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commondreams. org > opinion > supreme-court-power-grab-2677143895

The Supreme Court's 2026 Term Was a Power Grab in Legal Garb

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (614+ words) The term may be remembered most as a time when the supermajority of very conservative, very pro-business justices bent the shape of American government to empower the president at the expense of Congress. How will we remember this Supreme Court…...

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commondreams. org > opinion > medicaid-work-requirement-disaster

Want to See Why the GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Disaster? Look to Arkansas

3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (769+ words) Opinion | Want to See Why the GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Disaster?...

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commondreams. org > news > uk-and-us-trade-deal

US-UK Medicine Deal Will Take 'Wrecking Ball' to NHS, Causing 229, 000 Excess Deaths: Study

2+ hour, 31+ min ago  (585+ words) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump speak during the G7 summit, in Evian, France on June 16, 2026. "We cannot afford to sit by while our NHS is picked apart by a foreign regime," said one member of Parliament....

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commondreams. org > opinion > trump-ocean-sale

Hey Trump, Our Ocean Isn't for Sale

3+ hour ago  (408+ words) A blue stripe grunt swims in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. We should be spending America's 250th anniversary lifting up our shared natural and cultural heritage. Instead, the Trump administration is spending this consequential year by selling out nature on land…...

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commondreams. org > opinion > hollow-song-for-hollow-president

A Hollow Song For a Hollow President

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (200+ words) Singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood (R) introduces US President Donald Trump during a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" promotes a version of patriotism that gets…...

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commondreams. org > news > ice-arrests-10000

Armed With New Slush Fund, 'Lawless and Rogue' ICE Arrests 10, 000+ in Just Five Days

4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (398+ words) Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive to confront protesters outside the Delaney Hall detention facility on June 11, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. Those arrested in the recent surge include a 56-year-old Catholic nun from Nigeria. The Trump administration claims to be…...

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commondreams. org > further > who-do-you-serve

Who Do You Serve

6+ hour, 50+ min ago  (548+ words) Declaring, "I believe in America, I believe in us," an active duty Air Force major was arrested Wednesday for a non-violent act of civil disobedience after he publicly called for Trump to be impeached, removed and convicted for his scores…...

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commondreams. org > news > pfas-pesticides-approval-epa

'This Is the PFAS Presidency': Trump EPA Approves Another Forever Chemical Pesticide

14+ hour, 35+ min ago  (505+ words) US President Donald Trump talks to reporters after signing an executive order with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin in the Oval Office at the White House on June 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Environmental and public health advocates on Wednesday ripped the…...

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commondreams. org > news > big-oil-subsidies

$1. 1 Trillion Big Oil Subsidies Spark Fresh Calls for Windfall Tax on Profits From Trump's Iran War

15+ hour, 28+ min ago  (447+ words) Activists with groups including 350. org and Fuel Poverty Action protested outside of the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in London on July 1, 2026. "The $1. 1 trillion that governments are pouring into fossil fuel subsidies this year is not a…...

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commondreams. org > news > castro-ice-deportations-venezuela-earthquake

Rep. Joaquin Castro Says ICE Tried to Deport Families to Venezuela After Massive Quakes

16+ hour, 6+ min ago  (639+ words) US Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) speaks to reporters in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 9, 2026. "I am calling on the Trump administration to halt all deportations to Venezuela and to shut down the Dilley trailer prison," the Texas…...