Saturday, June 13, 2026

Tag: Washington D.C.

Trump orders death penalty push in Washington, DC, testing local abolition...

New directive tells federal prosecutors to pursue capital punishment “in all appropriate cases” in D.C., despite local repeal, as rights groups warn the policy spreads fear and undermines safety.

The federal policing of DC has made us less safe

We must continue our defiance and resistance, or we will find that the entire country will be changed and made into a dangerous hostile white plantation once again but for all of us.

Federal agents face protests after Trump orders unprecedented takeover of DC...

Residents denounce checkpoints and expanded federal presence as civil liberties advocates warn of authoritarian overreach.

Trump federalizes DC police as protests grow and White House signals...

As National Guard deployment grows and Section 740 takeover faces legal tests, residents report civil liberties concerns while officials defend public safety rationale.

Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low...

President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.

DC police officer arrested for DUI after crashing into Virginia State...

The incident currently remains under investigation.

Putin puppet urges Russia to ‘take’ back Alaska—fine, trade for DC...

Isn't it reassuring that Russia has its own unhinged, Trumpian-Marjorie Taylor Green-types?

DC is the latest to sue Exxon and big oil for...

“We have a mountain of evidence of what they knew and what they did to deceive the public about the threat of climate change. And yet we’ve only scratched the surface.”

5 ways Donald Trump has not drained the Swamp

Here are five ways he’s made the swamp even swampier.

Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Sheen arrested at Jane Fonda’s final weekly climate...

West Wing's Martin Sheen and Joker's Joaquin Phoenix were arrested and ticketed in an act of civil disobedience alongside hundreds of other activists.

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Israel linked to majority of global civilian deaths from explosive weapons in 2025

A new international monitoring report found that more than 22,600 civilians were killed by explosive weapons last year, with Israeli armed forces accounting for 56 percent of recorded fatalities worldwide.

Decades of research link pesticide use around homes, farms to childhood cancer

A new comprehensive meta-analysis published last month in the International Journal of Cancer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln analyzed findings from 88 epidemiological studies spanning more than 40 years.

Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians

Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.

The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.

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