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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has taken vast areas of the eastern […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We turn now to an expert on autocracy who says the Trump administration’s moves to gut the federal government, shape the judiciary and punish […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to renew Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, saying the Israeli military will return to, quote, “intense […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We spend the rest of the hour with the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd. His new book is out today, Perfect Victims: And the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: I want to bring into this conversation Chris McGreal. He was the Johannesburg correspondent for The Guardian during the last years of apartheid until 2002. His new piece for The Guardian is titled “What does Elon Musk believe?” and “How […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show in the occupied West Bank as Israel is intensifying its military assault, which has displaced 35,000 Palestinians in recent weeks. On Saturday, Israeli troops raided the Nur Shams […]

Protests Erupt Against Trump and Musk Takeover of Gov't Agencies NOAA Receives Order to Halt "International Engagements"; HHS Workers Placed on DEI "Hit List" Sen. Brian Schatz Warns Against "Creeping Fascism" as He Leads Filibuster Against OMB Nominee Vought Unions Sue to Prevent DOGE from Accessing Labor Dept. Data CIA Sends White House Email with […]

Riley Gaines and XX-XY Athletics have produced a viral commercial challenging the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, featuring Gaines and other prominent female athletes. The commercial aims to protect women’s sports as a fair space for biological females, with Gaines declaring, “Women’s sports must be protected.” XX-XY Athletics, founded by […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Fallout continues to grow over President Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over Gaza and displace the entire Palestinian population in order to turn Gaza into what he called, quote, “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump made […]

Trump Sanctions ICC over War Crimes Investigations Against Israel Trump Says Palestinians Will Be "Happy, Safe and Free" After Mass Expulsion from Gaza Senate Votes to Confirm Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought as White House Budget Chief DOGE Staffer Marko Elez Resigns over Racist and Hateful Social Media Posts Lawmakers Denied Access to EPA as […]