Donald Trump has dismissed every member of the National Science Board, escalating a broader push to dismantle independent scientific advice and cut research funding across the US government. (more…)
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‘Insane this is legal’: Bettors make huge profits from suspiciously timed wagers on Iran war
Newly created accounts made around $1 million betting on the precise timing of US strikes on Iran, prompting calls for investigation into whether prediction markets are being used to profit from war.
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‘Arsonist as Fire Chief’: Fed appoints Wall Street lobbyist to key bank oversight role
The Federal Reserve has appointed longtime Wall Street lawyer Randall Guynn as its new director of supervision and regulation – a move critics say risks entrenching industry influence at the heart of financial oversight.
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UK–US drug deal risks turning the NHS into a casualty of Trump trade politics
A new agreement with the Trump administration would force Britain’s National Health Service to pay billions more for medicines to avoid tariffs – prompting outrage from MPs, health experts and patient advocates.
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Republicans ‘holding US economy hostage’ as nearly half of states face recession
“At a time when costs are rising and tariffs are wreaking havoc on people’s pocketbooks, Republicans are doubling down on their agenda of raising healthcare costs on millions of Americans.” (more…)
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US Senate Dems vote to block arms sales to Israel – the tide is turning, says Bernie Sanders
“The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza,” said Senator Bernie Sanders. “The Democrats are moving forward on this issue, and I look forward to Republican support in the near future.” (more…)
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‘New era of climate accountability’: ICJ says nations have legal duty to combat planetary crisis
“For the first time, it feels like justice is not just a dream but a direction,” said Flora Vano, an activist from Vanuatu. (more…)
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‘Indefensible’: Trump budget law subsidises private jet owners while taking healthcare from millions
A provision of the budget law that President Donald Trump signed last week will leave taxpayers to “pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers”. (more…)
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Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump’s budget bill ‘deal with the devil’
“It explodes our national debt, it militarises our entire economy, and it strips away healthcare and basic dignity of the American people. For what? To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation.” (more…)
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Chief justice rebukes Trump over calls to impeach judges who rule against him
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” said John Roberts, the chief justice of the US Supreme Court. (more…)
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‘Rank dishonesty’: Internal docs detail how Blinken rejected calls to cut off US arms to Israel
“The Biden administration is not only complicit in genocide. It’s knowingly complicit,” said one analyst. (more…)
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For-profit US healthcare system — once again — ranks dead last among its peers
“Our private, profit-driven system means that we are paying more for less,” said one progressive activist. (more…)
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Gaza officials publish list of those killed in Israeli assault. The first 14 pages are babies
“This is a genocide of children,” said Heba Gowayed, a sociology professor at the City University of New York’s Hunter College. (more…)
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How long can US lawmakers ignore these images of child carnage in Gaza?
“A healthy conscience can’t simply ignore the mutilated bodies of tens of thousands of dead Palestinian children,” said one human rights activist. (more…)
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UN expert says impunity for Israel must end as ‘Genocidal Violence’ spreads to West Bank
“Apartheid Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank simultaneously, as part of an overall process of elimination, replacement, and territorial expansion,” said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. (more…)
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Maduro slams attempted ‘Coup against Venezuela’ as far-right cries fraud
One political scientist argued that “doubts about Venezuela’s elections appear less as concerns that the people’s voice will not be heard, than that it will.” (more…)
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UN probe finds Israel guilty of ‘Extermination,’ torture, and other war crimes in Gaza
“Israel must immediately stop its military operations and attacks in Gaza, including the assault on Rafah,” said the chair of the United Nations commission behind the investigation. (more…)
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US reportedly working to stop ICC from issuing arrest warrant for Netanyahu
“There is absolutely no reason for Biden to be involved in this,” said one analyst. “But once again, Biden steps in to protect Netanyahu from the consequences of the war crimes he commits.” (more…)
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UN rights chief demands international probe of mass graves near Gaza hospitals
“Hospitals are entitled to very special protection under international humanitarian law,” said Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights. (more…)
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Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner calls for ethnic cleansing of Gaza to ‘Finish the Job’
Kushner, who served as a key Middle East adviser to Trump, said that Gaza’s “waterfront property could be very valuable” and urged Israel to “clean it up.” (more…)
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‘Devastating’: wife of imprisoned journalist Julian Assange mourns death of Alexei Navalny
“Navalny was an opposition figure, but his investigative journalism exposed the corruption of the ruling elites in Russia,” said Stella Assange. (more…)
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“Are They ‘Hamas’?” 12,300 children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Gruesome new data shows that kids make up around 43% of the death toll from Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. (more…)
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2023 destroys global heat record as fossil fuel emissions boil the planet
“How many more records does it take before we phase out fossil fuels and deal with it?” asked one climate campaigner. (more…)
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Nations urged to back ICJ case against Israel after experts confirm genocide underway
“How many more alarm bells have to ring and how many more civilians must unlawfully suffer or be killed before governments take action?” asked one human rights expert. (more…)
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‘Apocalyptic’ horror in Gaza called ‘total failure of our shared humanity’
“How is it that these atrocities are beamed across the world for all to witness, and yet so little is done to stop them?” (more…)
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Analysis exposes big oil disinformation efforts ahead of COP28
“Digital platforms continue to provide vested fossil fuel actors with a cheap and easy way to disinform the public about climate change,” said one campaigner. (more…)
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Pulitzer prize-winning Hersh: evidence US behind Nord Stream Pipeline sabotage
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a story Wednesday alleging that the United States was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline system last year, citing a source “with direct knowledge of the operational planning.”
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‘A moral and political disgrace’: Just 11 Senators vote no on $858 billion military budget
“At a time when we spend more than the next 11 nations combined on defence, we should invest in healthcare, jobs, housing, and education—not more weapons of destruction,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. (more…)
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US’s high Covid death rate mark the dark side of American exceptionalism
The US’s high Covid-19 death rate can be attributed at least in part to structural barriers and a for-profit healthcare system.
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DC’s Doomsday scenario: is America on the road to dictatorship?
Warnings of the collapse of a democratic US are growing. A second Trump term may spawn a leader in his vein to bring order to the chaos he creates.