by Natalia Contreras | Jan 9, 2026 | Department of Justice, elections, National Voter Registration Act, News, Texas, Trump Administration, Voter Disenfranchisement, voter disinfranchisement, Voter Registration, voter roll purges, Voter Rolls, Voters
Texas officials have turned over the state’s voter roll to the U.S. Justice Department, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, complying with the Trump administration’s demands for access to data on millions of voters across the country. The Justice Department last fall began asking all 50 states for their voter rolls — massive lists containing significant…
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by Derek Seidman | Jan 9, 2026 | Chevron, China, Donald Trump, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Halliburton, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, News Analysis, Nicolás Maduro, Oil, Oil Companies, Trump Administration, Venezuela
For months, U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed that his pressure campaign against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, backed by dozens of illegal killings through drone strikes, was about fighting drugs and cartels. But at his press conference after the U.S. abduction of Maduro, Trump couldn’t stop talking about oil. “We’re gonna take back the oil,” Trump brazenly said.
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by Mike Ludwig | Jan 7, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Donald Trump, Drug War, Harm Reduction, News Analysis, Nicolás Maduro, Trump Administration, Venezuela, war on drugs, War On Terror
When Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stepped foot in a Manhattan courtroom on January 5, he entered the proceedings of the highest-profile case in the “war on drugs” to date. The indictment came after years of threats toward Maduro from the U.S., including a dramatic U.S. military buildup over the past five months and a string of extrajudicial killings by sinking dozens of small boats…
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by Amy Goodman | Jan 7, 2026 | Arctic, Canada, Climate Crisis, Denmark, Donald Trump, Greenland, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Interview, Inuit, Militarism, NATO, Russia, Stephen Miller, Trump Administration, Ukraine, Venezuela
Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland, which has been controlled by Denmark for more than 300 years. The White House says it’s considering “a range of options,” including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland, it would spell the end of NATO.
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by Orion Rummler | Jan 7, 2026 | Children’s Health Insurance Program, CHIP, Colorado, Department of Health and Human Services, Gender-Affirming Care, gender-affirming care for youth, Gender-Affirming Health Care, health care, LGBTQ Rights, Medicaid, Minnesota, News, Trans Rights, trans youth, Trump Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington State
Three children’s hospitals are under federal investigation for providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth, as the Trump administration continues to use all the levers it can to block such care. Health and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel Mike Stuart has referred three children’s hospitals to the agency’s inspector general’s office: Seattle Children’s Hospital…
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by Tania Unzueta Carrasco | Jan 7, 2026 | Border Patrol, Chicago, ICE, immigration, Mutual Aid, Op-Ed, Organizing, Resistance, Trump Administration
As the Trump administration expands immigration police surges across the country, what has stood out has been the acts of resistance. Communities and organizations have put together rapid response hotlines, protested outside hotels sheltering federal agents, and carried whistles to warn their neighbors when immigration police are nearby. That resistance has kept me alive and has been so necessary.
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