Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Middle Eastern Studies Associate Director Jennifer Loewenstein: U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Announced: Is it Real This Time?

Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid activist Ofer Neiman: Israeli Voters May Oust Netanyahu in October Election, but Brutal Repression of Palestinians Likely to Continue

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Senior Research Fellow William D. Hartung: The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into Military Missions

Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• Syria needs large-scale reconstruction in recovery from 15-year brutal civil war
• Union Now creates fund to support workers who want to organize but can't due to finances
• Two progressive candidates running to oust NYC Comptroller Thomas DeNapoli

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Salon writer Sophia Tesfaye: MAGA Billionaire Ellison Family and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’

Fredi Guevara and Liam Henrie: US Crew Members of Global Sumud Aid Flotilla to Gaza Describe Their Israeli Navy Detention

Stand Up America Executive Director Christina Harvey: ‘Kick Out Corruption Tour’ Links Trump Grift to Affordability Crisis

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

• Trump connection seals $1B Balkans pipeline deal to inexperienced contractor
• White House building ties to Rwanda-backed M23 militia occupying mineral-rich DRC
• Immigrants pulled out of naturalization ceremonies now file lawsuits

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National Security Archive Cuba Documentation Project's Peter Kornbluh: Trump’s Cuba Oil Blockade Triggers Dire Humanitarian Crisis Amid U.S. Invasion Threat

Former EPA Administrator Martha Guzman Aceves: Recent Hazardous Chemical Disasters Come as Trump EPA Rolls Back Federal Safety Regulations

Reporters Without Borders' Ben Grazda: World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald Trump

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Unofficial Trump adviser Mauricio Claver-Carone reshaping Venezuelan government
• Most polluting LNG project in the U.S.: Louisiana LNG
• Nebraska independent running for U.S. Senate championing working class-vs.-billionaires

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Roosevelt University professor David Faris: Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War Quagmire

Center for International Policy senior fellow Mel Goodman: Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Reveals China’s Rise, America’s Decline

Oil & Water Don't Mix coordinator David Holtz: Environmental & Indigenous Groups Fight to Shut Down Line 5 Fossil Fuel Pipeline Before It Contaminates the Great Lakes

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• Bombshell leak threatens Flávio Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidential election bid
• Potentially fatal summer months ahead for migrants in southwestern states
• Paltry snowpack amid drought, wildfire risk threatens western states

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Common Cause's Dan Vicuña: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of Racial Political Apartheid

Hold the Line's Jon Copeland: Opponents Protest LNG Pipeline Plan to Power Massive AI Data Center in Southern New Mexico

Freedom from Religion Foundation's Annie Laurie Gaylor: Trump Regime Sponsors Taxpayer-Funded Rally Promoting White Christian Nationalism

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• China continuing a more clandestine, decentralized repression of Uyghurs
• Chainsaw-wielding Trump ally Argentinean President Javier Milei's economy and popularity also cratering
• Maine Democrats condemn National Democratic party's intervention in their primary

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Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Iran War Week 11—Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza

Social Security Administration former commissioner Martin O'Malley: Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer Service

Food and Water Watch's Thomas Meyer: Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like Wildfire

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• ICE has detained 11,000 parents of U.S. citizen children
• South American crime groups now prefer illegal gold mining over drug trafficking
• Portland's affordable housing strategy a model for other cities

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National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America
• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated
• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prize

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National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year

Latin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’

Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk
• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliency

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