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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 joined the court’s three liberal justices in the majority. The case was brought by the AIDS […]

FBI CORRUPTION EXPOSED: Epstein scandal deepens as top official forced out amid document cover-up James Dennehy, head of the FBI’s New York Field Office, resigned abruptly amid allegations of withholding thousands of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, exposing corruption and mismanagement within the federal government. Dennehy was reportedly forced to retire without explanation, as revealed in an email obtained by CNN. This incident highlights the FBI’s broader culture […]

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 death and disability, accelerated disease spread, political instability and heightened threats to U.S. national security. That’s […]

Elon Musk demands audit of U.S. aid to Ukraine amid corruption allegations and White House tensions Tech billionaire Elon Musk sparked widespread debate by demanding a comprehensive audit of the hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. military and financial aid sent to Ukraine, citing concerns over potential misuse of funds. His post on X went viral, garnering 96 million views and significant public support. Musk's call followed a heated […]

Amid ongoing chaos and outrage stemming from the Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development, we hear a critique of USAID and the “humanitarian-industrial complex” from South African anthropologist Kathryn Mathers. ”USAID is very much a part of a system and industry that not only depends on global inequality … but in many ways produces it,” she says. Funding for foreign assistance, much of which actually flows […]

U.S. slaughterhouses have polluted waterways with bacteria, blood, and body parts for decades, and the EPA is finally going to act • Slaughterhouses and meat processing plants dump millions of gallons of wastewater contaminated with blood, body parts, and harmful bacteria into U.S. waterways. • The EPA plans to announce new pollution limits by August 2024, marking the first update to wastewater regulations in 20 years. • Environmental groups celebrate […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Well, we’re going to move from the Panama Canal right now to the issue of immigration. President Trump Tuesday night once again emphasized the importance of securing the U.S. border, blaming President Biden’s, quote, “open border policies,” accusing him of allowing migrants to, quote, “overwhelm” towns like Aurora, Colorado, and Springfield, Ohio. He went on to […]

“Cancer Decoded” on BrightU: The link between long COVID, vaccine injuries and parasitic infections Registered nurse and homeopath Nicole Pavlik suggests that chronic symptoms like brain fog, fatigue and neurological dysfunction in long COVID and vaccine-injured patients may be linked to parasitic infections of the central nervous system, rather than solely post-viral effects. Pavlik criticized the abandonment of standard infection control during COVID-19, such as reusing masks, and highlighted the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. And we’re going to move from one border to the other. A major focus of President Trump’s address Tuesday night was tariffs. After imposing stiff new tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners — Mexico, Canada and China — early on Tuesday, President Trump doubled down on his decision during his […]