75% of Likely US Voters Oppose Giving Big Oil Immunity From Climate LawsuitsPresident Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have sought to stop state-level lawsuits aimed at holding oil and gas companies responsible for climate-related damage. But most voters don't think they should be immune from accountability. In a poll released last week by Data for Progress, 75% of likely voters said they would oppose legislation that…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →EconomyPlanetclimate lawsuit immunity debate
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 Dreams3d 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 Dreams3d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentpentagon report delay
US Families Have Spent an Extra $4,700 Each Due to Trump Policies—Including $100 Billion on GasDemocrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Thursday published updated data estimating that President Donald Trump's policies have cost the average US family $4,700 during the first two years of his second term. One major driver of price increases has been Trump's illegal war with Iran, which led to a global spike in energy prices after…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomytrump iran policy impact
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 Dreams3d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurityfort hood execution plan
Disastrous Sign for GOP as Polls Show Independent Revolt Against Trump EconomyPolling data released Thursday shows that key segments of the American electorate—particularly independents and rural voters—are increasingly disaffected by President Donald Trump's stewardship of the US economy as inflation accelerates, real wages fall, and the historically unpopular war with Iran continues with no end in sight, spelling a potential…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →FoodSecurity
'To End Billionaire Control Over Our Politics,' 97% of Talarico Historic Fundraising Arrives as Donations of $100 or LessJames Talarico, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Texas, says that his near record-breaking fundraising haul in the third quarter—one built almost entirely on small-dollar donations—is proof that grassroots energy is on his side as he faces off against the full weight of the Republican Party's money machine, including the world's richest man Elon…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →Planet
Omar Raid and Investigation Aimed at Deporting Congresswoman, Officials Say"I have rarely wanted to be wrong more," said one journalist Wednesday night after The Wall Street Journal confirmed what many supporters of US Rep. Ilhan Omar had suspected: that the Department of Homeland Security's raid on her home this week was part of an investigation that is ultimately aimed at deporting her. The Journal reported that US officials…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →JusticeSecurity
'We're Making a Fortune,' Trump Says of High Oil Prices as Working Class PaysPresident Donald Trump attempted to spin high oil prices as a boon for the United States at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday, just hours after new federal data showed that inflation reached its highest level in months in September. "Because of the price of oil, Texas and Oklahoma and North Dakota and all these places, we're making a fortune," Trump…Common Dreams3d agoWhole story →PlanetSecurity
