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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Nermeen Shaikh in New York, with Amy Goodman in Los Angeles. We spend the rest of the hour looking at the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Founded in 1961, […]

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. A warning to our viewers and listeners: This story contains references to rape and sexual abuse. We turn now to Capitol Hill, where Democratic Congressmember Eric Swalwell […]

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. The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land, that’s the name of a new book by our next guests, Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon. One is a Palestinian […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the state of negotiations between the United States and Iran. Delegates from both countries could soon return to Pakistan for another round of peace talks, after negotiations in Islamabad failed to reach a long-term […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to escalating tensions between the president and the pope, following President Trump’s unprecedented attacks on Pope Leo over the pope’s vocal opposition to war. Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly prayed for, quote, “overwhelming violence” against, […]

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. In immigration news, the Trump administration fired six more immigration judges on Friday in their efforts to reshape immigration policy and the immigration courts. Two of the fired judges, Roopal Patel and […]

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. The federal government is preparing to begin automatically registering eligible U.S. men ages 18 to 26 for the military draft pool. The U.S. hasn’t had a draft since 1973, but it still […]

Israel Launches Devastating Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Over 250 and Imperiling Iran Ceasefire Deal Trump Says U.S. Troops Will Remain in Mideast Until U.S. Reaches "REAL AGREEMENT" with Iran Israeli Drone Strike Kills Al Jazeera Correspondent Mohammed Wishah in Gaza City "We Are Losing Our Humanity in War": U.N. Told Over 1,000 Humanitarians Have Been […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Lebanon has declared a day of mourning after Israeli attacks on Wednesday killed over 250 people and injured 1,000 others. At one point, Israel launched a hundred strikes in just 10 minutes. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun condemned the attacks as […]

Death Toll from Israel's "Black Wednesday" Attack on Lebanon Tops 300 Iran Warns Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Could Destroy Ceasefire Deal and Diplomacy with U.S. House GOP Blocks Democratic Effort to Force Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution Israel Approves 34 Settler Outposts Amid Continuing Settler Violence in Occupied West Bank 9-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Shot […]