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![President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1211-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Says He’ll Fast-Track Any Permit Request If Treasury Is Paid $1 Billion
Trump's proposal could run afoul of a federal law requiring environmental reviews of all major infrastructure projects.
![Lina Khan](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1222-lina-khan-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Pick to Lead FTC Wants to Roll Back Regulations and End “War on Mergers”
Andrew Ferguson’s agenda also reportedly includes ditching “novel and legally dubious consumer protection cases.”
![Harmeet Dhillon wears a blue veil while standing at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1211-harmeet-dhillon-400x300.jpg)
Trump Taps Anti-Trans Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to Lead DOJ Civil Rights Post
Dhillon has openly advocated for overturning blue state laws that protect transgender individuals.
![Likud MK Yoav Gallant, left, meets with White House Mideast czar Brett McGurk in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-gallant-mcgurk-400x300.jpg)
White House Welcomes Gallant Despite ICC Warrant for Crimes Against Humanity
Gallant is no longer a member of Israel’s government and is listed as “at large” by the ICC.
![Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-hurricane-helene-400x300.jpg)
Report: Climate Crisis Accounts for a Third of Weather-Related Insurance Claims
Since 2000, weather-related disasters tied to the climate crisis have resulted in over $600 billion in economic losses.
![Palestinians sit on the ground close to a damaged ambulance as they take part in Friday Noon prayers in the driveway of the emergency entrance of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 27, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-ambulance-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Doctors in Gaza Say They Have No Doubt Israel Is Targeting Them
Doctors and emergency workers say their colleagues were deliberately attacked or “disappeared” into Israeli prisons.
![Palestinian children play in the rubble of a building destroyed during previous Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-gaza-a-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills at Least 25 in Same Family in North Gaza Massacre
“The situation in northern Gaza is beyond catastrophic,” north Gaza journalist Hossam Shabat reported.
![Person has blood pressure checked in medical check-up](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-health-400x300.jpg)
Poll: Nearly 2 in 3 Americans Say Government Should Ensure Health Care Coverage
The US is the only wealthy country in the world without universal health care.
![Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on November 1, 2024, in Warren, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-rfk-400x300.jpg)
77 Past Nobel Prize Winners Tell Senators to Reject RFK Jr. HHS Nomination
“Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” the Nobel laureates stated.
![President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1210-donald-trump-t-400x300.jpg)
Trump Bizarrely Claims Dems Are Trying to End the Popular Vote for President
Recent polling shows that nearly two-thirds of voters want the Electoral College to be abolished.