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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. We turn now to Gaza, where Israel has carried out repeated attacks, killing about 100 Palestinians over the past two weeks since the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal with […]

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 here in New York, where early voting began this weekend in the city’s mayoral race, with a record 164,000 ballots cast in the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel, as an occupying power, must allow U.N. aid into Gaza and that Israel cannot use starvation as a method of warfare. Yuji Iwasawa, the president of the International Court of Justice, […]

The United Nations is urging Israel to open the Rafah border crossing to allow urgently needed aid into the Gaza Strip. This comes as 41 aid organizations, including Oxfam and the Norwegian Refugee Council, have published an open letter accusing Israel of “arbitrarily” rejecting aid deliveries into Gaza. The letter says, “Aid denied by Israeli […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel today as the Trump administration piles pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal. A parade of top Trump officials held meetings with Netanyahu in Israel […]

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. President Donald Trump has abruptly demolished the entire East Wing of the White House. This comes as the government shutdown enters its 24th day, with Republican majorities in Congress facing growing criticism, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: “Criminal” by Stew Stewart from the soundtrack of the new documentary Criminal, which we’ll talk about in a minute. This year, President Trump signed two executive orders that aim to eliminate so-called cashless bail, and threatened to cut federal funding […]

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: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Israel today, following on the heels of Vice President JD Vance’s visit. Vance was […]

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 Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: The final debate of New York City’s closely watched mayoral race took place Wednesday night. Democratic socialist state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the Democratic nominee. If he […]

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. A group of United Nations experts say U.S. strikes targeting boats in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela amount to extrajudicial execution. In […]