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Trump Pushes Talks With Iran, But Israel’s Genocide Continues in Gaza

11 hours ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González

Amid President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, we continue our interview with DAWN’s Sarah Leah Whitson and HuffPost’s Akbar Shahid Ahmed about Trump’s acceptance of a luxury plane gifted to him by the Qatari government, nuclear negotiations with Iran and Saudi Arabia, a less cooperative relationship with Israel and more. TRANSCRIPTThis is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Akbar, I wanted to follow that up on Iran.
Pittsburgh Can’t Vote on Whether to Divest From Genocide in May Election

2 days ago | truthout.org | Nicole Froio |Samantha Borek

This story was originally published at Prism. Pittsburgh residents will not get to vote on whether to divest from genocide in the May 20 primary election after legal challenges ultimately killed a local ballot effort. The grassroots campaign Not On Our Dime withdrew its petition for the ballot question a second time last month despite spending months campaigning and collecting over 21,300 signatures to add the referendum to May’s ballot.
Trump White House Terminates Climate Tracker Examining Billion-Dollar Disasters

5 days ago | truthout.org | Chris Walker

The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database has been around since 1980. By Chris Walker , Truthout Published May 9, 2025 In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.
3 Memphis Cops Acquitted on State Charges of Murdering Tyre Nichols

5 days ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman

The brutal beating of the 29-year-old during a traffic stop was caught on video, provoking widespread outrage. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! Published May 9, 2025 We go to Memphis for an update after jurors acquitted three former Memphis police officers of the murder of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father who died after the officers brutally beat him during a traffic stop in January 2023.
Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian of Congress, Sparking Widespread Outrage

5 days ago | truthout.org | Jake Johnson

Carla Hayden is the first woman and first African American to lead the largest national library in the world.
Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US

5 days ago | truthout.org | Marianne Dhenin |Samantha Borek

The U.S. approach to addressing homelessness in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling will maim and kill people, housing rights advocates and experts tell Truthout. It will disproportionately harm disabled Americans, who comprise more than a quarter of the nation’s population and about half of its unhoused population. The court’s decision in Grants Pass v.
Climate Crisis Wildfires Caused 15,000 Smoke Inhalation Deaths in 15-Year Span

5 days ago | truthout.org | Chris Walker

Wildfire smoke worsened by the climate crisis caused 15,000 deaths from 2006 to 2020. By Chris Walker , Truthout Published May 9, 2025 Vegetation smolders as television crews report nearby a destroyed business from a wildfire on April 24, 2025, in Forked River, New Jersey.
Trump Dismisses Possibility of Rising Consumer Costs, Wrongly Claiming Consumers Don’t Pay for Tariffs

6 days ago | truthout.org | Chris Walker

Trump claimed that companies were only saying costs will go up in order to “negotiate deals” with him.
CBO Report Finds Millions of Enrollees Would Be Dropped From Medicaid Under Proposed GOP Cuts

6 days ago | truthout.org | Chris Walker

Polling consistently shows that most Americans want Medicaid funding to be increased or remain the same. By Chris Walker , Truthout Published May 8, 2025 Speaker of the House Rep.
Uber Threatens to Exit Colorado Over New Rideshare Safety Bill

6 days ago | truthout.org | Zane McNeill

One sponsor of the bill called Uber’s threat a “cynical and disheartening move by a multi-billion dollar company.” By Zane McNeill , Truthout Published May 8, 2025 An Uber driver and car with passengers is pictured in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2018.Robert Alexander / Getty Images Uber has threatened to cease operations in Colorado if a newly passed rideshare safety bill becomes law.