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Iran and U.S. escalate conflict amid threats to global energy and stability Iran and its allies launched retaliatory strikes against U.S.-linked assets and Israeli targets, including infrastructure in the UAE, Bahrain and Tel Aviv. The U.S. and Israel responded with attacks on Iranian civilian sites, heightening the risk of an unwinnable regional war. […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Iran is threatening to escalate attacks in the Middle East after President Trump delivered a primetime address in which he threatened to bomb Iran “back to the stone ages.” Global stock prices tumbled and oil prices jumped after Trump vowed […]

Trump Warns of "Much More to Follow" as U.S. Bombs Civilian Infrastructure in Iran Iran Strikes Gulf Refineries, Warns of Escalating Attacks as U.S.-Israeli Bombings Continue Israel Says It Struck 3,500 Targets in Lebanon in One Month of War Israel Continues Deadly Attacks on Palestinians Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire U.K. Palestinian Solidarity Activists Found Guilty of […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump has fired Pam Bondi as the U.S. attorney general amidst reports of his growing frustration with Bondi’s failure to prosecute his political enemies and her handling of the Epstein files. Trump said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: But I wanted to ask you a quick question about a critical piece you just wrote, headlined “The Lie of ‘Preventive’ War,” where you write, “Never has Donald Trump’s willful blindness to legal limits been more evident than in his […]

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. Democrats and voting advocacy groups have filed three separate lawsuits against President Trump’s sweeping new executive order to limit mail-in and absentee voting ahead […]

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 end today’s show with Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia. She was recently freed after spending a year in an ICE jail in Texas, arrested […]

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 Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on one of the most consequential cases of the year, the constitutionality of President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. […]

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: Israel is facing a global outcry after the Israeli Knesset approved a death penalty law designed to only apply to Palestinians. The Association for Civil Rights in […]

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 Christians across the world are observing Holy Week, Pope Leo is escalating his calls for the war in Iran to end. He spoke in Rome on Tuesday — in a rare […]