Friday, October 23, 2026
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, which serves Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Sabrina Dalton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water

A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
A satellite view of Tehran, Iran. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran

The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.
A polling place on election day. Photo: Tony Webster

NAACP sues Trump administration over armed agents at the polls

The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.
A military pharmacy. Photo: U.S. Air Force / Airman Trevor Calvert

Secret Pfizer and Lilly contracts favor drugmakers over patients, records show

The deals let companies raise prices overseas while carving blockbuster obesity drugs out of required discounts.
A Gulfstream G650 private jet. Photo: Aeroprints.com / CC BY-SA 3.0

Private jets use 7 percent of airspace but pay under 0.6 percent of aviation...

The Institute for Policy Studies also counts more than $1.13 billion in airport grants that may mainly benefit private jets, as a provision in the ALERT Act draws opposition over state tax enforcement.
The Las Vegas Strip, where Culinary Union members work in hotels and casinos. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0

Hundreds of Las Vegas Culinary Union members are protesting their own union over health...

Dissidents say the new clinic-based plan limits their choice of doctors, while leaders describe a small group spreading misinformation about a plan with no premiums, copays or deductibles.
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Labor department sues Oklahoma nonprofit coffee chain over wages and tips

The lawsuit covers more than 320 employees, some with disabilities, going back to 2023
The SEC's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

SEC votes to propose scrapping rule that lets shareholders force a vote

Investor advocates call the move a threat to eight decades of shareholder oversight
Flooded street in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Wonderlane from Seattle, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but...

Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.
Shelves of medication in a hospital pharmacy. Photo: User:Mattes, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Drugs and Devices Have Been on the Market for Years. But FDA-Ordered Studies...

To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such “postmarket” studies are behind schedule or overdue, records show.