier for immigration officers to deny readmiss...

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Trump’s Efforts to Ram Through SAVE America Act Meets Resistance from GOP Senators

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states, unless they agree t...

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Trump Loyalist Bill Pulte Begins Purge at National Intelligence Office

Large-scale firings have reportedly begun at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, days after Trump loyalist Bill Pulte became the a...

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WaPo: Tulsi Gabbard’s Political Rise Was Highly Influenced by Guru of Hare Krishna Offshoot

The Washington Post has published a major exposé indicating that Tulsi Gabbard’s political rise was secretly shaped by Chris Butler, the head of...

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Congress Approves Housing Bill Limiting Institutional Investors and Easing New Construction

The House of Representatives has approved a bill aimed at increasing the supply of homes across the U.S. The legislation limits the number of singl...

Headlines for June 24, 2026

Mamdani-Endorsed Progressives Sweep New York House Primaries; Congress Directs Trump to End U.S. War on Iran; France Experiences Hottest Day on Rec...

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"Babies, Not Bombs": DSA's Darializa Avila Chevalier Beats 5-Term Rep. Espaillat. 1st Post-Win Intvw. [[Seg1 splits darializa]][1] A wave of progressive candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won big in New York last night. DSA members Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated two Democratic Party establishment picks for Congress, Antonio Reynoso and five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat. Other DSA candidates, including Palestinian American Aber Kawas, running for New York state Senate, notched wins further downballot. And Mamdani-backed candidate Brad Lander defeated Dan Goldman, another congressional incumbent. Darializa Avila Chevalier joins *Democracy Now!* in her first live broadcast interview since her upset win. After weathering a vicious and often racist campaign conducted by her AIPAC-funded opponent Espaillat, Avila Chevalier is projected to become the first Dominican American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, representing New York’s 13th Congressional District. “Americans are tired of this politics of death, politics of cynicism, and want to make sure that our resources are coming back to our communities and investing in the life and the needs of the people here,” says Avila Chevalier, a former student organizer at Columbia University who has been active in the pro-Palestine and immigrant rights movements for over a decade. She credits part of her decision to run to her experience advocating for fellow student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s release from federal ICE detention last year. “When I was first considering whether or not this was a race that I wanted to throw my hat in, I just kept thinking about Mahmoud and the millions of people like him and [Khalil’s wife] Noor, who are so fearful right now, and what it would have meant to them to have a representative who was actually fighting for them.” [1]:

“Babies, Not Bombs”: DSA’s Darializa Avila Chevalier Beats 5-Term Rep. Espaillat. 1st Post-Win Intvw.

A wave of progressive candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won big in New York last n...

“Babies, Not Bombs”: DSA’s Darializa Avila Chevalier Beats 5-Term Rep. Espaillat. 1st Post-Win Intvw.

A wave of progressive candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won big in New York last n...

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Seismic Shift: DSA and Mamdani-Backed Pro-Palestine Democrats Sweep New York Primaries [[Seg1 splits tarleton]][1] Mayor Zohran Mamdani may be the new kingmaker of New York City politics. In a sweeping affirmation of his affordability-focused agenda, all three congressional candidates endorsed by Mamdani in a set of contested Democratic primary elections declared victory Tuesday night. Manhattan and the Bronx’s Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brooklyn’s Claire Valdez and Brad Lander were all joined on the campaign trail by the progressive NYC mayor in the weeks leading up to election night. Like Mamdani, Avila Chevalier and Valdez are members of the NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which backed their campaigns. We speak to John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of the New York City local independent newspaper *The Indypendent*, about the insurgent left of the Democratic Party and the potential national ramifications of the Zohran-DSA machine. The races also functioned as a referendum on the growing split in the Democratic Party over Israel/Palestine. While the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC funneled an estimated $50 million into their opponents’ campaigns, Valdez, Avila Chevalier and Lander refused to take any funding from pro-Israel groups and consistently emphasized their support of efforts to restrict U.S. military aid for Israel. “If you ignore the Palestinian cause of Palestinian liberation, you do so at your own peril,” says Tarleton. [1]:

Seismic Shift: DSA and Mamdani-Backed Pro-Palestine Democrats Sweep New York Primaries

Mayor Zohran Mamdani may be the new kingmaker of New York City politics. In a sweeping affirmation of his affordability-focused agenda, all three c...

Seismic Shift: DSA and Mamdani-Backed Pro-Palestine Democrats Sweep New York Primaries

Mayor Zohran Mamdani may be the new kingmaker of New York City politics. In a sweeping affirmation of his affordability-focused agenda, all three c...

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"Second Nature": Elliot Page on New Film Exploring Animal World Beyond the Binary [[Seg2 splits page penguin]][1] A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity found in the animal kingdom, from pregnant male seahorses to matriarchal monkey troops. *Second Nature*, directed by queer filmmaker Drew Denny, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, who says he joined the project because “I was so moved by it and found it so affirming as a trans and queer person.” Learning about animal life beyond binary concepts of sex and gender was life-changing, Denny shares about her inspiration for the film. “I finally felt in my body, for the first time, that I belong here on Earth, just like anybody else.” Featuring interviews with evolutionary biologists and eye-opening footage of the natural world, *Second Nature* is now showing in major cities across the United States. [1]:

“Second Nature”: Elliot Page on New Film Exploring Animal World Beyond the Binary

A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity found in the animal king...

“Second Nature”: Elliot Page on New Film Exploring Animal World Beyond the Binary

A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity found in the animal king...

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