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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 Juan González. On Monday, New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking workers on a picket line outside a Starbucks in Brooklyn. […]

President Trump has gutted the U.S. government’s support for AIDS healthcare around the world while ordering an end to commemorations of World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1. Cuts to U.S. foreign aid are having a disproportionate impact on LGBTQ+ communities in many countries, says journalist and scholar Steven Thrasher, speaking from Uganda. “There […]

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 President Trump’s call to pause all asylum decisions after an Afghan man who once worked for the CIA opened fire near the White […]

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 24 Palestinians Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire Israeli Airstrike on a Beirut Suburb Kills 5 People, Including Hezbollah's Acting Chief of Staff Trump Admin Set to Designate Maduro and His Gov't Allies as Members of a Foreign Terrorist Organization U.S., Ukrainian and European Officials in Geneva to Discuss U.S. Proposal to End […]

GOP Lawmaker Presses U.S. to Invade Venezuela, Promising "Field Day" for U.S. Oil Companies Sudan's RSF Announces Unilateral Ceasefire as Military Rulers Reject U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Plan Israel Continues to Violate Gaza Ceasefire as GHF Closes Aid Sites Condemned as "Death Traps" Sen. Van Hollen Calls for Release of Mohammed Ibrahim, a Florida Teen Jailed for […]

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 begin today’s show looking at the growing scandal around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, both his ties to President Trump and a network of […]

U.N.: Israel's War on Gaza Will Cost More Than $70 Billion in Reconstruction Over Several Decades Human Rights Groups Call on Israel to Release Palestinian Journalist and Activist Ayman Ghrayeb Brazil's Former President Jair Bolsonaro Starts Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Trump to Send Witkoff to Moscow Next Week to Meet with Putin Dr. Abraham, a […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to the Middle East as Israel continues to carry out attacks in Gaza. Since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire went into effect, Israel has killed more than 342 civilians there, including 67 children. In related news, Axios is reporting […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In this Democracy Now! special, we look at the rise of New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. On November 4th, he made history by winning the race to become the next mayor of New York City. The democratic socialist is the […]