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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. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Israel is banning dozens of international humanitarian organizations from operating in the Gaza Strip starting Thursday, January 1st. The groups banned include some of the best-known humanitarian aid groups […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: The Empire of AI. That’s the name of a new book by journalist Karen Hao, who’s been closely reporting on the rise of the artificial intelligence industry with a focus on Sam Altman’s OpenAI. That’s the company behind ChatGPT. Karen […]

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. At midnight New York time tonight, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor at a private ceremony at an old City […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We end our final live broadcast of 2025 with Norman Solomon, director of RootsAction, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. He’s just published a new book. It’s titled The Blue Road to Trump Hell: How Corporate Democrats Paved […]

Lavrov claims Ukraine launched 91 drones at Putin’s residence, vows to revise peace talk stance Russia accuses Ukraine of a drone attack on Putin’s residence, vowing severe retaliation. Ukraine’s Zelensky denies the claim, calling it a fabrication to justify escalation. Russia warns it will revise its negotiation stance, citing alleged Ukrainian […]

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. As millions across the United States struggle with rising food and living costs, we look now at how the Trump administration plans to resume garnishing the wages of student […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: On January 1st, tens of millions in the United States will see their health insurance costs soar, when subsidies under the Affordable Care Act expire. Health insurance premiums are expected to more than double or triple for some 20 million […]

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. U.N. experts are raising grave concern over the treatment and fragile health of a group of Palestine Action political prisoners who have been on hunger strike protesting […]

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. As CBS cancels a 60 Minutes segment on the Trump administration’s deportations of hundreds of men, we turn now to a documentary premiering today on HBO and HBO Max called Critical Incident: […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: The Justice Department is under fire over its initial release of files related to the serial convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after it failed to publish thousands of documents by Friday’s congressionally imposed deadline. The delay drew criticism from […]