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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Vigils and memorials were held across the globe Monday and this weekend on the first anniversary of October 7th to mourn Israelis and Palestinians who have been killed over the past year. The anniversary comes as Israel is widening its assault on Gaza and sending more troops into Lebanon. Today, we spend the hour with the […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) helped the Pakistani assassin, who planned to kill former President Donald Trump, to enter the United States. Back in September, the Department of Justice said it charged a Pakistani national with ties to Iran in connection to a plot to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil. According to reports, he targeted Trump. Asif Merchant entered the country in April and was […]

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. Last night here in New York, hundreds of activists — Jewish and Jewish allies and Palestinians — rallied in Union Square for a vigil on the first anniversary of October 7th to mourn Israelis and Palestinians who have been killed […]

Child abuse POLICY: Biden-Harris administration’s open borders policy facilitating child trafficking in the U.S. The Biden-Harris administration’s “open borders” policy has had countless negative effects on the U.S., and while it tends to attract a lot of headlines when an illegal immigrant commits a major crime against Americans, such as murder, there is another very big problem that this policy is facilitating: the trafficking of migrant children. Not only […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Israel intensified its attacks on Lebanon and Gaza over the weekend. In Lebanon, Israel launched its heaviest bombardment to date on Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs. In Gaza, Israel ordered more than 300,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza to flee ahead of a new Israeli offensive as the official death toll in Gaza nears 42,000 — the […]

The Bank of Canada (BOC) has announced that it is scrapping its plans to implement a "digital dollar" or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Officials from Canada's central bank said a digital currency, also called the electronic Loonie, will no longer be considered after years of planning. Earlier reports revealed that most Canadians were not in favor of a digital dollar. According to a survey conducted by the BOC to measure […]

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. As we continue to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel and the beginning of Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza, we turn now to The Path Forward, a new short film that features the stories of Israeli and […]

POLL: Trump support from union and working-class voters HIGHEST for a Republican presidential candidate in four decades A recent poll has revealed that former President Donald Trump's support among working-class Americans and citizens who are part of labor unions is the highest among any Republican presidential candidate in four decades. According to Harry Enten, a political analyst and host of CNN's "Margin of Error" podcast, Trump is on track […]

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 look at Gaza as Israel’s military has launched a new offensive on northern Gaza. Over the weekend, Israel ordered more than 300,000 Palestinians to flee. Israel’s latest mass evacuation order came on the one-year anniversary of the start of its brutal war on Gaza […]