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![A health care worker performs a check-up with a stethoscope on a pregnant woman](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0605_pregnancy-400x300.jpg)
US Postpartum Mortality Rate 395 Percent Higher Than Other Wealthy Countries
Postpartum death rates were far worse for Black people who had just given birth, the report stated.
![Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber walks to the right](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0605-uae-oil-400x300.jpg)
UAE Used COP28 to Push $100 Billion in New Oil Deals, New Analysis Shows
Critics warn of the possibility of consecutive COPs being hijacked for the interests of big polluters and their profits.
![Donald Trump speaks to reporters](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0605-trump-trial-400x300.jpg)
Experts Slam Judge Cannon for Expanding Hearing on Jack Smith Removal Request
It’s one thing to accept an amicus brief, and another to hear oral arguments from lawyers who aren’t involved in a case.
![A general view of the International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0605-icc-400x300.jpg)
42 Democrats Vote With GOP to Sanction ICC Over Netanyahu Warrant
The bill “flies in the face of international law,” one legal scholar said.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks on an executive order limiting asylum in the East Room of the White House on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604_joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
ACLU Vows Legal Action Against Biden’s Anti-Migrant Executive Order
Human rights advocates are lambasting the order, saying it “takes the same approach” as Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
![A protester holds a sign reading "DUMP AIPAC" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0605-aipac-protest-400x300.jpg)
Some of AIPAC’s Biggest Donors Are Also Financing Attacks Against Labor Rights
The movements for labor and Palestinian rights have common cause against the billionaires who aim to destroy them both.
![Relocation process for the field hospital, established by the U.S.-based International Medical Association, continues as the hospital has ceased its activities due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the surroundings in Rafah, Gaza, on June 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604_rafah-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Trapping Tens of Thousands Who Need Medical Evacuation in Gaza
Over 10,000 cancer patients are trapped in Gaza, with all pedestrian crossings now closed.
![Sen. Tommy Tuberville is seen in the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-tommy-tuberville-400x300.jpg)
Tommy Tuberville Tells Americans to Choose a Side After Trump Conviction
“You're either for our great country...or you're against that,” Tuberville stated in his incendiary defense of Trump.
![President Joe Biden stands on stage as Vice President Kamala Harris introduces him during a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Says There’s “Every Reason” to Think Netanyahu Will Continue Gaza Assault
The remarks appear to directly contradict Biden’s own claim that Hamas bears sole responsibility for the assault.
![Palestinians, including children, wait in line to receive food distributed by charitable organizations amidst Israeli attacks in Deir Al- Balah, Gaza, on May 28, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-gaza-h-400x300.jpg)
Report: Vast Majority of Children Under 5 in Gaza Going Full Days Without Food
Since Israel began its Rafah invasion, the amount of aid entering the region has dropped by two-thirds.