Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Case That Could Also Sharply Reduce Judicial Power
Fri 8:51amThe Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in a case challenging Trump’s now-halted order to end birthright citizenship. Multiple lower courts have already ruled that the order is unconstitutional. Trump’s lawyers are seeking to reinterpret the 14th…The GOP War on Medicaid: 14 Million Could Lose Healthcare to Fund Tax Breaks for Rich
Fri 8:44amHouse Republicans have successfully pushed forward President Trump’s budget proposals to slash Medicaid and food stamps, putting millions of low-income Americans at risk. Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, a healthcare consumer advocacy…"They Want to Silence Me": Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi on ICE Jail, Palestine, Activism,…
Fri 8:14amIn his first live interview since his release from ICE detention, Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounts the traumatic experience of his arrest and incarceration. Mahdawi, a green card holder who was born and raised in a…Headlines for May 16, 2025
Fri 8:00amIsrael Kills 150 Palestinians in Gaza in Bloodiest Day Since It Shattered Ceasefire, Israeli Soldiers Kill Five Palestinians in Occupied West Bank’s Tamoun, Rep. Rashida Tlaib Reintroduces Nakba Resolution Amid Israel’s Genocide on Gaza, Trump Leaves Gulf…"Surveillance Humanitarianism": As Gaza Starves, U.S.-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food
Thu 8:46amIsrael has imposed a complete block on humanitarian aid into Gaza since March 2, with hundreds of trucks with lifesaving aid waiting at the border. Now many of Gaza’s kitchens have closed, and Palestinians face mass starvation as rations run low. We speak…Israel's "Crime of Apartheid": New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
Thu 8:34amA major new report by U.S. academics analyzes Israel’s occupation of Palestine under the legal framework of the crime of apartheid. The report was intentionally released on Nakba Day — the day that marks the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes…"Trump's Fake Refugees": As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges "Genocide"
Thu 8:14amThe Trump administration has suspended refugee resettlement for most of the world, but welcomed 59 white South African Afrikaners Monday who were granted refugee status. President Trump claims Afrikaners face racial discrimination — even though South…Headlines for May 15, 2025
Thu 8:00amIsraeli Bombing Claims 100 More Lives in Gaza; Israel Expels Sick and Wounded Patients from Al-Shifa, Palestinians Commemorate 77th Anniversary of Nakba Amid Israeli Genocide, HRW on Gaza: “Israel Blockade Is a Tool of Extermination”, Taxpayers Against…Salvadoran Journalists Exposed Pres. Bukele's Ties to Gangs. Then They Had to Flee to Avoid Arrest
Wed 8:47amWe speak with a Salvadoran journalist who fled El Salvador along with others from the acclaimed news outlet El Faro after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele threatened to arrest them for exposing how Bukele had made secret deals with Salvadoran gangs. Bukele…While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel's Mass Killings Continue
Wed 8:30amAmid President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, we continue our interview with DAWN’s Sarah Leah Whitson and HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed about Trump's acceptance of a luxury plane gifted to him by the Qatari government, nuclear negotiations with…U.S. & Saudis Sign $142B Arms Deal as Trump Meets with Syria's New Leader & Drops Syrian Sanctions
Wed 8:15amWe look at President Donald Trump’s diplomatic visit to the Middle East and discuss his administration’s foreign policy in the region with Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for HuffPost, and Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of…Headlines for May 14, 2025
Wed 8:00amIsrael Kills Scores of Palestinians in Attacks on Gaza Homes and Hospitals, U.N. Humanitarian Aid Coordinator Demands States Act to “Prevent Genocide” in Gaza, Trump Meets Syrian President in Saudi Arabia After Pledging to Lift U.S. Sanctions, Trump Agrees…If I Stayed, I Would've Died: Journalist Abubaker Abed on "Agonizing" Decision to Leave Gaza
Tue 8:49amWe speak with 22-year-old Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed in Ireland after he evacuated Gaza last month suffering from malnutrition and under threat for his reporting on Israel’s genocide. Abed describes himself as an “accidental war correspondent”…"People Are Starving to Death": Oxfam Warns Israel's Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
Tue 8:38am“People are starving to death, and this is a fact that we are witnessing and experiencing nowadays,” says Oxfam’s food security coordinator in Gaza, Mahmoud Alsaqqa. More than 10 weeks after Israel instituted a total siege on Gaza, blocking all food and…"Unprecedented" in U.S. History: Trump & Family Rake In Money from Gulf States, Crypto & Real Estate
Tue 8:22amAs President Donald Trump meets with leaders in the Middle East this week, we look at how his administration and family have opened wide to foreign powers and wealthy interests willing to spend big to gain influence. Top buyers of Trump’s novelty…Gift or Grift? Trump Under Fire over Qatar's Plan to Give Him $400M "Flying Palace"
Tue 8:12amWe speak with Robert Weissman, co-president of the advocacy group Public Citizen, about President Donald Trump’s “corrupt deal” to accept a $400 million jumbo luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar — possibly the most valuable such gift a foreign…Headlines for May 13, 2025
Tue 8:00amIsrael Bombs Gaza’s Nasser Hospital Again, Killing Journalist Hassan Islayeh, United Nations Chief “Alarmed” by Reports of Catastrophic Hunger in Gaza, Hamas Releases Israeli American Soldier Edan Alexander After Talks with Trump Officials, Saudi Crown…Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Gaza: Why Does U.S. Have Money for "War and Genocide" But Not for Healthcare?
Mon 8:48amJewish Voice for Peace held its largest-ever national member meeting in Baltimore earlier this month, with more than 2,000 attending. We feature the address of Democratic Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the only Palestinian American member of…"Un-American": Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on DHS Threats to Arrest Her for Visiting ICE Jail in…
Mon 8:32amWe speak with Congressmember Bonnie Watson Coleman, one of three Democratic lawmakers the Department of Homeland Security has threatened to arrest after they went Friday to inspect a newly reopened private ICE jail. They are accused of assaulting ICE officers.…Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested for Visiting ICE Jail, Slams Trump Admin's "Insane" Abuse of Power
Mon 8:18amMayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested and detained by masked federal immigration police Friday when he joined three Democratic congressmembers set to tour a newly reopened 1,000-bed Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail run by GEO Group,…Headlines for May 12, 2025
Mon 8:00amHunger Monitor Issues Dire Famine Warning for Gaza as Israel’s Blockade, Genocide Continues, “We Will Not Emigrate”: Palestinians Refuse to Be Expelled as U.N. Group Warns of “Another Nakba”, Pope Leo Calls for Ceasefire in Ukraine and Gaza in First…Tyre Nichols Case: Shock & Anger in Memphis as 3 Cops Acquitted on State Murder Charges
May 9, 2025, 8:54 amWe go to Memphis for an update after jurors acquitted three former Memphis police officers of the murder of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father who died after the officers brutally beat him during a traffic stop in January 2023. The group beating was…"We Are Not Living. We Are Enduring." Gaza Mother on Struggle for Food, Safety Under Israeli…
May 9, 2025, 8:49 amAhead of the Mother’s Day holiday in the Untied States, we speak to Duha Latif, a mother of two children in Gaza, about life for mothers living under Israeli occupation and assault. Democracy Now! last spoke to Latif over a year ago, when she was attempting…Priest Sexual Abuse Survivors Demand Accountability from New Pope: "Open Up Those Archives"
May 9, 2025, 8:31 amSurvivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests are calling for Pope Leo XIV to institute a zero-tolerance policy and for the church to investigate his handling of prior sexual abuse allegations. “He needs to be transparent. He needs to be honest,” says…Leo XIV: First U.S.-Born Pope Criticized Trump/Vance on Deportations, Lack of Compassion for…
May 9, 2025, 8:16 amThe first U.S.-born pope has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is also a naturalized citizen of Peru, where he served the church for two decades. He greeted 1.4 billion Roman Catholics and the world Thursday with a message of…Headlines for May 9, 2025
May 9, 2025, 8:00 amPope Leo XIV, First U.S. Pontiff, Has Criticized Trump Admin for Mistreatment of Immigrants, Kashmiris Hope for Peace as Tensions Escalate Between Pakistan and India, Community Kitchens in Gaza Shutter as Israel’s Genocide Continues with Bombings and…"Fascism Isn't Coming, It's Here": Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Gaza & Leaving MSNBC to Start Zeteo
May 8, 2025, 8:50 amWe speak with journalist Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo News about the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, the suppression of pro-Palestine activism and more. Hasan is a former host for Al Jazeera and MSNBC who started his…Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Reporter's Family Responds After Film Names Israeli Soldier Who Shot…
May 8, 2025, 8:17 amAs the Israeli military kills two more Palestinian journalists in Gaza, a new documentary by Zeteo has uncovered critical details about Israel’s killing three years ago of the acclaimed Palestinian American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The film,…Headlines for May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025, 8:00 am“Pools of Blood”: Israel Kills 100 Palestinians in Gaza, Incl. Attack on Restaurant and Marketplace, World Central Kitchen Ends Food Distro Due to Israel’s Genocidal Blockade, Reuters: Trump and Israel in Talks over U.S.-Led Administration of Gaza,…Rodney Scott, Trump's CBP Nominee, Accused of Covering Up Death of Mexican Father in CBP Custody
May 7, 2025, 8:48 amThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who fatally beat Mexican father Anastasio Hernández Rojas responsible for acts of torture. It’s the first time the independent commission, which investigates…
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