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Top News | ICE Abducts 5-Year-Old on Way to Soccer Match

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No Bending the Knee Here Like every authoritarian before him, Trump is working to co-opt news sources and control what the public sees and hears. Too many corporate outlets are bending the knee—but not Common Dreams. We will never be intimidated, and we will never compromise the core values that define our community: social justice, universal human rights, equality, and peace. Because we are funded by ordinary people like you, our editorial freedom is guaranteed. Our Summer Campaign fundraising drive is underway, and we need to raise $125,000 by midnight on August 31. Will you donate to help power the nonprofit, independent journalism of Common Dreams? DONATE TO OUR SUMMER CAMPAIGN Friday, August 21, 2026 Casar Demands Shutdown of Texas Detention Center After ICE Abducts 5-Year-Old on Way to Soccer Match "Liam should be starting kindergarten this week," said Rep. Greg Casar. "Instead, he's sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas." Know someone who...

Top News | Trump Budget Denounced as 'Moral Obscenity'

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Friday, April 3, 2026 ■ Today's Top News  Windfall Tax on Big Oil Demanded as Trump's Iran War Pads Profits of Fossil Fuel Giants "The Iran war is exposing the deadly consequences of global fossil fuel dependence." By Brad Reed With the price of  oil  surging and showing no signs of coming down anytime soon thanks to President Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran,  renewable energy  advocacy organization  350.org   renewed  its previous  call  to slap fossil fuel companies with a windfall profits tax. In a Friday statement, 350.org noted that the oil supply shortage caused by the Iran war is growing so acute that it’s leading to a “global surge” in  coal  production to meet energy demands. RECOMMENDED... Big Oil Windfall Tax Would Return ‘Egregious’ Iran War Profits to Struggling US Families Thanks to Trump’s Iran War, Over $100 Billion Has Been ‘Siphoned From Ordinary People’ to Big Oil Specifically, 350.org pointed to both Japa...