Sunday, July 26, 2026

Can Congress Really Use Insider Information to Trade Stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HXpLyg-iVg Members of Congress use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed...

The move toward a four-day workweek obscures low pay

Of course Americans deserve to work fewer hours. But unless the move to a four-day workweek is accompanied by a massive pay raise, it merely frees up time to work more.

DOE approves LNG exports from Alaska project

The $38.7 billion infrastructure project, if it gets the necessary investments and all required permits, will be operational by 2030.

Trump administration fails to meet federal judge’s ‘firm deadlines’ for reunification of children and...

"The parent has a right to be reunified and it's the government's obligation to make it so."

145 journalists killed in Gaza since October: Reports accuse Israeli military of targeted attacks...

Journalists face unprecedented violence and suppression in Gaza, with ripple effects for press freedom worldwide.

Nikki Haley gives her resignation as UN ambassador

While it's unclear what prompted Haley's resignation, Trump said that he has known for six months, but hopes she will come back to the administration in another capacity.

Progressives decry Senate’s approval of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia as ‘absolute betrayal to the...

"Scalia will undoubtedly be yet another stooge for rich and powerful interests at the very agency designed to curb that influence."

How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power

The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.

California Gov. Newsom proposes windfall profits tax on Big Oil

Calls for windfall profits taxes have increased globally in recent weeks

Despite war crimes allegations, Trump approves $3 Billion in weapons for Israel

As evidence of torture, starvation, and war crimes mount, the Trump administration fast-tracks billions in weapons to Israel—bypassing Congress and deepening U.S. complicity.