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The U.S. Congress passed a pared-down funding bill to keep the government running until March 2025, reducing it from 1,547 to 118 pages at the urging of President-elect Trump and Elon Musk. The bill passed with narrow margins, receiving 85 votes in the Senate and 366 in the House of Representatives, with 34 […]

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 Palestine, where Christians are preparing for a second Christmas under ongoing Israeli attacks as the number killed in Gaza has risen to 45,317, though the toll is likely […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to a grim reality that Syrians are facing after the toppling of the Assad regime: the discovery of mass graves across the country. According to the International Commission on Missing Persons, more than 150,000 Syrians remain unaccounted […]

Israel's Genocide in Gaza Claims 77 Palestinian Lives Over Past Day Israeli Settlers Vandalize West Bank Mosque Amid Continuing Israeli Attacks Across Occupied Territory U.S. Officials in Damascus as Syrian Kurds Seek to Fend Off Possible Turkish Incursion Syrian Youth, Women Gather to Demand Respect for Human Rights from Incoming Gov't Striking Amazon Workers in […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Thousands of Amazon workers organizing with the Teamsters union have launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. In the midst of peak holiday shopping season, drivers and workers at seven facilities in New York, Georgia, Illinois and California […]

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. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appeared in a federal court here in New York Thursday after being extradited from […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: But explain what it means to appeal. ELISABETH BENJAMIN: Sure. AMY GOODMAN: I mean, what do you do first. ELISABETH BENJAMIN: So, first of all, the first thing you should do if you get a claims denial is call your […]

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. We end today’s show with Yale historian and author Timothy Snyder, author of numerous books, including On Freedom and, before that, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the […]

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: In a major new report, Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing acts of extermination and genocide by deliberately restricting safe […]

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: The U.S. government has agreed to pay nearly $116 million to settle lawsuits brought by 103 women who survived sexual abuse and […]