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![From left, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer depart following a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-mike-johnson-400x300.jpg)
Some Democrats Slam GOP Stopgap Bill as Ploy to Advance Project 2025 Manifesto
The GOP’s legislative package narrowly cleared a procedural hurdle on Tuesday and is set for a final vote on Wednesday.
![A view from the area after Israeli airstrikes on a tent encampment Khan Yunis, Gaza, on September 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills at Least 19 in Bombing of Gaza “Safe Zone”
Experts say Israel likely used 2,000-pound bombs in its strike on tents where Palestinian families were sheltering.
![A soldier in the Afghan National Army (ANA) walks past a burn pit at a command outpost recently handed over to the ANA from the United States Army on March 22, 2013, in Kandahar Province, Zhari District, Afghanistan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-afghanistan-base-400x300.jpg)
US Militarism Is a Leading Cause of the Climate Catastrophe
US military interventions are not just wars on people -- they’re also wars on the climate.
![Protesters hold signs as they rally in support of Planned Parenthood and abortion rights, near the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 30, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-missouri-abortion-400x300.jpg)
3 Missouri Mayors Urge State Supreme Court to Allow Abortion Rights Measure Vote
The state Supreme Court is set to decide on Tuesday whether the measure will be included on the November ballot.
![Activists hold up torches and portraits of slain Indigenous peoples and environmental defenders during a rally on November 10, 2022, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-activists-400x300.jpg)
Nearly 200 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2023
These killings are often carried out alongside acts of intimidation, smear campaigns and criminalization by governments.
![South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela and members of the delegation sit in the courtroom of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on May 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-south-africa-400x300.jpg)
Israel Urges US Congress to Press South Africa to Drop Genocide Case at ICJ
A classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable threatens consequences if South Africa proceeds with its case in The Hague.
![An inflatable dinghy carrying migrants is escorted by a French Warship across the English Channel towards British Waters on March 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0910-migrant-boat-400x300.jpg)
Borders Are Drawn to Protect Stolen Wealth. They Are a Process, Not a Place.
From Europe to the US, politicians are expanding the violence of border policing and scapegoating migrants.
![A Palestinian girl looks out of the window of a shrapnel-pocked building in Jenin in the aftermath of a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city on May 23, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_09-09-west-bank-girl-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Killed 1 Palestinian Child Every 2 Days in West Bank Since October
One-fifth of children Israel has killed in the West Bank in the last quarter century have been killed in the past year.
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Trump Calls for 25th Amendment to Be Modified — Should Vance Be Worried?
Trump’s attack on Kamala Harris could have wide-ranging implications for the role of vice president.
![A person watches a building burning in the far distance](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0909-turkey-kurds-400x300.jpg)
As Turkey Escalates Attacks in Iraq, Kurdish Journalists Are Becoming Targets
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region is one of the most dangerous places for media workers, says Reporters Without Borders.