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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Which brings us, Congressmember Pressley, to you being a founding member of the congressional task force designed to stop Project 2025, operated out of the Heritage Foundation. You describe it as a, quote, “far-right manifesto and thousand-page blueprint for Donald Trump to seize 'supreme' powers and radically undermine reproductive rights, LGBTQ equality, racial justice, free speech, […]

Joe Biden to expedite green card applications for undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens President Joe Biden has signed another executive action that allows undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for lawful permanent residency without leaving the country. During the commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on June 18, Biden formally announced the measure that would provide legal status and […]

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. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has arrived in Washington, D.C., where he’s expected to meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and others. They’re expected to discuss the situation in Gaza, as well as Lebanon, where fear is growing […]

Ukrainian DRONE SWARMS target four Russian oil refineries in largest drone attack yet Four refineries in southern Russia were targeted Thursday night, June 20, in one of the largest drone swarm attacks ever reported since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Brent crude futures remained steady on despite rising geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, which seems counterintuitive given that escalating war risks typically lead to supply disruptions. […]

We go to Gaza to speak with Palestinian journalist Maha Hussaini after the International Women’s Media Foundation came under fire for rescinding its Courage in Journalism Award to her following a smear campaign. Hussaini is an award-winning journalist and human rights advocate who has extensively documented Israel’s war on Gaza since October, including reporting on the mass displacement of Palestinians while being repeatedly displaced herself. “This is not the first […]

The Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) admission that Hamas can't be destroyed appears to widen its rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is dead-set on eradicating the group. IDF spokesman Adm. Daniel Hagari made this admission before Israeli TV on June 19. He disclosed: "The idea that we can destroy Hamas or make Hamas disappear is misleading to the public. What we can do is grow something different, something […]

Israeli military approves plan for invasion of southern Lebanon and new offensive against Hezbollah The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command has approved a plan to invade southern Lebanon in a bid to curtail Hezbollah's increasingly successful strikes against military sites in northern Israel. Hezbollah has been targeting Israeli military sites in northern Israel since Oct. 7 in solidarity with Palestinians and in a bid to divert Israeli military […]

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a stern warning to Cyprus regarding its involvement with Israeli forces and asserted the organization's preparedness for a potential full-scale conflict with Israel. Nasrallah's remarks came during a televised address following a memorial service for Hajj Sami Taleb Abdullah, a senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon earlier that week. "The enemy knows it must expect us on land, in the air, […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin reasserted his country's right to provide arms to its allies, including possibly sending long-range missiles to North Korea. Putin, who spoke with reporters in Hanoi following meetings with Vietnam's communist leadership, answered a question regarding his previous suggestion that Moscow could send weapons to the West's adversaries in response to the United States and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization members greenlighting the use of Western-supplied weapons against strikes […]