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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: During a White House press briefing Thursday, President Trump said the cause of Wednesday’s midair collision of a U.S. military helicopter with an American passenger jet at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people is still unknown, […]

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 turn now to several confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill for President Trump’s Cabinet members, beginning with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who faced a second day of hearings for health secretary. Kennedy […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Brian Deer, I want to move on to another issue. You wrote the book The Doctor Who Fooled the World. I want to go right now to another interaction in the Senate, another exchange. This is independent Senator Bernie Sanders […]

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 turn now to two other confirmation hearings that took place Thursday for roles overseeing American intelligence and law enforcement. Director of national intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard faced bipartisan skepticism, while Trump’s […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: I want to go to Edward Snowden, meaning I want to turn — CHIP GIBBONS: Sure. AMY GOODMAN: — to the confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for the director of national intelligence. She refused to call whistleblower Edward Snowden […]

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: Rescue workers in Washington, D.C., have launched a massive search operation in the Potomac River after an American Airlines flight and a […]

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: Israel is scheduled to free 110 Palestinians, including 30 children, from its prisons, after Hamas released three Israelis and five Thai nationals […]

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, with Juan González. On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will join other leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for an emergency meeting to respond to President Donald Trump’s […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We end today’s show looking at how the Chinese startup DeepSeek, which uses a free, open-source artificial intelligence model, has upended Silicon Valley. It’s new, low-cost AI tool R1 has […]

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, with Juan González. We turn now to Sudan. Earlier today, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his call for an immediate halt to the fighting between the Sudanese military and paramilitary Rapid Support […]