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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 […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Democratic ranking members of several House committees are calling for an investigation of potential national security threats posed by Elon Musk’s DOGE — that’s Department of Government Efficiency. This comes as The Wall Street Journal reports a 25-year-old DOGE staff member […]

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 look now at some of the new legal hurdles facing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as it tries to dismantle and restructure, as […]

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 with President Trump’s moves to shut down the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. On Thursday, 168 workers of the environmental justice office […]

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: To talk more about Trump’s call for the United States to seize Gaza and force out the entire Palestinian population, we’re joined […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, in the midst of Black History Month. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: As President Trump and Elon Musk attempt to dismantle the federal government, we end today’s show with Trump’s plans to issue […]

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. Since taking office, President Trump has signed a slew of executive orders attacking transgender people and their rights. Today we look at a key […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: I want to bring Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum into this conversation, a pediatrician, adolescent medicine specialist who works with transgender youth. Can you talk about what’s happening in these hospitals? I’ve heard stories of one person after another, as Chase just […]

We speak with Karla Gilbride, the former general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who was fired by President Trump in late January along with two commissioners at the federal agency that enforces civil rights law in the workplace. The EEOC was created as part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is […]