Status Coup News is an independent news network that reports ON-THE-GROUND across the country—what we call the United Corporations of America— on the important stories the corporate media exists to COVER UP. Funded by working people, rather than billionaires, we expose and cover corruption, worker exploitation and workers fighting back, protest movements, environmental injustice, and the progressive movement.

Our mission is simple: to give the microphone back to the people. Led by veteran independent journalist Jordan Chariton, Status Coup shows up IN THE TRENCHES to put a spotlight on the stories mainstream media ignored and abandoned long ago.

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🚨 BREAKING: PLEA DEAL TALKS UNDERWAY 🚨

The White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter is now reportedly in plea negotiations with the Trump Justice Department.

Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski breaks down the latest court filings, what a potential plea deal could mean, and where the case goes from here.

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🚨 WHOOPS! FORD HAD TO HIRE THEM BACK. 🚨

After betting on AI, Ford is now bringing back hundreds of veteran engineers — raising new questions about whether Corporate America rushed to replace workers before the technology was actually ready.

JT Cestkowski breaks down Ford's reversal, what it says about the AI hype, and why workers are often the ones paying the price.

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Jordan Chariton will be LIVE today at 5 PM EST outside Delaney Hall!

We will be covering an anti-ICE protest that is part of the larger anti-Trump day of protest action happening nationwide, and we'll be ON-THE-GROUND talking to REAL people affected by ICE and their crackdown.

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🚨 JUDGE ORDERS FBI NOTES RELEASED 🚨

A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release — or explain why it cannot release — previously withheld FBI interview notes involving a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault after Jeffrey Epstein allegedly introduced them.

JT Cestkowski breaks down the ruling.

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🚨 WHY ARE THEY PUSHING SO HARD? 🚨

A new New York Magazine article is trying to put Jeffrey Epstein murder theories to rest.

JT Cestkowski breaks down the arguments, brings in the reporting of investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, and examines why some media outlets seem so eager to declare the case closed.

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🚨 THE VIDEO DOESN'T LIE 🚨

New footage has emerged of the incident in which an ICE agent fired at a fleeing vehicle after being struck.

JT Cestkowski breaks down what the video shows, revisits previous incidents where ICE's accounts later came under scrutiny, and asks whether the official narrative holds up.

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🚨 "THEY JUST WATCHED." 🚨

After being denied visitation with her father inside Delaney Hall, 10-year-old Nayeli Gomez collapsed, temporarily lost her memory, and was rushed to the hospital.

Afterwards, she and her mother sat down with JT Cestkowski to recount the ordeal — and the devastating emotional toll her father's detention has taken on their family.

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🚨 ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE OVER TRUMP'S IRAN DEAL 🚨

Trump's Iran deal has sparked an all-out war on the right, with Republican senators, MAGA influencers, and conservative media figures turning on one another.

JT Cestkowski breaks down the backlash — and how ordinary Americans are paying the price.

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🚨 "I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE." 🚨

After being struck by a vehicle while covering the Delaney Hall protests, photojournalist Josh Pacheco sat down with Jordan Chariton to recount the terrifying moment they blacked out and thought they might not survive.

Pacheco also reflects on the dangers independent journalists face — and why too often they're on their own when something goes wrong.

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🚨 CULTS, SEX & WWIII? 🚨

According to a shocking Wired report, billionaire Peter Thiel's secretive Dialog society has become a gathering place for some of the world's most powerful people.

JT Cestkowski breaks down the revelations — and contrasts the conversations happening at elite retreats with the reality on the ground, where families are being separated and even children are terrified of ICE agents.

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