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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Washington, D.C., Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress. Netanyahu had been invited by Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. The speech came two months after Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant […]

More than 300 deaths suspected to be linked to this summer's record-breaking heat wave are being investigated in Maricopa County, Arizona. The county's heat report dashboard this year indicates that 322 deaths are suspected to have been due to heat-related illnesses as of July 13. Almost 100 of those suspected heat deaths happened from July 7 to 13, when temperatures reached 118 degrees. (Related: Must-have items for your heatwave emergency kit.) There have been […]

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla plans to launch humanoid robots for internal purposes beginning next year, with plans for wider production by 2026. "Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026," Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on his X account Monday, July 22. (Related: In two years, China plans to unleash mass-produced humanoid robots to replace human […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: Well, I’d like to bring in Noura Erakat. Noura, if you could also respond to Netanyahu’s speech? And what was most striking to you? I mean, the number of times the audience broke into this enthusiastic applause. NOURA ERAKAT: I think that that was probably the most disturbing, because for those of us who have followed […]

U.S. surgeon says Israeli snipers deliberately targeted Palestinian children In an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning" that aired Sunday, July 21, an American surgeon who volunteered in Gaza, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, claimed that Israeli snipers are deliberately targeting Palestinian children, including toddlers. "I had children who were shot twice," said Dr. Perlmutter, who volunteered in Gaza at the end of April and the first couple of weeks of May. […]

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: We’re continuing to look at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the U.S. Congress and the protest outside the Capitol. We’re joined by two peace activists — one Israeli, one Palestinian — who are working together to end the […]

European Court of Justice: Pfizer LIABLE for damage if its COVID-19 injection is defective According to a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), drug manufacturer Pfizer is liable for damage if its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) injection is found to be defective. The ECJ's July 17 ruling argued that the idea of COVID-19 vaccine makers having limited liability for vaccine-related injuries or deaths is not entirely true. "A […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: In Washington, D.C., thousands of protesters are planning to march on Capitol Hill today as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress as the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza tops 39,100 — and expected to be much higher. On Tuesday, 400 Jewish activists, including over a dozen rabbis, were arrested during […]

UNHINGED: Survey finds 33% of Democrats think Trump assassination attempt was staged A recent Morning Consult poll has found that around a third of Democrats believe that former President Donald Trump staged the assassination attempt against himself. The poll, conducted after the assassination attempt, reveals some startling beliefs and conspiracy theories among Democrats. For instance, 33 percent of those surveyed think the attack was a staged event, purportedly never intended to […]