Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Pledges To Investigate Elon Musk’s DOGE

“Elon Musk and his DOGE operatives ran roughshod over our government, gutted safety nets, and created real-world disasters that impacted hundreds of thousands of lives,” said Nancy Treviño, lead organizer with the Investigate DOGE campaign. “Now, former insiders are writing memoirs trying to sanitize a wrecking-ball campaign that left mass destruction in its wake. Voters deserve to know today where every Member of Congress and candidate on the ballot stands. We need lawmakers who will commit to issuing subpoenas and launching immediate investigations into Musk’s actions before the midterm elections occur.”

AOL

Exclusive: EAC commissioner communicated with Cleta Mitchell’s group on proof of citizenship, emails show

President Donald Trump may have dismantled the leadership of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). But new emails shared with Democracy Docket reveal that one of the agency’s then-commissioners last year communicated with a top anti-voting group to try to boost President Donald Trump’s plan to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.

Democracy Docket

People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

Some AI models already exhibit signs of “model collapse,” which is where AI models further trained on AI-generated text can become worse and worse. In this case, some of the people hired to partially stop that happening are themselves using AI-generated responses to train OpenAI’s models.

404 Media

Texas Is Trying to Punish Its Way Out of a Prison Overdose Crisis

While quality treatment options remain scarce—even in the hardest-hit lockups

Texas Observer

Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE’s Radar for Low-Level Crimes

An INDY investigation finds judges and magistrates in Durham have repeatedly flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody.

INDY

“Wasn’t Jesus Woke?”

Kansas pastor Adam Hamilton is challenging party lines in a tight Senate race.

Drop Site

Has the USDA Considered Just Recalling ALL American Food?

How many millions of pounds of uninspected meat will the USDA ultimately allow to hit the market in 2026?

Jezebel

Two More Hospitals Strike DOJ Deals to End Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Amid investigations, NYU Langone and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have agreed to pay the DOJ large sums.

Them

Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons

Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois.

Truthout

She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her.

Inspired by female conservative influencers, Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model “groypettes.” A vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame.

The Washington Post

How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War

The Smithsonian is independent of the executive branch, governed by a 17-member board led by the chief justice of the Supreme Court and with six members of Congress, three from each party, serving with nine private citizens and the vice president. But it depends on the federal government for 62% of its funding, receiving more than $1 billion per year, and warnings of deep budget cuts have grown ever louder. Finally, on Sept. 8, Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch, the first African American person to lead the institution, announced he was stepping down at age 73, saying “it has been stressful.”

ProPublica

DHS Denies Agents Were Told to Stand Down Arrests for Non-Criminals

The Daily Wire reported ICE agents had been told to stop arresting those without a criminal record.

The Washington Sun

US Chamber of Commerce Tour Ignores 250 Years of Socialism

To the people of America: You have a people’s economy—much of it still intact—to preserve, strengthen, and bring up to date.

Common Dreams

Death by Data Centers

I’m an oncology nurse in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. My patients and I breathe the same polluted air, and we can’t afford the toxic exposure from the gas-fired plants set to power the state’s proposed AI data centers.

Dissent Magazine

More Than 100 Arrested Protesting Netanyahu at United Nations

Two leading Democratic candidates for Congress and several local elected officials were among those taken into custody as the Israeli prime minister assailed Mayor Mamdani at the General Assembly.

The City Reporter

Strait of Hormuz tensions linger as Iran and US move further from a deal

There are fears that fighting between the US and Iran will renew, after President Trump rejected a deal for the Strait of Hormuz.

AlJazeera

Look again – there’s more to Europe’s election trends than far-right success

Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right

The Guardian

Haiti prime minister urges dignity for migrants as his country grapples with deportees

“Behind statistics and debates there are women, children and men who carry with them a history, talents, hopes, and sometimes the burden of exile,” Fils-Aimé told world leaders gathered in New York at the 81st U.N. General Assembly. “Respect for dignity and fundamental rights of all migrants must be upheld, no matter their situation. No circumstance can justify trampling their dignity under foot. The protection of a border and respect for human dignity are not incompatible.”

Miami Herald

‘War criminals’ belong in courtrooms, not at UN rostrum: Turkish president

“If those committing genocide are not held accountable before justice and history, the same atrocities will happen again,” he warned.

Middle East Monitor

Pope Leo welcomes French converts and wades into liturgy debate

As France sees a surge in adult and youth baptisms, Pope Leo XIV urged the church to welcome new Catholics into parish life and called for reverence in worship without letting liturgical preferences divide the faithful.

Religion News Network

Syria’s Market Economy: Dismantling Subsidies and Protecting Vulnerable Groups – The Syrian Observer

These issues were the focus of a recent episode of Syria TV’s program Al-Muntada, featuring Jihad Yazigi, editor-in-chief of The Syria Report; Abdel Nasser Al-Jassem, professor of business administration; and Khaled Al-Hamdi, an expert in economic planning. Their discussion examined the future of government subsidies, the evolving role of the state, and the policies needed to protect Syrians during this critical transitional phase.

Syrian Observer

Israel Can’t Postpone Its Reckoning Forever

Intractable divides between the secular and the religious pose a bigger problem for the country than any external threat.

The Atlantic

The view from Canada: Make America Think Again

Rebuilding trust will take generations.

Public Notice

At least 12 dead and dozens missing after a vessel capsizes in DRC

This incident comes only two days after at least 41 people died in another boat capsizing in DRC.

AlJazeera

5 men arrested near air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act

London’s Metropolitan Police, which takes the lead on potential terrorism activities, said local police received a call at 12:45 a.m. related to the three suspicious vehicles that appeared to be traveling toward RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned base that is operated by the U.S. under an agreement dating back to the Cold War.

Chicago Tribune

Swiss reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum backed by right-wing populist party

Supporters of the plan, led by the Swiss People’s Party, which includes members with pro-Russia leanings, argued that the government had gravitated too close to the European Union and NATO, particularly over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

PBS

At Lourdes healing shrine, Pope Leo addresses ‘wounds’ of clerical abuse

With clerical abuse scandals and the Vatican trial of the Rev. Marko Rupnik looming over the pope’s visit to France, Leo encouraged the church to ‘have the courage’ to recognize its failures, while calling on bishops to remain vigilant.

Religion News Service

Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth

To give these “herd boys” a second chance at education, dozens of dedicated schools have emerged across the country. Mostly run by volunteers on shoestring budgets, they hold classes at night, once the flocks have been safely brought into their pens. The teaching is often basic — reading, writing, counting. And the schools constantly struggle financially to keep their doors open. Yet for many, they offer the only chance to dream of a different future.

NPR

Yemeni leader urges public to enlist, offers amnesty to Houthi defectors

Rashad al-Alimi pledges amnesty for Houthi defectors in first speech since losing ground on the western Red Coast.

AlJazeera