5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (450+ words) continuing into his time in Congress, which began in 2017. Joe Vasquez and his wife were arrested in 2007 for a...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (201+ words) Lawmakers warn Rubio that Safi, who has chronic health issues, may die in Israeli prison if he doesn’t take action. Dozens of Democrats from both chambers of Congress are demanding the release of U.S. citizen Sami Safi from Israeli prison,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) “RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake,” said Sen. Ron Wyden. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has called for a criminal investigation into Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (247+ words) As former residents of a California prison, we celebrated its closure but abhorred the punitive transfer process. As CRC emptied out, one of us stayed behind while the other was transferred to another prison. From both sides of the closure…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1181+ words) A Kansas activist discovered that police tracked him with Flock-style cameras after he wrote an op-ed criticizing them. “It wasn’t ACAB. It wasn’t, ‘You guys should be hung by your ankles,’” Ashworth told Truthout. “It was very much just like,…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (475+ words) Unions sued over the question, which asks job applicants to share how they would further the president’s agenda. A court’s decision to block the Trump administration from including a “loyalty question” on federal job applications was a win not only…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (503+ words) The complaint alleges that there is a “legitimate question” whether Trump is paying staffers for their loyalty. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonprofit whose stated aim is to defend democracy, has filed a formal complaint with the U.S....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (362+ words) The ruling is one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s use of “energy emergency” powers. The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement…...

1+ day, 52+ min ago   (800+ words) More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE. Just a year ago, Martín Soto was making breakfast at home with his wife, Gabriela, while their daughter got ready for her first day…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (312+ words) It’s been over two months since ICE agent Christian Castro was arrested in Texas for shooting a Minneapolis resident. On Tuesday, the state of Minnesota sued the state of Texas, seeking to compel Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) to extradite an…...