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Republicans Plan to Use Budgeting Trick to Hide Deficit From Trump Tax Cuts
Republicans want to change how the Congressional Budget Office calculates the cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
Iowa Legislature Votes to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
Iowa is poised to become the first state in US history to remove a protected class from its civil rights act.
Palestinians Released by Israel Show Evidence of “Shocking” Torture, Neglect
Israel is releasing prisoners with clothing printed with calls for Palestinians to be “destroyed,” reports say.
NY’s Prison Guard Strike Has Roots in Decades of Racialized Deindustrialization
The guards’ demand for impunity is about the maintenance of violence at the core of the system, says Andrea R. Morrell.
Mike Johnson Claims Angry Voters Confronting GOP at Town Halls Are “Paid Actors”
Several videos of Republican lawmakers being confronted by angry voters have gone viral online.
Gaza Surgeon Describes Surviving Israeli Prisons After a Raid on His Hospital
Dr. Khaled Alser was held for seven months, and he says he was beaten, denied medical treatment and tortured.
Trump’s CFPB Drops Cases Against Companies Accused of Cheating Consumers
The companies are accused of ripping off savings account holders, illegally collecting on student loans, and more.
LGBTQ Domestic Violence Nonprofits Fight Back Amid Trump’s Attacks on Funding
But given the executive orders, “there’s no universe in which some of the work doesn’t take a hit,” says one leader.
Exclusive Report: SAVE Act Threatens to Disenfranchise Trans Voters
According to an exclusive report obtained by Truthout, the SAVE Act would “be a disaster for Americans.”
As Ramadan in Gaza Begins, Our Decorations Have Been Replaced by Graves
This Ramadan in Gaza, how do we celebrate without food to eat or homes to fill?