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![A radio device exploded in the city of Baalbek is seen as wireless communications devices have detonated in Baalbek, Lebanon on September 18, 2024. Explosions occurred in radio equipment across the country and south of the capital Beirut.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-lebanon-400x300.jpg)
Lebanon Death Toll Rises as UN Experts Condemn Israel’s Attacks as War Crimes
“In my past 25 years in practice, I’ve never removed as many eyes as I did yesterday,” one doctor said.
![Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer speaks alongside fellow Democrats holding photos of familles that have benefited from IVF treatment during a press conference on the Right to IVF Act, outside of the U.S. Capitol on September 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-ivf-400x300.jpg)
IVF Bill Blocked by GOP Filibuster, Even as Republicans Claim They Support IVF
GOP leaders claimed the bill was unnecessary despite a state supreme court effectively blocking IVF earlier this year.
![Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 47th Annual Leadership Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on September 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Uncommitted Declines to Endorse Harris as Campaign Continues to Back Genocide
The Harris campaign has repeatedly tried to push pro-Palestine voices out of the political conversation.
![Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks during a news conference on the situation in the Palestinian city of Rafah outside the U.S. Capitol on February 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-rashida-tlaib-400x300.jpg)
House Passes Bill to Label Products From West Bank Settlements “Made in Israel”
“Let’s be clear. A vote for this bill would further support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” said Rashida Tlaib.
![Parked ambulances flash their lights near Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, on April 13, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-ambulances-400x300.jpg)
For-Profit US Health Care System Still Ranks Last Among Peers on Key Metrics
People in the US “live the shortest lives and have the most avoidable deaths,” a new analysis concludes.
![U.S. soldiers from the Second Infantry Division take part in the UFS/TIGER Combined Urban Operations plan as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield drills, at the Wollong Urban Area Operations training center in Paju in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on August 23, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-korea-400x300.jpg)
US Military Policy Is Stoking the Risk of Nuclear War on Korean Peninsula
As Trump and Harris bicker over North Korea, the US military lays plans that could bring nuclear tensions to a brink.
![Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-andy-beshear-400x300.jpg)
Kentucky Governor Beshear Signs Ban on Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ Youth
Studies have conclusively demonstrated that conversion therapy leads to increases in suicidal ideation and attempts.
![Protesters demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians around the National Constitution Center, where the presidential debate is being held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-megaphone-400x300.jpg)
The Right Wants Us to Submit to Nihilism. Here Is Where I’m Searching for Hope.
Right-wing forces benefit if we succumb to the idea that nothing can change and that no action makes a difference.
![Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (right) answers questions during a press conference with Republican leadership on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-mike-johnson-400x300.jpg)
The Government Will Shut Down on October 1 Unless Congress Acts
“House Republicans have proven they're more interested in imposing Trump's dangerous agenda,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle.
![Supporters of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian protest group which uses direct action tactics to disrupt and to attempt to close down sites believed to be linked to weapons manufacturers supplying arms to Israel, gather outside Westminster Magistrates Court on the occasion of a plea hearing involving the group's co-founder Richard Barnard on September 18, 2024, in London, United Kingdom.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0919-palestine-action-400x300.jpg)
UK Uses Terrorism Law to Silence Palestine Solidarity Activists and Journalists
Amnesty International lawyer Julia Hall says the use of the UK's Terrorism Act has escalated since October 7.