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GOP Bill’s Militarized Funding Boost Could Instead Keep Millions on Medicaid
The reconciliation bill is a “redistribution of resources from struggling Americans to the Pentagon,” an expert said.

Critics of FTC’s Decision to Drop PepsiCo Suit Say Consumers Will Pay the Price
The all-Republican commission abandoned a lawsuit accusing PepsiCo of providing Walmart with pricing advantages.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Foreign Student Ban at Harvard
DHS said it targeted Harvard’s foreign students in a quest to “root out the evils of anti-Americanism.”

Will GOP Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves? Nonpartisan Analysis Says Not at All.
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the cuts will barely boost the economy and mostly go to the rich.

US Students on Hunger Strikes as Israeli-Engineered Famine Takes Hold in Gaza
Despite growing suppression, students have achieved multiple divestment victories and are pushing for more wins.

After Federal Rollbacks, Corporate Interests Wage War on State Regulators
Model legislation from right-wing policy incubator ALEC aims to extend deregulation far beyond Washington, DC.

Republican Calls for Gaza to Be “Nuked” Like Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Rep. Randy Fine said “the Palestinian cause” is “evil” in stunning remarks on Fox News.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Dismantle Education Department
The judge said the administration has made it clear it intends to gut the agency without approval from Congress.

New Report Condemns Trump Admin’s Deportations of Non-Costa Ricans to Costa Rica
Almost all of those interviewed for the report said officials ignored their repeated attempts to request asylum.

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Not Back Down Until Gaza Is Emptied of Palestinians
The Israeli leader endorsed Trump’s plan for the forced displacement of all Palestinians from Gaza.