Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The UK’s Anti-Migrant Right Is Surging. Local Elections Will Test Their Power. As the anti-immigrant Reform UK Party has risen in the polls, the Labour Party has co-opted some of its toxic policies. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout February 6, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Bessent Confirms Taxpayers Would Be Paying Trump If He Wins $10B Lawsuit The Treasury secretary said it would come from the agency’s general fund for tax payments. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Admin Plans to Place Statue of Christopher Columbus on White House Lawn A White House spokesperson said Trump views the colonizer and genocidaire as a “hero.” By Chris Walker , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights Inside a West Bank Community Encircled by an Illegal Israeli Settlement Even as Israel advances its colonial project on the ground piece by piece in Umm al-Khair, Palestinians refuse to leave. By Ali Awad , Rafaela Cortez , Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro , Mondoweiss February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Immigration Despite Rules to Provide Menstrual Products, Some in ICE Jail Can’t Access Them “Menstrual products aren’t a luxury, they are a basic need for half of the population,” said Rep. Grace Meng. By Candice Norwood , The19th February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israeli Soldiers Bulldozed Graves of Allied WWII Soldiers in Gaza, Images Show Many of the soldiers buried in the cemetery died before the state of Israel was established, some decades earlier. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest” Trump’s comments on Wednesday come just days after he called on Republicans to “nationalize” state-managed elections. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Noem Faces More Calls to Resign After Gutting FEMA, Abandoning Disaster Victims A FEMA whistleblower is calling for the agency, which Trump has threatened to phase out, to become independent again. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Schumer Subtly Pivots, Saying ICE Can Wear Masks in “Unusual” Circumstances The Democratic leaders’ supposed demands for reform were already previously condemned as weak and ineffective. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms “You're damn right we're gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout February 5, 2026 Truthout