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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump suffered a setback at the Supreme Court Wednesday when justices issued a 5-to-4 ruling rejecting a request by the Trump administration to keep frozen $2 billion in foreign aid. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett […]

Trump Exempts Goods in U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact from 25% Tariff After Talks with Pres. Sheinbaum State Dept. Implements Trump EO Halting Most U.S. Funding for South Africa State Dept. to Close Overseas Missions, Dozens of Consulates U.S. Judge Blocks DOGE from Firing Head of U.S. African Development Foundation 8 Democratic States Sue Education Dept. over […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: He did not obey. We begin today’s show with Democratic Congressmember Al Green of Texas, who was censured by the House Thursday for disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night. The dramatic protest came near the start […]

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. House Republicans narrowly adopted a budget proposal last week to cut as much as $2 trillion in spending over a 10-year period, in part to fund Trump’s […]

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 We turn now to Nicaragua, which has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a report last month that urged the international community to address human rights violations by President […]

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 continue to look at how the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development are likely to cause enormous human suffering, leading to increased […]

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 looking at a critique of the role of the U.S. Agency for International Development and other international aid agencies, the role they play in the Global South. We’re […]

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. President Trump continued his attack on the transgender community in his address Tuesday night, attacking transgender athletes, highlighting his ongoing efforts to curb the rights of transgender people, then […]

The global revolt against green tyranny: How populist leaders are reclaiming energy freedom Nations worldwide are rejecting stringent climate mandates, which are perceived as obstacles to economic growth, drivers of high energy costs and threats to personal freedoms. This backlash against the “green transition” is fueled by populist movements and conservative leaders who […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We end today’s show with New Jersey Democratic Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, a member of the House Budget and Appropriations Committee. She attended President Trump’s address Tuesday night with a guest, Dr. Adam Hamawy, a […]