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![Complaints about unauthorized enrollment or plan-switching are not new but accelerated during the last open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-453041979-1-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration’s New Rule Aims to Thwart Rogue ACA Sign-Ups
The changes are effective immediately, an unusually rapid move that may reflect the urgency of the problem.
![Guests attend a rally hosted by Free Soil at the Iowa State Capitol building to oppose building a CO2 pipeline, on January 10, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1923430173-400x300.jpg)
Farmers Fight a Hazardous Carbon-Capture Pipeline in Rural Midwest
Opposition has delayed the project, but recent approval by Iowa officials has breathed new life into the undertaking.
![Rescuers arrive at the scene of a giant fire at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162258066-400x300.jpg)
Israel Bombs Yemen After Houthis Claim Responsibility for Tel Aviv Drone Attack
A Houthi spokesman said Israel aims to “deepen people’s suffering and to pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza.”
![Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on July 10, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Harris spoke to approximately 20,000 members from her sorority in a continued effort to rally support ahead of the upcoming November presidential election.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2161515254-400x300.jpg)
Vice President Harris Tries to Rescue Campaign as Donors Drop Biden
Democrats are reportedly experiencing a campaign finance crisis, losing tens to hundreds of millions in pledged funds.
![Although lead was banned from new water service lines in 1986, it’s estimated that more than 9 million such lines still carry drinking water to homes and businesses throughout the country.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1884837645-400x300.jpg)
The 2024 Presidential Election May Slow Plans to Replace Lead Pipes
Debate over the EPA’s latest plan to minimize the risk of drinking lead-contaminated water is reaching a tipping point.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference on June 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2156070501-400x300.jpg)
Rights Group Urges DOJ to Investigate Netanyahu for Genocide
The Center for Constitutional Rights called for the probe ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, DC next week.
![This banner, displayed at a community meeting in the Sierra Norte, says, "The Sierra Norte of Puebla can't be sold nor rented out – Nahua and Totonaco Indigenous Peoples."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8939-400x300.jpg)
Land Defenders Shut Down a Toxic Mine. Now Its Corporate Backers Want Damages.
A Canadian firm is demanding $200 million in damages from Mexico following the cancellation of its mining concessions.
![Former President Donald Trump (center) stands onstage alongside his family, former First Lady Melania Trump, Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (3rd right) and his wife, lawyer Usha Vance, during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0719-rnc-400x300.jpg)
Republicans Extra Confident That Trump Will Win After RNC — But Should They Be?
Although a small bump in the polls for the GOP is expected, the convention is unlikely to move the needle for US voters.
![Two Palestinian boys walk past stagnant pools of water in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0719-gaza-water-400x300.jpg)
Public Health Authorities Raise Alarm as Poliovirus Is Found in Gaza Sewage
Combating any infectious diseases will present challenges for Gaza's largely destroyed health care system.
![Former President Donald Trump stands onstage during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0719-trump-rnc-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s RNC Speech Riddled With Lies, Xenophobia and False Claims of Unity
Trump vowed to “launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” should he win the 2024 election.