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The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the Environmental Protection Agency and has placed nearly 170 employees on administrative leave. “I’m very concerned about the deregulation and the focus on corporate profits,” says Mustafa Santiago Ali, the former head of the environmental justice program at the EPA. He resigned in 2017 to protest a Trump administration proposal to severely scale […]

NATO seeks to OUST Zelensky amid Ukraine’s waning war prospects, Russian intelligence claims The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claims that NATO is preparing to discredit and remove Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky through a smear campaign ahead of potential elections this fall. The SVR alleges that NATO plans to release damaging information about Zelensky, including embezzlement and misappropriation of funds and weapons. NATO is reportedly seeking to "freeze" the conflict by […]

Protests Erupt Against Trump and Musk Takeover of Gov't AgenciesNOAA Receives Order to Halt "International Engagements"; HHS Workers Placed on DEI "Hit List"Sen. Brian Schatz Warns Against "Creeping Fascism" as He Leads Filibuster Against OMB Nominee VoughtUnions Sue to Prevent DOGE from Accessing Labor Dept. DataCIA Sends White House Email with Names of Recent Hires; DOJ Official Accuses FBI of "Insubordination"Trump Signs Order Banning Trans Women and Girls from School […]

To get his vote, Senator Bill Cassidy demands Kennedy obey the CDC’s vaccine orthodoxy In a dramatic battle for the future of American healthcare, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) gave a pivotal tie-breaking vote to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, but not without extracting a series of unprecedented concessions. Cassidy, a staunch defender of the current vaccine orthodoxy, demanded Kennedy pledge to […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: Fallout continues to grow over President Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over Gaza and displace the entire Palestinian population in order to turn Gaza into what he called, quote, “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump made the shocking announcement at the White House Tuesday while meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]

Jackson Landers, a hunting instructor and author, emphasizes that hunting doesn't require expensive gear or a rural background. All you need is a rifle, a sharp knife and a cooler on wheels to start ethically and sustainably harvesting your own food. Landers advises beginners to use a scoped rifle like a .308 for its balance of power and manageable recoil. He stresses the importance of understanding animal anatomy and aiming for […]

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 Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: To talk more about Trump’s call for the United States to seize Gaza and force out the entire Palestinian population, we’re joined here in New York by Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents and professor of journalism and […]

U.S. Navy’s laser weapon test on USS Preble: A game-changer in naval warfare The U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) has successfully tested the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. HELIOS represents a significant shift in naval defense, offering virtually unlimited magazine capacity, rapid engagement capabilities and lower per-engagement costs compared to […]

As the Trump administration, led in part by his unelected adviser Elon Musk, sets its sights on cutting the Department of Education, we speak to longtime educator Jesse Hagopian about what he calls an “extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity.” Hagopian, whose new book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education, traces the history of racist educational censorship, adds, “This isn’t about protecting children. […]