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Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention

AfD’s new state MPs include ex-Stasi officer

Apple unveils $1,999 iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone

Iran-backed Houthis take control of Red Sea coastline

Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with UAE

How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights at Home

New documentary exposes Israeli military’s AI-driven killing system in Gaza

At least 25 dead in cargo ship fire at China’s Qingdao port

Federal Court Compares ICE Detention to Horrors of Japanese Internment

Trump promise of $5,000 for US citizens after midterms

Inside Israel’s prisons, where Ben-Gvir’s cruelty is policy

Iran claims to have attacked 10 ships near strait of Hormuz after US strikes

ICE Sends Legal Immigrant to Guantánamo Bay

After 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ Was a War of Terror

Russia shutters German consulate as diplomatic freeze deepens

Young Voters Disrupt Meeting to Urge USPS Board of Governors

“Toxic Nightmare”: 25 Years After 9/11

Merz accuses AfD of ‘ethnic cleansing’ policy and cancels call with Trump

Elon Musk told ex-girlfriend he needed ‘a legion of children before the civil war’

UAE Explicitly Warned Netanyahu of October 7 Attack

First Black Smithsonian Head Retires Amid Fight With Trump

Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’

What happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work?

Gloria Steinem’s Life Between Art and Activism

Far-right AfD win in Germany is ‘grave moment’ for Europe, politicians warn

Far-Right Alternative for Germany Thanks Elon Musk After Regional Election Win

Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’

Survey Shows Teachers Working Second Jobs, Spending Hundreds on Supplies

ICE bans hugging inside California’s largest detention center

Stanford Student Newspaper Wins Lawsuit over Pro-Palestine Speech

Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92

Martin McDonagh says CIA has ‘done awful things all around the world’

The Legal Wreckage of the Supreme Court’s Ballroom Follies

Gloria Steinem was a strong advocate for women’s rights throughout her life.

Ed Markey Beats Seth Moulton in Landslide

Uber lays off 3,300 employees in largest cuts since the pandemic

Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victims file 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI

Israeli forces mount pogroms on West Bank mosques

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/31/nepal_floods_aftermath

“Catastrophe of Unimaginable Proportions”: Nepal Flood Death Toll Tops 900

MAGA suffers 'embarrassing defeat' after 'surprising' victory for journalist

‘This Is Ethnic Cleansing’: Retired Israeli Generals Decry Settler Terrorism

Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed

The datacenter backlash is a reckoning for big tech billionaires

Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK

UK has billions in contracts with firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements

Dolly Parton’s Fight for Working Women

Sweetener used in chewing gum and jam linked to strokes and heart attacks

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80

12,000 Starbucks Workers Call for Boycott of Law-Breaking Coffee Chain

Dolly Parton, Country Singer Who Crossed All Party Lines, Dies at 80

What Jon Ossoff Gets That Far Too Many Democrats Don’t

‘Vance Is a Dirtbag’: Troy Jackson Responds to VP Downplaying ICE Killing in Maine

‘Pathetic Stuff’: Jeffries Rebuked Over Secret Meeting With Kushner

Canada hits back with tariffs with some US leaders in agreement

Lando Norris Wins F1 Dutch GP

EU backs top international court against Rubio

U.S. Airman Arrested Over Call to Impeach Trump Is Detained Again

ICC rejects new US sanctions, calls them ‘flagrant attack’ on judicial independence

US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor

Angie Nixon Delivers Shocking Upset Win in Florida

Paul Revere Williams fought racism and changed the face of Los Angeles

Senior Russian banker fired after scathing speech on wartime economy

Families of US sailors denounce Trump and Hegseth for ‘dismissing their experiences and calling them liars’

ICE Refused to Give Detainees Medical Treatment After Gas Leak

Thousands of Bonnie Tyler fans gather to pay respects as coffin brought home

Seattle Celebrates Universal School Meals for All Students

Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims

Lebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, 1st in Middle East to do so

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court

Colombia quake: Frantic search for survivors as over 2,700 reported missing

July was hottest month ever recorded in US as heatwaves scorched country

‘Explosive’ wildfire forces 20,000 people to flee as British Columbia

Now AI can create new viruses

Kamala Harris Endorses Abdul El-Sayed for Senate

Appeals court blocks Trump’s White House ballroom construction

Thailand school shooting: eight killed including suspected attacker

David Hogg: The Dem Establishment Kicked Me Out. Now They're Losing

The real meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan

2026 is turning into a bloodbath for establishment Democrats

Haaretz Tells the Truth Israel Doesn’t Want the World to Hear

‘They Are Murder Victims,’ Sen. Tim Kaine Says of People Killed by Trump Boat Strikes

Indian vessel sinks after Red Sea attack off Yemen, all 14 crew rescued

Ellison Takeover of CBS ‘Unquestionably Aided’ White House Epstein Cover-Up

What’s behind US Representative Massie’s claims over crisis at Ceuta?

Democrats Line Up Behind Abdul El-Sayed as He Clinches US Senate Nomination in Michigan

New Mexico sues US Justice Department for impeding Epstein probe

El-Sayed's victory sends tremors through Democratic Party

El-Sayed Wins in Michigan

AIPAC spends $30m but fails to stop El-Sayed in Michigan

Nigeria cannot build safe schools in unsafe communities

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary in Major Defeat for AIPAC, Establishment Democrats

Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’

Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped

Senate Democrat’s report says major banks ‘looked the other way’ on Epstein

The Rotten Stench of Elon Musk’s Political Money

Troy Jackson Slams Elon Musk

Pressure on Gianni Infantino increases as Uefa members prepare to oppose re-election

Gaza students overcome Israel’s genocide to mark Tawjihi results

Shooting at In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Idaho leaves multiple people dead

Greece battles raging wildfires as flames appear to ease in France

Israeli airstrike destroys medical warehouses near hospital in central Gaza

‘An Illegal Gambling Operation’: Online Prediction Market Kalshi Sued by New York

At least 18 die as 49,000 people cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco

Nearly 6 in 10 Pennsylvanians Say They’d Vote for ‘Someone Else’ Over Fetterman in 2028

Green Groups Rally Behind Tennessee’s Justin Pearson for Congress

Francesca Hong has defined Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor

F1 season to end in Europe if Qatar, Abu Dhabi races cannot proceed

Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed

Epstein Survivors Launch Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop Todd Blanche

FIFA takes corruption to a new level

US joins forces with Saudis to strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq

Berlin’s Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration

Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America

Top DHS Official Quits in Protest Over Trump’s “War on Immigrants”

Georgia teen who killed four in school shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole

Five decades of Israeli covert strategy to push US, Iran into confrontation

Several dead in Japan after magnitude 7.1 earthquake causes blast

Mumia Abu-Jamal seeks UN intervention after 44 years behind bars

Betye Saar, pioneering figure of Black arts movement, dies at 99

The Loss of Richard Heinberg

Lando Norris wins Hungarian Grand Prix for first F1 triumph in 2026

Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

New Jersey governor signs law banning surveillance pricing to protect shoppers

Van slams into crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing 1 and injuring 16

Oklahoma influencer killed in apparent murder-suicide by husband, police say

Faith Leaders Demand Release of Pastors, End to ICE ‘Terror’

‘’New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani brings relief

Volker Turk won new UN rights chief term despite US, Israel opposition

Sen. Tina Smith Endorses El-Sayed

Judge rules FDA restrictions on mifepristone are arbitrary and capricious

Wildfires force evacuation of tens of thousands in France and Spain

Israel Firebombed a Family Home Where Children Were Sleeping in Latest Killing Spree

We need an age limit for those in public office

MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges

Mayor shot dead in Mexico months after surviving assassination attempt

Iraq will not allow its territory to be used to threaten Iran

Shah defeats House Democrats’ pick for battleground Arizona seat

More than 100 UK millionaires ask new PM Andy Burnham to tax them more

US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

Man killed in ICE ‘encounter’ was on vacation in US with tourist visa

Model scout for Jeffrey Epstein found dead at his home near Paris

SCOTUS as Tyrant: Handmaiden to Corporate America

Hannah Rapp’s violent death sparks outpouring of grief

Netanyahu ‘Should Be Arrested and Tried,’ Says Mamdani

Iranians struggle to get by amid US war and domestic woes

Nearly two million people join Spain’s World Cup celebrations in Madrid

Experts warn of rise in sadistic online exploitation of vulnerable children

Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels

Iran’s president says country is in ‘full-scale war’ after expansion of US attacks

Houthis Announce Maritime Embargo of Saudi Arabia

The Bipartisan US Consensus on Support for Israel Is Over

Venezuela quake death toll tops 5,000 as IMF releases emergency aid

The UK just nationalisized China's British Steel

Gay German conservative quits after surrogacy sparks backlash within party

Israel continues killing Gaza children as ‘matter of routine’: Haaretz

ICE Contractor Arrested After Shooting Protester Who Was Walking Away

Have You Even Heard of RASCOM? A Command for America’s Robot Army

One week, two killings: Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly – again

US Attack on Water Desalination Plant Cuts Off Supply for Thousands in Southern Iran

Democratic congresswoman calls out Pete Hegseth’s ‘intense, homoerotic feelings towards men’

Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network

Lionel Messi’s Ties to Netanyahu, The Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200

Iraq signs 48 deals with US companies during PM’s visit to Washington

Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines

More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east

Trump spews unhinged election conspiracy theories in speech TV networks refused to air

Kentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls “Suggesting” Mitch McConnell Died

UNESCO adds 12 Palestinian sites to World Heritage Tentative List

Amid Fears of Killer Robots, Humanoid MMA Fight in China Ends With Decapitation

Senate Democrat calls for Trump impeachment after election claims

US hits civilian infrastructure as it expands strikes against Iran

Dangerous wildfire smoke continues to blanket parts of the U.S.

‘World’s Most Famous Sore Loser’: Ossoff Delivers Preemptive Smackdown of Trump’s Election Speech

US Vice President Vance says Epstein had links to ‘top levels’ of Mossad

Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom

Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump’s Move to Gut Endangered Species Act

‘Seismic Shift’ as Over 100 House Democrats Vote to Cut Off US Military Aid to Israel

Trump Officials Sued Over ICC Sanctions Designed to ‘Muzzle Palestine Advocacy’

Hal Williams, actor best known for Sanford and Son and 227, dies aged 91

Vance says Israeli campaign tried to sway US opinion against Iran diplomacy

Utah bans Stephen King novella collection from public schools

Spain offers residency to a million migrants

Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin, Pro-Israel Groups for Conspiracy to Suppress Speech

Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention

Senators Block $1.15 Trillion Pentagon Bill Over Trump’s Illegal Iran War, Israel Integration

Ilhan Omar introduces resolution urging US to join international criminal court

Israeli attack on north Gaza police station kills eight

World Cup Fans Are Cheering for a Free Palestine

E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m owed by Trump after court releases damages

Police in South Africa open probe into post-World Cup death of Jayden Adams

States sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros blockbuster merger

Federal Judge Nullifies Trump’s Entire January 6 Slush Fund

How Sheikh Hamad revolutionised Arab media through Al Jazeera

“Iran Is Not Going to Capitulate”: Jeremy Scahill on Renewed War

Iraq sentences 12 tax employees in ‘heist of the century’ corruption case

Wildfire rages near Paris as heatwave scorches Europe

Killings continue on Del Monte farm in Kenya

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

Europe Recorded 10,000 Excess Deaths During Late-June Heatwave

McConnell says he is unable to return to US Senate yet

Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in latest attacks on Gaza

Lindsey Graham, key ally of Donald Trump, dies after sudden illness aged 71

US Democrat Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

California Public Records Expose Israel Lobby Censorship

Epstein Survivors Say His Assistant Lied to Congress

Amnesty Calls for War Crimes Probe After Israel ‘Obliterated Entire Families’ in Lebanon

New York sues 3M, DuPont and others over 'forever chemicals' in consumer goods

US judge orders release of $5.8m Trump owes E Jean Carroll after court loss

Palestinian child among four killed after Israeli strike on Gaza vehicle

Race discrimination case over child’s swim puts ‘Dutch paradox’ in focus

How Private Equity Is Destroying Hospitals

Photo of bound Palestinian detainee corroborates Israeli torture reports

Millions Attend Ali Khamenei’s Funeral Amid Widespread Sense of Victory in War

Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution

Microsoft Announces Mass Layoff of 4,800 Workers

Air pollution linked to DNA changes in sperm, research shows

Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her

Hamas announces dissolution of Gaza governing body

Buckingham Palace says Harry can no longer stay

8 people shot, including 4 children, in New York’s Coney Island

The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago

Calls for killing of Trump at funeral of Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Gaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tents

How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

Washington DC’s Fourth of July parade canceled due to soaring temperature

Crowds gather as six-day funeral for former Iranian supreme leader begins

Pope Leo, Mamdani send pro-immigrant message for US’s 250th anniversary

Billions flow between EU institutions and Israel, despite Gaza genocide

Louisiana: Republican attorney general indicted on criminal charges

Spain immigration scheme sees 1.2 million apply for legal status

Haiti gangs carry out mass killings across the country

EU hides secret Gaza files as UN says Israel is committing genocide

At least 21 dead as Russia launches massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv

Gaza war’s 1,000 days: 90% of strip ‘destroyed’, 80% ‘seized’ by Israel

At least six killed in explosion inside central Damascus cafe

‘Time for condemning is over’: Palestine’s UN envoy demands end to Israeli annexation of Palestinian land

Sotomayor Warns Supreme Court Gave Trump the Powers of a King

Raids reveal scale of abuse of women in Asia’s cyberscam centres

Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants

There’s No Doubt: The Supreme Court Is Part of Trump’s Anti-Democracy Movement

Hezbollah chief rejects Lebanon-Israel deal, demands Israeli withdrawal

Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown

“Utter Devastation”: Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes

New York City freezes rents for one million regulated apartments

Gavin Newsom urges a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California

Mamdani-Backed Progressives Trounce Establishment Dems, AIPAC Cash

‘Nightmare’ shooting in Montreal leaves three dead including police officer and bystander

Global tech sell-off intensifies, led by AI and chip stocks

France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza

Fatalities From Israel’s Vast Gaza Genocide Deliberately Undercounted

Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday

Iran says it is closing strait of Hormuz over Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Israeli strikes kill 32 in Lebanon, putting US-Iran talks in peril

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Allocate 50% Public Stake in AI Giants

Gov Newsom Vetoes Wealth Tax on California Billionaires

‘It’s a scam’: Elon Musk power grab on US retirement savings

UAE becomes 1st Arab country to restrict social media use for children under 15

The billionaire hidden behind the curtain inside Trump’s Pentagon

US envoy says ‘without Israel, there would be no America’

“Journacide: The War on Truth.” New Film Investigates Israel’s Killing of Reporters

Israel Hits Lebanon With Drone Strikes Hours After Trump and Iran Sign Interim Peace Deal

The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’

Israel Hits Lebanon With Drone Strikes Hours After Trump and Iran Sign Interim Peace Deal

Greece’s ‘war on Roma’ is Europe’s new blueprint for discrimination

Moscow oil refinery struck in Ukraine’s biggest air raid on city since start of war

US progressive Lewis George on track to become DC mayor after Trump threats

Elon Musk’s Race War Just Took Darker Turn—Time for a Global Response

Elon Musk’s Race War Just Took Darker Turn—Time for a Global Response

Gaza children running out of time to treat blast-induced hearing loss

Clinton says Netanyahu is ‘obsessed’ with Iran, Saudi normalisation

18 year old law student vows to fight ‘extremely predatory’ social media

How a 25-Cent Cancer Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business

We Should Never Forget That Diversity Is What Makes America Great

Major Antiracist Rally Held in Ireland to Condemn Anti-Immigrant Riots

Health professionals demand boycott of Israeli Medical Association over Gaza genocide

Trump, Musk, and the Age of the Super Asshole

Palestinian detainee dies after 25 years in Israeli prisons

Dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals found in US breast milk samples

RIP Trump Kennedy Center: 2025–2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Wants Us to Think He’s Building a God

The attacks on Graham Platner didn’t just fail – they may have backfired

Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings

Judge Orders Trump Admin to Swear $1.8 Billion Slush Fund ‘Is Not Happening’

British man jailed for goading American to kill himself on video call

Why the World Must Not Look Away From Gaza

Welcome to ‘the Claw’: the White House fighting cage captures Trump era rot

Workers Are Fighting Back Against Silicon Valley’s Race to the Lowest Wage

The FBI Just Raided a Pro-Democracy Group in an Act of “Intimidation”

Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins’ Reelection Bid

Texas shooting leaves one person dead and nine others in hospital

NYC’s The New School Guts Faculty & Staff as Colleges Intensify Austerity

David Hockney, the British artist who went in search of Californian colour, dies at 88

SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire

Leaders condemns ‘racist thuggery’ as violence returns to Northern Ireland

Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time

Graham Platner Is Testing a New Strategy to Defeat Susan Collins