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![President Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0519-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Are We in a Constitutional Crisis?
The scope of the Trump administration's defiance of Congress points to one.
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Asylum Seekers Are Being “Disappeared” in Private Louisiana Jails
Migrants are increasingly hard to track down amid a tangled web of private contractors and misinformation.
![Factory workers are seen as they work at Bardsir steel plant in Kerman's Bardsir city, Iran, on May 8, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0514-iran-steel-400x300.jpg)
US Metal Sanctions Target Iran’s Working Class, Contrary to Trump Claims
The Trump administration is targeting Iran’s working class with metal sanctions to foment an uprising.
![A mother and son from Guatemala stand for a portrait at Instituto Madre Asunta shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico on February 15, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0514-asylum-seekers-400x300.jpg)
The US Is Making Immigrants Pay for Its Red Tape With Asylum Application Fees
The Trump administration is making people fleeing persecution pay for the basic human right to seek asylum.
![Transgender youth fight their whole lives for the right to exist. This administration wants to take that away.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0512-mothers-day-child-400x300.jpg)
All I Want for Mother’s Day Is Equality for My Child
My child has fought her whole life for her right to exist. This administration wants to take that right away.
![Melting icebergs](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0511-Arctic-400x300.jpg)
US Plays Word Games in Arctic Council Consensus While Ignoring Indigenous People
Indigenous leaders call climate change an urgent threat that requires a global response.
![The military gravy train is running full speed ahead.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0507-military-400x300.jpg)
The US Is Spending $1.25 Trillion Annually on War
The military gravy train is running full speed ahead.
![An Iranian woman walks past a currency exchange shop in the capital Tehran](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0505-iran-sanctions-400x300.jpg)
Sanctions Amount to Collective Punishment Against the Iranian Population
Sina Toossi, research associate at the National Iranian American Council, discusses Trump's anti-Iran campaign.
![Former White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly looks on as President Donald Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower, August 15, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0504-Kelly-400x300.jpg)
Former Trump Adviser Kelly Joins Board of Immigrant Detention Center Company
Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly now a member of the board of directors for Caliburn International.
![The U.S. is reportedly opposing the resolution over language on reproductive health for survivors of rape.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0423-united-nations-400x300.jpg)
Trump Officials Want to Veto UN Measure Opposing Rape as Weapon of War
The U.S. is reportedly opposing the resolution over language on reproductive health for survivors of rape.