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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
USDA cuts strip NRCS workers from local communities
The Natural Resources Conservation Service lost nearly a quarter of its staff nationwide in 2025 after the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government. Many were local experts that help farmers with soil and water conservation efforts...
Providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US
Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictions…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/abortion-bans-later-procedures
The Florida GOP’s Red Scare Is Losing Steam – Mother Jones
“We learned from Trump, if you scream something a thousand times, it sadly saturates. But it’s not working with the same currency [as] past cycles.”…
Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-up
Washington says it acted after observing Iran was planning to deploy fresh mines in strait of Hormuz…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/trump-threatens-further-action-us-iran-exchange-fire
John Roberts blisters colleagues in scathing dissent as Trump's ballroom gets green light - Raw Story
Roberts cited 40 U.S.C. § 8106, which states that it is illegal to construct any "building or structure ... on any reservation, park, or public grounds of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress."
"The ballroom is a building or structure being erected on federal park grounds — President's Park — in the District of Columbia," Roberts continued. "Yet Congress has not passed any law resembling 'express authority' for the Executive's construction of it."…
https://www.rawstory.com/john-roberts-2677800267/
Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search
“They claimed he ran up to them braying and they thought they were in danger and shot and killed him after trying to taze him,” Israel wrote in her Facebook post, which featured a photograph of her kneeling by the fallen donkey.
“HeeHaw was raised in the house and did petting zoos [and] never knew a stranger. And was shot and killed in his own pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger. There is no way this is legal...”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/georgia-police-officer-on-leave-donkey-killed
MAHA has arrived in Iowa — and Big Ag is reeling - POLITICO
Lahn is taking aim at fertilizers, pesticides and other farm chemicals seeping into drinking water supplies — and the agrochemical giants that make them. He believes Big Ag and Big Chemical are to blame for the state’s high cancer rates, a top issue for voters here...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/31/maha-iowa-big-ag-01056179
California lawmakers move to shield the coast from Trump's oil agenda - POLITICO
“Trump is threatening California’s coast in pursuit of reckless offshore oil and gas extraction to pad the wallets of his corrupt oil cronies,” Newsom said in a statement earlier this month…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/28/california-coast-trump-oil-01055337
Leaders of China, Russia, India among world leaders meeting at summit to counter U.S. influence | PBS News
Along with Russia, China has presented the SCO as an alternative to Western-aligned organizations like the G7, and in recent years has wanted to expand the scope and influence of the organization, pledging development and financial assistance.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last week that the organization has successfully "explored a new path for regional cooperation." Beijing has consistently promoted the idea of an alternative world order with Russia's support...
USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts
Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reports…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/30/usda-cyclospora-research-projects-shelved
US army secretary Dan Driscoll resigns over reported friction with Pete Hegseth
Resignation comes after months of turmoil at Pentagon, from leaked investigation to ousting of senior officials…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/army-secretary-dan-driscoll-resigns
Plan to cut polling sites in major Texas county draws protests as Senate battle looms | PBS News
Carol Raburn, who worked the March primaries as an election judge in Tarrant County, called the proposal a form of voter suppression.
"Because what happens when people don't have a convenient place to go vote that's not too far away from where they are, where they live? They just don't go vote because they've made it so difficult," she said...
Trump Is Unraveling a Hard-Won Rule to Reduce Toxic Pollution From Chemical Plants – Mother Jones
“Everything that the Biden administration did to help protect us was pretty much just thrown in the garbage,” Tish Taylor said in July, and replaced by “a death sentence.” St. John the Baptist Parish, where her family lives, has the country’s highest risk of cancer from air pollution—nearly 50 times the national average. A disproportionate percentage of those exposed to the highest levels of pollution in the region are Black…
Documents leaked by Trump official to bolster a conspiracy show ‘absolutely nothing’
The dispute is the latest chapter in a years-long campaign by conservatives to portray the GEC as part of a broader effort by the US government and technology companies to suppress rightwing speech...
New Report: Hegseth’s Own Military Brass Warns the Iran War Is Unsustainable – Mother Jones
The pain point, according to the reporting, is that President Trump wants to keep all his options open, including the ability to attack Iran again—extending a large deployment of troops kept at the ready and limiting the ability to train and run missions elsewhere. That prompted the concern, formally known as a “non-concur,” from Hegseth’s commanders, according to the Post:…
James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’
The senior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the expansion of the nation’s highest legal panel to 13 justices...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/james-clyburn-clarence-thomas-supreme-court
Heat kills 5 times more people than official stats show : NPR
From 2004 to 2018, the national number of heat-related deaths compiled by the CDC was low: on average, around 700 a year. The number has crept up in recent years, averaging around 1,700 but sometimes topping 2,000, as heat risks grow and counting strategies evolve.
But even that number is an underestimate, according to NPR and BU's analysis. On average between 2018 and 2025, we estimate that some 9,000 deaths each year in the country are impacted by heat — a factor of five higher than the official average over that same period.
Some years, heat-related deaths can top 10,000...
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5724225/heat-wave-death-toll-tracker
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