Thursday, July 30, 2026
Workers in red shirts hold UAW picket signs reading "Record profits, record contracts" and "UAW on strike".

Major strikes drew 13% more workers in 2025 as sanitation, aerospace and health care...

Federal figures count only stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, which EPI says leaves out many people who walk off the job, while a broader university tracker recorded a slight decline in total work stoppage activity.
The blue and beige entrance of the Karnes County Civil Detention Center.

ICE slashed detention facility inspections by 36% even as detentions and in-custody deaths surged

No facility on the agency’s own website showed evidence of more than one inspection last year, though the standards call for two, and the number of people held in detention rose 78% over the same period.
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory

U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. “Complicity” as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant

We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from international law.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta

“Tipping Point”: Ex-CDC Official Links Cyclospora & Measles Outbreaks to Trump’s Public Health Cuts

The United States is facing a number of major disease outbreaks, from foodborne cyclosporiasis to vaccine-preventable measles.
Ferromanganese nodules on the deep sea floor

UN regulator delays deep-sea mining rules, but extends criticized exploration contract

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated regulator of seabed mining activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction, has extended a controversial deep-sea mining exploration contract and once again failed to finalize the rules needed to regulate commercial seabed mining. The ISA’s 36-member council, which met from July 13 to 24, decided to extend the exploration […]

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The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court curbs judicial review of TPS terminations, putting hundreds of thousands at risk...

In Mullin v. Doe, a 6-3 majority held that federal courts generally cannot second-guess Homeland Security's decisions to end Temporary Protected Status.
Racks of servers in a server room

Claude disobeyed Anthropic CEO in simulations

In testing, Claude went against boss’s orders and helped an employee blow the whistle about a safety concern
The Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson

Mississippi pension fund sues Apollo Global Management over downplayed Epstein ties

The fund manages retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi teachers, police officers and other public workers, and a shareholder case like it can force a company to hand over internal records.
Firefighters working a wildfire line

Trump administration’s mass layoffs at NIOSH gut program investigating firefighter deaths

A ProPublica investigation found the April cuts reached the unit that reviews line-of-duty fire deaths and a landmark firefighter cancer registry, though the administration later reinstated some staff.

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Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.
Workers in red shirts hold UAW picket signs reading "Record profits, record contracts" and "UAW on strike".
Federal figures count only stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, which EPI says leaves out many people who walk off the job, while a broader university tracker recorded a slight decline in total work stoppage activity.
Ferromanganese nodules on the deep sea floor
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated regulator of seabed mining activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction, has extended a controversial deep-sea mining exploration contract and once again failed to finalize the rules needed to regulate commercial seabed mining. The ISA’s 36-member council, which met from July 13 to 24, decided to extend the exploration […]