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117 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
AIPAC made a last-minute donation to boost Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race against Abdul El-Sayed, whom it has spent heavily against.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
President Trump said his decision to hold back sanctions on Russia was related to freeing an American wrongly imprisoned in Russia.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Headlines include Israeli strikes in Gaza killing seven Palestinians, Brad Lander detained by the IDF in the Occupied West Bank, and Tlaib calling on the DOJ to arrest an Israeli commander.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
AK HB 28, an act relating to education, would establish a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; latest action 2026-09-30: (H) FN4: (EED/FUND CAP).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestine activist, filed an appeal to SCOTUS to block the Trump administration from detaining him, saying his free speech rights are infringed.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay calls US's ICC sanctions totally unacceptable, having led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay discusses the ICC, Gaza, rape as a war crime, her South African roots and Mandela.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Trump officials look to delay pursuing defaulted student loan borrowers until midterms pass.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Jasper Nathaniel recounts how Palestinian youth beat back Israeli settlers with stones, allowing him and others to rescue WaPo journalist Heidi Levine.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Axios reports President Trump's moves to avoid new penalties on Russian energy are sparking diplomatic tensions and exposing divisions within his own party.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Masked Israeli settlers backed by IDF soldiers assaulted Palestinian olive farmers in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and a Washington Post journalist was nearly killed.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the crisis between the countries and U.S. efforts to resume peace talks with Russia.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
President Trump's top aides offered different explanations of his Russian diesel deal amid bipartisan criticism, with rifts within the GOP just ahead of midterm elections.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
President Trump waived new sanctions on Russia late Friday night, saying it was in the national interests to hold off on sweeping levies under the Graham Act he signed last month.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Progressives are backing Puerto Rican independence, with more leftists concluding that statehood for the island is not enough.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
WHO estimates over 5,000 people in Gaza have lost limbs since October 2023, and child amputees are outgrowing their prosthetics amid Israel's restrictions.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Trump administration placed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which issued arrest warrants in 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)