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![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in the Bronx in support of re-election of Jamaal Bowman for Congress at St. Mary's Park on June 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0814-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: Trump Lies About Harris’s Crowd Sizes Is Prep Work for Election Denial
False claims that Democrats used AI-generated crowd images is “laying the groundwork” to sow doubts, wrote the senator.
![New U.S. citizens take the oath during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives on December 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-naturalization-400x300.jpg)
Trump Backlogged Citizenship Process — Biden Has Halved the Time It Takes
Under the current administration, more than 3.3 million immigrants have attained US citizenship status.
![Pro-Palestine demonstrators hold painted hands as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-blinken-400x300.jpg)
Tlaib Lambasts Blinken for Saying the US Respects the Geneva Conventions
“Is this a joke?” Rep. Rashida Tlaib replied to the secretary of state on X as the US continues to send arms to Israel.
![Hands of unrecognizable male prison guard in black uniform standing by gate looking at keys](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-prison-guard-400x300.jpg)
Over 100 People Die in Missouri Prisons Each Year. Othel Moore Was One of Them.
Three attempts in the legislature to secure better oversight over Missouri's prison administration have stalled out.
![United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, middle, visits striking UAW Local 551 workers outside a Ford assembly center on South Burley Avenue on October 7, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-shawn-fain-400x300.jpg)
UAW Files Labor Charges Against Trump, Musk Over Effort to “Intimidate Workers”
Musk and Trump have long histories of hostility toward labor unions, both in the US and overseas.
![Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-abortion-arizona-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Abortion Rights Amendment Is Officially on the November Ballot
Nearly 578,000 signatures were certified, the highest number ever for a ballot initiative proposal in Arizona history.
![Former President Donald Trump's Twitter account is displayed on a laptop screen along with Elon Musk's account displayed on a phone screen in a photo taken on November 22, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-trump-musk-400x300.jpg)
“Self Obsessed Rich Guys” — Harris Campaign Pans Musk’s Trump “Interview” on X
During a “Spaces” event, Trump rattled off a number of policy positions similar to those found within Project 2025.
![Palestinians inspect the destruction following the Israeli attack on the al-Tabin school, where displaced people took shelter, in al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on August 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_08-12-gaza-city-school-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Morning Prayer Massacre Is Part of an Escalation of Attacks on Schools
Israel has bombed a school in Gaza once every other day on average since July, reports find.
![Mike Brown Sr. releases butterflies after four and a half minutes of silence to honor the four and a half hours Mike Brown Jr.'s body was left on the ground after he was shot on August 9, 2014. His wife, Cal Brown, holds the megaphone.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/IMG_1111-400x300.jpeg)
Michael Brown Jr.’s Father Is Still Fighting for Justice and His Son’s Legacy
He says city development ignores the reality of policing in an attempt “to rebrand Ferguson and erase what happened.”
![Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at an event on June 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_08-12-blinken-presser-400x300.jpg)
CAIR: Blinken Must Resign “in Disgrace” After Ending Probe Into Israeli Unit
The State Department previously found the unit has committed gross human rights violations in the West Bank.