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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at President Trump’s primetime address on Wednesday night. There was widespread speculation that Trump would use the speech to announce military action against Venezuela, but instead, the 18-minute speech focused largely on domestic issues, including […]

Mexico's President Calls for Dialogue and Peace as Pentagon Strikes More Alleged Drug Boats Suspect in Brown University Shooting Found Dead as Investigators Link Him to MIT Murder Another Infant Freezes to Death in Gaza as Israel Continues to Violate Oct. 10 Ceasefire Steve Witkoff Hosts Gaza Talks in Miami as U.S. Further Sanctions ICC […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: The Trump administration has announced new measures that could effectively ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. On Thursday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads Medicaid and Medicare, unveiled a series of new rules targeting […]

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 the extraordinary case of Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland dad who first made headlines in March when he was wrongfully deported to El […]

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. The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to strip more naturalized immigrants of their U.S. citizenship. That’s according to a report in The New York Times, which […]

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 immigration and the immigration courts. Since President Trump took office in January, nearly a hundred immigration judges, who are technically Department of Justice […]

Affordability crisis grips Canada and U.S. as polls show overwhelming public distress over rising prices A new poll shows most Canadians feel the current cost of living is the worst they’ve ever experienced. Food prices are the primary and most universal source of financial stress. Housing costs are the second biggest […]

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 looking at the devastating war in Sudan, the UAE-backed paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the RSF, facing accusations of attempting to cover up its […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, as the U.S. ramps up pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro. The blockade comes amidst a major U.S. military buildup in 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 Juan González. We turn now to Chile, looking at the election of José Antonio Kast, who’s set to become Chile’s most right-wing leader since the U.S.-backed […]