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- Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona
A protest camp in the small border town of Lochiel, Arizona, is seeking to stop federal contractors from building another portion of President Trump’s border barrier with Mexico. At the center of the protest camp is a 200-year-old cottonwood known as a “grandmother” tree, with activists sitting in the tree to physically stop its destruction. “People are successfully forcing the government to stop, to slow down, or at least change course on border wall construction,” says journalist John Washington, a staff writer for the queer news outlet Lookout and author of multiple books about immigration. “They’ve been very clear that this is both an environmental and a political fight.”
- Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project. Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback. The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security waived requirements that federal contractors comply with a broad slate of environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, to proceed with construction in the national park. “I think the administration made such a massive miscalculation when they sicced their bulldozers […]
- "Profoundly Corrupt": Trump Sued for Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts for $100K/Month
We speak with Brendan Ballou, CEO of the Public Integrity Project, which is part of a lawsuit against President Donald Trump over his plan to monetize access to his social media platform Truth Social, where he routinely makes market-moving announcements. Truth API went live on August 1 and already has subscribers. Truth Social is charging up to $100,000 per month for early access to the president’s posts, giving investors an edge on major news events. “It’s profoundly corrupt,” says Ballou. “The government can’t discriminate who it gives information to based on who they are, what they believe, what they’re willing to pay the president.”
- Trump's "Authoritarian Takeover" of the Media, ABC Suing FCC & the Meta Trial: Free Press's Jessica González
We look at major media news with Jessica González, co-CEO of the advocacy organization Free Press. She discusses the landmark lawsuit against Meta for making its social media platforms addictive for young people, efforts to halt the Paramount-Warner Bros. megamerger, and Disney’s lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission over what it calls the Trump administration’s “retaliatory campaign” against the ABC television network. González says President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian takeover attempt of our media system” must be opposed.
- Headlines for August 19, 2026
Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Seven Palestinians in Gaza, Palestinian American Travels to Occupied West Bank to Defend Home Against Settlers, Iran Claims U.S. Begging to Talk, as Trump Posts Map of Strait of Hormuz Labeled “New U.S. Territory”, Syrians Protest Death of Man in Police Custody, Trump Admin Imposes Sanctions on ICC President and Senior Prosecutor, Federal Judge Revokes TPS for 5,000 Ethiopian Immigrants, CBS News: Trump Deporting Mexican Immigrants to Other Central American Countries, DOJ Pushes Federal Appeals Court to Reinstate Criminal Charges Against Kilmar Ábrego García, Immigrant Hospitalized After He Was Brutally Beaten and Arrested by ICE, South Korean President Pushes for Military Control Independent from the […]
The Guardian
- Trump talks about grass as he shows off White House renovations – video
The US president waxed lyrical about grass being added around the new White House helipad in front of the media. 'You know, grass has a life like humans have a life,' Trump said Continue reading...
- Republicans reportedly fear datacenter backlash could cost them Ohio Senate seat – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Sign up for the US Breaking News emailThose unfamiliar with Alaska politics are likely raising an eyebrow at some repeated names.No, we’re not talking about Dan S Sullivan and Dan J Sullivan, two Republicans with the same name running for US Senate – an issue that went to the state supreme court earlier this summer. We’re talking about the Begiches. Nick Begich III, a Republican, is currently leading the race to represent Alaska in the US House of Representatives for a second term while Tom Begich, a Democrat, is advancing to the general election for governor in November. Continue reading...
- Trump shows off White House renovations and ornate new helipad
Former real estate developer leads press corps on tour of grounds and says ‘one thing I know how to do is build’As the US national debt climbed past $40tn for the first time on Wednesday, and the war with Iran he started nearly six months ago dragged on, forcing Americans already struggling to pay the bills to spend more on fuel, Donald Trump led the press corps on a tour of the extensive remodeling of the White House grounds he is personally overseeing in his role as the self-styled “builder-in-chief”.The tour, during which Trump showed off upgrades such as a new granite driveway and refurbished columns, and expounded at length on newly laid grass, culminated in Trump autographing the back of a stone, inscribed with his name, to […]
- Mike Lindell offers to fund recount in Minnesota Republican primary for governor
MyPillow founder and Trump ally lost primary to Lisa Demuth by 11 points, but still refuses to concede defeatUS politics live – latest updatesThe pillow salesman, Trump supporter and election denier Mike Lindell has offered to personally fund a recount and audit of every paper ballot cast in Minnesota’s Republican gubernatorial primary, which he lost last week.Lindell’s announcement on Wednesday escalates his bid to challenge the results of last week’s vote, after finishing a distant second to the Minnesota house speaker, Lisa Demuth. Continue reading...
- Another democratic socialist victory – Angie Nixon in Florida – sends shock waves through party establishment
‘They call us extreme, they call us radical,’ the progressive Senate candidate said. ‘But I think people see through that’US politics live – latest updatesIt wasn’t supposed to be this way.In conservative Florida, Alex Vindman – a retired army intelligence officer who blew this whistle on Donald Trump in his first term – appeared set to carry the Democratic establishment banner as the party staged a long-shot bid to topple a Republican US senator. Continue reading...
The Conversation
- Nearly 1 in 4 students are chronically absent from school – kids who feel happy and safe are less likely to miss class
Research on absenteeism often focuses on factors like unreliable transportation, overlooking what schools themselves can do to help kids maintain a steady attendance record.
- Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress
State laws vary, so where you live may determine whether you’ll get to keep your home.
- The CDC has a new director – now comes the hard part
Amid multiple disease outbreaks and intense political pressures, Director Erica Schwartz will need to defend scientific independence.
- Traumatic memories are often fragmented – a psychologist explains how and why that happens
When a person’s story about a traumatic event seems fuzzy, they may be experiencing the nuances of how their brain processes trauma.
- After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship
Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.
Inter Press Service
- How Mexico’s Search Collectives Claimed a Place at the World Cup
Weeks have gone by since the World Cup ended. Its aftermath has sparked a broader conversation about who football’s biggest tournament belongs to and how it should look in 2030. One postscript to that conversation comes from Mexico. In a country with more than 100,000 people registered as disappeared, families searching for their loved ones
- UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking
When smoking was common in the corridors of the UN, in the delegate’s lounge and in committee rooms during the 1970s and 90s, the office of the Secretary-General sent a memo that read: “Smoking was Discouraged” in the UN building—sounding far short of a ban. The Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov (1994-2004), currently the country’s Foreign
- GAZA: ‘There Are No Standards to Tell You What to Do in Conditions like Gaza’
CIVICUS discusses the state of civic and humanitarian action in Gaza with Ibrahim Arandas, a Palestinian activist and project manager at SPARK Gaza, a civil society organisation that provides humanitarian and psychosocial support. Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, which began in October 2023, forced most people from their homes and left almost everyone reliant on
Sludge
- AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle
The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the most it has ever spent on a single race.
Grist
- Trump administration advances plan to open national forests to development
The proposal would repeal the Roadless Rule, opening up nearly 45 million acres of national land to roadbuilding and logging, despite widespread opposition from scientists and the public.
- All aboard Amtrak’s sleeker, cleaner new trains
The $8-billion Airo fleet promises cleaner, more reliable service as passenger rail enjoys record ridership — and faces an uncertain future in Washington.
- US Army Corps approves a pipeline project it knows harms Indigenous lands
The proposal to replace an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribal nations say the federal review violates treaty rights.
Labor Notes
- Cómo forzamos que UPS creará empleos a tiempo completo en nuestra sección sindical
A menudo, lograr una mejora en el contrato es solo la mitad de la batalla; la otra mitad consiste en hacer que se cumpla. Fue una gran victoria en 2023 cuando nuestra campaña nacional por mejoras al contrato logró que la empresa de paquetería UPS eliminara su sistema de dos niveles salariales para los conductores. En el momento en que los conductores del nivel inferior ascendieron a la categoría regular, nuestro centro en Charleston, Carolina del Sur, contaba con 91 conductores de reparto a tiempo completo.
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