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Mamdani was the first mayor in several decades to skip the annual Israel Day Parade. By Chris Walker , Truthout Published June 18, 2026 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at Intrepid Museum.

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Six multinational construction companies may be aiding and abetting war crimes in south Lebanon by supplying Israel with excavators and bulldozers, according to human rights experts and analysis undertaken by The Guardian.

GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company. By Shireen Akram-Boshar , Truthout Published June 17, 2026 The Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center is seen on June 12, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. People continue to gather at the immigration detention center in support of detainees who are now joined by women detainees who have announced their participation in the hunger and labor strike. Michael M.

“Iran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon,” Iran’s foreign minister said before the war began. By Chris Walker , Truthout Published June 17, 2026 President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a bilateral meeting with UAE's President during the G7 summit, in Evian, France, on June 16, 2026. Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size.

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This story was originally published by The 19th. The Trump administration took aggressive new steps on Tuesday to shut down the Department of Education.

Recent polling indicates that Americans oppose the White House ballroom project by a 2 to 1 margin. By Chris Walker , Truthout Published June 17, 2026 President Donald Trump talks to reporters about his proposed White House ballroom next to the worksite on May 19, 2026.

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Israel has killed over 260 journalists and media workers in Gaza and 29 in Lebanon since October 7, 2023. Irish filmmaker Seán Murray investigates Israel’s killings of journalists in his new feature documentary Journacide: The War on Truth.

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Immigrants taking part in the massive hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall — the privately operated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Newark, New Jersey, where they are imprisoned — say they are continuing to face harsh retaliation in response to their resistance.

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Corporate news outlets frequently frame stories about artificial intelligence (AI) as contests. The most basic version of this frame — metaphorical “races” between rival tech companies or nations, in which speed of innovation is presumed to determine the victors — is so widely used, it’s easy to take for granted.

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. On Wednesday, CNN obtained and published the details of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran, meant to halt the war between the countries for at least the next 60 days. The 14-point MOU calls for an “immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts” — including in Lebanon.