'Let Them Eat Cake': How Trump Family Pocketed Nearly $3 Billion While Millions of Americans Lost Food AidA report released Thursday details how the family of President Donald Trump "pocketed more than $2.9 billion"—including "in cash and gifts from crypto ventures, legal settlements, a luxury jet from a foreign government, and corporate deals"—while Republican cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program left millions of Americans without critical…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →GovernmentFoodsnap cuts report
Democratic Senators Aim to Block Trump Nuclear Deal With Saudi ArabiaUS Sens. Ed Markey and Jeff Merkley on Thursday continued to push back against President Donald Trump's proposed nuclear energy agreement with Saudi Arabia, setting up a vote on legislation that could block the deal before it takes effect. "Giving Saudi Arabia access to US civilian nuclear energy technology without ironclad protections to make sure it…Common Dreams4d agoWhole story →SecurityPlanetsaudi nuclear deal opposition
Pentagon Plans to Withhold Report on US Massacre of Iranian Kids Until After MidtermsThe Pentagon is reportedly planning to withhold until after the midterm elections the completed findings of its investigation into a devastating US strike on an elementary school in southern Iran, which killed more than 150 people—including 120 children—on the first day of President Donald Trump's illegal and deeply unpopular war. Bloomberg reported on…Common Dreams4d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecuritypentagon report delay
Trump Cancels Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood Mass Shooter After Nationwide OutcryAs poll numbers showed the vast majority of Americans were repulsed by the idea of livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former military psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, President Donald Trump backed away from the plan Thursday. On Truth Social, Trump wrote that he still believed that "streaming the execution…Common Dreams4d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurityfort hood execution plan
