On Tuesday morning, September 16, 22 young Americans began presenting live testimony in Lighthiser v. Trump, a landmark lawsuit challenging federal actions that threaten their fun ...

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In response to a report submitted by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to the 60th session of ...

Today, 112 organizations submitted a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the agency’s proposal to gut federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and ...

Draw the Line is a global action (15-21 September) with widespread events taking place across the world peaking over the weekend of September 19–21, 2025. In the lead-up to COP30 and as world leaders ...

Free speech advocates fear a new bill could let the Secretary of State strip passports from US citizens based on their speech. "Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will no longer defend rules that protect people from unsafe ...

Over 73 million people in the United States are served by water systems that have detected PFAS levels above the limits the ...

Consumer sentiment for September fell for the second straight month, as consumers’ financial expectations and labor market outlooks deteriorated. Today’s report, coupled with the latest inflation data ...

This week, Trump Interior Secretary and oil industry darling Doug Burgum delivered another gift to President Trump’s big oil ...

Islamic Relations commended Sens. Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen for a new report about US complicity in Israel's ethnic cleansing campaign in the Gaza Strip and urged congressional action.

Health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket in the coming months, which has prompted many progressive advocates to remind Americans that a less expensive alternative is possible. As The Washington ...