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![Then-Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks during a signing ceremony for Executive Orders on transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on October 9, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-russell-vought-400x300.jpg)
Trump Has “Blessed” Secret Behind the Scenes Project 2025 Work, Co-Author Says
Trump has “blessed” the organization working behind the scenes on hundreds of executive orders, should he win again.
![Three-month-old baby Rim is the sole survivor after an Israeli military attack on the home of the Abu Hiyye family in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on August 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-gaza-infant-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Killed 2,100 Babies Under 2 Years Old in Gaza, Rights Group Says
Just on Tuesday, Israel killed 4-day-old twins and their mother in a bombing in central Gaza.
![Chicago police officers work with an ambulance as the Chicago Police Department trains at McCormick Place, June 6, 2024, in preparation for the Democratic National Convention.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-chicago-police-400x300.jpg)
Mass Protests Planned for DNC Spotlight Chicago’s Legacy of Police Repression
Legal advocates say Chicago cops have long targeted protesters as they prepare for a crackdown ahead of the convention.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at Harrah's Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Proposal Would Tax Benefits for More Than 15 Million Workers
A new analysis finds that the policy would particularly cut into employer-sponsored health insurance.
![Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, holds a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 abortion ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024-0815-abortion-400x300.jpg)
AZ High Court: Ballot Measure Explainer to Call Fetuses “Unborn Human Beings”
Critics called the politically charged phrasing “a watchword for anti-abortion advocates with no basis in medicine or science.”
![Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the University of Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center on August 10, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Poll: Harris Would Gain Support in Key States If She Backed Israel Arms Embargo
Support for an end to the arms transfers to Israel is strongest among those who are undecided in the presidential race.
![Empty pill bottles](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-pills-400x300.jpg)
Big Pharma Exploited Patent Laws to Keep Medicare Drug Prices High, Report Finds
The companies bent patent law to maintain a monopoly on certain drugs and prevent competition from entering the market.
![A protester flies a Palestinian flag from on top of Hamilton Hall as part of a pro-Palestinian encampment on Columbia University campus on April 30, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-columbia-400x300.jpg)
Columbia President Resigns in Wake of Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Campus Protests
Student organizers celebrated the departure but vowed to continue pressuring the institution to divest from Israel.
![A medic prepares to transfer a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance outside of Emergency at Coral Gables Hospital where COVID patients are treated in Coral Gables near Miami, Florida, on July 30, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0814-ambulance-400x300.jpg)
More Than 3,000 Floridians Have Died From COVID Over Past 12 Months
CDC data suggests actual numbers may be higher and the state has a history of undercounting COVID deaths.
![cars drive through either fog or smog on an overpass](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0814-bridge-smog-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Promises More Carbon Emissions and Fewer Jobs, New Report Finds
The report also found that Project 2025 would have deleterious effects on public health, GDP and household expenses.