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![Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry event in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 1, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-doug-ducey-400x300.jpg)
Arizona’s “Model” School Voucher Program Is Causing Massive Budget Meltdown
The state is facing a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of it due to a tax-funded private school voucher program.
![Former President Donald Trump makes an appearance next to Sen. J.D. Vance at Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, on the first day of the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-trump-vance-400x300.jpg)
Unions Slam “Billionaire” Trump-Vance Ticket as Working-Class “Nightmare”
J.D. Vance has opposed congressional efforts to strengthen organizing rights and has raked in donations from the elites.
![A man walks past the damaged Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on February 15, 2024. The building has since been leveled.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has “Flattened” UNRWA HQ in Gaza in “Blatant” War Crime, Agency Says
“Another episode in the blatant disregard of international humanitarian law,” said the head of UNRWA.
![A protester holds a sign reading "hate does not make America great" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-protest-400x300.jpg)
Transgender Floridians Are Being Denied Updated Birth Certificates
Without public notice or a new law, residents face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants.
![Sen, J.D. Vance addresses the conservative Turning Point People's Convention on June 16, 2024, at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
Trump Chooses J.D. Vance, Who Once Called Trump “America’s Hitler,” as His VP
The Ohio senator is known to many as a political opportunist who has cozied up to racists and the wealthy.
![Cops drag a black-clad protester away](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-straight-pride-cops-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Alternative to Project 2025, “Agenda 47,” Is Also Extreme and Anti-LGBTQ
Trump is trying to woo moderate voters, but his policy platform is also a far right attack on queerness in public life.
![Special Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters after his grand jury had issued more indictments of former President Donald Trump on August 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-jack-smith-400x300.jpg)
Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Trump’s Classified Documents Case
The shock decision shows that Judge Aileen Cannon is “just making things up” to shield Trump, one expert said.
![Elon Musk](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
Billionaires Rally to Endorse Trump After Assassination Attempt
Billionaires have seen their wealth soar by $2.2 trillion since the passage of the Trump-GOP tax cuts in 2017.
![Men with guns train for something while standing near a military vehicle](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trump-supporters-guns-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Instinct After Being Shot Was to Incite His Followers to “Fight”
A growing right-wing consensus has been quick to blame Trump’s critics for the shooting.
![People in bleachers raise a banner reading "PROTECT TRANS RIGHTS" during a sporting event](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Even When Trans Women Win Transfers to Women’s Prisons, They Still Aren’t Safe
Many states are rolling back policies allowing trans people to be placed in prisons aligned with their gender identity.