News | Politics & Elections CDC Director Fired for Challenging RFK Jr.’s Policy; Other CDC Officials Resign “Our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within," warned the purged director’s legal team. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams August 28, 2025 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing DC Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Folk Hero Who Tossed Sandwich at CBP Officer Sean Charles Dunn allegedly threw his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent after calling him a fascist. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg , Truthout August 27, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights Palestinians Call Out Clear Lie in Israeli “Hamas Camera” Hospital Strike Excuse “I understand that you want to damage the camera. Why [are you] killing the people?” a Nasser Hospital doctor said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 27, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights 102 Groups Call for Release of Palestinian American Child From Israeli Prison Israeli authorities have barred Mohammed Ibrahim’s family from seeing him for over six months. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 27, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | LGBTQ Rights Michigan AG Warns Capitulating to Trump’s Trans Health Care Ban May Be Illegal State attorneys general will play a decisive role in halting preemptive compliance with Trump’s anti-trans threats. By Erin Reed , ErinInTheMorning August 27, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warned Trump Cuts Risk Another Katrina-Level Disaster The administration is illegally retaliating against federal employees for whistleblowing, one advocate said. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg , Truthout August 27, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Envoy Sparks Fury for Telling Lebanese Journalists Not to Be “Animalistic” Ambassador Tom Barrack said “animalistic” behavior is “the problem with what is happening” in the Middle East. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 27, 2025 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Trump Administration Threatens 40 States’ Funding for Vulnerable Teens Sex Ed Program States have 60 days to remove references in curricula to gender identity and trans people or risk losing federal funds. By Kalyn Belsha , Chalkbeat August 27, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Taps Missouri AG With History of Prosecuting Democrats to Help Run FBI “Political opponents are going to get targeted,” warns one expert. By Jeremy Kohler , ProPublica August 27, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Trump’s Answer to Homelessness? Lock Up Unhoused and Disabled People. New coalitions are forming to protect those targeted by Trump’s move to institutionalize unhoused people. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout August 27, 2025 Truthout