Category: Politics
Cuba Has a Rich History of International Solidarity. US Wants to Extinguish It.
Washington has long deployed economic pressure to challenge Cuba’s fiercely independent social and foreign policies. …
Trump Demands Firing of Parliamentarian Over Disagreement on Ballroom Funding
Elizabeth MacDonough has served as Senate parliamentarian since 2012, presiding over Democratic and Republican terms. …
Ben Gvir Taunts Flotilla Activists, Highlighting Israel’s Abuse of Detainees
Israel is “employing a criminal policy of abuse and humiliation against activists,” said a human rights center. …
Trump Admin Sanctions Flotilla Activists, Baselessly Claims Ties to Hamas
Israel wants to “criminalize solidarity work,” said one of the activists who was sanctioned. …
Legal Workers Protest After Woman Forced to Give Birth in Brooklyn Courtroom
“Arraignments have become a place where people now die in cuffs and give birth in cuffs,” said one legal advocate. …
Blanche Says Trump “Slush Fund” Payouts Could Include Jan. 6 Participants
Among those who could be eligible for payouts are members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. …
Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century
SCOTUS has temporarily paused a Fifth Circuit Court ruling that echoed the Comstock Act of 1873, an anti-obscenity law. …
Trump Claims He Cancelled Planned Attack on Iran at Request of Gulf States
Trump said the US military is “prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran” if a deal isn’t reached….
Trump Admin Cites National Security to Pause Permits for TX Wind Energy Projects
The Defense Department has not approved a wind project since August 2025 as 165 projects nationally now remain on hold. …
Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy
Curbing access to the ballot brings us closer to the far right’s techno-feudalist dream of a “Dark Enlightenment.” …
