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August 29, 2025

Headlines for August 29, 2025

  • Amid Deepening Famine, Israel Declares Gaza City a "Dangerous Combat Zone"
  • Palestinian and Israeli Protesters in West Bank Demand End to Gaza Assault
  • Flooding Displaces More Than 1 Million in Pakistan
  • Thai Constitutional Court Removes Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
  • Security Council Votes to Wind Down U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon
  • Democrats Demand Assault Weapons Ban in Wake of Minneapolis School Shooting
  • RFK Jr. Taps Deputy to Lead CDC After White House Fires Director Who Opposed Anti-Vaccine Moves
  • Fed Governor Lisa Cook Sues to Keep Her Job After Trump Attempts to Fire Her
  • White House Seeks to Use Chicago Naval Base for Immigration Crackdown
  • U.S. Air Force to Offer Full Military Honors to January 6 Rioter
  • Trump Administration Withdraws U.S. from U.N. Review of Human Rights Record
  • Texas GOP Lawmakers Advance Bill to Expand Abortion Restrictions
  • Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Unions at Several Government Agencies
  • NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Joins Rev. Al Sharpton's "March on Wall Street"

This post was originally published on Democracy Now!.

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