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The International Rescue Committee

More than 30 million people in urgent need after major floods devastate areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan; IRC launches emergency response

Yemen: IRC Statement on 2-Month Extension of UN-Led Truce Agreement

IRC Responds to U.S. Supreme Court's MPP Decision

IRC Celebrates End of Title 42, Calls for Further Action to Protect Legal Rights of Asylum Seekers

25 million people face extreme hunger in East Africa if drought continues, warns IRC

7 years into the conflict, Yemeni civilians continue to bear the brunt of war as bombardments rise by 43%, warns IRC

House GOP Unveils Budget With Trillions in Cuts to Medicaid, Food Benefits, and More

Clinging to Trumpian Lies, Wisconsin GOP Tries to 'Illegally Fire' Election Chief

'Their Plan Won't Work': UAW Rips GM and Ford for Laying Off Workers Amid Historic Strike

'A Watershed Moment': California Sues Big Oil Over Decades of Climate Destruction

Demanding an End to 'Deadly Fossil Fuels,' Tens of Thousands Take the Streets in NYC

Study Exposes Forest Carbon Credit Schemes to Offset Fossil Fuels as 'Pipe Dream'

Six Out of Nine Planetary Boundaries Already Crossed, Study Warns

'War Is Good for Business,' Declares Executive at London's Global Arms Fair

With Alito's Billionaire Patron Holding $90 Million in Finance Firms, Watchdog Demands Recusal From CFPB Case

AOC Says Climate Movement Must Become 'Too Big and Too Radical to Ignore'