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![Elon Musk speaks with President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-musk-400x300.jpg)
Elon Musk Spent Over a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Help Elect Trump
A total of 14 billionaires will be in the Trump White House, a number that could go up depending on future appointments.
![People check the damage outside the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike that hit the medical complex on December 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-hospital-400x300.jpg)
Israel Brutally Raids North Gaza Hospital, Evacuating All Patients and Staff
Israeli forces stormed the hospital and surrounding area, leaving hundreds dead and wounded, the hospital director said.
![New Film Tells Story of a Child Whose Leg Was Amputated Due to Israeli Airstrike](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/seg-Leyan-400x300.jpg)
New Film Tells Story of a Child Whose Leg Was Amputated Due to Israeli Airstrike
As Gaza faces a child amputee crisis, “All That Remains” follows 13-year-old Leyan Abu al-Atta as she recovers.
![Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arrives for a hearing held by the House Committee on Financial Services on Capitol Hill on October 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206_rohit-chopra-400x300.jpg)
4.3M Consumers Set to Get Checks From Agency Trump and Musk Want to “Delete”
The CFPB will distribute $1.8 billion to those charged illegal junk fees or defrauded by credit repair companies.
![President Joe Biden walks out to deliver remarks from the Rose Garden at the White House on November 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-biden-400x300.jpg)
Having Pardoned His Son, Biden Faces Pressure to Enact Mass Clemency
Advocates say Biden must repair harm caused by harsh anti-drug and crime laws he championed in the 1980s and '90s.
![Pro-transgender rights activists with the Gender Liberation Movement protest in the House Cannon building and face subsequent arrests on December 5, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-sit-in-400x300.jpg)
Trans Rights Activists Hold Sit-In at Capitol to Protest Johnson’s Bathroom Ban
“Everyone deserves to use the restroom without fear of discrimination or violence,” an organizer of the protest said.
![The entrance to the Grand Hyatt Washington is pictured in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-grand-hyatt-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Org Maps 2025 Legislative Agenda Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
State politicians, corporate lobbyists and right-wing operatives are gathering to discuss and vote on model policies.
![A working oil pumpjack is pictured on the outskirts of Taft in Kern County, California, on September 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-pumpjack-400x300.jpg)
The State of Maine and a Kansas County Are Both Taking Big Oil to Court
Trump’s impending return to the White House hasn’t deterred two more governments from suing over deception claims.
![Supporters of trans rights and their opponents rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court hears arguments in a case on trans health care bans, on December 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1206-trans-protest-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Shows How Gender Essentialism Harms Us All
Everyone who cares about bodily autonomy should fight for trans health care.
![Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks during a news conference calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/12/2024_1205-rashida-tlaib-400x300.jpg)
Tlaib: Congress “Can No Longer Deny” Israeli Genocide After Amnesty Report
Advocates are reigniting calls for an arms embargo on Israel after landmark findings that Israel is committing genocide.