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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 end today’s show with the acclaimed new documentary Separated, which looks at the horrors of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that led to the separation of up to 5,500 children from their parents, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, as they […]

Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington. The suspects, who were identified as members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), allegedly hired "malicious cyber actors" to hack into the campaign of an unidentified presidential candidate in May […]

Israeli Airstrike Kills 9 Near Lebanon's Parliament as Hezbollah Battles Israeli InvasionLebanese FM Claims Israel Killed Nasrallah Shortly After He Agreed to CeasefireU.S. Remains "Fully, Fully, Fully Supportive of Israel" as Netanyahu Mulls Attacks on IranIsrael's Attacks on Gaza Have Wiped Out 902 Entire Palestinian FamiliesCourt Filing Reveals New Evidence About Trump's Efforts to Overturn 2020 ElectionKamala Harris Tours Storm-Ravaged Parts of Georgia as Hurricane Helene's Toll Rises to 190October […]

Ryan Wesley Routh, the second would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump, has entered a not-guilty plea for the attempted assassination on Sept. 15 that Secret Service agents managed to foil. The 58-year-old shooter pleaded innocent on Sept. 30 during his appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart of the Southern District of Florida. The Monday hearing saw Routh appear before the court to answer the charges filed against […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: At least nine people, including health and rescue workers, have died in central Beirut after Israel bombed an apartment building housing a medical center affiliated with Hezbollah. At least 14 people were wounded. The attack occurred without warning in the Bashoura district of Beirut near Lebanon’s Parliament and the United Nations headquarters in the city. There […]

If you're worried about the political climate in the U.S. or the ongoing wars around the globe, you might find peace of mind in preparing for emergencies. To keep things simple, start with one project. When you're done with risk assessment, start building your survival stockpile and finalize an emergency preparedness plan for your whole family. (h/t to TheProvidentPrepper.org) Tackle one project at a time If you're new to prepping, you can […]

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 turn now to Gaza, where human rights experts say a deliberate, man-made famine is underway. Last month, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food accused Israel of carrying out a starvation campaign in Gaza. A […]

NIH funneling millions in taxpayer dollars to Chinese labs that perform cruel and unnecessary experiments on dogs An investigation by researchers affiliated with the White Coat Waste (WCW) Project has revealed that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is using taxpayer dollars to fund Chinese labs that are performing cruel experiments on animals without justifiable public health reasons. According to the WCW Project's report, the NIH is currently providing at […]

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: We look now at the impact of Hurricane Helene. Power outages and water shortages continue across six southeastern states. The death toll from the storm is nearing 200, with hundreds more still missing and presumed dead. This includes six plastic factory workers in […]