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![Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0801-chuck-schumer-400x300.jpg)
Schumer Unveils No Kings Act to Undo Supreme Court Presidential Immunity Ruling
The bill would effectively invalidate the ruling granting presidents an extreme and unprecedented amount of power.
![Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the press after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the vice president's ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0801-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Palestine Solidarity Activists Fear Harris Will Not Change Course on Gaza
Will Kamala Harris’s remarks about ceasefire turn out to be lip service? Activists share their thoughts and fears.
![A Miami-Dade election worker checks voting machines for accuracy at the Miami-Dade Election Department headquarters on July 31, 2024, in Doral, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0801-election-worker-400x300.jpg)
Recent Surge in Voter Registration Highlights the Need for More Poll Workers
Advocates say the role of poll workers — both during early voting and Election Day — cannot be overstated.
![Sen. Joe Manchin talks to reporters as he leaves the Senate floor following a vote on January 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0801-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Green Groups Slam Energy Reform Bill as a Giveaway to the Fossil Fuel Industry
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 in a 15-4 vote.
![Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul is pictured in photo provided by the network. Al Ghoul and and Al Jazeera cameraman Rami Al Rifi were killed in a targeted attack by the Israeli military on July 31, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-press-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalists Ismail Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Rifi in Gaza
The pair were widely known for their coverage of northern Gaza amid Israel’s genocide.
![Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance arrives on 'Trump Force 2' at Fresno Yosemite International Airport on July 30, 2024, in Fresno, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
Vance Acknowledges Rough Start, Blames Media for Reporting on Past Statements
Vance has downplayed his attacks on “childless cat ladies” and his claim that adults without children are “pathetic.”
![Israeli forces detain a number of Palestinians as they raid Tulkarm refugee camp in Tulkarm, West Bank, on January 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-detain-400x300.jpg)
UN Report Details Vast, Systemic Torture of Palestinians in Israeli Detention
Israeli forces are arbitrarily imprisoning at least 9,400 Palestinians, including children, the UN found.
![An Indian boarding school](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-boarding-school-400x300.jpg)
At Least 973 Native Children Died in the US’s Abusive Boarding School System
The Interior Department’s investigative report also issues recommendations but stops short of calling for reparations.
![Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris returns to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after attending a campaign fundraising event in Massachusetts on July 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
2 Names Emerge as VP Picks for Harris as She Announces She’ll Decide by Tuesday
After the vice presidential candidate is chosen, the Harris campaign will hold rallies in six swing states.
![Palestinians carry the portrait of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated, as they stand on the debris of a destroyed building that belonged to him, following the Israeli attack in Al-Shati refugee camp of Gaza City, Gaza, on July 31, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-gaza-h-400x300.jpg)
Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed in Iran in Apparent Israeli Strike
Haniyeh was killed just hours after Israel bombed a suburb in Beirut in an escalation of tensions.