Global Voices

Buitres sobrevolando los escombros: tropas y empresas estadounidenses se abalanzan sobre Venezuela

Jessica Dos Santos Jardim / Truthdig Jul 27, 2026 Tras los terremotos, tropas estadounidenses e israelíes llegaron a Venezuela, pero lo que parece motivar su presencia son los intereses económicos y el control político, no la recuperación humanitaria. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Vultures Circling the Rubble: US Troops and Businesses Descend on Venezuela

Jessica Dos Santos Jardim / Truthdig Jul 27, 2026 After the June earthquakes, U.S. and Israeli troops have arrived in Venezuela, but economic and political interests, not humanitarian recovery, appear to be driving their presence. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

‘A Huge Grab of Power’: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid

Anna Maria Barry-Jester / ProPublica Jun 22, 2026 Russell Vought’s Office of Management and Budget has labeled some aid money “unallocated” to control how it can be spent. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Africa

‘Digital Colonialism’: U.S. Demands Access to Africans’ Private Data

Sharon Lerner, Anna Maria Barry-Jester / ProPublica Jun 17, 2026 The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. Privacy experts fear the information could be misused or exploited. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Delays in Visa Program Threaten Placement of Doctors in Underserved Areas

Arielle Zionts / KFF Health News May 4, 2026 The program allows noncitizen physicians to remain in the country in exchange for working in understaffed facilities in rural and low-income urban communities. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Politics

Rubio Takes Annual Human Rights Report to New Cynical Heights

Annelle Sheline / Responsible Statecraft Aug 18, 2025 The reports are supposed to gauge eligibility for U.S. security assistance but have become an instrument to punish adversaries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Imposes Visa Rules for Pregnant Women on ‘Birth Tourism’

MATTHEW LEE and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to America primarily to give birth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Afghanistan Papers Confirm America’s Longest War Is a Lie

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 12, 2019 It was clear to those who had been paying attention that U.S. officials were lying about the war for nearly two decades. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S. Angers Palestinians With Reversal on Israeli Settlements

MATTHEW LEE / The Associated Press Nov 18, 2019 Trump administration rejects 40-plus years of policy involving the occupied West Bank, greatly diminishing chances of a broad peace deal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

White House Official Defies Impeachment Subpoena, Deepening Standoff

MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER / The Associated Press Oct 28, 2019 The president may fear that testimony by a deputy to former national security adviser John Bolton could be incriminating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Subpoenas Mark First Concrete Steps for Trump Impeachment

ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO / The Associated Press Sep 27, 2019 House Democrats ask Mike Pompeo and others in State Department to appear and turn over documents; Speaker Pelosi sets no deadline on probe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Endless ‘War on Terror’ Just Suffered a Huge Blow

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Sep 16, 2019 The Terrorist Screening Database, a post-9/11 watchlist that violates civil liberties, is deemed unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court judge. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )