Federal Appellate Court Halts Tennessee's Planned Execution of Christa Pike

A federal appellate panel blocked Tennessee from executing Christa Pike, citing childhood sexual abuse, but the US Supreme Court could allow the state's first female execution in centuries to proceed.

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Family of Tierra Walker—Who Died After Being Denied Abortion Care—Sues Texas AG Ken Paxton | Common Dreams

The family of Tierra Walker filed a lawsuit against Texas officials and doctors over her "preventable death" linked to the state's abortion ban—the first case of its kind.

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'Massive Loss for Trump': US Supreme Court Tosses Missouri GOP Map, Again

"The Missouri Supreme Court should throw the secretary of state in jail if this extremist continues to defy the law and multiple court orders," said US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record

The United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dire impacts of climate change.

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'At a Breaking Point': Survey Shows Teachers Working Second Jobs, Spending Hundreds on Supplies | Common Dreams

A new union survey shows US teachers are struggling with underinvestment in schools and high prices under a Republican-controlled government.

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'Declare a Worldwide Climate Emergency': Death Toll in Nepal-Tibet Floods Tops 1,000 | Common Dreams

With over 1,000 dead and thousands missing in Nepal and Tibet due to glacial collapse, campaigners and scientists argue climate action is urgently needed.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Ballroom Construction Continue—For Now

"We call upon the court to hold President Trump accountable and affirm a fundamental principle on which this country was founded: No one, not even a president, is above the law," responded one watchdog leader.

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'One-Two Punch': After Attacking Roadless Rule, Trump Targets Off-Road Vehicle Limits

One critic said the administration clearly plans to weaken restrictions requiring "the Forest Service to carefully manage our natural resources and listen to the public, then open the gates to industry and extraction."

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Dutch Pension Fund Pulls Nearly Half a Billion Euros From Climate 'Megapolluter' BlackRock

"This is a massive win for Dutch pensioners—not to mention all living creatures on Earth."

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Fresh Calls for Sanctions as Canadian, European Governments Decry Israel's E1 Settlement Plan

Canada and some European governments condemned Israel's E1 settlement project, but will they take real action? Some critics are calling for sanctions.

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New Inflation Numbers Prove 'Catastrophic Mismanagement of Our Economy' by Trump

"Today's report is yet another reminder that Trump's promise to lower costs on 'Day One' was a lie," said the House Budget Committee's top Democrat.

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'Block This Wasteful Spending' Khanna Says of Trump Plan to Drop $900 Million on White House Construction

"This is money they're taking out of your healthcare, your jobs, and your education," the California Democrat noted, calling on Republicans in Congress "to do their jobs."

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July Was Hottest Month in History of Contiguous US, Breaking Dust Bowl Record | Common Dreams

July 2026 marked the hottest month documented in the contiguous United States, breaking a Dust Bowl record.

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'This Is Not a Ceasefire,' Doctors Without Borders Says of Gaza, 'It Is a Continuation of the Genocide' | Common Dreams

"A ceasefire should ensure that hostilities are paused, weapons are silenced, and that people are safe from strikes across the strip."

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100+ Economists, Scholars Demand End to Sanctions on Venezuela After Catastrophic Earthquakes | Common Dreams

Economists and scholars called for immediate action to unfetter Venezuela's humanitarian response and reconstruction from sanctions and debt burdens.

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As Millions Endure Extreme Heat, Climate Group Tells Congress: 'Protect People, Not Data Centers'

"The reason the grid has so little headroom is that data centers are consuming electricity at a scale it wasn't built for, around the clock, every day of the year," said a 350.org campaigner.

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Canadians Rip Carney for 'Pouring Fuel on the Flames of the Climate Emergency' With Pipeline Push

"This country needs an alternative to the Liberal-Conservative consensus that is doubling down on a future of climate-wrecking corporate welfare," said New Democratic Party Leader Avi Lewis.

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'Now Is the Time to Organize,' Says Medicare for All Coalition

"The American people are hungry for bold ideas that reform fundamental institutions that have failed them for too long. And they are looking for leaders who will take on powerful interests and fight for working people."

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Trump Formally Nominates 'Henchman' Blanche as AG Despite Senators' Concerns

"He's never given up his primary role: Donald Trump’s chief defender in court," said Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats.

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GOP Blasted for 'Handout to the Superwealthy' Private Jet Owners Slipped Into Air Safety Bill

"Oh look—Republicans helping private-jet billionaires avoid paying taxes," said one Senate Democrat. "If only they worked that hard for consumers."

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Hegseth Ripped for 'Racist Rant' Against Migrants at D-Day Event

"Apparently our nitwit secretary of war(drobe) thinks a D-Day commemoration is an appropriate time to push his far-right ideology in Europe," said US Sen. Tim Kaine.

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'Unsettling' Accounts of HHS Leadership Fuel Calls for RFK Jr. to Resign

Reporting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership at HHS sparks fresh calls for resignation.

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'Classic Deterrence Contest': Iran Fires Missiles at Israel Over Attack on Lebanon ​

"I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don't need another one," said President Donald Trump.

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Israeli Military Kills Palestinian Baby and Wounds Parents in West Bank

"The murder of a seven-month-old baby by Israeli forces in the illegally-occupied West Bank and an Israeli massacre at a wedding in Gaza are horrific crimes that should shock the conscience of every person," said a US-based group.

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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Holding Food Aid Funds 'Hostage'

"This protects every Oregon family who depends on these programs to put food on the table," said the state's attorney general, who is among the 21 AGs behind the case.

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Mainers Donate to and Rally With Platner After Reporting on Past Relationships

"If Graham Platner and all of you find a way to build that redemption through this campaign," Congressman Ro Khanna told a Maine crowd, "maybe you would show a way for this country to start to redeem itself."

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Greenpeace Raises Alarm After Microplastics Found in Top Companies' Baby Food Pouches

"Plastic pollution is not just wrecking our environment, it's entering our bodies, starting from infancy," said one campaigner. "How our food is packaged is designed for profit, not for people's health."

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Sanders Endorses Trey Martin to 'Fight for Working People' of Oklahoma in Congress

The union leader "is running a campaign focused on raising wages for working people, expanding healthcare, protecting Social Security, and building a strong labor movement," said the progressive senator.

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'They Were Afraid It Would Pass': House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Straight Day

After Senate Republicans helped advance a Democratic war powers resolution on Iran, the House GOP canceled a related vote, seemingly due to key absences.

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