Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

- Mothers hold 24-hour vigil in DC to protest republican cuts to Medicaid, as GAO says millions could lose coverage
- Democratic lawmakers sound alarm over DOGE plans to cut 80,000 jobs at Dept of Veteran Affairs
- Democratic senators say republicans want to change rules, weaken CA environmental standards to please Trump and big oil
- Child malnutrition, starvation on rise in Gaza after 3 months of Israeli blockade of aid
- Israel shuts 6 UN schools in East Jerusalem, UNRWA chief says storming schools and forcing shut is blatant disregard of international law
- Recently released Palestinian student activist launches campaign to boost legal aid for immigrants in Vermont