Thursday, May 28, 2026

Stand Up America urges lawmakers to pass measure to extend vote-by-mail during coronavirus pandemic

“Lawmakers must act immediately to provide emergency funding to the states to ensure that every eligible voter can cast their ballot this fall.”

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran while reimposing sanctions amid nuclear tensions

U.S.-Iran tensions escalate as Trump balances threats, sanctions, and potential diplomacy.

For Those Who Don’t Want to Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils

Ranked-choice voting is catching on, and Maine might become the first state to help citizens vote for candidates they actually want.

Merger mania in the military-industrial complex

Pentagon waste is a longstanding issue in desperate need of meaningful action.

Bernie Sanders’ surprise speech outside the White House on rejecting Dakota pipeline & Trump

“Today we are saying it is time for a new approach to the Native American people, not to run a pipeline through their land.”

GOP lawmaker cashed out health investments while backing Trump’s $1 trillion Medicaid cuts

Rep. Rob Bresnahan pledged to end congressional stock trading but has become one of the most active traders in Washington, selling healthcare assets as he voted to slash Medicaid and threaten Pennsylvania’s struggling hospitals.

Cheerios, Quaker Oats and snack bars test positive for glyphosate

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) announced Wednesday that tests it commissioned found glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weed killer, in nearly 30 General Mills and Quaker brand products made with conventionally-grown oats.

102 organizations press Rubio to free Palestinian American teen held at Ofer prison

Coalition says Florida teenager Mohammed Ibrahim’s life is on the line after months without family contact or medical care.

California regulators allow oil companies to continue injecting wastewater into more than 1,600 wells...

According to the environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action, the announcement appears to be in violation of DOGGR’s own compliance schedule, which requires all injection well operators that have not obtained an aquifer exemption from the EPA to cease injection by February 15, 2017.

Ten problems with Biden’s foreign policy – and one solution

Biden should jettison the worst of Obama’s and Trump’s policies, and instead pick the best of them.