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51 Palestinians Seeking Aid Massacred at Zikim Crossing in GazaCanada Becomes the Latest Country to Announce Plans to Recognize a Palestinian StateU.K. High Court Rules Co-Founder of Palestine Action Can Challenge Group's BanMore Than Half of Democratic Caucus Votes to Block U.S. Arms Sales to IsraelU.S. Sanctions Brazilian Supreme Court Judge in Charge of Criminal Case of Fmr. President Jair BolsonaroTrump Announces 25% Tariff on India and 15% Tariff on […]

Putin signals readiness for Ukraine peace talks, but Russia’s demands remain unchanged Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to peace talks but insists Russia's territorial and geopolitical goals — including retaining seized Ukrainian land — must be prioritized, as confirmed by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Months of stalled negotiations persist, with Ukraine refusing to cede 15 percent of its territory. Russia remains entrenched in its demands, dimming hopes for a […]

Florida prison officials have killed a condemned prisoner for the ninth time this year, setting a new state record, with two more executions scheduled for later this month. On Thursday evening, Edward Zakrzewski was strapped to a gurney, covered with a white sheet and injected with a lethal three-drug cocktail. His killing came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal for a stay of execution. Meanwhile, […]

Federal judge halts Mississippi’s ban on WOKE DEI programs in schools and universities A federal judge issued a temporary stay on Mississippi’s HB 1193, which aimed to prohibit DEI programs in public educational institutions, citing threats to constitutional rights. Judge Henry Wingate sided with plaintiffs, including the ACLU and Mississippi Center for Justice, arguing the law’s vague language and punitive measures (like defunding schools) created a "chilling effect" on free […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: The Environmental Protection Agency has formally proposed revoking the Obama-era scientific determination that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare because they cause global warming. The endangerment finding is the basis of a 2009 rule that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants and other sources […]

“End of Slavery Summit” on BrightU: How modern society programs children into mental slavery On Day 3 of the "End of Slavery Summit," Will Keller argued that contemporary society functions like a cult, conditioning obedience and suppressing critical thought through schools, media and peer pressure. Keller criticized traditional schooling for teaching compliance over independent thinking, advocating instead for homeschooling or alternative methods like the Trivium Method (grammar, logic, rhetoric) to foster […]

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. A group of activists from Louisiana have traveled to New York this week to confront the financial backers of destructive natural gas projects in what’s known as “Cancer Alley.” The protests come just days after the U.S. liquefied natural gas company Venture Global announced it’s going ahead with […]

Breaking: Japanese scientists engineer hybrid BIRD FLU virus for predatory VACCINE production The relentless march of experimental vaccine development has taken another dark turn, as researchers in Japan have boldly—and recklessly—engineered a new hybrid strain of bird flu for vaccine testing. This lab-made pathogen, known as Vac-3, was artificially assembled by combining genetic material from two wild viruses, raising urgent questions about the ethical and biosecurity implications of gain-of-function […]

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 in Texas, where a major political fight’s playing out that could shape whether Democrats retake the House in the midterms and beyond. After the 2020 election, President Trump famously called the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and told […]