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![A man moves his keffiyeh aside to show a shirt he's wearing that reads "GENOCIDE JOE HAS GOT TO GO"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0612-uncommitted-400x300.jpg)
The “Uncommitted” Vote Campaign Pressured Democrats on Gaza. What’s Next?
Organizers offer an inside look at the hard-fought “Uncommitted” campaign to pressure Biden on Gaza.
![Jared Kushner](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0612-jared-kush-400x300.jpg)
Ron Wyden Is Investigating Saudi Support for Jared Kushner’s Private Equity Firm
“It appears to be a payoff as much as a potential investment,” said a former chief ethics counsel for the Treasury.
![Former President Donald Trump attends a rally June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0612-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Many in Trump’s Orbit Back Mandatory Military or National Service Conscription
Though Trump denies endorsing the idea, many in his orbit have expressed support, including potential running mates.
![Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (center) listens as former President Donald Trump sits next to his lawyers as he arrives for his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0611-mike-johnson-400x300.jpg)
GOP Bill Aims to Protect Trump From Future State-Based Criminal Court Cases
The bill is unlikely to pass, as some Republicans are balking at changing the judicial process.
![Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court's budget during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee March 7, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0610-alito-400x300.jpg)
Alito Says SCOTUS Should Push Nation Toward “Godliness” in Secret Recording
One critic described Alito's cavalier expression of his right-wing views as “deeply troubling” for the Supreme Court.
![Activists and demonstrators take part in an anti-fascist rally following the European election results, in Toulouse, France, on June 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0611-red-light-400x300.jpg)
Rebuilding the Left Is Crucial to Stemming the Surge of Europe’s Far Right
Europe has been lurching further to the right to the point that the far right has now become mainstream and normalized.
![Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, speaks via video to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) during the Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0610-aipac-400x300.jpg)
Report: AIPAC Is Funneling GOP Donor Money Into Democratic Primaries
“I want to support the most conservative person who can win,” one Republican donor said.
![President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up at the conclusion of a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0610-biden-400x300.jpg)
A Majority of Voters Backing Biden Are Mostly Motivated by Stopping Trump — Poll
Only 27 percent of voters who plan to vote for Biden in the 2024 election say they genuinely like him as a candidate.
![France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) walks with Daniel Fasquelle (L)](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0610-macron-400x300.jpg)
As Far Right Makes Gains in EU Contests, France’s Macron Calls for Snap Election
President Emmanuel Macron said “the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation and for Europe.”
![An Iranian woman votes at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2151860590-400x300.jpg)
Iran Braces for Uncertainty After President Raisi’s Death
Besides crushing dissent, the former leader did little of note. Could a new president be different?