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![Former President Donald Trump speaks during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021, in Pharr, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0720-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Prevent Trump Becoming Unelected Speaker of House
The Constitution doesn't prevent nonmembers of Congress from being selected by lawmakers to become Speaker of the House.
![President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 8, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0720-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Tried to Absolve Himself for Afghanistan Aftermath — But He Voted for War
From Bush to Biden, many powerful forces have been complicit. Now the war for profit continues in a different form.
![Ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan greets witnesses before a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Rayburn Building on June 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0720-jim-jordan-400x300.jpg)
Majority of McCarthy’s January 6 Commission Picks Voted to Overturn Election
The Republicans, including Trump ally Jim Jordan, are already using their time in the spotlight to attack Democrats.
![A man in a mask and gloves rests his head on his hand while seated in a wheelchair](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0719-delta-400x300.jpg)
The Delta Variant Is Feasting on the Unvaxxed — and It’s Getting Worse
Donald Trump says vaccine refusal is due to people's distrust of the 2020 election results. Whose fault is that?
![Then-Gov. Eric Greitens delivers the keynote address at the St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association 27th Annual Police Officer Memorial Prayer Breakfast on April 25, 2018, at the St. Charles Convention Center.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-963592118-400x300.jpg)
Disgraced Former Governor Claims He’s Been Exonerated, But the GOP Isn’t So Sure
The rehabilitation of Eric Greitens’s political career relies on accepting the upside-down reality that Trump built.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, held at the Hilton Anatole, on July 11, 2021, in Dallas, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0716-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Report: Ex-Wife of Trump Org Exec Says Trump Is Involved in Tax Avoidance Scheme
Jennifer Weisselberg reportedly told investigators that Trump himself promised her he'd pay for her children's tuition.
![An American Airlines plane taxis to the runway at the Miami International Airport on June 16, 2021, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0716-american-airlines-400x300.jpg)
Despite January 6 Pledges, Companies Begin Donating to Republicans Again
Companies like UPS, Duke Energy and others have broken the spirit of their pledges not to give to election objectors.
![View of a waterfall in Red Bluff Bay on Baranof Island, Tongass National Forest, in Alaska.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0716-tongass-national-forest-400x300.jpg)
Biden Admin Reverses Trump Policy to Open Alaskan Forest to Logging
The Biden administration will restore the ban on road construction and logging in the Tongass National Forest.
![A protester holds an anti-vaccination sign as Trump supporters rally on May 16, 2020, in Woodland Hills, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0715-trump-vaccine-400x300.jpg)
Trump Supporters’ Anti-Science Crusade Is Threatening Us All
COVID is rising enough to spur the largest nurses’ union in the U.S. to urge the reinstatement of the mask mandate.
![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally at Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, on October 23, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0714-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
Governor DeSantis Peddles “Don’t Fauci My Florida” Shirts as COVID Cases Spike
DeSantis's campaign site includes other items that promote the anti-mask (and anti-science) sentiments of the governor.