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Rated Far LeftSep 27, 2026
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Recent coverage
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Halt Care for Incarcerated Trans People
Part of: Supreme Court declines to lift block on Bureau of Prisons policy for transgender inmates
FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens Broadcasters Over Poll Coverage
Part of: FCC chairman warns broadcasters against airing fake election polls
Acton Says Ramaswamy Exploited Her Estranged Mother for Political Gain
Part of: Ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother draws criticism in Ohio governor race
Poll: 7 in 10 Americans Doubt Trump Will Accept Midterm Results
Part of: Poll finds 70 percent of Americans doubt Trump will accept midterm election results
Trump Admin Backed Alberta’s Separatists. Canadian Voters Rejected Secession.
Part of: Early results show Alberta voters rejecting separation from Canada
Mahmoud Khalil Files Appeal to SCOTUS to Block Trump Admin From Detaining Him
Part of: Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to review ruling on immigration detention
Mississippi Attorney General Declares Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old “Justified”
Part of: Mississippi attorney general finds police shooting of 1-year-old was justified
Anthropic Proposes AI Bill With 50-Death Threshold Before Models Can Be Halted
Part of: Anthropic pitches draft AI safety bill with 50-death threshold for blocking models
Trump Officials Look to Delay Going After Defaulted Borrowers to After Midterms
Part of: Officials prepare to resume debt collection on defaulted student loans, report says
Police Violence Increases As 800k Protesters Take to the Streets in France
Part of: Cost-of-living protests in France turn violent; police report hundreds of arrests
Palestinian Youth Helped Save WaPo Journalist Attacked by Israeli Settlers
Part of: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and a Washington Post photographer in West Bank
Man Dies in ICE Custody at Texas Jail Operated by GEO Group
Part of: Lawful permanent resident dies in ICE custody in Texas
Border Czar Homan Confirms Trump Admin Is Looking to Denaturalize Ilhan Omar
Part of: Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home in criminal probe
Abdul El-Sayed Schools Heckler Who Questioned His Loyalty to the US
Part of: El-Sayed responds to question on Muslim Brotherhood, compares himself to JFK
“No Kings” Shifts Focus to Midterms With Early Voting Day of Action
Part of: No Kings holds thousands of events nationwide urging early voting before midterms
Immigrants From Ukraine and Sudan Could Soon Lose Their Protected Status
Part of: Homeland Security keeps deportation protections for over 100,000 Ukrainians and Sudanese
Washington Post Journalist Hospitalized After Israeli Settler Attack
Part of: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and a Washington Post photographer in West Bank
Opinion
Chuck Schumer Hasn’t Said a Word About Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar
Part of: Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home in criminal probe
Man Shot by ICE in NYC Last Week Yet to Receive Surgery for Bullet in His Neck
Part of: ICE officers shot Oscar Belgal in NYC; lawyers say they did not identify themselves
Trump Profited From His Giveaway to Big Pharma While Jacking Up Drug Costs
Part of: Democrats' report says Trump's pharma stock holdings rose to as much as $56.2 million