Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months, the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats inContinue Reading
The White House quietly lobbied senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter., Read MoreContinue Reading
“No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
Two hundred fifty-two Venezuelan immigrants in the United States were flown to El Salvador in the dead of night and indefinitely imprisoned at the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. The detainees had no ability to communicate to the outside world before they were finally released to Venezuela inContinue Reading
Democracy Now! speaks to William Hartung about his new book, The Trillion Dollar War Machine, and who profits from the United States’ runaway military spending that fuels foreign wars. Hartung says that U.S. policy is “based on profit,” and calls for a rethinking of our foreign entanglements. “We haven’t wonContinue Reading
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said she believes Traitor 47 should “button it up” regarding his suggestion that six Democratic members of Congress should be imprisoned or even executed. Earlier Thursday, the president called the lawmakers “traitors” for urging active duty military members to disobey unlawful orders from his administration…Continue Reading
Republicans who filed this lawsuit have brought the wrong evidence to court…Read MoreContinue Reading
Israel Again Breaks Gaza Ceasefire, Killing 32 Palestinians in Wave of Attacks, Amid Gaza Assault, Explosive Weapons Caused Record Number of Child Deaths and Injuries Last Year, Syria Condemns Netanyahu Visit to Israeli-Occupied Southern Region, Photos Reveal Israel Used Widely Banned Cluster Munitions in Attacks on Lebanon, Russian Drone andContinue Reading
The New Jersey man, whose prison time was commuted by the president in 2021, is headed back to federal prison, Read MoreContinue Reading
The former House speaker called The Traitor a “vile creature” earlier this month., Read MoreContinue Reading
As we broadcast from the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, calls are growing for stronger protections for refugees and migrants forcibly displaced by climate disasters. The United Nations estimates about 250 million people have been forced from their homes in the last decade due to deadly drought, storms, floodsContinue Reading
U.S. asylum seekers now must pay new fees despite financial hardship.Continue Reading
In a wide-ranging conversation, Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples, Sônia Guajajara, spoke with Democracy Now! at the COP30 climate summit in Belém. She addressed criticisms of the Lula government in Brazil, which has championed climate action even while boosting some oil and gas exploration in the country; celebrated theContinue Reading