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Friday, November 1, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


'MAGA Abortion Bans Kill Women': Pregnant Texas Teen Dead After Care Denied

"Make no mistake Donald Trump's abortion ban did this," said one reproductive rights leader. "We must stop him."

By Jessica Corbett



Israeli Scholar Lays Out 'True Brutality' of Ethnic Cleansing Now Underway in Gaza

"Such dehumanization cannot help but trigger our associations with scenes depicting the Nazis loading Jews into cattle cars."

By Jake Johnson



House Progressives Challenge Biden's 'Unauthorized' Mideast Militarism

"Absent an imminent or actual sudden attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces, the executive branch may not introduce U.S. armed forces into hostilities without Congress' prior approval."

By Brett Wilkins



Company That Tracks Methane Leaks Says Crisis Worse 'Than Ever Before'

The CEO of methane-tracking company GHGSat said that company satellites had detected around 20,000 oil and gas operations, coal mines, and landfills that spewed massive amounts methane since the end of 2023.

By Olivia Rosane



Warning Stakes 'Could Not Be Higher,' European Greens Call On Jill Stein to Drop Out

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, authoritarian policies from the White House," the left bloc of parties from across Europe said.

By Julia Conley



Billionaire Trump Supporter Elon Musk Calls for Firing of FTC Chair Lina Khan

"How do we know that Lina Khan has done an excellent job as FTC chair? Because billionaires and business leaders want her gone."

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Trump's Healthcare Policies Nearly Killed Me. We Are Not Going Back

We will not go back to the terror that 135 million Americans with preexisting conditions felt in 2017 under the first year of Trump's rule, knowing that we could lose access to care at any moment.

By Laura Packard


Freedom v. Fascism, Redux

Our ancestors—President Franklin Roosevelt and his longest-serving cabinet members—in addition to winning the worldwide war against fascism, created the groundbreaking New Deal.

By James Roosevelt Jr.,Henry Scott Wallace,Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall,June Hopkins,Harold M. Ickes


On the 'Secret Plan' Trump and Mike Johnson Have to Overturn a Harris Victory

Think races for the U.S. House don't matter? Think again.

By Miles Mogulescu