The departure of ExxonMobil executive counsel Robert Levy to join the Trump administration’s newly rebranded Energy and Natural Resources Division marks a pivotal shift in federal oversight. Watchdogs warn the appointment signals that fossil fuel interests have effectively secured control over the government’s legal and environmental enforcement machinery.
At least 330 children have been killed or maimed in Sudan during the first six months of 2026, fueling urgent international demands for an immediate ceasefire. Drone strikes have emerged as a primary driver of the violence, particularly within the besieged states of Darfur and North Kordofan.
Nearly half of Sudan’s population now faces acute food insecurity as the civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces grinds into its second year. United Nations officials warned the Security Council on Monday that the conflict has pushed the nation into a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale.
Facing fresh allegations of sexual assault, Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is weighing his future in the race. While the Democrat has categorically denied the claims, the party’s state leadership and several key congressional allies have already moved to distance themselves from his candidacy following the report.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to rescind three Biden-era rules designed to shield ranchers and farmers from corporate retaliation. Critics are calling the move a direct assault on competition, arguing that the rollback will further empower a small group of dominant meatpacking giants at the expense of independent producers.
The Department of Justice quietly shuttered an antitrust probe into the meatpacking industry shortly before President Donald Trump publicly demanded a new investigation into potential price-fixing. Critics argue the move is a performative distraction, noting the president recently rescinded executive orders meant to curb corporate abuses in the sector.
As beef prices hit record highs at grocery stores, American ranchers are seeing their profit margins collapse. A new report from More Perfect Union suggests the primary culprit is a hyper-concentrated meatpacking industry, where four major corporations now control 80% of the market, effectively dictating prices to producers.
Facing imminent threat to his life inside an Israeli interrogation facility, Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has become the focus of an urgent UN intervention. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has formally condemned his ongoing imprisonment, citing systemic abuse and a complete lack of legal charges.
President Donald Trump long promised that his signature corporate tax cuts would translate into job security and wage growth for the American workforce. Instead, Microsoft—a primary beneficiary of those policies—has announced the termination of 4,800 employees, even as it continues to funnel billions toward shareholder payouts.
President Donald Trump has formally pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the Binance founder who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges last year, igniting accusations of a pay-to-play scheme. The move follows months of efforts by Zhao to bolster World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture tied to the Trump family's personal wealth.
President Donald Trump openly boasted at the White House on Monday about scaling back federal investigations into the cryptocurrency industry, framing the previous administration’s efforts to prosecute fraud and money laundering as a "weaponization of government" that unfairly targeted digital asset firms.
The European Parliament has narrowly voted to debate the use of commercial spyware after researchers confirmed the phone of former MEP Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly compromised by NSO Group’s Pegasus software while he served on a committee tasked with investigating the very technology used to spy on him.
As Venezuela grapples with a catastrophic earthquake that has killed at least 3,300 people and left tens of thousands homeless, the United States has pledged only $300 million in humanitarian aid—a sum that stands in sharp contrast to the $8 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue seized by the Trump administration.
A draft Treasury Department report sharply contradicts the Trump administration’s optimistic narrative on artificial intelligence, warning that massive, speculative investments in the sector could trigger a systemic economic crisis. Analysts now suggest the industry’s deep integration into the U.S. economy makes it a significant liability should productivity targets fail.
A coalition of international physicians and medical researchers is calling for an immediate moratorium on the development of advanced artificial intelligence. In a new analysis, the group warns that current unregulated expansion threatens not only individual patient safety but the broader foundations of democracy and global public health.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled a pivot toward machine-led combat on Wednesday, announcing a new sub-unified command for autonomous systems within the 2027 budget. The move arrives as humanitarian groups warn that the pursuit of maximum lethality threatens to erode critical protections for civilians in conflict zones.
A single Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp on October 31 killed at least 126 people, including 69 children, according to a new investigation by the U.K.-based monitor Airwars. The report documents the highest number of named civilian victims in a single event the group has ever tracked.
António Guterres issued a stark ultimatum at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva: the international community must establish binding rules for lethal autonomous weapons before humanity loses the ability to restrain them. He labeled the prospect of machines selecting and killing targets without human intervention morally repugnant.
With state lawmaker Mallory McMorrow exiting the US Senate race, Michigan Democrats face a stark choice ahead of the August 4 primary: the establishment-backed candidacy of Rep. Haley Stevens or the progressive, Medicare for All-focused platform of former Detroit health official Abdul El-Sayed.
A water refilling station in Gaza City, a critical lifeline for thousands of displaced families, was destroyed by an Israeli strike on Monday. The attack killed at least two people and forced the humanitarian group Sake for Gaza to suspend its operations, further crippling access to clean water in the besieged territory.
A pivotal procedural vote cast by Senator Susan Collins last year is now threatening Maine’s ability to fund federal nutrition assistance. Starting in 2027, a new GOP-backed law will shift a significant portion of SNAP costs to state governments, potentially leaving Maine taxpayers with a $50 million annual bill.
FIFA finds itself at the center of a mounting integrity crisis after overturning a one-game ban for U.S. striker Folarin Balogun. The reversal, which followed a reported direct appeal from Donald Trump to Gianni Infantino, has triggered accusations of political interference and blatant favoritism within the World Cup host nation.
A 6-3 Supreme Court decision on Wednesday forced Louisiana to redraw its 2024 congressional map, effectively dismantling the last functional protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais classifies the state’s attempt to establish a second majority-Black district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
Donald Trump declared Sunday that a new congressional resolution aimed at restoring voting rights and reforming the Supreme Court would prove fatal to the Republican Party. The former president’s public outburst followed the introduction of the proposal by leaders of four major Democratic caucuses in the House of Representatives.
A relentless heatwave has triggered a wave of wildfires across Greece, Spain, Portugal, and France, forcing mass evacuations and raising alarms that the continent faces a catastrophic summer. Emergency crews are battling blazes that have already scorched over 42,000 acres, signaling a fire season that began at least one month early.
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling on Thursday in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic stripped Medicaid beneficiaries of their right to sue states that attempt to defund specific reproductive healthcare providers. The decision effectively empowers states to restrict access to clinics like Planned Parenthood by removing them from public insurance networks.
Reproductive health clinics across the United States officially regained access to Medicaid funding this Saturday after a one-year federal ban expired. The lapse in the restriction, initially signed into law on July 4, 2025, follows a congressional failure to renew the measure before the start of the summer recess.
The Trump administration is blocking approximately 250 onshore wind energy projects across more than 30 states by leveraging the Department of Defense to stall Federal Aviation Administration approvals. The move creates a functional ban on new wind development that could have otherwise powered 15 million American homes.
With the US military widely considered the world’s largest institutional polluter, filmmaker Abby Martin and co-director Mike Prysner spent five years tracing the environmental devastation caused by American defense operations, from toxic waste at Camp Lejeune to the carbon-heavy infrastructure of a global military empire.
Dangerous heat indexes reaching 115°F forced Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia to cancel their Independence Day parades this week. Scientists attribute the extreme weather to a climate emergency that has rendered such record-shattering temperatures virtually impossible to achieve without the persistent global impact of fossil fuel pollution.
