(2025-08-08). Witch Hunt continues at KPFA/Pacifica. indybay.org When progressives adopt the authoritarian style of Trump…
(2025-08-08). House committee subpoenas Epstein files, Bill and Hillary Clinton. wsws.org The move promises to intensify the crisis of the Trump administration and the entire political system over the cover-up of Epstein's far-flung sex ring and the involvement of high-profile businessmen, celebrities and politicians of both parties.
(2025-08-08). EU pharma companies brace for US tariff hit. ecns.cn The company's logo is seen at the new cell and gene therapy factory of Swiss drugmaker Novartis in Stein, Switzerland, November 28, 2019.Europe's pharmaceutical companies are bracing for United States President Donald Trump's plan to slap tariffs of up to 250 percent on medicine imported from the European Union.
(2025-08-08). Are Trump tariffs on South Africa linked to Palestine support. newarab.com 
The The punitive tariffs will begin to bite on 7 August 2025. Many observers contend the tariffs have much to do with politics and less so with economic imperatives. | Trump's governing coalition includes white…
(2025-08-08). Is India Playing Both Sides? Russia Oil, US Talks, and BRICS Ambitions. thinktank.pk India's delicate diplomatic dance in 2025, balancing ties with Russia, the US, and the BRICS bloc, has sparked heated debates: Is New Delhi betraying its allies or masterfully playing a neutral hand? With Prime Minister Narendra Modi negotiating with the Trump administration while deepening energy and defense ties with Moscow, India's strategic autonomy is under …
(2025-08-08). Trump to host Azerbaijan, Armenia leaders to sign US-brokered deal. aljazeera.com US president said he will oversee the deal, which includes plans for a new transit corridor to be named after him.
(2025-08-08). The Other Side of Trump's Tariff-War India's Response! counterpunch.org 
What can be said about President Donald Trump's attempt to exercise a "tariff-war" against countries which do not comply with his terms? This economic policy of his has been described by some as his bargaining-tactic, which perhaps is equivalent to compelling others to bow to his terms. But, what if all don't give it much
(2025-08-08). Un ulteriore attacco degli Stati Uniti all'Iran sarebbe un inutile gesto teatrale. strategic-culture.su L'escalation con la Russia è chiaramente all'ordine del giorno (in una forma o nell'altra), ma Trump ha anche minacciato di attaccare i siti nucleari iraniani, ancora una volta | Segue nostro Il presidente degli Stati Uniti, tormentato dalla vicenda Epstein che si rifiuta di spegnersi, e sotto pressione dai falchi interni a causa del visibile collasso dell'Ucraina, sta lanciando una raffica di minacce geopolitiche su tutti i fronti: in…
(2025-08-08). In midnight message, Trump reveals the only thing that can stop tariff chaos. hindustantimes.com U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping new tariff offensive, increasing trade pressure on rivals including India and China. Just hours before the August 7 tariff deadline, Trump declared via Truth Social that countries had "laughed at America for years" but predicted the new tariffs would send "billions" flowing into the U.S. treasury.
(2025-08-08). Why Western Hegemony is Over. dissidentvoice.org The tariff truce between China and the United States is set to end in August. What do you forecast will happen after that? And what will happen to trade relations between China and the US for the rest of US President Donald Trump's second term? The United States learned that it can't impose its will on China. The rare earths …
(2025-08-08). Who counts in America? Trump wants to decide. aljazeera.com Excluding undocumented immigrants from the census would shrink representation and deepen inequality.
(2025-08-08). Attack of the Bubble Boy Pols. counterpunch.org 
On August 3, NORAD scrambled fighter jets to intercept a civilian aircraft that entered a "Temporary Flight Restriction" zone in New Jersey. What was this very special, very sensitive zone? A golf club. Why was it so special and so sensitive? US president Donald Trump was enjoying a round of golf there. The day before
(2025-08-08). Volkswagen's $1.5B Loss: Is Trump's Tariff War Killing German Autos? thinktank.pk As the global auto industry grapples with seismic shifts in 2025, German car manufacturers—long a cornerstone of Europe's economic might—are staring down a deepening crisis fueled by the latest US tariffs. The much-touted July 2025 trade agreement between the European Union and the United States promised relief, but for giants like Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, …
(2025-08-08). India, Russia take big trade move as Trump raises tariffs on New Delhi to 50%. hindustantimes.com India and Russia on Wednesday signed a new protocol to enhance industrial cooperation across sectors such as aluminium, fertilisers, railways, and mining technologies. The move deepens bilateral engagement at a time when geopolitical tensions are reshaping global trade alignments. This renewed cooperation comes amid mounting pressure from the West, particularly the United States. US President Donald Trump has announced a 50% punitive tariff on Indian exports, citing New Delhi's growing trade links with Russia and its increasing.
(2025-08-08). Roaming Charges: Empire of the Downpresser Men. counterpunch.org Just days after a federal appeals court upheld a ban on ICE using roving patrols and racial profiling to target immigrants, Trump's secret police launched Operation Trojan Horse, a shock raid outside of a Home Dept in the Westlake area of Los Angeles. Posing as building contractors, ICE agents drove a yellow Penske van in front of a group of day laborers at 6: 44 in the morning, asking in Spanish if any of them were looking for work. Then masked ICE agents, one of them wearing a cowboy hat, jumped out of the van and began grabbing people. In all, 16 men were arrested and taken into ICE custody in defiance of a fed…
(2025-08-08). Trump White House Elevates Climate "Skepticism" counterpunch.org 
It's not exactly big news that the Trump administration — famous for slashing Biden era clean energy subsidies and cheering on fossil fuels to the tune of "Drill Baby, Drill" — is not interested in policies to address climate change. And lately they have been busy finding new ways to undermine the science that enhances
(2025-08-08). Is Trump Trading Peace for Tariffs? Nobel Prize Slips Away. thinktank.pk Donald Trump's ambition to secure a Nobel Peace Prize has been a recurring theme of his presidency, with nominations from figures like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pakistan's government fueling his aspirations. However, as 2025 unfolds, his dream faces mounting challenges amid a global trade war, faltering Middle East peace efforts, and silence on …
(2025-08-08). Trumpism ‚â Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela. counterpunch.org CounterPunch recently published a piece by former USAID employee Jared O. Bell titled A Real-Time Cautionary Tale of Stolen Democracy from Nicaragua in which he compared the rapid transition to what he calls autocracy in the United States under Trump to the governments of three Latin American nations. While I understand that the point Jared
(2025-08-08). Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign US-brokered peace deal on Friday. newarab.com 
The leaders of Trump said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President
(2025-08-08). Health Is a Basic Human Right— It's Time Our Laws, Systems, and Values Reflected That. scheerpost.com FDNY Ambulance. Kidfly182, CC BY-SA 4.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Phillip Polakoff, MD and June Sargent / Original to ScheerPost | President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will <...
(2025-08-08). China's stunning reaction after Trump' 50% tariff on India: 'Give the bully…'. hindustantimes.com U.S. President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated trade tensions with India by imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, bringing the total levy to 50%. The move targets India's continued purchase of Russian oil, which Trump claims funds Moscow's war in Ukraine. China, recently emerging from its own brief tariff war with Trump, voiced strong support for India. Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong publicly called Trump a "bully" and warned India that "give the bully an inch, he will take a mile," urging New Delhi not to yield to US trade pressure. Watch for more…
(2025-08-08). Saturday 8/9: Hella Cool Trumpian Protest. indybay.org Intersection of High Street and MacArthur Blvd., Oakland…
(2025-08-08). Trump and the global rise of fascist anti-psychiatry. aljazeera.com Trump is using psychiatry to cut care, expand policing and turn public despair into political control.
(2025-08-08). Solid gold, royal missives and Nobel nominations: How to win Trump over. geo.tv 
Apple CEO Tim Cook displays a memento on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2025 as US President Donald Trump , Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent look on. — AFPWASHINGTON: Apple chief Tim…
(2025-08-08). Trump's secret offer to Putin leaves Zelensky shocked; 'Pro-Russia' deal set. hindustantimes.com
(2025-08-08). Trump's Policies Will Make China Great Again. counterpunch.org 
China has transitioned from one of the poorest nations in the world to the second-largest economy with nuclear-armed forces growing at a record pace. Over the past 40 years, China has had the world's fastest-growing economy with annual growth rates that often exceeded 10% a year. China's economy grew over five percent in the first half of this year; the U.S. economy expanded by one percent. Meanwhile, U.S. tariff policy is losing friends around the world.
(2025-08-08). US pauses most visa applications from Zimbabwe. aljazeera.com The announcement marks the latest restriction imposed by the Trump administration on travellers from Africa.
(2025-08-08). Trump administration announces, then rescinds, pilot program offering ICE agents bonuses for quick deportations. wsws.org The brief rollout of ICE's bonus scheme for rapid deportations exposes the intensifying use of financial incentives, legal shortcuts and authoritarian methods to enforce Trump's far-right, anti-immigrant agenda.
(2025-08-08). Russia confirms preparations for Trump-Putin summit as Zelensky urges direct talks. albawaba.net ALBAWABA- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening that a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to take place "very soon," despite ongoing tensions between Washington and Moscow over Russia's war in Ukraine.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump stated, "The possibility of meeting with Putin is strong. We haven't decided on the location yet, our path is long, but a meeting may happen very soon." He reiterated his administration's commitment to ending the Russia-Ukraine war as quickly as possible.BREAKING: President Trump Set To Meet with Putin 'As Soon As Next Week' per F…
(2025-08-08). Trump open to meeting Putin without talks with Zelensky. geo.tv 
(2025-08-08). Workers must mobilise to halt the Zionist/imperialist extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza. wsws.org The decision by Israel's fascist government to expand its military occupation of the Gaza Strip will mean death for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and presages their final ethnic cleansing.
(2025-08-07). Putin Welcomes Malaysian King After Trump's Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire Push Fails to Impress ASEAN. hindustantimes.com In a major diplomatic twist, Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow just days after brokering a Thai-Cambodia ceasefire, an achievement that US President Trump had earlier tried to claim credit for. The visit comes amid an ASEAN pushback against Trump's narrative, leaving the US embarrassed as Malaysia openly praises Putin as a "true statesman."
(2025-08-07). An interview with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler on the impact of Trump's cuts and privatization on health care. wsws.org Dr. Woolhandler is a health policy expert and advocate for universal health care coverage as a basic right.
(2025-08-07). Siccing the FBI On State Lawmakers Who Oppose Trump's Agenda Sets Dangerous Authoritarian Precedent. commondreams.org Today, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced that the FBI has agreed to track down Texas state lawmakers who left the state to resist state Republicans' efforts to ram through new gerrymandered electoral maps at President Trump's demand.Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: "When politicians deploy federal law enforcement against state elected officials simply for opposing their agenda, they attack our system and put our American freedoms at risk."We stand with the patriotic legislators who are resisting this authoritarian overreach. This moment represents a de…
(2025-08-07). Trump Kicks Trade War Into High Gear as New Tariffs Take Effect. truthout.org Huge tariffs on more than 90 countries took effect shortly after midnight on Thursday. President Trump slapped one of the highest tariff rates of 50% on India — set to go into effect on August 27 — unless India stops buying Russian oil. Democracy Now! speaks with Jayati Ghosh, economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on the hypocrisy of the tariffs. "There's so many double… |
(2025-08-07). Trump says undocumented immigrants will not be counted in new US Census. aljazeera.com US president says he directed the Commerce Department to immediately work on a 'new and highly accurate' survey.
(2025-08-07). How Columbia's Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump's Image. theintercept.com 
(2025-08-07). Trump could meet Putin over Ukraine as soon as next week, official says. geo.tv 
US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, November 11, 2017. —ReutersUS leader threatens sanctions on buyers of Russian exports.Washington-Moscow talks end after several…
(2025-08-07). Largest ICE Facility Planned at Georgia Private Prison With Deadly Record. capitalbnews.org 
While much of the outrage over the rising number of immigration detention facilities is focused on Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," Georgia is quietly working on building the largest ICE facility in the country, thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." Charlton County, located 10 miles from the Florida border and 274 miles …
(2025-08-07). Veterans Force NY County Sheriff to Take Down Israeli Flag. dissidentvoice.org 
The flag of Israel represents the greatest human rights disaster in modern history, yet has flown proudly at the Broome County Correctional Facility by order of Sheriff Akshar. His dedication to Trump's unconstitutional actions has also made Broome County one of the leading penal camps for immigrants in New York State. For over 600 days the Israeli flag …
(2025-08-07). India's Modi, Brazil's Lula speak amid Trump tariff blitz. aljazeera.com India is signaling it may seek to rebalance its global partnerships after Trump's salvo of tariffs on Indian goods.
(2025-08-07). Trump Should Raise Rights Issues with Azerbaijan Leader. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Sevinj Vagifgizi, editor-in-chief of the online publication Abzas Media, is seen as police squads surround demonstrators and push them back during a rally of journalists against a new media bill, in front of the Parliament building on December 28, 2021 in Baku, Azerbaijan. | © 2021 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images…
(2025-08-07). From Italy to Brazil, Trump's new tariffs stir uncertainty. aljazeera.com President Trump's sweeping tariffs are spreading economic anxiety.
(2025-08-07). Concerns grow over sacking of BLS commissioner. wsws.org In a move that forms part of his drive to establish a presidential dictatorship, Trump justified the sacking with bogus claims that the numbers had been "rigged" to make him and the Republicans look bad.
(2025-08-07). Top US Firm Modeled Economic Scenario for Relocating Palestinians From Gaza. truthout.org A top U.S. consulting firm provided modelling for a plan to forcibly relocate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to Somalia and Somaliland, new reporting reveals, as President Donald Trump was promoting his plan to build the "Riviera of the Middle East" on the ruins of Israel's genocide. Financial Times reports that Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the most prestigious… |
(2025-08-07). Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania Detention Center. theintercept.com 
A young man locked up in a notorious U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pennsylvania took his life on Tuesday by hanging himself, according to a release from the government and communications between first responders reviewed by The Intercept. His is the first known death in ICE detention facilities in the Northeast this fiscal year. | The facility where the suicide occurred is the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a privately run immigration jail in an isolated, rural area about 300 miles west of New York City. Since President Donald Trump began his second term, the detention cent…
(2025-08-07). CAIR urges US to probe the death of father killed in Israeli settler attack. aljazeera.com US Muslim group highlights the legal statutes that it says enable the Trump administration to investigate the incident.
(2025-08-07). Resistance to Trump the emphasis at annual A. Philip Randolph conference. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—Resistance to the Trump administration was emphasized Wednesday at a town hall meeting at the A. Philip Randolph Institute's annual educational conference here. Founded by labor unionist A. Philip Randolph and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, the APRI is the senior constituency group of the AFL-CIO and has several chapters across the United States. The …
(2025-08-07). Trump to nominate 'loyalist' Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve board. aljazeera.com Miran, who currently sits on the White House's Council of Economic Advisers, would fill the seat through January.
(2025-08-07). ICE Contractor Locked a Mother and Her Baby in a Hotel Room for Five Days. theintercept.com Valentina Galvis's case raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up its deportation campaign.
(2025-08-07). WHO says US ending mRNA vaccine contracts a 'significant blow'. aljazeera.com Trump's administration halts mRNA vaccine development, sparking WHO fears for emerging pandemic preparedness.
(2025-08-07). Texas Governor Asks Court Filled With His Appointees to Remove Democratic Leader. truthout.org Texas Democrats had been out of state for less than 48 hours when Gov. Greg Abbott moved to have their seats declared vacant. The emergency legal filing represents an unprecedented escalation of Abbott's effort to pass a new congressional map that adds additional GOP seats, as demanded by President Donald Trump. It flies in the face of Texas' own founding documents… |
(2025-08-07). Trump hints at new China tariffs over Russian oil trade. geo.tv 
US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping poses for a photo ahead of their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. — ReutersWASHINGTON: US President Donald has said that he might slap new tariffs on China if it keeps…
(2025-08-07). CDC reports ultraprocessed foods comprise more than half of the US diet. aljazeera.com The findings come as Robert F Kennedy Jr advances plans to 'Make America Healthy Again' under President Donald Trump.
(2025-08-07). Trump's FCC Considers Supercharging Corporate TV Consolidation. truthout.org Critics say Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr is ignoring legal precedent as the FCC moves to eliminate rules that effectively limit the number of local TV stations that corporate media conglomerates can own and operate. The FCC controls local TV and radio licenses, and while the telecom regulator is independent and overseen by Congress, advocates say Carr… |
(2025-08-07). Modi says ready to pay heavy price after Trump's salvo of 50% tariff. geo.tv 
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. — Reuters"For us, our farmers' welfare is supreme," says Modi.India official says US tariff hike "lacks logic".Brazil's president says…
(2025-08-07). HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cuts funding for mRNA vaccine grants. wsws.org The massive cuts by the Trump administration's point man for destroying public health would dismantle a lifesaving technology and undermine pandemic preparedness.
(2025-08-07). Some Philly-area scientists get previously terminated research funding back, but say lasting damage remains. whyy.org 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Some Philadelphia-area scientists have gotten federal research funding back, after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could not give any reason for taking away their grants in the first place. | A few months ago, hundreds of researchers around the country learned that the National Institutes of Health had cancelled their already approved research grants. | Delaware, New Jersey and 14 other states joined professional organizations like the American Public Hea…
(2025-08-07). Scandal-Plagued Prison Company Celebrates "Pivotal Opportunity" Under Trump. truthout.org On CoreCivic's second quarterly earnings call, the private prison company's CEO told participants that they're in an "unprecedented environment" due to the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign. "Our business is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment," said CoreCivic CEO Damon T. Hininger. "We are in an unprecedented environment with rapid increases in federal detention… |
(2025-08-07). Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops. whyy.org Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. | Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which has been dramatically remade under the second Trump administration. | NPR has obtained police bodycam footage from multiple angles of the former defendant and current administration official, Jared Wise, berating officers and calling them "Nazi" and "Gestapo." NPR located t…
(2025-08-07). US Sen Lindsey Graham hails Trump's 50% tariff on India as blow to Putin. geo.tv 
US President Donald Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. — Reuters
(2025-08-07). Lula Explodes On Cam: Trump Wants A Trade War, Brazil Gives Him A Geopolitical Reality Check. hindustantimes.com Brazil's President Lula da Silva fiercely rejected direct talks with President Trump amid an escalating tariff war, insisting he won't "humiliate" himself or allow the US to dictate terms over Brazil's sovereignty. Trump's 50% tariff on Brazilian exports was met not with retaliation, but with Lula's announcement of a new national minerals policy requiring local value addition before exports. Calling US intervention "unacceptable" and the White House's approach "authoritarian," Lula vowed Brazil will avoid isolation and lead on energy transition.
(2025-08-07). Trump threatens to make India the most-tariffed country if Russian oil purchases continue. infobrics.org India will act in its own interests despite US pressure.
(2025-08-07). Ruling Class Whipping Trump with Epstein. wibailoutpeople.org By David Sole, Fighting Words, August 6, 2025 Donald Trump, especially in his second term as president, is an unstable and unreliable agent of the capitalist class in the United States. While some among the ruling elite are worried Trump's worst excesses might provoke mass rebellion, the billionaires are uniformly thankful that he has provided …
(2025-08-07). The Great Canadian Rights Grab. jacobin.com To keep the US happy, Mark Carney's Liberal government is pushing Bill C-2 – expanding surveillance, limiting refugee protections, and eroding privacy.
(2025-08-07). Trump's deregulations boost energy industry profits. workers.org Youth march for climate justice, Capetown, South Africa, 2019. For over 15 years, an Endangerment Finding allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate emissions, in particular greenhouse gases, from cars and trucks, power plants and oil and natural gas drilling sites. According to Earthjustice, "The 'Endangerment Finding' is the EPA's . . . |
(2025-08-07). Trump's Christian Nationalists' Apocalyptic Dreams, Are America's Nightmares. dissidentvoice.org 
Apocalyptic visions are no longer confined to conferences of far-right organizations, End Times novels, small fringe obscure churches, and on movie theater and television screens. These days they are finding a home embedded in the War Room at Donald Trump's White House. The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 "calls for establishing a government that would be …
(2025-08-07). Trump revives D.C. takeover threat and orders restoration of Confederate statue. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—While the U.S. Marines and National Guard begin to transition out of Los Angeles and into other states to assist with President Donald Trump's racist and fascist immigration enforcement plan, the administration is beginning to ramp up its threats against D.C.'s Home Rule and African Americans. Symbolic proof of the president's intentions is his administration's …
(2025-08-07). Woman killed by neighbor before responding state troopers were ambushed by gunfire, police say. whyy.org A 61-year-old man fatally shot a neighbor in rural Pennsylvania Thursday and then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon, police said. | Lori Wasko's boyfriend called 911 after 11 a.m. from their home near Thompson to report shots fired, state police Col. Christopher Paris told reporters. Wasko, 57, was shot and killed outside her home near her vehicle, police said. Police provided no information about a motive in the shooting. | A man identified as Carmine Faino, 61, shot Wasko and then shot troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins as the…
(2025-08-07). New exposures of far-right activities in Canada's military and beyond. wsws.org If the government and state apparatus are seeking to prevent thorough exposure of the fascist current within the CAF, it is because it would gravely undermine their drive to make the working class pay for rearmament and war.