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Ex-Washington Post staffers slam billionaire owner Jeff Bezos for mass layoffs
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- Ex-Washington Post staffers slam billionaire owner Jeff Bezos for mass layoffs
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- 1:01
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- 8 months ago
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- Hear from Nilo Tabrizy, one of the journalists affected by The Washington Post's mass layoffs, and from Karen Attiah, the Post's former global opinion editor who is challenging her firing in September after she posted about the U.S. gun violence epidemic following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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- Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate "Blocked" Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine
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- 16:15
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- 8 months ago
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- Can U.S. & Iran Lower Tensions? Officials Begin New Talks Amid Trump Threats of Military Strikes
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- 8:57
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- 8 months ago
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In the wake of deadly mass protests that have shaken the ruling Iranian government, and with U.S. leaders publicly weighing the idea of military intervention and potential regime change in Iran, American and Iranian officials are beginning renewed talks over Iran's nuclear program today. We speak to two guests, reporter Nilo Tabrizy and scholar Arang Keshavarzian, about the "very strange and contradictory situation" facing the country.
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- "Journalism Deserves Better": Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper
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- 13:24
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- 8 months ago
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The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage. "Everybody is grieving, and it's a loss for our readers," says Nilo Tabrizy, one of the paper's recently laid-off staff, who describes a "robotic" meeting announcing the cuts. "They didn't have the dignity to look us in the eye." The shocking staff culling has been widely attributed to the paper's leadership under Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who bought the nearly 150-year-old institution in 2013. Karen Attiah, the former global opinion editor at the Post, was hired soon after Bezos's arrival. She recounts how the arrival of a billionaire backer initially revitalized the paper with resources and creative freedom, before souring over the next decade.
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- Juan González on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure
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- 6:51
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- 8 months ago
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The September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York City was a major polluting event. Debris from the collapse of the buildings spread toxic substances, including asbestos, lead, mercury and more, throughout the disaster zone. As New York City leaders issue new calls for the release of files detailing the extent of this pollution, we revisit the reporting of Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, the author of "Fallout: The Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Collapse."
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 6, 2026
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- 10:50
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- 8 months ago
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- Elon Musk Under Fire for Grok's Sexualized AI Deepfakes
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- 1:54
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- 8 months ago
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- French prosecutors have asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning following a police raid on the offices of the social media network X in Paris.
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- Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epstein’s “Co-Conspirators”
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- 1:09
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- 8 months ago
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- Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna has called for Congress to investigate associates of Jeffrey Epstein named in the files and for the full release of the remaining documents.
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- U.S. citizens describe surviving violent attacks by immigration agents
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- 1:28
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- 8 months ago
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- U.S. citizens who have had violent encounters with federal immigration agents testified before Congress on Tuesday.
Daniel Rascon described how agents pointed rifles at him and shot at his car.
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- Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links, Grok's Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger
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- 9:38
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- 8 months ago
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French prosecutors have asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning following a police raid on the offices of the social media network X in Paris. The French probe comes on the heels of a U.K. investigation into Musk's AI tool Grok over its "potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content." Last month, the European Union also launched an investigation into sexual deepfakes created by Grok. "It's a part of a kind of a pushback that we're seeing now against Musk that's probably more forceful than anything we've seen to date," says Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University and author of the upcoming book "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed."
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- U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents
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- 15:07
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- 8 months ago
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U.S. citizens who have had violent encounters with federal immigration agents deployed in cities across the U.S. testified before Congress on Tuesday. Amid harrowing testimony by three victims and the brothers of Renee Good, congressional Democrats offered apologies and promises of accountability. Not a single Republican lawmaker showed up to the hearing.
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- Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epstein's "Co-Conspirators"
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- 17:30
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- 8 months ago
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Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna has called for Congress to investigate associates of Jeffrey Epstein named in the files and for the full release of the remaining documents. This comes as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the review of Epstein files is over and that no further prosecutions are expected. Blanche, who was formerly President Trump's personal lawyer, told Fox News that "it isn't a crime to party with Mr. Epstein."
He also comments on Trump's multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency deal with the United Arab Emirates and the administration's ICE-led crackdown on immigrants and protesters. "We really need a new moral vision in this country. I mean, the decline in ethics and transparency has eroded public trust," Khanna says.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 5, 2026
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- 13:01
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- 8 months ago
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- Major U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty expires without plans for renewal
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- 1:22
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- 8 months ago
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- Arms control expert Dr. Ira Helfand says that if major powers continue to build up their nuclear weapons, "it is not a question of if we have a nuclear war — it’s just a question of when.”
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- Colombian Senator Urges "Collective Action" Against U.S. Aggression
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- 8:59
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- 8 months ago
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After several months of rising tension between them, Colombian President Gustavo Petro sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump in a closed-door meeting that lasted approximately two hours at the White House on Tuesday. The two leaders have exchanged threats and insults since Trump returned to office in 2025, with Petro harshly criticizing the U.S. bombing of boats at sea and for threatening the sovereignty of countries in Latin America. Both leaders took a much more conciliatory tone after their meeting, with Petro sharing a photo of them shaking hands alongside a handwritten note from Trump calling it an "honor" and adding, "I love Colombia."
Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón, speaking to Democracy Now! from Bogotá, says the White House meeting was an important "repositioning" of the relationship, and cautions that the region needs a more coordinated response to "coercion" from the U.S. "La...
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- A New Nuclear Arms Race Could "Spiral" as Last U.S.-Russia Treaty Expires: Dr. Ira Helfand
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- 9:33
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- 8 months ago
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As the last major nuclear arms treaty between the United States and Russia expires this week, we speak with arms control expert Dr. Ira Helfand, a steering committee member of Back from the Brink, a national coalition organizing communities across the United States to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Helfand is a longtime member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, which received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also the immediate past president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, and a co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
"We are in a very, very dangerous moment," says Helfand, who urges major powers to reduce their nuclear arsenals rather than potentially starting a new arms race. "Strength and safety are not the same thing. … If you allow these weapons to continue to exist, ...
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- Why Was Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard at FBI Election Raid in Georgia? Ex-DOJ Attorney Speaks Out
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- 8:47
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- 8 months ago
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President Donald Trump has called to "nationalize" voting in the United States, alarming state leaders who oversee the process, as well as legal experts who say his takeover demand violates the Constitution. This comes as he continues to falsely claim he won the 2020 election, with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard overseeing an FBI raid last week to seize ballot boxes and other voting records in Fulton County, Georgia.
Gabbard, as spy chief, "has no statutory authority to be involved in a domestic election investigation," says David Becker, director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. He says that since the failed effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, "an ecosystem of grift" has grown around Trump that profits from continuing to spread election denial even as courts have repeatedly thrown out their claims.
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- "No Means No": AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to "Nationalize" Voting
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- 15:17
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- 8 months ago
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As President Trump suggests the federal government should "nationalize" and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The Justice Department has sued Arizona and over 20 other states for their full voter registration lists. "No means no," Fontes says in response to the Trump administration's encroachment on state authority. "We should not be handing over any of our personal identifying information to the president. Not only should we not be doing it, but it's against the law for me to fulfill the request from the Department of Justice."
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 4, 2026
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- 13:24
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- 8 months ago
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- Alex Pretti killing: ProPublica names federal agents who shot Minneapolis ICU nurse
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- 1:07
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- 8 months ago
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- ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed January 24 while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35.
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- How Chicago is holding ICE accountable
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- 1:05
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- 8 months ago
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- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order directing local police to investigate reports of illegal activity conducted by ICE and other federal immigration agents.
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- ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
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- 7:44
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- 8 months ago
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ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed January 24 while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35. “This is in the public interest,” says reporter J. David McSwane. “This country has a tradition and norm of being able to identify law enforcement officers, both for their safety and the safety of the public.”
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- Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & "Wave of Fear"
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- 9:46
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- 8 months ago
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Activists in Maine are resisting ICE immigration raids in Portland and Lewiston that the Trump administration dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.” The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years, with an influx of asylum seekers and Somali immigrants in particular. “As a small state, community means a lot,” says Mufalo Chitam, executive director of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, adding that her organization has received thousands of phone calls to their immigrant support hotline in recent weeks.
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- Philly City Council Considers "ICE Out" Legislation, as DA Krasner Decries "Wannabe Nazi" ICE Agents
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- 8:25
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- 8 months ago
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At least 15 Philadelphia city councilmembers have backed a package of ”ICE Out” legislation aimed at combating ICE and federal immigration enforcement operations in Philadelphia, including codifying sanctuary protections and prohibiting federal immigration agents from concealing their identities or covering their faces. “We heard the cries from the community calling for something to be done,” says Kendra Brooks, a member of the Philadelphia City Council, where she serves as minority leader. “Our goal was to make sure that something is in place to prevent any undue harm.” Councilmembers will vote on the legislation in the coming weeks, and it is expected to pass with a veto-proof majority.
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- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Directs Local Police to Investigate "Rogue, Reckless" ICE Agents
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- 14:48
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- 8 months ago
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order directing Chicago police to investigate reports of illegal activity conducted by ICE and other federal immigration agents. The move came in the aftermath of Trump’s so-called Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago late last year, when masked agents flooded neighborhoods, snatching residents off the streets as part of Trump’s mass deportation campaign. “What this executive order is doing is showing up for the people of Chicago, … creating a model for the rest of the country,” Johnson tells Democracy Now!
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 3, 2026
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- 13:50
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- 8 months ago
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- Philadelphia DA promises to “hunt down” ICE agents who break the law
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- 0:54
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- 8 months ago
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- Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia District Attorney, has vowed to "find the identities" of ICE officers who break the law.
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- How the DOJ bungled latest Epstein files release
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- 1:24
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- 8 months ago
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- An attorney for 11 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein says the Trump administration badly bungled the most recent release of files related to the sexual predator.
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- Why did the FBI raid an election office in Georgia?
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- 1:17
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- 8 months ago
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- Journalist Ari Berman says the FBI raid on election offices in Georgia is part of a "concerted effort" by the Trump administration to interfere in this year's midterms.
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- FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of "Trump's Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms": Ari Berman
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- 4:34
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- 8 months ago
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We speak with _Mother Jones_ voting rights correspondent Ari Berman about the shocking FBI raid on an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Federal agents were seeking records related to the 2020 presidential election, which President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won despite his loss to Joe Biden that year. During his efforts to overturn the election results, Trump pressured local officials to "find" him an additional 11,780 votes. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was on the scene Friday despite having no domestic law enforcement authority. The raid comes amid an ongoing federal probe into the 2020 election.
"The fact that they seized 700 boxes of ballots was incredibly disturbing and sets a chilling precedent for how Trump might try to interfere in the 2026 election," says Berman, who ties the raid in Georgia to the administration's pressure on Minnesota to hand over ...
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- "Billionaire Boys Club": What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity
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- 15:29
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- 8 months ago
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The Justice Department on Friday released an additional 3 million pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration says it was the final release of Epstein files, even though some 2 million more documents remain unreleased. The latest batch reveals new details about Epstein's connections to the rich and powerful, including Hollywood figures, tech billionaires, public officials and more. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said it is unlikely anyone else would be prosecuted.
Attorney Arick Fudali, who represents 11 Epstein survivors, says the release of the files has been a "perfect storm" of "incompetency and an active cover-up" by the Trump administration. "It's so mind-boggling, because they're withholding documents that they shouldn't be withholding … but, on the other hand, they're showing documents that they shouldn't be showing because ...
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- "Leave Our City Now": Minneapolis Residents March as Part of National Strike Against ICE
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- 6:10
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- 8 months ago
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in hundreds of demonstrations across the United States this weekend as protests continue against the Trump administration's anti-immigrant crackdown. Democracy Now! was in the streets of Minneapolis on Friday speaking with protesters who marched in subzero temperatures.
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- "Journalism Is Not a Crime": Georgia Fort & Don Lemon Arrested for Covering St. Paul Church Protest
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- 12:43
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- 8 months ago
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As protests continue in Minnesota over the federal government's immigration crackdown, former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort now face federal charges stemming from their reporting on a January 18 demonstration at a St. Paul church, where a senior ICE official works as a pastor. The two journalists were released Friday without bail following initial court hearings and could face fines or prison time if convicted. Their charges stem from the FACE Act, a 1994 law intended to protect access to abortion clinics which also prohibits interference with religious worship. Seven activists who took part in the demonstration also face charges.
"We're having a constitutional crisis," Fort tells Democracy Now! "What we're seeing here in Minnesota is the people are continuing to stand. They are continuing to demand that our Constitution be upheld. I believe that journalism is not a cri...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 2, 2026
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- 15:34
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- 8 months ago
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- Families of Trinidadian men killed in U.S. boat strike sue Trump admin
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- 1:48
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- 8 months ago
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- The families of 26-year-old Chad Joseph and 41-year-old Rishi Samaroo, two men from Trinidad killed by a U.S. missile strike in the Caribbean, are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death and extrajudicial killing.
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- Is Venezuela on its way to becoming a Trump "vassal state"?
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- 0:52
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- 8 months ago
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- In a further shift away from the nation-building foreign policy of the past several decades of U.S. power, “what the United States is planning for Venezuela is basically to run the country as a vassal state,” Greg Grandin says. “This is an arrangement with transactional details that we’ve never seen before.”
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- “Prevent the Bloodshed”: Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes
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- 9:01
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- 8 months ago
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The latest reliable estimates of the death toll in Iran's recent nationwide protests are growing, potentially reaching the tens of thousands. Some estimates place the number of civilians killed by government forces at 30,000 or more. We play a rare eyewitness account of the deadly massacre of protesters in Rasht, Iran, and speak to the Iranian filmmaker and political dissident Sepideh Farsi, who says U.S. military intervention "would only worsen the situation." She warns that President Trump's interest in U.S. military action on the country is "for business," and "not for Iranian people."
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- 350,000 Haitians in U.S. "at Risk of Losing Everything" After Trump Revokes Legal TPS Status
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- 11:41
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- 8 months ago
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An estimated 350,000 Haitian immigrants are set to lose their temporary protected status, or TPS, on February 3, 2026, after President Trump signed an executive order to revoke their TPS shortly after coming into office. TPS holders live and work in the United States legally. During the 2024 presidential election, candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance spread racist invective about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Now ICE is reportedly planning to begin extensive raids on Haitian American communities like Springfield. "We are living under a cloud of terror," says Guerline Jozef, the co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. Her organization is mounting a legal challenge against the Trump administration's revocation of TPS.
"I'm anxious every day," says Maryse Balthazar, a former journalist in Haiti who fled the country after its devastating 2010 earthquake. She now works as ...
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- "Cold-Blooded Murder": Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Admin
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- 7:51
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- 8 months ago
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The families of two men from Trinidad killed in an October U.S. missile strike in the Caribbean are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death and extrajudicial killing. The families of 26-year-old Chad Joseph and 41-year-old Rishi Samaroo say the two men were returning home from fishing and farming in Venezuela, not smuggling drugs as the Trump administration has claimed without evidence. Four others on the same boat were also killed. In all, at least 125 people have been killed in the unprecedented U.S. bombings of civilian boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. It's "the latest example of the Trump administration's total mockery of, contempt for the post-World World II human rights consensus, where nations are constrained by law and not mere might," says attorney Baher Azmy, who is representing the Joseph and Samaroo families in their lawsuit. He calls their deaths "killings for sport and spe...
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- "Hostile Takeovers": As U.S. Claims Venezuela's Oil, Trump Seeks "Vassal States" Across the World
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- 15:20
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- 8 months ago
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In the aftermath of the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Venezuela has agreed to submit a monthly budget to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by oil sales. It's a deal for the interim government led by Delcy Rodriguéz that historian Greg Grandin calls "governing under the blade." In a further shift away from the nation-building foreign policy of the past several decades of U.S. power, "what the United States is planning for Venezuela is basically to run the country as a vassal state," he says. "This is an arrangement with transactional details that we've never seen before."
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 30, 2026
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- 10:36
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- 8 months ago
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- ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push
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- 0:53
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- 8 months ago
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- ICE and CBP are using facial recognition technology to facilitate President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
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- Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison over ICE Jail Inspection
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is facing up to 17 years in prison stemming from an incident last May when she sought to inspect Delaney Hall, a private prison run by the GEO Group under contract with ICE.
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- As Children Languish in Immigration Jails, Advocates Say Democrats Are "Equally Responsible"
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- “The Democratic Party is as equally responsible as Trump for creating the infrastructure of mass family and adult detention in this country," says immigration attorney Eric Lee.
- Title
- ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push
- Runtime
- 7:26
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
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ICE and CBP are using facial recognition technology to facilitate President Trump's mass deportation campaign. With a smartphone app, immigration officers can scan faces of people they encounter and quickly search those faces against 200 million images stored in several government databases that are "notoriously error-filled," according to Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. "It's being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal," he adds.
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- Title
- Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison over ICE Jail Inspection
- Runtime
- 13:18
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
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We speak with Congressmember LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, who is facing up to 17 years in prison stemming from an incident last May when she and two other Democratic congressmembers sought to inspect Delaney Hall, a private prison run by the GEO Group under contract with ICE. The federal government claims McIver assaulted an immigration officer. "I'm not going to let them bully me out of doing my job. I'm just not," says McIver, who describes conditions at the prison as dismal. "There was an entire riot at the same detention center because detainees were not getting food."
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- Title
- "Let Us Out": ICE's Detention of Children Sparks Protests at TX Immigration Jail
- Runtime
- 19:03
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
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Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old from Minnesota who was detained last week after coming home from preschool, is being held in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Congressmembers who visited Liam report that has been depressed and hasn't been eating well. Javier Hidalgo, legal director at RAICES, has worked with families at the detention center for years. "We often hear about food with bugs or worms in it, half-frozen food being given, guards yelling at parents if their kids are making too much noise or they're asking for an extra apple," says Hidalgo. "Reform is inadequate. It just needs to be shut down."
When attorney Eric Lee visited the detention center, he observed immigrant families holding a protest to demand the release of immigrant children. "The Democratic Party is as equally responsible as Trump for creating the infrastructure of mass family and adult detention in this co...
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 29, 2026
- Runtime
- 15:23
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
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- Title
- How the Trump administration brought borderland violence into U.S. cities
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Independent journalist Todd Miller says the Trump administration's immigration operations in U.S. cities are an "extension" of "policies and practices that we've been seeing in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands now for decades," characterizing Border Patrol culture as one of rampant abuse and impunity.
- Title
- Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Congressmember Delia Ramirez is leading efforts in Congress to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Ramirez says Noem's agency is "rotten from the inside out" and must be completely dismantled.
