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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. photo: Jessica Rodriguez Rivas House Dems call for congressional action on AI after GOP Speaker ends house session; Treasury Secretary Bessent defends Trump trade, economic policies amid Dem criticism; Saudis seek allies’ help as missile defenses run low in fight with Houthis; On this date in 1974, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation announcing a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft resisters; In 1982, the massacre of more than 1,300 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in west Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps; Author-historian-filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. is 76   The post House Dems call for congressional action on AI; Treasury Scty Bessent defends Trump trade, economic policies amid Dem criticism – September 16, 2026 – September 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Dems hold shadow forum claiming Trump admin enriching itself, blast “crypto-grift” and public corruption; Oakland city council to vote on resolution on coal transport, amid controversy over construction of controversial coal terminal; Indictment claims 2 Oakland police officers conspired to get helicopter certification without taking tests; FBI chief Patel says bureau ready for “election integrity” actions at polls on election day, during heated 4 hour Senate hearing; Judge temporarily halts construction of ICE facility in Gilroy as issue goes to court; On this date In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in Nazi Germany, depriving German Jews of their citizenship The post Oakland city council to vote on resolution on coal transport; Judge temporarily halts construction of ICE facility as issue goes to court – September 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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War in Yemen re-ignites, producing a massive flow of refugees and likely closure of the Red Sea. With both the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea now in war zones, global fossil fuel prices are set to skyrocket Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor at the Venice Film Festival, photo by Ondine Goat – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link An Israeli air strike kills two and wounds 13 in Gaza City, as Israeli settlers and the military attack multiple villages in the occupied West Bank. Both the European Union and the BRICS summit call for ending trade with illegal Israeli settlements A new documentary from the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of ‘No Other Land’ wins an international film award, while Israeli officials say they’ll move to revoke the filmmakers’ citizenship Activists are calling on House Democrats to call a War Powers Act vote to end the US blockade of Cuba, which they say is a potential war crime under the 4th Geneva Convention Critics call for AI regulations, criticize Trump administration response Turkish government targets LGBTQ+ groups and individuals, raiding offices and detaining dozens of people The post War in Yemen; New film from “No Other Land” directors; EU and BRICS both call for end to Israeli settlement trade; Cuba War Powers Act; Turkish attack on LGBTQ groups appeared first on KPFA.

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