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Trump Says US Will Bomb Iran Into “Stone Ages,” Invoking Vietnam Carpet Bombing
The US will bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” Trump said of the country with 93 million people.
Trump Slashed Medicaid. Now He Says US Can’t Fund It Because of His War on Iran.
The president's comments come as the Pentagon seeks $200 billion to continue funding the unpopular, destructive war.
Faculty Fight Anti-Union Tactics at St. John’s University in New York
Administrators at St. John’s University abruptly canceled labor negotiations, pushing faculty to scale up organizing.
Israel Strikes Pharmaceutical Factory in Tehran That Made Cancer Drugs
“The only reason you would hit this target is to try to limit medicine production in Iran,” one expert said.
Reproductive Health Care Restrictions May Exacerbate Health Care Shortages
In some states, abortion bans have definitively led to an exodus of OB-GYNs and maternal fetal medicine specialists.
Trump Attends Supreme Court Arguments After Slamming Justices Who Are “Disloyal”
The court was arguing his executive order on birthright citizenship.
Rubio Unironically Says Iran Should Spend Money on Its People, Not on Military
The Trump administration has requested a record-shattering $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget and $200 billion for the war.
Trump Order Gives US Postal Service Unprecedented Control Over Mail Voting
Experts and state election officials said the executive order will quickly draw legal challenges.
Supreme Court Rules Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban Violates Free Speech Rights
The court’s “reckless decision means more American kids will suffer,” said the president of Human Rights Campaign.
Low-Income Moms Struggle to Keep Their Families Afloat Amid Gas Price Increases
Single mothers are among the hardest hit as rising prices spurred by the Iran war exacerbate the affordability crisis.