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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  The Intercept and Other Progressive News Sites Sue OpenAI The media outlets claim the company violated copyright laws. By Thor Benson Biden DOJ Launches Antitrust Probe Into Medicare Advantage Behemoth UnitedHealth "For years, UnitedHealth has unfairly and illegally leveraged each of its businesses to strategically squeeze out competitors and monopolize all corners of healthcare," said one researcher. By Jake Johnson 'Good Riddance': McConnell to Step Down as Senate GOP Leader "One of the worst people to ever serve in office. He will be remembered for all the wrong things." By Julia Conley Watch: Special Forces Veteran Condemns US Support for Gaza Genocide "This is wrong, and there's nothing more American than speaking out against what's wrong," Alan Shebaro said during a McKinney, Texas City Council meeting. By Brett Wilkins Uncontrolled Texas Wildfires Shut Down Nuclear Weapons Plant The fast-moving Smokehouse Creek Fire, the second-largest in Texas history, was sparked by dry condition and was 0% contained Wednesday morning. By Julia Conley Jayapal Says Biden Must Heed Warnings of 'Uncommitted' Voters in Michigan Progressive Caucus chair said the "lack of attention and empathy" on Gaza is "breaking apart the fragile coalition we built to elect Joe Biden in 2020." By Jake Johnson ■ More News 'Expedited' Appeal on US Complicity in Gaza Genocide Means Early June Hearing Activists to Insurance Giants: 'End Your Support for Oil and Gas Now' Climate-Fueled Extreme Weather Costs US Nearly $100 Billion a Year: Study 'We Need Joe Biden to Listen': 100,000+ Michigan Primary Voters Mark Uncommitted VIEW ALL NEWS SUPPORT COMMON DREAMS TODAY Invest in journalism that covers the news that matters. DONATE NOW ■ Opinion Growing Inflation Pains: How Democrats Must Go on Offense on the Economy The corporations driving greedflation don’t care about working families and they never will. The rich continue to get richer while everyday families struggle to afford basic necessities. By Tiffany Muller Wall Street to Working-Class Homebuyers: Fuggeddaboutdit! Building a movement to stop Wall Street’s insatiable greed starts with labor unions, like the United Auto Workers, that have shown the willingness to take on corporate power, not only to protect their own members, but also to enhance the working class as a whole. By Les Leopold Michigan's Primary Must Be Wake-Up Call for Biden on Gaza If Biden loses Michigan, as Hillary Clinton lost it to Trump in 2016, his path to electoral victory becomes exceedingly difficult. But it's not too late to turn things around. Human lives, and very possibly his reelection, depend on it. By Sam Rosenthal VIEW ALL OPINION

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