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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 30, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 29, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 28, 2022

SCOTUS Keeps Title 42 in Place for Now, Forcing Thousands to Remain Stranded at U.S.-Mexico Border

Winter Storm Death Toll Tops 31 in Buffalo as Southwest Airlines Chaos Upends Travel Across U.S.

Transcripts from Jan. 6 Probe Detail Mark Meadows Burning Documents, Trump Weighing “Blanket Pardons”

Russia Bans Oil Exports to Countries Observing Price Cap as German Activists Protest Coal Revival

Russian Business Magnate Dies After Falling from Window of Indian Hotel

Kosovo Closes Largest Border Crossing as Tensions with Serbia Mount

185 Rohingya Refugees Arrive in Indonesia After Being Adrift at Sea Since Late November

West Point Starts Removing Confederate Monuments from Campus

Judge Sentences Co-Leader of Far-Right Plot to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 16 Years

University of California Student Workers End 6-Week Strike After Receiving Pay Raises and Other Wins

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Buffalo Buried by Historic Blizzard as Winter Storm Kills Dozens Across U.S.

Migrants Sleep Outside on Christmas After U.S. Denies Them Chance to Apply for Asylum

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Buses 100+ Asylum Seekers to Residence of VP Kamala Harris

Afghan Taliban Bans Women from Working at NGOs

South Korea Scrambles Warplanes as North Korean Drones Cross Border

Taiwan Lengthens Mandatory Military Service Amid Tensions with China

China Will End Coronavirus Quarantine Requirement for International Travelers

Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Air Base Kills Three 

Former Maoist Leader Becomes Nepal’s Prime Minister for Third Time

Bolsonaro Supporter Charged with Bomb Plot Aimed at Stopping Inauguration of Lula

Meta Will Pay $725 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica Data Leak

Rep.-Elect George Santos Admits He Lied About Work, Family and Education

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 26, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 23, 2022

Jan. 6 Committee Releases Report on Capitol Insurrection, Recommends Barring Trump from Office

Senate Approves $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill

Polar Vortex Brings Winter Weather Advisories to 200 Million Across U.S.

Asylum Seekers Remain Stuck at U.S.-Mexico Border Amid Freezing Temperatures

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Agrees to Dismantle Illegal Border Wall

Afghan Taliban Assault and Arrest Women Protesting University Ban

Report Finds U.S. Did Not Compensate Foreign Workers Injured or Killed in Afghanistan

Car Bomb Kills Pro-Kremlin Official in Russian-Occupied Ukraine

Putin Calls Russian Invasion of Ukraine a “War” Instead of “Special Military Operation”

Chile to Open Embassy in Israeli-Occupied Palestinian Territories

TikTok Admits Its Workers Spied on Journalists

Genealogy Records Contradict George Santos’s Claims His Grandparents Fled Holocaust

Charlene Mitchell, First Black Woman to Run for U.S. President, Dies at 92

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 22, 2022

In Washington, Ukraine’s President Asks U.S. Congress for More Aid to Fight Russia

Biden Pledges More Military Aid to Ukraine, Won’t Press for Negotiations with Russia

European Officials Find No Evidence Russia Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines

Russia to Add 500,000 Troops After Putin Admits War in Ukraine Is “Extremely Difficult”

China and Russia Hold Naval War Games as U.S. Deploys B-52s and Stealth Fighters to South Korea

Japan Unveils $320 Billion Plan for Largest Military Buildup Since World War II

WHO Calls on China to Share COVID-19 Data

U.S. Life Expectancy Fell in 2021 as Drug Overdoses and COVID-19 Cases Surged

Up to 20 People Have Died on Rohingya Refugee Ship That Has Been Adrift for Weeks

Netanyahu Finalizes Deal to Form Israel’s Most Extremist Government Yet

U.S. Imposes More Sanctions on Iran as Prospects Dim for Revival of Nuclear Deal

Pentagon Fails to Submit Information on U.S. Role in Deadly 2017 Nigerian Airstrike

Fiji Deploys Military Amid Fallout from Disputed Election

Former EU Lawmaker José Bové Says Moroccan Prime Minister Tried to Bribe Him

Former FTX Execs Plead Guilty to Fraud, Will Cooperate in Case Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Roanoke, Virginia, to Honor Henrietta Lacks with New Statue

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 20, 2022

House Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Criminal Charges for Donald Trump

Proud Boys Stand Trial for Seditious Conspiracy over Jan. 6 Violence

Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Lifting of Title 42 Restrictions on Asylum Seekers

U.K. Court Upholds Policy Allowing Deportation of Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

Body of Iranian Protester Who Died in Police Custody Showed Signs of Torture

Palestinians Hold One-Day Strike to Mourn Prisoner Who Died of “Medical Neglect”

U.N., France and Rights Groups Condemn Israel’s Deportation of Palestinian Activist

Thousands Protest Against Military Rule in Sudan’s Capital on Anniversary of Revolution

In Minsk, Vladimir Putin Says Russia Has No Interest in Absorbing Belarus

Mass Shooting Leaves Six Dead in Toronto Suburb

NYC Uber Drivers Hold 24-Hour Strike to Protest Blocked Pay Raises

NYTimes Investigation Reveals GOP Rep.-Elect George Santos Lied About Credentials

L.A. Jury Convicts Harvey Weinstein on Charges of Rape and Sexual Assault

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 19, 2022

House Jan. 6 Cmte. Expected to Refer Trump for Criminal Charges as Proud Boys Trial Kicks Off

El Paso Declares State of Emergency Amid Growing Number of Asylum Seekers as Title 42 Set to End

COP15: Nations Reach Landmark Deal to Protect Earth’s Biodiversity

Ministers Resign to Protest Ouster and Jailing of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo

Acclaimed Actress Taraneh Alidoosti Arrested in Iran over Support for Protests

Calls Mount for Tunisia’s President to Resign over “Legislative Coup” Amid Record-Low Voter Turnout

Mexican News Anchor Ciro Gómez Leyva Survives Assassination Attempt

Elon Musk Loses Twitter Poll Asking, “Should I Step Down as Head of Twitter?”

Twitter Reinstates Accounts of Journalists Who Reported on Elon Musk

AG Garland Orders Federal Prosecutors to End Disparities in Cocaine Sentencing

New York Bans Puppy Mills and Sale of Cosmetics Tested on Animals

Judge Grants Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Lawyers 60 Days to Examine New Evidence Ahead of Possible New Trial

Starbucks Workers at 100 Locations Hold Three-Day Strike

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 16, 2022

House Passes Bill to Decolonize Puerto Rico

China COVID Surge Could Infect Hundreds of Millions and Lead to 500,000+ Deaths

Biden Adds More Chinese Semiconductor Chip Makers to Trade Blacklist

Biden Wraps Up U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit with $55 Billion Pledge 

Congress Approves $858 Billion Military Budget, $45 Billion More Than Requested by Biden

Senate Rejects Permitting Reform Amendment Despite Biden Support for Manchin’s “Dirty Side Deal”

Thousands Rally in Support of Istanbul Mayor Convicted of “Insulting Public Officials”

Spanish Lawmakers Approve Landmark Sexual and Reproductive Health Law

GOP Senators Block Bill Requiring Workplace Accommodations for Pregnant People

U.S. Government Sues Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey over Makeshift Border Wall

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Probe of NGOs for “Orchestrating” Border Crossings

Michigan Judge Sentences 3 Men Over Role in Plot to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Twitter Suspends Journalist Accounts in Mounting Crackdown by Elon Musk

Families of Uvalde Massacre Victims Blast Botched Police Response in House Testimony

5 Louisiana Officers Charged in Killing of Black Motorist Ronald Greene

Texas Jury Finds White Ex-Officer Committed Manslaughter When He Fatally Shot Atatiana Jefferson

Rep. Ilhan Omar Urges Biden to Pardon Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 15, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Activists and Lawmakers Gather to Celebrate as Biden Signs Marriage Equality Bill

Iran: At Least 400 Sentenced Up to 10 Years for Anti-Gov’t Protest; Soccer Player Reportedly Faces Execution

Somalia at Precipice of Famine as Hundreds of Thousands Suffer Catastrophic Hunger

DRC Flood Victims Blame Poor Infrastructure, Gov’t Inaction as 120 People Killed in Heavy Rains

South African Parliament Votes Against Impeaching Ramaphosa over Hidden Money Scandal

Bernie Sanders Puts Brake on Yemen War Powers Vote as UNICEF Report Details War’s Impact on Children

U.S. Could Soon Supply Patriot Missiles to Ukraine; Bakhmut Residents Face Utter Destruction

France Convicts 8 People over 2016 Nice Terror Attack That Killed 86 People

At Least 4 Asylum Seekers Drown After Boat Capsizes in British Channel

New Zealand Passes Cigarette Ban for Younger Generations in Hopes of Achieving “Smoke-Free” Future

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Commutes Death Sentences of 17 Prisoners Before Leaving Office

Louisville Settles with Breonna Taylor’s Partner Kenneth Walker

Coterra Energy Given Green Light to Resume Fracking in Dimock After Admitting It Contaminated Water

Breakthrough Nuclear Fusion Experiment Could Contribute to Clean Energy Future

Dec. 14 Marks 10th Anniversary of Sandy Hook Massacre

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 12, 2022

G7 Leaders Renew Support for Ukraine Amid Continued Fighting, Power Outages

Moscow Court Imprisons Kremlin Critic Ilya Yashin for Condemning Russian Violence in Ukraine

Removal of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Sparks Deadly Unrest; Elections Called for 2024

Keystone Pipeline Ruptures in Kansas, Causing Its Worst-Ever Oil Spill

Indigenous Activists Rally to Demand Strong COP15 Commitment

FBI Arrests Libyan Accused of Making Bomb That Brought Down Pan Am Flight 103 Over Lockerbie

U.S. Regulators Approve Bivalent COVID Boosters for Children as Young as 6 Months

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Uses Shipping Containers to Build Makeshift Border Wall

Part-Time Faculty at New School End Strike After Winning First Raises in 4 Years

Video Shows Physical Altercation Between L.A. Councilmember Kevin de León and Protester

Karen Bass Sworn In as L.A. Mayor, Declares State of Emergency over Housing Crisis

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Black Feminist Who Co-Founded Ms. Magazine, Dies at 84

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 9, 2022

Brittney Griner Lands in Texas After Prisoner Swap for Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout

Congress Passes Landmark Bill Protecting Marriage Equality

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Leaves Democratic Party to Register as an Independent

Whistleblower Describes Campaign by Far-Right Groups to Infiltrate Supreme Court

House Votes Overwhelmingly to Approve $858 Billion Military Spending Bill

Iranian Forces Target Women Protesters with Shotgun Fire to Faces, Breasts and Genitals

“Death Is a Natural Part of Life”: Qatar World Cup CEO Dismisses Deadly Workplace Accident

Qatar World Cup Whistleblower Was Tortured in Prison, Says Family

Honduras Suspends Constitutional Rights in Crackdown on Organized Crime

HRW Blasts El Salvador’s Violent Crackdown on Poor People as Part of Anti-Gang Policy

New School Students Occupy University in Solidarity with Striking Faculty 

Striking Workers Call Out New York Times for Hypocrisy on Labor Rights

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 8, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Raphael Warnock Wins Reelection, Makes History as First Full-Term Black GA Senator

Trump Org Guilty of Tax Fraud and Other Charges After 3-Year Manhattan DA Probe

House Jan. 6 Cmte. to Make Criminal Referrals to DOJ; Lawmakers Honor Responding Officers

Special Counsel Investigating Trump Subpoenas AZ, MI, PA and WI Officials

SCOTUS Hears Pivotal Election Case with Far-Reaching Implications

Judge Sentences Michael Avenatti to 14 Years for Stealing Money from Clients

Germany Arrests 25 People from Far-Right Group for Plotting to Overthrow Gov’t

China Eases Zero-COVID Policy After Mounting Public Anger

Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Sentenced to 6 Years for Corruption

Indonesia Passes New Criminal Code Cracking Down on Free Speech, LGBTQ Community

U.S. Judge Dismisses Suit Against MBS over Jamal Khashoggi Murder

Prosecutors Charge Club Q Mass Shooter with Hate Crimes

San Francisco Reverses Decision to Allow Police to Use Killer Robots

Washington, D.C., Poised to Offer Free Bus Service

Indigenous Activists Interrupt Speech by Canadian PM Trudeau at U.N. Biodiversity Conference

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Russian Missiles Fall Across Ukraine After Drones Strike Air Bases Deep Inside Russia

Vladimir Putin Signs Bill Expanding Russia’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

Supreme Court Hears Case Pitting Religious Freedom Against LGBTQ+ Protections

Biden Administration Expands Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Refugees

U.S. Senators Reportedly Nearing Deal on Immigration Bill

CDC Encourages People Wear Masks Amid Surge of Flu, RSV and COVID-19

Ethiopian Troops Accused of Massacring Tigrayan Prisoners of War

Congolese Protesters Demand Peace as M23 Rebels Are Accused of Massacring 272 Civilians

Al Jazeera Asks International Criminal Court to Prosecute Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killers

Protesters in Mongolia’s Capital Decry Coal Industry and Government Corruption

Georgia Holds Runoff Election Pitting Sen. Raphael Warnock Against Herschel Walker

Judge Dismisses Murder Charge Against Domestic Abuse Survivor Tracy McCarter

17 Arrested as Striking University of California Academic Workers Stage Sit-In Protest

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 5, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 2, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 1, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 29, 2022

NATO Pledges More Support for Ukraine as Some in Europe Accuse U.S. of Profiting from the War

China Eases Some COVID Restrictions as It Moves to Block New Protests

In Blow to Taiwanese Gov’t, Voters Back Opposition Nationalist Party in Local Elections

Biden Sides with Big Business & Asks Congress to Block Potential Rail Strike

Teenage Gunman Pleads Guilty in Mass Shooting at Buffalo Supermarket in Black Neighborhood

Chesapeake, Virginia, Holds Vigil for Walmart Workers Shot Dead by Store Manager

Five Police Officers in New Haven, CT, Arrested After Man Is Paralyzed in Police Van

Arizona Sues Republican-Led County for Refusing to Certify 2022 Election Results

“Publishing Is Not a Crime”: Major Newspapers Urge Biden to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange

Biden Eases Sanctions on Venezuela and Allows Chevron to Resume Oil Pumping

Israeli Military Demolish Palestinian Primary School Near Hebron

Israel Kills Four Palestinians as U.N. Warns Occupied West Bank Is “Reaching a Boiling Point”

Former British Soldier Convicted of Shooting Irish Man in Back in 1988 During the Troubles

Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution of Kevin Johnson

Mike Pence & White House Condemn Trump for Hosting White Supremacist at Mar-a-Lago

Houston Lifts Boil Water Notice for 2 Million Residents

Judge Orders Amazon to Stop Retaliating Against Union Organizing Efforts

Two Peet’s Coffee Stores Move to Become Chain’s First Unionized Stores

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 28, 2022

COVID Protests Spread Across China as Lockdown Anger Boils Over

Zelensky Warns of Further Russian Attacks on Energy Infrastructure as Ukrainians Face Harsh Winter

Ayatollah’s Niece Voices Support for Mass Protests as Iran Cracks Down on Public Figures

Extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir to Head Nat’l Security in Incoming Israeli Gov’t

Anwar Ibrahim Confirmed as Malaysia’s New Prime Minister

Hong Kong Convicts 6 Pro-Democracy Activists over Protest Fund

São Tomé and Príncipe PM Says Gov’t Thwarted Coup

Fragile Ceasefire Takes Effect in DRC as Local Groups Tell Foreign Forces to Leave Country

Rescue Teams Search for Missing People After Ischia Landslide Kills at Least 7

Greta Thunberg and 600+ Swedish Youth Activists Sue Gov’t over Climate Inaction

New Regulations for Preservation of Sharks and Other Species Announced at Int’l Conservation Summit

Georgians Start Voting in Dec. 6 Senate Runoff; GA Supreme Court Reinstates Abortion Ban

Twitter Says It Will Reinstate Suspended Accounts as Advertisers Have Withdrawn en Masse

E. Jean Carroll Sues Trump for Sexual Assault Using New York’s Adult Survivors Act

70,000+ U.K. University Staff Walk Out; British Nurses Prepare for Historic Strike

Amazon Workers Walk Out on Black Friday over Poor Working Conditions and Low Wages

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 25, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 24, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Six People Shot Dead at Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia

Supreme Court OKs Release of Trump’s Tax Returns to Congress

Zelensky Accuses Russia of Turning Cold Winter into “Weapon of Mass Destruction”

Ukrainian Forces Raid 1,000-Year-Old Orthodox Monastery in Kyiv

On Trip to Moscow, Cuban President Denounces U.S. Sanctions on Russia & NATO Expansion

Turkey Threatens Ground Invasion of Northern Syria in Assault on Kurds

Brazil: Bolsonaro Contests Lula’s Victory, Alleging Voter Machine Problems

Colombia Resumes Peace Talks with ELN Guerrillas

Fatal Bomb Blasts Hit Jerusalem a Day After Deadly Israeli Raid in West Bank

China: Hundreds of Workers Walk Off Job at World’s Largest iPhone Factory

Biden Administration to Extend Pause of Student Loan Payments

Atlanta to Pay $1 Million to Family of Rayshard Brooks

Over 400 Groups Urge Biden to Expand TPS Protection for Haitians

Teachers Union Head Denounces Pompeo for Calling Her “The Most Dangerous Person in the World”

Starbucks Closes First Store to Unionize in Seattle

Elon Musk Has Lost $100 Billion in 2022 But Remains World’s Richest Person

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Suspect in Colorado LGBTQ Nightclub Massacre Charged with Murder, Hate Crimes

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Warns of Immigrant “Invasion,” Mirroring Language Used by El Paso Shooter

As Russian Attacks Leave Ukraine Without Power, WHO Warns “This Winter Will Be About Survival”

Kamala Harris Pledges “Unwavering Commitment” to Defend Philippines

Death Toll from Java Earthquake Rises to 268

38 Workers Die as Fire Sweeps Through Factory in Central China

U.S. Rail Workers Reject Tentative Union Contract, Set Stage for Dec. 9 Strike

Alabama Governor Halts Executions After Third Botched Lethal Injection

Missouri Teen Asks to Attend Her Father’s Execution

Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 People for Cannabis Convictions

Rights Groups Denounce FIFA for Banning Displays of LGBTQ+ Pride at World Cup

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 21, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 18, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 17, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Poland Says Ukraine Likely Launched Missiles That Killed 2, Not a Deliberate Attack

Russian Missiles Rain Down on Ukraine as Zelensky Calls for G20 to Support Peace Plan

Judge Overturns Georgia Abortion Ban

Trump Announces 2024 Run Amid Ongoing Legal Troubles

Kevin McCarthy Wins GOP Nomination for House Speaker; Sen. Warnock Sues GA over Early Voting Rules

U.S. Judge Blocks Title 42, Which Has Expelled 2 Million Migrants Since 2020

Philadelphia Rights Activists Preparing for New Immigrant Bus from Texas

Intel Report Details How the UAE Spent Hundreds of Millions to Influence U.S. Foreign Policy

Lula Declares “Brazil Is Back” at COP27, Calls for Next Meeting to Take Place in Amazon

11-Year-Old Licypriya Kangujam Confronts U.K. Minister over Criminalization of Climate Protests

Jennifer Siebel Newsom Testifies Harvey Weinstein Raped Her in 2005

Tesla Construction Workers Describe Exploitative, Dangerous Conditions at Texas Site

Sanitation Co. Accused of Using Child Labor in JBS Slaughterhouses

Walmart Agrees to $3.1 Billion Settlement over Opioids Crisis

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 15, 2022

U.N. General Assembly Calls on Russia to Pay Reparations for Ukraine Invasion

After Meeting Xi Jinping, Biden Says U.S. Won’t Provoke New Cold War with China

Egyptian Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah Ends Hunger Strike

Israel Says It Won’t Cooperate with FBI Probe into Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Thousands Flee Fighting Between Congolese Army and M23 Rebels in Eastern DRC

Katie Hobbs Defeats GOP Election Denier Kari Lake to Win Arizona Governor Race

Arizona Voters Approve In-State College Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants

Second Federal Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Program

Nearly 50,000 Student Workers Strike at All 10 University of California Campuses

UVA Lifts Shelter-in-Place Order After Police Arrest Alleged Gunman

Supreme Court Will Allow House Jan. 6 Committee to Subpoena Arizona GOP Leader

Pence Says He Was “Angered” by Trump’s “Reckless” Actions on January 6, 2021

Amazon Plans to Lay Off 10,000 Workers

Digital Currency Prices Plummet as Regulators Probe Collapse of FTX

Google to Pay $392 Million to Settle Probe into Unwanted Tracking of Users’ Locations

Climate Scientists Join Nonviolent Protests at Private U.S. Airports

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 14, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 11, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 10, 2022

Control of U.S. Senate Hangs on Three Undetermined Races

Kevin McCarthy Announces Bid to Become House Speaker

Election Denier Kari Lake Trails by Razor-Thin Margin in Arizona Gubernatorial Race

Democrats Win Control of Executive and Legislature Branches in Four States

“Our Intention Is to Run Again”: Biden Teases 2024 Plans

Iranian Protesters Face Torture in Prison as Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Death Penalty

Russia Orders Withdrawal of Occupied Ukrainian City of Kherson 

Kremlin Threatens to Withdraw from Grain Export Deal Amid Global Food Insecurity Crisis

Hurricane Nicole Cuts Power, Creates Storm Surges on Florida’s East Coast

Sweeping Report Warns of “Far-Reaching and Worsening” Climate Crises Across U.S.

600+ COP27 Delegates Are Linked to Fossil Fuels; Activists Protest for Climate Reparations

Egyptian Authorities Take “Medical Intervention” on Hunger Striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah 

Just Stop Oil Activists Have Disrupted the U.K.’s Busiest Highway Every Day This Week

U.K. Activist Throws Eggs at King Charles on Behalf of Victims of Police, Slavery, Colonialism

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 7, 2022

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 4, 2022

Far-Right Coalition Wins Most Seats in Israel’s Knesset, Returning Netanyahu to Power

Russian Troops Signal Withdrawal from Occupied Kherson

UN Nuclear Agency Finds No Evidence to Back Russian “Dirty Bomb” Claims in Ukraine

Imran Khan Survives Assassination Attempt, Accuses Pakistan’s PM of Plotting His Death

UN Warns of Melting Glaciers and Says Rich Countries Aren’t Meeting Climate Pledges

Egyptian Political Prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah to Escalate Hunger Strike as COP27 Opens

Civil Society Groups Urge Biden Not to Send Troops to Haiti, Call for Haitian-Led Dialog

UN General Assembly Votes to Condemn US Embargo of Cuba for 30th Straight Year

Elon Musk Begins Mass Layoffs at Twitter, Meets With Civil Rights Groups

University of California Student Workers Overwhelmingly Approve Nov. 14 Strike

Protesters Demand Closure of Rikers Island Jail After 18th Prisoner Death of 2022

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 3, 2022

Ethiopia Agrees to Peace in Tigray After Two Years of War

Ukraine Nuclear Plant on Emergency Generators After Fighting Severs Power Lines

U.N. Security Council Denies Russia Probe of U.S. Biological Weapons Claims

Pentagon Confirms Active-Duty U.S. Troops Are Deployed Inside Ukraine

Oath Keepers Militia Leader Sought to Contact Trump After Jan. 6 Insurrection

Biden Warns U.S. Democracy Imperiled by Political Violence 

Trump’s Lawyers Saw Clarence Thomas as Key to Overturning 2020 Election

Wisconsin Candidate Says, “Republicans Will Never Lose Another Election After I’m Elected Governor”

Trump Aide Kash Patel Granted Immunity to Testify Over Mar-a-Lago Documents

Fears of Recession Grow as Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates Further

Israeli Soldiers Kill 2 More Palestinians As Netanyahu Clinches Premiership

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Survives Shooting at Rally

Judge Sentences Parkland Mass Shooter Nikolas Cruz to Life Without Parole

Jackson Officials Say Water Finally Safe to Drink; Flint Residents Ask Judge to Replace Lead Pipes

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Russia Rejoins Grain Export Deal; Water and Power Restored in Kyiv Following Russian Attacks

Benjamin Netanyahu Poised to Return to Israeli Leadership With Far-Right Alliance

Jair Bolsonaro Refuses to Admit Defeat But Allows Presidential Transition to Move Ahead

North Korea Launches 23 Missiles, Warns U.S. & South Korea Over War Games

U.S. Judge Limits Voter Intimidation By Far-Right Vigilantes; PA Says Undated Absentee Ballots Invalid

Liz Cheney Stumps for Democrat Elissa Slotkin, Backs Tim Ryan Against Trump Supporter J.D. Vance

Abrams Makes Final Push in GA Gov. Race as Biden Speaks to Voters in Florida

SCOTUS Blocks Transfer of Trump Tax Documents, Rules Lindsey Graham Must Testify in GA 2020 Probe

Biden Admin Weighing Sending Haitian Asylum Seekers to Guantánamo Bay

Dozens of Migrants Missing After Two Shipwrecks off Greek Coast

Nobel Laureates Draw Attention to Egypt’s Jailing of Activists Ahead of COP27

Egypt Releases Detained Climate Activist Ajit Rajagopal Amid Crackdown on Protests

Just Stop Oil Activists Take Aim At U.K. Gov’t Buildings to Highlight Climate Crisis

Rapper Takeoff Killed in Houston Shooting

NYC Starbucks/Amazon Go Workers File Union Petition; NLRB Says Ithaca Starbucks Must Reopen

Investigation into 1921 Greenwood Race Massacre Uncovers Another 17 Bodies

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Food Prices Soar as Russia Halts Participation in Deal to Export Ukraine Grain 

US and South Korea Launch New War Games; China Warns US Over Nuclear-Armed B52s

Supreme Court Justices Appear Poised to End Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Prosecutors Say Home Invader Wanted to Break Nancy Pelosi’s Kneecaps

Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Kari Lake Jokes About Pelosi Attack

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of His Tax Returns 

“Their Profits are a Windfall of War”: Biden Suggests New Tax on Big Oil

Jailed Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to Begin Full Hunger Strike During Climate Summit

U.S. Border Patrol Fires “Less Lethal” Rounds at Venezuelan Asylum Seekers

British Police Investigate Arson Attack on Migrant Center

UK Home Secretary Decries “Invasion” of Asylum Seekers

White Ex-Michigan Cop Charged With Murdering Congolese Refugee Patrick Lyoya

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Remains Silent After Losing Presidential Run-off Election

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 31, 2022

Brazilians Vote in Lula, Reject Bolsonaro in Historic Election With Far-Reaching Implications

South Korea Reels After Tragic Crowd Surge Kills Over 150 People

Russian Missiles Target More Power and Water Sources; Moscow Pulls Out of Grain Export Deal

Car Explosions in Somali Capital Kill at Least 100 People

Bridge Collapse in India Kills at Least 141 Pedestrians

Democrats Condemn GOP Silence, Enabling of Violence in Wake of Paul Pelosi Attack

Activists Shut Down Park Ave, Take Aim at BlackRock, Chase For Climate Destruction

Protests Continue in Iran Despite Threats; Journalists Seek Justice For Jailed Colleagues

Pakistani Journalist Killed by Truck in Imran Khan Convoy

Haitian Journalist Killed by Police Fire as Press Faces Mounting Challenges

Lebanese President Leaves Office with No Successor Amid Mounting Economic Crisis

Foxconn Workers Flee Factory After COVID Outbreak in Zhengzhou

Concert Stampede Kills 11 in DRC

New York to Pay $36 Million to Two Men Wrongfully Convicted in Malcolm X Assassination

Oldest Guantánamo Prisoner Is Freed After 18 Years Behind Bars Without Charge

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 28, 2022

Vladimir Putin Says World Faces Most Dangerous Moment Since World War II

Ukraine’s President Warns of Extended Blackouts After Russian Attacks on Power Grid

Pentagon Nuclear Posture Review Won’t Rule Out U.S. First Strike

Fears Rise Over Brazilian Election After Bolsonaro Ally Attacks Police With Rifle and Grenades

Top U.S. and Canadian Officials Meet to Consider Armed Intervention Force in Haiti

U.S. Senators Call on Biden to Expand Protected Status for Haitian Refugees

260,000 Refugees in US at Risk of Deportation as Talks Over Protected Status Collapse

Families Demand Texas’ Top Public Safety Official Resign Over Uvalde School Shooting

Elon Musk Purchases Twitter for $44 Billion and Fires Top Executives

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Under Federal Investigation

Communities of Color Hit Hardest by COVID Less Likely to Receive Antiviral Drugs

Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Ugandan Capital

Thousands in Pakistan Mourn Journalist Arshad Sharif, Killed by Police in Kenya

At Least 31 People Killed By Flooding, Landslides in Philippines

Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal In all 32 Mexican States

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 27, 2022

U.N.: Failure by Nations to Meet Climate Pledges Puts World on Track for 2.9 Degrees of Heating by 2100

The Lancet: Immediate Action on Climate Could Save the Lives of Millions

Cholera Spreads in Nigeria After Historic Flooding

Russian Attacks Further Degrade Ukraine Power Grid; 70,000 Evacuate Russian-Held Region

15 Killed, 40 Wounded at Iranian Holy Site in Attack Claimed by Islamic State

Second Woman Says GOP Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Pressured Her to Have Abortion

Outgoing Rep. Seeks to Clear Up Confusion Over Name “Mike Doyle” in PA Congressional Race

Arizona Democrat Katie Hobbs’ Gubernatorial Campaign Office Burglarized

Judge Orders Mark Meadows to Testify in 2020 Georgia Election Probe

Michigan Jury Convicts 3 More Men in Gov. Whitmer 2020 Kidnapping Plot

Prominent Trump Backers Plead Guilty to Robocalls Spreading Voter Misinformation

Elon Musk Moves Closer to Twitter Takeover As Employees Fear Mass Firings

Pennsylvania Judge Set to Deny New Trial Request for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Prominent Haitian Reporter Survives Shooting as Another Journalist Found Dead

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Kherson Could Be Site of “Heaviest of Battles” Amid Fears of Nuclear, Radioactive Weapons Use

Progressive Dems Withdraw White House Letter Urging Direct Negotiations With Moscow

Russian Court Upholds Brittney Griner’s Sentence, Upping Pressure on Biden to Negotiate Her Release

Fetterman and Oz Spar Over Abortion, Economy in Only Debate Before Midterms

Hochul and Zeldin Lay Out Differences On Abortion, Crime, Guns and 2020 Election

Activists Call on Biden to Declare Emergency in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

Just 5% of Plastic Products Recycled in U.S.

Adidas Ends Partnership With Kanye West Following Antisemitic Rants

Military Airstrike in Burma’s Kachin State Kills 80 People

Mourners Mark 40 Days Since Mahsa Amini’s Death as Iranian Protests Continue

Fire at Ugandan School for the Blind Kills 11 People

Mike Davis, Activist and Author of “Planet of Slums” and “City of Quartz,” Dies at 76

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Rishi Sunak Becomes Third U.K. Prime Minister in Seven Weeks

Representatives of Ethiopia’s Government Meet Tigray Rebels for Peace Talks 

IAEA to Investigate Ukraine Nuclear Sites Over Russia’s “Dirty Bomb” Claims

German President Visits Kyiv Amid Calls to Further Arm Ukraine

U.S. Progressive Lawmakers Call on Biden to Pursue Diplomacy With Russia

Russian Court Rejects Brittney Griner’s Appeal of 9-Year Prison Sentence 

Heavily Armed Teen Gunman Shoots Six, Two Fatally, at St. Louis High School

Michigan Teen Pleads Guilty to Murder and Terror Charges in Oxford High School Shooting

Charlie Crist and Ron DeSantis Clash in Florida Governor Debate

Justice Clarence Thomas Blocks Lindsey Graham Subpoena in GA Election Interference Probe

Ex-Minneapolis Cop Pleads Guilty to Aiding and Abetting Manslaughter of George Floyd

Israeli Forces Kill 6, Wound Dozens in Overnight Assault on Nablus

Iran Indicts 300+ on Criminal Charges Over Anti-Government Protests 

Deadly Cyclone Leaves Millions Without Power in Bangladesh

North and South Korea Exchange Warning Shots Amid Heightened Nuclear Tensions

U.S. Public Health Officials Warn of Surging RSV Cases 

Penn State Cancels Talk by Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Amid Student Protests

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 24, 2022

Kherson Braces For Battle; Russian Strikes Devastate Ukrainian Energy, Water Infrastructure

Xi Jinping Clinches Third Term, As Anti-Government Protest Quietly Spreads

Rishi Sunak to Become Next British Prime Minister After Rivals Withdraw

Italy Swears in Far-Right Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister

Labor Strikes Spread Across Iran, Adding to Unrest Spurred by Mass Protests

Ibrahim Traore Becomes Second Coup President in Burkina Faso in Under a Year

WH Tells Borrowers to Keep Applying for Student Loan Relief After Judge Issues Temporary Stay

Steve Bannon Vows To Appeal After Receiving Four Month Prison Sentence

House Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Donald Trump

Donald Trump Suggests He’ll Run for President Again in 2024

Judges in Florida and Texas Rule Against GOP Voter Suppression Efforts

Penn Student Protesters Disrupt Football Game to Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 21, 2022

U.K. Conservatives Face Fresh Leadership Crisis as PM Liz Truss Resigns After 45 Days

Chadian Security Forces Kill Protesters Demanding Return to Civilian Rule

At Least 150 Killed as Rival Groups Clash in Southern Sudan’s Blue Nile State

Ukraine Orders Electricity Cuts Following Russian Attacks on Power Stations

Russia Says U.S.-Made Rockets Killed Civilians in Luhansk and Kherson

Ukraine Warns of Flood Risk from Hydroelectric Dam Rigged by Russia to Explode

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen in Latest Raid on Jenin

ACLU Challenges Arkansas Anti-BDS Law

Pakistan Election Commission Bars Ex-PM Imran Khan from Holding Office

Courts Stymie Conservative Efforts to Block Biden’s Student Relief Plan

Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Grand Jury Probe of Trump Election Meddling

Massive Wildfires Bring Hazardous Air Quality to Pacific Northwest

EPA to Investigate Civil Rights Violations in Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis

CA Jury Finds Ex-UCLA Gynecologist Guity of Sexually Abusing Hundreds of Patients

Mental Health Workers End Strike After Reaching Deal with Kaiser Permanente

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 20, 2022

“A Narrow Window to Prevent Genocide”: WHO Warns 6 Million in Tigray Face Health Crisis

Putin Declares Martial Law in Occupied Parts of Ukraine

North Korea Fires Artillery Barrage into Sea Amid Joint U.S.-South Korea War Games

Cholera Outbreak in Syria Spreads to Lebanon 

Iranians Cheer Homecoming of Female Rock Climber Who Competed Without Hijab

Biden Releases 15 Million More Barrels of Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Scientist Rebellion: Climate Protesters Glue Themselves to Volkswagen Exhibition 

Cuba Welcomes U.S. Aid for Ian Victims While Condemning U.S. Embargo as “Constant Hurricane”

Supreme Court Rejects Reprieve for Mentally Ill Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner 

New York Opens Tent Shelter for 500 Migrant Men

ICE Jails Asylum Seekers Who Survived Fatal Shooting by Texas Brothers 

U.S. Judge Says Trump Knowingly Signed Off on False Numbers in Election Fraud Suit

Trump Deposed in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Lawsuit

Judge Sentences Ex-UCLA Student to 42 Months over Jan. 6 Insurrection

Georgetown University Students Confront Mike Pence over Capitol Riot

Pioneering Asian American Actor Anna May Wong to Be Featured on New Quarter

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Somalia Is Facing Famine on a Catastrophic Scale

Russia Says It Will Evacuate 60,000 People from Kherson as Fighting Intensifies

Biden to Release More Oil from Strategic Reserve

Biden Vows to Codify Roe v. Wade If Democrats Win Midterms

Marco Rubio and Val Demings Spar on Abortion, Guns in Lone Debate Ahead of Midterms

Video of Florida Police Arresting Residents for Voting Spurs Outrage

Family of Alaa Abd El-Fattah Camp Out in Front of U.K. Gov’t Building to Demand His Release

Saudi U.S. Citizen Given 16-Year Jail Sentence for Tweeting

WaPo: Hundreds of Former U.S. Military Officers on Payroll of Authoritarian Governments

100 Haitian Migrants Stranded on Island Near Puerto Rico

L.A. City Council Elects New President as Protests Continue in Wake of Racist Audiotape Leak

Amazon Workers in Albany Vote Against Unionizing

New Jersey Sues Oil Giants for Deceiving Public About Climate Change

California Offshore Wind Energy Lease Sale Could Power 1.5M Homes

Stores Start Selling Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Biden Administration Opens Up Applications for Student Loan Forgiveness

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 18, 2022

U.N. Secretary-General Calls for “Armed Action” in Haiti

Haitian Protesters Reject Foreign Troops and Demand Resignation of PM Ariel Henry

Ethiopian and Eritrean Soldiers Seize City of Shire from Tigrayan Rebels

Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure Knock Out Water and Power to Millions

Ukraine Says Russian Troops Killed Composer for Refusing to Join Concert in Occupied Kherson

AP: Russia Has Seized Thousands of Ukrainian Children and Made Them Russian Citizens

Fighter Jet Crashes Near High-Rise Apartment in Russia, Killing 13

NATO Opens War Games as Russia Threatens Nuclear Response in Ukraine

Death Toll from Nigeria Flooding Tops 600 as Climate Crisis Leaves Farms Underwater

Democratic Challenger Stacey Abrams Calls Out GOP Gov. Brian Kemp over Voter Suppression

Ohio GOP Senate Candidate J.D. Vance Confronted over Shifting Views on Trump

Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Kari Lake Won’t Pledge to Accept Election Result

Asylum Seekers at Torrance ICE Jail Claim Retaliation over Hunger Strike

Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Racist Rulings on U.S. Citizenship

Australia Reverses Prior Government’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 17, 2022

Fire Erupts at Iran’s Evin Prison as Anti-Government Protests Continue 

Explosions Rock Ukraine’s Capital; Gunmen Kill 11 Russian Military Recruits in Belgorod

Xi Jinping Set to Win Third Presidential Term as Chinese Communist Party Congress Opens

U.S. and Canada Send Armored Vehicles to Haiti 

Australian PM Warns Historic Flooding May Worsen

Huge Protest in Paris Demands Action on Inflation and Climate Crisis

U.K. Protesters Throw Soup on Van Gogh Painting to Demand Climate Action

Greek Authorities Discover 92 Migrants Stripped Naked Near Turkish Border

Outrage in Turkey as President Erdogan Blames “Fate” for Mine Blast That Killed 41

GOP’s Herschel Walker Skips Second Debate with Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock

Oklahoma City Apple Store Employees Vote to Join CWA, Becoming 2nd to Unionize

“Defuse Nuclear War”: Protesters Rally at Dozens of U.S. Congressional Offices

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 14, 2022

House January 6th Committee Subpoenas Donald Trump

Supreme Court Rejects Trump Appeal over Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago

Five Killed by White Male Juvenile Gunman in Raleigh, NC

Parkland Shooter Sentenced to Life Without Parole as Single Juror Rejects Death Penalty

U.S. Begins Title 42 Expulsions of Venezuelan Asylum Seekers 

Texas Sheriff Says Migrants Sent to Martha’s Vineyard Were Victims of Crime

Russia Urges Kherson Residents to Evacuate as Ukraine Advances on Occupied City

Iraq Names New President and Prime Minister, Ending Long Political Deadlock

Israeli Forces Kill 20-Year-Old Palestinian, Put Doctor in Critical Condition During Jenin Raid

Living Planet Report Warns of “Devastating” Drop in Wildlife Populations 

Judge Holds Federal Prisons Officials in Contempt over Mistreatment of Prisoner with Cancer

Video Reveals Guards’ Abuse of Florida Prisoner Who Died of Broken Neck in 2017

Social Security Administration to Boost Benefits by 8.7% Amid Soaring Inflation

Consumer Rights Groups Warn Against Kroger-Albertsons Merger

Charles Sherrod, Civil Rights Pioneer and Minister, Dies at the Age of 85

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 13, 2022

U.N. General Assembly Condemns Russia’s Annexation of Ukrainian Territories

Ukraine Nuclear Plant Loses External Power Again; Fresh Russian Airstrikes Kill 13

Russia Warns Ukraine Joining NATO Would Spark World War III

North Korea Says It Test-Fired Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missiles

U.S. Regulators Approve Bivalent COVID Boosters for Children 5 and Older

White House Warns Congressional Inaction Is Harming U.S. COVID Response

U.S. Treasury Probes Whether Florida Gov. DeSantis Misused COVID Funds on Migrant Flights

U.S. Reaches Deal with Mexico to Expel Most Venezuelan Asylum Seekers

Nury Martinez Resigns from L.A. City Council over Racist Audio Tape

Nigeria Flooding Death Toll Rises to 500, with 1.4 Million Displaced

Climate Activists Call Out World Bank’s $15 Billion Financing of Fossil Fuel Projects

Jan. 6 Committee to Share New Evidence of Trump’s Role in Capitol Insurrection

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million to Sandy Hook Families

T-Mobile Customer Service Workers Form Union

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Russia Detains 8 People for Crimea Bridge Blast; Zelensky Calls for Sanctions, Boost to Air Defenses

Biden to “Reevaluate” U.S.-Saudi-Relationship as Congressmembers Call for Halt to Arms Sales

Israel and Lebanon Agree to U.S.-Brokered Maritime Border Deal

Anti-Government Protests Continue in Iran Despite Deadly Crackdown, Spread to Other Sectors

Biden Calls for Racist L.A. City Councilmembers to Resign Amid Political Firestorm

San Antonio Ex-Cop Arrested and Charged for Shooting Unarmed Teen in McDonald’s Parking Lot

Texas Officer Found Not Guilty for Killing Pamela Turner During a Mental Health Crisis

Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Adnan Syed in 1999 Murder of Hae Min Lee

Jury Starts Deliberation in Trial of Parkland Mass Shooter Nikolas Cruz

DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Reject Trump Classified Docs Appeal; Justices Weigh In on “Fetal Personhood,” Voting Case

Labor Dept. Proposes Rule to Prevent Violation of “Gig Workers” Rights

Guacamaya Leak Reveals Mexican Gov’t Sold Arms to Drug Cartels, Spied on Reporters

Angela Lansbury, Stage & Screen Actor and “Proud Socialist,” Dies at 96

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Russian Strikes Kill 19 Across Ukraine

U.N. General Assembly to Vote on Russia’s Annexation of Ukrainian Territories

Belarusian Troops Will Deploy Alongside Russian Forces Near Ukraine’s Border

Venezuela Floods Kill Dozens; Storm Triggers Deadly Mudslides in Central America

Heat Waves Could Make Human Life “Unsustainable” in Parts of Asia and Africa by 2050

U.N. Refugee Agency Makes Emergency Appeal as Number of Refugees Tops 100 Million

Protesters Reject Call for Deployment of Foreign Forces to Haiti

12-Year-Old Palestinian Shot by Israeli Soldier Dies from Wounds

Mexico Files Lawsuit Against Arizona-Based Gun Sellers

Thailand Holds Funerals for Victims of Massacre at Child Care Center

Senate Candidate J.D. Vance Defends Donald Trump in Debate with Rep. Tim Ryan

Herschel Walker’s Wife Wrote to Ex-Girlfriend Whose 2009 Abortion Walker Allegedly Paid For

Nury Martinez Steps Down as L.A. Council President After Leaked Audio Reveals Racist Remarks

Railroad Workers Reject Proposed Union Contract, Setting Stage for November Strike

Billy Sothern, Who Defended Albert Woodfox and Other Death Row Prisoners, Dies at 45

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 10, 2022

Russia Pounds Ukrainian Cities with Missiles, Killing at Least 10, Following Crimea Bridge Blast

Russian Attacks Kill at Least 13 in Zaporizhzhia; Nuclear Plant Temporarily Loses Power

Hackers Interrupt Iranian State TV, Call on Viewers to Join Mass Protests

Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians Teens; Israel to Compensate Family of Slain Palestinian American

15 Asylum Seekers Killed on Libyan Coast

Abortion Bans Blocked in Ohio, Arizona as Protesters Take to Street Ahead of Midterms

Sen. Tuberville Goes on Racist Rant Against “Pro-Crime” Democrats

Texas DA Names Fired Officer Who Shot Unarmed Teenager in McDonald’s Parking Lot

Uvalde School District Fires Police Force Amid Uproar over Failures in Robb Elementary Massacre

Jurors Acquit Animal Rights Activists Who Saved Piglets at Smithfield Foods Factory Farm

New York Hospitals Pay $165 Million to Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Gynecologist

New York Mayor Declares State of Emergency over Forced Influx of Asylum Seekers

Protesters Form Human Chain Around U.K. Parliament to Demand Freedom for Julian Assange

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 7, 2022

Biden Pardons Thousands of People Convicted on Federal Marijuana Charges

Russian Strikes Kill 11 in Zaporizhzhia as IAEA Chief Rejects Russian Control of Nuclear Plant

Biden Says Putin “Not Joking” About Threat to Use Nuclear Weapons

2022 Nobel Peace Prize Honors Human Rights Workers in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

Hurricane Ian Death Toll Rises to 131

Report: World Bank Funded $15 Billion in Fossil Fuel Projects Despite Divestment Pledge

13 DREAMers Arrested at D.C. Protest Demanding Congress Make DACA Permanent

Prisoners at For-Profit ICE Jail Stage Hunger Strike to Protest Inhumane Conditions

Rochester, NY, Will Pay $12 Million to Family of David Prude, Black Man Killed by Police

Federal Judge Declares Key Parts of New York Gun Law Unconstitutional

Gunmen Kill 20, Including Mayor, in Attack on Southern Mexican City

Julian Assange Supporters Plan Saturday Protests Outside U.K. Parliament, U.S. Justice Department

Federal Investigators Ask U.S. Attorney to Indict Hunter Biden

NFL Concussion Protocol Under Scrutiny as Star Players Suffer Brain Injuries

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 6, 2022

Biden Blames Climate Change for Hurricane Ian’s Path of Destruction in Florida

Ethiopia and Tigray Rebels Agree to Peace Talks as Airstrike Kills More Than 50

Putin Asserts Russian Control Over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

NYT: U.S. Believes Ukrainians Were Behind Assassination of Darya Dugina in Russia 

Antiwar Protester Who Interrupted Russian TV News Broadcast Flees House Arrest

OPEC and Russia Agree to Slash Crude Output, Boosting Oil Prices 

Rep. Ro Khanna Calls on Biden Administration to End Saudi Arms Sales

U.S. Prepares to Ease Sanctions on Venezuela to Allow Chevron Oil Drilling 

“Who Voted for This?”: Protesters Reject U.K. Prime Minister’s Call to Lift Fracking Ban

1 in 8 Birds Threatened with Extinction Due to Habitat Loss, Pollution and Climate Crisis

Michigan Judge Tosses Criminal Charges for Former Officials in Flint Water Crisis

Over 30 Killed in Thailand After Ex-Cop Begins Murderous Rampage at Childcare Center

At Least 15 Migrants Drown and Dozens Go Missing as Ships Sink Off Greek Coast

Japan Condemns Latest North Korean Missile Launch as U.S. Redeploys Aircraft Carrier

French Author Annie Ernaux Wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Ukraine Recaptures More Land Days After Russian Annexation

The Pope Urges Stop to “Spiral of Violence and Death” in Ukraine

Supreme Court Appears Poised to OK Racial Gerrymandering in Alabama

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Dispute over Classified Documents

Prosecutors Accuse Oath Keepers of Planning “Armed Rebellion” Against U.S. Gov’t

Biden Heads to Florida as Hurricane Ian Death Toll Tops 109

Amazon Suspends 50 Workers at Unionized Warehouse in Staten Island

Ex-Counterintelligence Agent Helped DeSantis Scheme to Send Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

South Korea Missile Test Malfunctions, Sparking Fire at Base

FIlipino Journalist Percy Lapid, a Critic of Marcos & Duterte, Is Killed Near Manila

U.N. Urges Extension of Ceasefire in Yemen

30 Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike Against Israeli Administrative Detention

At Least 15 Die Inside Overcrowded Prison in Ecuador

“Everything Has Been a Lie”: Herschel Walker’s Son Blasts His Father Amid Tight Georgia Senate Race

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Ukraine’s Zelensky Rules Out Direct Peace Talks with Russia’s Putin

Afghan Women Protest Attack on Girls’ School as Death Toll Climbs to 53

Iran’s Supreme Leader Blames U.S. and Israel for Mass Protests 

Haitian Protesters Demand Relief from Soaring Prices, Resignation of U.S.-Backed Leader

20 Killed in Somalia Car Bombings After U.S. Claims Airstrike Killed al-Shabab Leader

Amnesty Calls on EU to Hold Israel Accountable for “Crime of Apartheid Against Palestinians”

Palestinians Warn U.K. Against Moving Embassy to Jerusalem

North Korean Missile Test Triggers Air Raid Alerts in Japan

In Puerto Rico, Biden Pledges $60 Million in Hurricane Resilience Aid

University of Idaho Warns Employees Against Discussing Abortion and Contraception

Investigation Reveals “Systemic” Abuse of Players at All Levels of U.S. Women’s Soccer

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 3, 2022

Brazil: Lula & Bolsonaro to Face Off in Presidential Runoff

Ukraine Recaptures Lyman a Day After Russia Annexed Area

Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution on Annexation as Biden OKs $12B in More Military Spending for Ukraine

Putin Blames U.S. for Sabotaging Nord Stream Pipelines; Blinken Cites Development as “Tremendous Opportunity”

Hurricane Ian Death Toll Reaches 87 as Search Missions Continue

Iran Protests Continue for 16th Day; Group Says 133 People Have Died So Far

7-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Dies After Being Chased by Israeli Soldiers

125 Die in Indonesia After Riot Police Fire Tear Gas After Soccer Game

Burkina Faso Sees Second Military Coup in a Year

U.S. & Venezuela Conduct Prisoner Exchange

Texas Brothers Charged with Manslaughter for Shooting Migrants Getting Water Near Border

Liz Truss Scraps Plans to Lower Taxes for Rich Following Mass Protests

Supreme Court Begins New Term as Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History as First Black Female Justice

Indigenous Activist & Actress Sacheen Littlefeather, 75, Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 30, 2022

Hurricane Ian Bears Down on South Carolina After Carving Path of Destruction Across Florida

Putin Announces Plans to Annex Ukrainian Territory Seized by Russia

Sweden Discovers Fourth Leak in Nord Stream Pipeline as NATO Cites Sabotage 

Senate Approves $12.3 Billion in New Aid to Ukraine in Stopgap Spending Bill

White House Pledges Renewed Push for Passage of Sen. Manchin’s Permitting Reform Bill

Polls Show Brazil’s Lula with Wide Lead Over Bolsonaro Ahead of Presidential Election

Suicide Bomb Attack on Kabul School Kills 19, Mostly Young Women 

India Expands Abortion Access to Single Women and Survivors of Marital Rape

Alito Pushes Back After Justice Kagan Warns Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Has Suffered

Ginni Thomas Tells Jan. 6 Committee She Still Believes 2020 Election Was Stolen

Biden Administration Halts Student Loan Relief After GOP Attorneys General Sue

ICC Opens Trial of Félicien Kabuga, Accused of Financing 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Mexico, Colombia and Brazil Top List of Most Dangerous Nations for Environmentalists 

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 29, 2022

Hurricane Ian Carves Path of Destruction Along Florida’s Gulf Coast with 150 MPH Winds

20 Cuban Migrants Missing and Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Florida Coast

DHS Lifts Shipping Restrictions to Allow Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico to Import Fuel

Russia’s Putin Set to Announce Annexation of Occupied Ukrainian Territories

Germany Warns Nord Stream Pipeline Disaster Could Be Among Worst Gas Leaks in History

Finland to Close Its Border with Russia Amid Mass Exodus of Military-Age Men

Kamala Harris Visits Demilitarized Zone, Warning North Korea Over Nuclear Program

Israeli Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp Kills Four Palestinians and Wounds Dozens

Gunman Remains at Large After Wounding 6 Adults at Oakland School for Immigrants

Highland Park Mass Shooting Survivors Sue Smith & Wesson

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Protecting Farmworker Union Rights

Alabama Prisoners Stage Work Stoppage to Protest Squalid Conditions

New Images Reveal Shocking Conditions in New York’s Rikers Island Jail

Right Livelihood Foundation Announces 2022 Award Winners

Truthout Columnist and Antiwar Activist William Rivers Pitt Dies at 51

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian as Winds Reach 155 MPH

Hurricane Knocks Out Power to All of Cuba

EU Says Leaks to Nord Stream Pipelines Caused by Sabotage

Russia Expected to Annex Occupied Areas of Ukraine After Referendums

Report: Nearly 200K Russians Have Fled Since Putin Mobilization Order

MBS Named Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Giving Him Immunity to Khashoggi Lawsuit

Oath Keepers Seditious Conspiracy Trial Begins

Trump Supporter Sentenced to 7+ Years for Assaulting D.C. Officer on Jan. 6

In Climate Victory, Manchin Drops Proposal to Ease Energy Permitting Rules

Mastriano in 2019: Women Should Face Murder Charges for Violating Abortion Bans

Thousands of Students Walk Out in Virginia to Oppose Youngkin’s Anti-Trans Policies

California Gov. Newsom Signs 13 Abortion Protection Bills & Outlaws “Pink Tax”

IMF Warns U.K. over Plan to Cut Taxes as Value of Pound Plummets

Meredith Tax, Longtime Feminist & Socialist, Dies at 80

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Russian-Held Parts of Ukraine Hold Final Day of Voting on Whether to Join Russia

Russian Military Mobilization Prompts Mass Exodus of Draft-Age Men

Hurricane Ian Lashes Western Cuba with Sustained 125-Mile-Per-Hour Winds

Hundreds of Thousands Ordered to Evacuate Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ian Approaches

Puerto Rico’s Governor Calls on Biden to Waive Shipping Restrictions in Aftermath of Hurricane

Hurricane Ian Forces NASA to Delays Test Launch of New Moon Rocket

NASA Crashes Spacecraft into Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test

Protesters Rally at Mississippi Governor’s Mansion to Demand Clean Water for Jackson

Russia Grants Citizenship to NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden

Thousands Protest Outside State Funeral for Japan’s Assassinated Former Leader Shinzo Abe

Two-Thirds of Cuban Voters Approve Referendum on Marriage and Gender Equality

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 26, 2022

Death Toll in Iran Protests Climbs to 41

Giorgia Meloni Set to Become Italy’s Most Far-Right Leader Since Mussolini

Arizona Judge Reinstates 158-Year-Old Abortion Ban

“Catastrophic Consequences”: U.S. Warns Russia Against Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine

730 Antiwar Protesters Arrested Across 32 Russian Cities

China Calls for Peace Talks to End Russia’s War on Ukraine

13 Killed in Mass Shooting in Central Russia

97 Refugees Drown as Boat Sinks Off Syria’s Coast

Typhoon Noru Slams Philippines, Killing 6 and Leaving Millions Without Power

Remnants of Hurricane Fiona Carve Path of Destruction in Eastern Canada

Puerto Rican Farmers Hit Hard by Hurricane Fiona at Harvest Time

Florida Governor Declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Ian Approaches

Vanuatu’s President Calls for Fossil Fuel Nonproliferation Treaty

“Fridays for Future” Protesters Demand Climate Action in 450 Locations Worldwide

Video Shows Train Hitting Colorado Police Car Holding Woman Handcuffed in Back Seat

ACLU Demands Closure of For-Profit ICE Jail After Asylum Seeker Dies by Suicide

Kushner-Owned Company Settles Lawsuit over Unfair Rental Practices and Rodent-Infested Apartments

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 23, 2022

Russia Holds Annexation Referendums in Occupied Ukrainian Territories

Russian Antiwar Protesters Conscripted After Mass Arrests

Russian Foreign Minister Storms Out of U.N. Security Council Debate on Ukraine

Hurricane Fiona Swipes Bermuda, Barrels Toward Canada’s East Coast

Nigeria Suffers Worst Flooding in Years, Exacerbating Food Crisis

11 Climate Activists Arrested at Sit-In Protest of Sen. Joe Manchin’s “Dirty Side Deal”

Iran Cuts Internet Access as Death Toll from Protests Rises

Republican Senators Block Bill to Require Disclosure of “Dark Money” Donors

CREW: Secret Service Knew of Neo-Nazi Threat on Jan. 6, Failed to Respond

Trump Openly Embraces Far-Right QAnon Conspiracy Theory

Neo-Fascist Party Founded by Mussolini Supporters Poised to Take Power in Italy

Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family Files Complaint Against Israel at International Criminal Court

Boeing Will Pay $200 Million to Settle SEC Probe into 737 MAX Crashes

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 22, 2022

New York AG Sues Donald Trump and His Children for “Staggering” Financial Fraud

Appeals Court Will Allow DOJ to Resume Use of Documents Seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Ginni Thomas Agrees to Be Questioned by Jan. 6 Committee

203 Republicans Vote “No” as House Approves Bill to Prevent Stolen Elections

Nearly 1,400 Arrested as Antiwar Protests Erupt Across Russia

Russia and Ukraine Agree to Swap Prisoners

At U.N. General Assembly, Biden and Zelensky Condemn Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Senate Votes to Phase Out Use of Refrigerants That Contribute to Climate Crisis

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Unveils Bill to Speed Permitting of Energy Projects

Ex-Minneapolis Cop Thomas Lane Gets Three Years in Prison for Manslaughter of George Floyd

Progressives Warn Fed’s Interest Rate Hikes Will “Throw Millions of Americans Out of Work”

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Putin Announces Partial Mobilization of Russia’s Reserve Forces

Russian-Occupied Areas of Ukraine to Hold Referendum on Annexation

At U.N., Germany’s Scholz Denounces Russian Invasion as “Imperialism”

U.N. Secretary-General Warns World Is in Peril

Colombia’s Gustavo Petro Calls for End to War on Drugs

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Voices Support for Palestinians in U.N. Speech

“No Fascist Dynasties”: Protests in NYC Denounce Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Protests in Iran Spread to Dozens of Cities over Death of Mahsa Amini

One Person Dies from Hunger Every 4 Seconds While Number of Super Wealthy Individuals Soars

Venezuelan Asylum Seekers Sue DeSantis After Being Sent to Martha’s Vineyard

Puerto Rico Remains Without Power; Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls for More Help for Island

Palestinian Authority Arrests Men Wanted by Israel, Sparking Uprising in Nablus

Eritrea Accused of Full-Scale Offense in Tigray Region of Ethiopia

Seattle Teachers Agree to New Contract After 5-Day Strike

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Hurricane Fiona Hits Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico Remains Without Power and Tap Water

World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Hold 3.5 Trillion Tons of Potential Greenhouse Gases

U.N. General Assembly Opens with Appeals on Poverty, Hunger and Climate

Ukraine Exhumes Bodies from Mass Grave in Territory Reclaimed from Russia

Russian Separatists in Donbas Accuse Ukraine of Shelling Civilians 

China and Russia Begin Joint Naval Patrols; U.S. Sends Carrier Battle Group to Korean Peninsula

WaPo: Pentagon Orders Review of Psyops Program over Fake Social Media Accounts

U.S. Arrests at Southern Border Top 2 Million, Surpassing Last Year’s Record Total

Texas Sheriff to Probe Whether Asylum Seekers Were Illegally Lured to Martha’s Vineyard

U.N. Panel Says Ethiopia May Have Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Tigray

Major Earthquake Shakes Mexico on Anniversary of Two Previous Temblors

U.S. Releases Taliban Prisoner in Exchange for American Mark Frerichs

Global Tel Link Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Claims It Seized Funds from Prisoners 

Adnan Syed, Subject of “Serial” Podcast, Freed from Prison as Judge Vacates Murder Conviction

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Puerto Rico Plunged into Darkness as Hurricane Fiona Knocks Out Power Grid

Alaska’s Strongest Storm in Half-Century Cuts Off Rural Communities

9 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Typhoon Nanmadol Hits Japan

Climate Week Opens in New York as World Leaders Gather for U.N. General Assembly

United Kingdom Holds State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II

“Not My King”: Protester Confronts British Monarch over Wealth Inequality

White House Condemns GOP Governors for Sending Asylum Seekers to Liberal States

India’s Modi Criticizes Putin over Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine Says Mass Grave in Territory Liberated from Russia Contains 400 Bodies

Ceasefire Halts Fighting Between Azerbaijan and Armenia That Killed 200

Nearly 100 Killed in Border Clashes Between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Israel Bombs Damascus Airport in Syria

Biden Repeats Vow to Defend Taiwan from China’s Military

Biden Claims “The Pandemic Is Over” Despite 3,000+ U.S. Deaths Per Week

West Virginia Governor Signs Near-Total Ban on Abortion into Law

Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Merriam-Webster over Gender-Inclusive Edits

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Texas Gov. Abbott Buses Asylum Seekers to VP Kamala Harris’s Home

“We Are Not a Sanctuary State”: Florida Governor Sends Asylum Seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

U.N. to Investigate Mass Graves in Territory Reclaimed from Russia by Ukraine

Russia Warns U.S. Arms Shipments to Ukraine Could Prompt “Direct Military Clash”

Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping, Acknowledges “Questions and Concerns” over Ukraine

Pakistan Suffers Surge of Waterborne Disease as Floodwaters Recede

“An Unprecedented Global Crime”: House Hearings Probe Oil Companies’ Climate Denial

Judge Blocks Proposed Petrochemical Plant in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

Federal Court Rules Enbridge Trespassed on Indigenous Land to Build Line 5 Pipeline

Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Jackson, Miss., After Nearly 7 Weeks

Patagonia Founder Gives Away $3 Billion Company to Fight Climate Crisis

WHO Says End of Coronavirus Pandemic “Is in Sight” as Deaths Fall to Lowest Rate Since 2020

Federal Judge Names Special Master and Orders DOJ to Delay Review of Documents Held by Trump

Senate Democrats Won’t Hold Vote on Congressional Stock Trading Ban Before Midterm Elections

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Says He’ll Seek Reelection Despite Prohibition

Mexico Arrests Retired General over 2014 Disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa Students

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U.S. Rail Workers Win Tentative Union Contract, Averting Nationwide Strike

15,000 Minnesota Nurses Return to Work After 3-Day Strike over Pay and Staffing Levels

U.S. Transfers $3.5B in Frozen Afghan Central Bank Funds to Swiss Trust

Reports of Russian Torture Emerge in Territory Reclaimed by Ukraine 

U.N. Secretary-General Warns Ukraine Ceasefire Is “Nowhere in Sight” 

Indiana Abortion Ban Takes Effect; Ohio Judge Temporarily Halts 6-Week Ban

Woman Whose Fetus Lacked Skull Travels to NYC for Abortion After Louisiana Bans Procedure

R. Kelly Found Guilty of Child Pornography Charges

Sex Trafficked Teen Who Killed Alleged Rapist Ordered to Pay His Family $150,000

Andrew Cuomo Sued by Former Aide Charlotte Bennett for Sexual Harassment

Sweden’s New Government Will Be Led by Far-Right Party Founded by Neo-Nazis

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Ukraine Claims It Has Recaptured 3,000 Square Miles of Territory from Russia

Sen. Lindsey Graham Introduces Nationwide 15-Week Abortion Ban

West Virgnia Lawmakers Approve Near-Total Ban on Abortion

Pro-Trump Don Bolduc Wins NH GOP Senate Primary

Mary Peltola Sworn In as First Alaskan Native to Serve in Congress

Report: 97 Members of Congress Sold or Bought Stock Related to Committee Work

Mourners Pack Streets of London for Procession Carrying Coffin of Queen Elizabeth II

Biden Administration Works to Prevent Major Railway Strike

Seattle Teachers Suspend Five-Day Strike After Tentative Agreement Reached

William Ruto Sworn In as Kenya’s New President

Toll from Pakistan Flood Rises as Survivors Lack Clean Drinking Water

Former Twitter Security Chief Warns Congress About Major Security Flaws

Alex Jones on Trial Again for Spreading Lies About Sandy Hook Massacre

Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr, 76, Dies

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Ukraine Retakes 6,000 Square Kilometers from Russia, Asks for More Weapons

Dozens Killed in Fresh Clashes Between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Justice Department Seizes Phones of Two Former Trump Aides

DOJ Accepts Raymond Dearie as Special Master to Vet Classified Documents Held by Trump

Pakistan Floodwaters Could Take Up to Six Months to Recede

Wildfire Smoke Brings Hazardous Air Pollution to Western U.S. and Canada

King Charles III Visits Belfast, Northern Ireland

U.K. Police Arrest Protester Who Heckled Prince Andrew over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

U.N. Report Warns 50 Million Worldwide Are Trapped in “Modern Slavery”

Minnesota Nurses Begin Largest Private Sector Nurses’ Strike in U.S. History

115,000 Railroad Workers Prepare to Strike Friday to Demand Safer Working Conditions

Black Pastor Sues over Arrest by Alabama Officers While Watering Neighbor’s Flowers

French New Wave Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard Dies at 91

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Ukraine’s Military Retakes 1,000 Square Kilometers from Russia in Rapid Advance

“Climate Carnage”: U.N. Secretary-General Tours Parts of Pakistan Devastated by Floods

King Charles III Assumes the British Throne

Sweden’s Election Remains Too Close to Call as Far-Right Party Makes Gains

Stephen Miller Subpoenaed to Testify to Grand Jury About Trump PAC Fundraising

72 House Democrats Sign Letter Opposing Sen. Manchin’s Permitting Reforms

Environmentalists in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” Defeat Proposed Methanol Plant

U.S. Marks 21st Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

The Other 9/11: Chile Marks 49 Years Since U.S.-Supported Coup Toppled Salvador Allende

ACLU Asks Montana Judge to Strike Down Anti-Trans Birth Certificate Rule

New York Declares State of Emergency Over Polio Outbreak

Laura Poitras’s Documentary on Opioid Crisis Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

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Climate Crisis Brings Fire and Floods to California as Global Temperature Records Fall

Sen. Manchin’s “Dirty Side Deal”: Climate Protesters Condemn Democrats’ Permitting Reforms

U.S. Pledges Another $2.7 Billion in Military Aid to Ukraine

Antiwar Groups Plan Week of Protests Demanding Diplomatic End to War in Ukraine

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96 After Seven-Decade Reign

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Lifts Fracking Moratorium, Calls for Shale Gas Drilling

South Carolina Lawmakers Vote to Further Restrict Abortion

Michigan Voters Will Determine Fate of Abortion Rights in November Referendum

DOJ Appeals “Special Master” Ruling over Classified Documents Held by Trump

Steve Bannon Surrenders to Face NY Charges of Donor Fraud and Money Laundering

DNC Panel Rejects Ban on “Dark Money” Campaign Contributions

New Vaccine Shows High Efficacy Against Malaria in Clinical Trial

North Korea Alters Nuclear Policy to Allow for First Strike

#NoTechForApartheid: Amazon and Google Workers Protest $1.2 Billion Deal with Israel

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Ukraine Considers Closing Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Amid Heavy Fighting

Russia Accused of Forcibly Relocating Up to 1.6 Million Ukrainians

Secretary of State Blinken Visits Kyiv, Pledges Billions in New U.S. Aid to Ukraine

U.S. Tests Nuclear-Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Judge Strikes Down Mandated Coverage of HIV Prevention Drug, Citing “Religious Freedom”

Hundreds of Law Enforcement Officers Listed as Members of Oath Keepers Militia

Haitian Protesters Demand Food, Safety and Resignation of PM Ariel Henry

Israeli Military Kills 20-Year-Old Palestinian During Raid

Earthquake Toll in China’s Sichuan Province Rises to 82 Amid COVID Lockdown

Second Suspect in Canada Stabbings Dies of Apparent Self-Inflicted Wounds After Arrest

Memphis Gunman Kills 4, Injures 3 in Day-Long Rampage

Texas Mass Shootings Rose 62% Following Open Carry Bill

Las Vegas Official Arrested for Murder of Investigative Journalist

Seattle Public School Workers Strike for Better Pay and Resources

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IAEA Calls for Safety Zone Around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in Ukraine

Report: FBI Found Docs on Foreign Nation’s Nuclear Capabilities During Mar-a-Lago Search

New Mexico Judge Removes County Commissioner from Office over Role in Jan. 6

Surveillance Video Shows “Fake Elector” & Trump Operatives Entering Elections Office in Georgia

Report: Bannon to Surrender on New York State over Charges in We Build the Wall Fraud

Maura Healey to Face Geoff Diehl in Massachusetts Gubernatorial Race in November

Water Crisis: EPA Head to Visit Jackson as Mississippi Gov. Pushes Privatizing City’s Water

California Heat Wave Continues Sparking FIres & Record Energy Usage

Forest Guardian Murdered in Brazil

Study: 10.5 Children Lost Parent or Caretaker Globally from COVID

Russian Court Revokes License of Novaya Gazeta Newspaper

Putin & Xi to Meet Next Week in Uzbekistan

74 Dead, 26 Missing After Earthquake in China

Uvalde Students Return to Classes for First Time Since Mass Shooting

Juul to Pay $438 Million in Tentative Settlement over Youth Marketing

Seattle Teachers Vote to Strike, Forcing Cancellation of First Day of School

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Signs Historic Equal Pay Agreement

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“Famine Is at the Door”: U.N. Issues Urgent Appeal for Somalia Amid Historic Drought

Emergency Systems Activated at Ukraine Nuclear Plant as Fighting Damages Power Lines

Energy Prices Surge Across Europe After Russia Cuts Off Gas Pipeline

California Temperature Records Shattered as Heat Wave Fuels New Wildfires

Super Typhoon Brings High Winds and 3 Feet of Rain to South Korea

Liz Truss Becomes U.K. Prime Minister After Leadership Battle to Replace Boris Johnson

Chilean Voters Reject Progressive Constitution to Replace Pinochet-Era Document

35 Killed as Roadside Bomb Hits Burkina Faso Convoy

6 Killed as Suicide Bomber Targets Russian Embassy in Afghan Capital

Police Search for Second Suspect in Stabbings That Killed 10 in Saskatchewan

Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Review of Documents Seized by FBI at Mar-a-Lago

At Least 9 Drown Crossing Rio Grande; Texas Gov. Abbott Buses More Migrants to Chicago

Israeli Troops Kill 1, Wound 16 at Home Demolition in Occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera Rejects Israeli Army Inquiry into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing

Amazon Loses Bid to Overturn Successful Union Campaign by Staten Island Workers

Serena Williams Announces Retirement from Tennis After Final U.S. Open

“Nickel and Dimed” Author Barbara Ehrenreich Dies at 81

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Biden Warns “Equality and Democracy Are Under Assault” by MAGA Republicans

Ex-NYPD Officer Who Attacked Capitol Police on Jan. 6 Gets 10-Year Prison Term

Jan. 6 Committee Asks Newt Gingrich to Testify About False Election Claims

Ginni Thomas Pressured Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers to Overturn Biden’s Election Win

IAEA Chief Says Physical Integrity of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant “Violated” by Fighting

Russian Oil Company Chairman Reportedly Dies in Fall from Hospital Window

China and India Join Russian Military for Drills; U.S. Holds Pacific War Games with Allies

Taiwan Shoots Down Drone from China

At Least 18 Killed as Explosion Strikes Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan

Argentina VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Survives Assassination Attempt

Chileans Rally Ahead of Sunday Referendum on Replacing Pinochet-Era Constitution

Shireen Abu Akleh’s Niece Says Biden “Isn’t Upholding the Values That He Continues to Preach”

Reports of U.S. Military Sexual Assaults Soared in 2021 to Nearly 36,000

California Lawmakers Approve $56 Billion to Battle Climate Crisis & Extend Life of Nuclear Plant

Family of Donovan Lewis Demands Columbus Police Be Held Accountable

Bernie Sanders to Striking U.K. Rail Workers: “Our Job Is to Take on These Oligarchs”

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IAEA Reaches Ukraine Nuclear Plant as Fighting Prompts Emergency Shutdown of Reactor

WHO Warns Flooding in Pakistan Risks Lives of 3 Million Children

California Temperature Records Toppled as U.S. Southwest Faces Another Heat Wave

Democrat Mary Peltola Upsets Sarah Palin to Win Alaska’s Lone Congressional Seat

Texas Gov. Abbott Orders Asylum Seekers Bused from U.S.-Mexico Border to Chicago

FDA Grants Emergency Use to Boosters Targeting Coronavirus Variants

Saudi Arabia Sentences Woman to 45 Years in Prison for Social Media Posts

Palestinian Man Jailed Without Charge Ends 6-Month Hunger Strike After Winning Release

Israel Sentences Gaza Charity Director to 12 Years in Prison

U.N. Finds China May Have Committed “Crimes Against Humanity” in Xinjiang

Judge Allows New York Concealed Carry Restrictions to Take Effect

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Biden Approves Emergency Declaration over Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

DOJ Filing Says Trump Likely Obstructed Government Probe into Top-Secret Documents

Nuclear Inspectors Head for Russian-Occupied Zaporizhzhia Power Plant

Ukrainian Grain Ship Arrives in East Africa to Ease Starvation

Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dead at 91

World “Sleepwalking Toward the Destruction of the Planet,” Warns U.N. Secretary-General

6 Million Afghans at Risk of Famine

South Carolina Lawmakers Approve Near-Total Abortion Ban

U.S. Life Expectancy Plummets for Second Year in a Row

Police in Columbus, Ohio, Shoot Dead Unarmed Black Man in Bed

Google Employee Alleges Retaliation for Speaking Out Against Providing AI to Israeli Military and Government

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Muqtada al-Sadr Tells Supporters to End Protests After Violence in Baghdad Kills 30

Pakistan Appeals for International Aid as Record Rainfall Brings “Climate Dystopia”

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, Warned “Do Not Drink the Water” as Floodwaters Rise

“Doomed” Greenland Ice Will Add Nearly a Foot to Global Sea Level Rise

U.N. Ocean Treaty Talks Aimed at Protecting Marine Wildlife End in Failure

Ukraine Begins Counteroffensive to Retake Russian-Occupied Kherson

Biden Will Ask Congress to Approve $1.1 Billion Weapons Sale to Taiwan

Federal Judge Rejects 9/11 Families’ Bid to Seize Billions from Afghan Central Bank Funds

U.S. to Stop Shipping Free COVID-19 Tests as Funding Dries Up

Moderna Sues Pfizer, Claiming COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Rights

Capitol Rioter Who Menaced Sen. Chuck Schumer Gets 55-Month Prison Term

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Must Testify to Grand Jury About Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

20-Year-Old Gunman with Assault Rifle Kills Two at Grocery Store in Bend, Oregon

Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Law Barring Adults Under 21 from Carrying Handguns

Families of Gun Violence Victims Lead Rally at Texas Capitol Demanding Gun Controls

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“Serious Climate Catastrophe”: Unprecedented Floods Displace Millions in Pakistan

Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Warns Residents to “Get Out Now” as Floodwaters Rise

DOJ Releases Affidavit Used to Justify FBI Search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Anti-Radiation Iodine Tablets Handed Out as Fighting Rages Near Russian-Held Nuclear Plant

Russia Blocks Draft of U.N. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

32 Killed, Over 150 Injured as Rival Militias Clash in Libya’s Capital

EPA to Reclassify “Forever Chemicals” as Hazardous

Fed Chair Says U.S. Must Suffer “Pain” of Higher Interest Rates to Battle Inflation

Asylum Seeker Dies by Suicide at For-Profit ICE Jail in New Mexico

Ethiopian Forces Blamed for Airstrike on Tigray Kindergarten That Killed 7

6 of 43 Kidnapped Mexican Students Were Kept Alive for Days Before Their 2014 Murder

Thousands Rally to Oppose Corruption Charges Against Argentina’s Vice President

California Governor Threatens to Veto Bill Making It Easier for Farmworkers to Unionize

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Nuclear Catastrophe Narrowly Averted at Russian-Held Plant, Says Ukraine’s Zelensky

IAEA Chief Says U.N. Inspectors Will Tour Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant “Very Soon”

Biden Orders U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Against Fighters with Alleged Links to Iran

Rohingya Muslims in Exile Mark Five Years Since Start of Genocide in Burma

Greenpeace Warns U.N. Ocean Biodiversity Treaty “On the Brink of Failure”

Peru Sues Repsol for $4.5 Billion over Massive Oil Spill

North Dakota Judge Puts Temporary Hold on Anti-Abortion “Trigger Law”

South Carolina GOP Lawmaker Voices Regret over “Fetal Heartbeat” Abortion Ban

Federal Court Extends Injunction Against Arkansas Anti-Trans Law

Biden Administration Moves to Codify DACA Under Federal Law

Judge Orders DOJ to Release Parts of Affidavit Used in Trump Search Warrant

Fox News Sued for $1.6 Billion over False Claims About Electronic Voting

Chipotle Workers in Michigan Become First to Unionize

Starbucks Accused of Illegally Withholding Wages from Pro-Union Workers

Qatar Deports Migrant Workers Who Demanded Unpaid Wages

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President Biden to Cancel Up to $20,000 of Student Debt Per Borrower

Federal Judge Blocks Part of Idaho’s “Trigger Ban” Criminalizing Abortion Care

Russian Missile Attack on Ukrainian Train Station Kills at Least 25 Civilians

U.N. Chief Slams “Senseless War” in Ukraine on 6-Month Anniversary of Russian Invasion

Russian Dissident Arrested After Calling Russia’s War in Ukraine an “Invasion”

Fighting Shatters Truce in Ethiopia’s War-Torn Tigray Region

California to Phase Out Sales of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035

Uvalde Schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo Fired over Failed Response to Massacre

Oklahoma Prepares to Kill Prisoner James Coddington After Gov. Stitt Denies Clemency

Nearly 50,000 U.S. Prisoners Face Prolonged Solitary Confinement 

Columbus Teachers Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike

Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Palestinian Hunger Striker’s Bid to End Detention Without Trial

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After Campaigning for Abortion Rights, Democrat Pat Ryan Wins New York Special Congressional Election

Charlie Crist to Challenge Ron DeSantis in Florida Gubernatorial Race

25-Year-Old Gun Control Activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost Wins Florida Congressional Primary

U.S. to Give Ukraine $3 Billion on 6-Month Anniversary of Russian Invasion

U.N. Warns of “Catastrophic Consequences” If Fighting Continues Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

Report: U.N. Faces Record Aid Shortfall to Address Humanitarian Crises

Reports: Biden to Announce Move to Cancel Some Student Debt

Jury Convicts Two Boogaloo Movement Members in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor

National Archives Says Trump Took 700 Pages of Classified Documents from White House

Ex-Louisville Cop Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Warrant for Raid on Breonna Taylor’s Home

Charges Dropped Against Atlanta Cops in Shooting Death of Rayshard Brooks

Justice Department Launches Probe into Arkansas Officers After Brutal Beating

U.S. Bombs Syria in Attempt to Take Out Sites Affiliated with Iran

Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Begins 12-Year-Sentence

Thai Court Suspends Prime Minister over Term Limit Dispute

Mexican Reporter Fredid Román Shot Dead, 15th Journalist Killed This Year in Mexico

Texas Declares Emergencies in 20 Counties After Massive Floods

5-Year-Old Guatemalan Girl Drowns Trying to Cross Rio Grande

Ex-Security Head of Twitter Warns of “Extreme, Egregious Deficiencies” in Security Protocols at Social Media Giant

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FBI Seized 150 Documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home in August 8 Search

Ukraine Cancels Independence Day Celebrations, Fearing Russian Attacks

Russia Blames Ukrainian Special Forces for Car Bomb That Killed Daughter of Putin Ally

U.S. Launches Massive Joint Military Exercise with South Korea

Iran Accuses U.S. of “Procrastination” in Talks over Revived Nuclear Deal

Thousands Protest in Haiti, Demanding Basic Services and Ouster of PM Ariel Henry

Longtime NJ Resident Patrick Julney Held for Ransom After U.S. Deports Him to Haiti

Flash Floods Sweep Northern Texas as 15 Inches of Rain Falls on Dallas

Pfizer Asks for FDA Approval of Omicron-Specific Booster Shot

Top U.S. Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to Retire in December

New York Will Administer One-Fifth Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine to Stretch Supply

California Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill to Establish Safe Drug Injection Sites

Billionaire Barre Seid Gave Record $1.6 Billion to Dark Money Group Pushing Right-Wing Courts

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21 Killed and Over 100 Wounded as al-Shabab Gunmen Seize Hotel in Somali Capital

World Food Programme Warns 20 Million in Horn of Africa at Risk of Starvation

Dozens Killed as Monsoon Rains Trigger Flooding and Landslides Across South Asia

Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Charged Under Anti-Terrorism Law

Car Bomb Kills Daughter of Putin Ally in Moscow; Ukraine Denies Involvement

Putin Says He’ll Support IAEA Mission to Russian-Occupied Nuclear Power Plant

From Odessa, U.N. Chief Calls for More Ukrainian Food and Fertilizer Shipments

Mexico Arrests Former Attorney General over Massacre of 43 Students in Ayotzinapa

Israel Summons Heads of Palestinian NGOs It Branded “Terrorist Organizations”

Singapore to Repeal Law Criminalizing Sex Between Men But Won’t Legalize Marriage Equality

Louisiana Board Withholds New Orleans Flood Aid over City Council’s Defense of Abortion

Arkansas Police Filmed Brutally Kicking & Punching Man on Sidewalk

2,000 Workers on Strike at Large U.K. Container Port

Carl Kabat, Catholic Priest & Anti-Nuclear Activist, Dies at 88

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Russia Rejects U.N. Call for Demilitarized Zone Around Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

Judge Orders Redaction and Release of Affidavit Used in FBI Search of Trump’s Home

Secret Service Didn’t Inform Capitol Police of Threats to Pelosi Before Capitol Riot

Texas Elections Officials Quit over Death Threats Following Trump’s 2020 Loss

Ex-Trump Organization CFO Alan Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

Rivers Run Dry in China and Europe as Climate Crisis Fuels Record Droughts

10 Arrested at Protest of Fossil Fuel Concessions in Inflation Reduction Act

U.S. Will Add 1.8 Million Doses to Monkeypox Vaccine Stockpile

Biden Admin Plans to Stop Paying for COVID Vaccines, Tests and Treatments

Bodycam Footage Reveals Details of Denver Police Shooting That Injured 6 Bystanders

Judge Rules Starbucks Must Offer to Rehire Fired Union Organizers in Memphis

Protesters in Argentina Demand Relief from Poverty and High Inflation

Mexico Truth Commission Confirms Ayotzinapa Massacre Was a “State Crime”

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WHO Chief Says Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray Ignored Due to Victims’ “Skin Color”

Russian Strikes on Kharkiv Kill 12, Wound Dozens

Rudy Giuliani Testifies to Atlanta Grand Jury over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Trump Struggles to Find Criminal Defense Lawyers Willing to Represent Him

Mike Pence Calls for End to GOP Attacks on FBI After Search of Trump’s Home

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Ordered to Pay Ohio Counties $650M over Opioid Epidemic

Court Temporarily Halts SC Abortion Ban; Florida Court Rejects 16-Year-Old’s Plea for Abortion

Bombing at Mosque Kills 21 in Kabul, Afghanistan

Israeli Soldiers Raid Offices of 7 Palestinian NGOs, Force Them to Close

Debtors Pledge Payment Strike Unless Biden Soon Cancels Student Loan Debts

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Pro-Trump Challenger Wins in a Landslide over Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming Primary

Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act, Praises It as “Biggest Step Forward on Climate Ever”

FBI Interviewed Two Ex-White House Lawyers as Part of Trump Probe

Putin Accuses U.S. of Dragging Out War in Ukraine & Provoking China

Report: Israeli Military Privately Admits It Killed 5 Palestinian Kids in Gaza Strike

Political Crisis in Kenya over Disputed Presidential Election

Lula Launches Campaign in Brazil: We Want a Government That Distributes Books, Not Weapons

Iran Submits Response to “Final Text” of New Nuclear Agreement

Colorado River Drought Forces Water Cuts to Arizona and Nevada

Jill Biden & Lloyd Austin Test Positive for COVID

Immigrant Rights Groups Sue Data Broker LexisNexis over Selling Personal Data to ICE

Academy of Motion Picture Arts Apologizes to Indigenous Activist Sacheen Littlefeather over 1973 Ceremony

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Rudy Giuliani Is Target of Georgia Prosecutors’ Criminal Probe of 2020 Election Interference

Sen. Lindsey Graham Must Testify to Georgia Grand Jury About Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Justice Department Opposes Calls to Unseal Affidavit Used to Search Trump’s Home

GOP Incumbents Who Criticized Trump Face Primary Challengers in Alaska, Wyoming

Biden Admin Rejects Unfreezing Afghanistan’s Central Bank Assets

Ukraine’s Military Takes Credit for Explosion at Russian Ammunition Depot in Crimea

William Ruto Declared Winner of Kenya’s Razor-Thin Presidential Race

Saudi Activist Gets 34 Years in Prison for Tweets Demanding Women’s Rights

Saudi Aramco Posts Record $48.4 Billion Quarterly Profit

German Protesters Block Train Tracks Demanding Halt to Construction of LNG Terminals

Lawsuit Alleges CIA Spied on Journalists and Julian Assange’s Lawyers

Prisoner’s Death by Suicide Is 12th This Year at New York’s Rikers Island Jail

Over 2,000 Mental Health Workers Begin Strike at Kaiser Permanente Clinics in California

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Senators Ask to See Top-Secret Records Seized by FBI from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home

Salman Rushdie Faces Long Road to Recovery After Surviving Assassination Attempt

House Passes Sweeping $739 Billion Climate, Healthcare and Tax Bill

Idaho Supreme Court to Allow Near-Total Abortion Ban to Take Effect Aug. 25

Kansas Orders Hand Recount of Vote That Affirmed Reproductive Rights

China Renews Warning to U.S. as Another Congressional Delegation Visits Taiwan

Taliban Uses Rifle Butts to Beat Women Protesters in Kabul

U.N. Warns 95% of Afghans Are Going Hungry One Year After Fall of Kabul to Taliban 

U.N. Rights Chief Blasts Israel’s “Unconscionable” Killing of 19 Children in 10 Days

Spanish Wildfire Explodes in Size as Historic Drought Grips Europe

Colombia: Gustavo Petro Replaces Military Commanders & Moves to Resume Peace Talks

Family of Austin Tice Still Hopeful 10 Years After His Disappearance in Syria

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AG Merrick Garland Calls For Release of Warrant Used in FBI Search of Trump’s Home

WaPo: FBI Searched Trump’s Residence for Classified Nuclear Arms Documents

Armed Trump Supporter Shot Dead in Ohio After Attempting to Breach FBI Field Office

Former Virginia Cop Sentenced to 7+ Years in Prison for Role in Capitol Insurrection

Evidence Mounts That DHS Watchdog Buried Evidence of Missing Secret Service Texts

CDC Further Relaxes COVID-19 Guidance

U.N. Atomic Agency Sounds Alarm as Fighting Rages Near Russian-Occupied Nuclear Plant

Russia Says It’s Negotiating Prisoner Swap with U.S. for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

Pentagon Claims Airstrikes Killed 4 al-Shabab Militants in Somalia

At Least Five Killed as Protests in Somali Breakaway Region Turn Violent

U.N. Registers 1 Millionth Person Displaced by Drought in Somalia

Firefighters from Across Europe Battle Massive Blaze Near Bordeaux, France

Protests Erupt Across Brazil as Bolsonaro Threatens to Reject October Election

Brazilian Police Make Five More Arrests over Murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

San Francisco DA Who Replaced Chesa Boudin Got Six-Figure Consulting Fee in Recall Effort

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Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Blast Destroying Nine Russian Warplanes

U.S. Pledges Increased Military Support to Latvia

China Pledges Taiwan Patrols as It Concludes Major War Games

Trump Invokes Fifth Amendment 440+ Times During New York Deposition

GOP Congressmember Who Voted to Impeach Trump Loses Primary to 2020 Election Denier

FBI Alleges Iranian Man Plotted to Murder Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton

Sierra Leone Government Orders Curfew as Protests Turn Deadly

Kenya Continues to Wait for Election Results

Former Lawyer to Jamal Khashoggi, Asim Ghafoor, Released from UAE Prison

U.S. Economy Added 528,000 Jobs in July as Inflation Rate Fell

Chipotle to Pay $20 Million over Worker Protection Violations

Biden Signs Bill Expanding Benefits for Veterans Affected by Burn Pits

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Wisconsin: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes Wins Dem Senate Primary

Minnesota: Election Denier Wins GOP Primary for Secretary of State

Becca Balint Wins Democratic House Primary in Vermont

Republicans Demand Answers from FBI & DOJ over Raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

FBI Seizes Phone of Rep. Scott Perry, Who Played Key Role in Backing Trump’s Attempted Coup

Massive Blasts at Russian Air Base in Crimea Kills One

S. African FM to Blinken: The Palestinians, Like the Ukrainians, “Deserve Their Territory & Freedom”

Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Teenagers in Occupied West Bank

50 Palestinians Ordered Off Israeli Bus to Make Room for Three Jewish Riders

Arrest Made in Albuquerque After Four Muslim Men Were Killed

Mother and Daughter Face Felony Charges over At-Home Abortion in Nebraska

Asian American Residents in California Sue Siskiyou County Officials for Racial Bias

L.A. City Council Votes to Ban Encampment for Unhoused People Near Schools

Ex-Twitter Employer Convicted for Giving Saudis Private Info on Dissidents

Biden Signs $280 Billion CHIPS Act

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Woman for Role in Lynching of Emmett Till

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Federal Agents Execute Search Warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort

Ukraine Calls for Demilitarized Zone Around Russian-Occupied Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. to Send Ukraine Another $1 Billion in Weapons

Israeli Troops Kill Three, Wound 40 in West Bank Raid

Emergency Protest in New York Demands End to Israeli Assaults on Palestinians

EU Unveils Draft Proposal to Revive 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal

Biden Administration to End Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy After Court Order

Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Sentenced on Federal Hate Crimes Charges

Family of Teen Killed by Maryland Police Reaches Partial $5 Million Settlement

One Dead, 14 Missing as Fire Spreads at Massive Cuban Oil Depot

Philippines Scholar and Activist Walden Bello Arrested on “Cyber Libel” Charges

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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 44 Palestinians, Including 15 Children

Senate Passes $739 Billion Climate and Healthcare Bill

Former Guerrilla Gustavo Petro Sworn In as Colombia’s First Leftist President

China Extends Military Drills Near Taiwan After Pelosi’s Trip

Russia and Ukraine Trade Blame over Attacks on Nuclear Power Site

Indiana Governor Signs Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions

Albuquerque, NM Police Say Killings of Four Muslim Men Likely Linked

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Family $45 Million in Compensation

U.N. Chief Guterres Joins Ceremony Marking 77 Years Since U.S. Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods in California’s Death Valley

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DOJ Charges 4 Former and Current Louisville Cops over Breonna Taylor’s Killing

Amnesty Accuses Ukraine’s Military of Endangering Civilians

Russian Court Sentences WNBA Star Brittney Griner to 9 Years in Penal Colony

China Sanctions House Speaker Pelosi over Visit to Taiwan

Sen. Sinema Will Support Reconciliation Bill After Dems End Tax Increase on Rich Investors

Trump-Backed 2020 Election Denier Kari Lake Wins Arizona Gubernatorial Primary

U.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

New York Warns Polio May Be Spreading After Poliovirus Found in Rockland County Sewage

Florida Governor Suspends State Attorney Who Promised Not to Prosecute Abortion Ban Violations

Former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Arrested on Bribery Charges

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $4.1M in Compensation to Family of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim

Ex-Black Panther Albert Woodfox, Held Nearly 44 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies of COVID-19

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U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan Kills al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri 

Kentucky Flood Toll Rises to 37; California’s McKinney Fire Claims 2 Lives

White House Agrees to Complete Pipeline to Win Sen. Manchin’s Support for Climate Bill

Indigenous Protesters at U.S. Interior Department Reject Drilling on Public Lands

Militia Recruiter Sentenced to 7 Years for Role in Capitol Insurrection

China Warns Pelosi Visit to Taiwan Could Have “Disastrous Consequences” for U.S.

Humanity Is “One Miscalculation Away from Nuclear Annihilation,” U.N. Leader Warns 

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr Protest in and Around Iraq’s Parliament

Republicans Who Opposed Trump Face Challengers as Five States Hold Primary Elections

Kansas Holds Referendum on Constitutional Right to Abortion

New York, California and Illinois Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

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Death Toll in Kentucky Flooding Rises to 28

Wildfire in California’s Klamath National Forest Explodes in Size 

Oil Giants Rake In Record Profits Amid Global Surge in Prices

Sen. Sinema Remains Uncommitted on Manchin-Schumer Deal on Climate, Healthcare and Taxes

House Approves Federal Assault Weapons Ban; Senate GOP Expected to Filibuster

First Grain Ship Leaves Ukraine Since Russia Invaded in February

House Speaker Pelosi Will Visit Taiwan Despite Warnings from China

Pope Asks Forgiveness for “Genocide” of Canada’s Indigenous Children

Trump-Appointed DHS Watchdog Dropped Efforts to Recover Deleted Jan. 6 Texts

FBI Raids Black Liberation Group Accused of Spreading Russian Propaganda

Guatemalan Police Arrest Muckraking Journalist José Rubén Zamora

NBA Legend and Civil Rights Leader Bill Russell Dies at 88

Pioneering Black Actress Nichelle Nichols, Who Played Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek,” Dies at 89

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Biden Urges Congress to Swiftly Pass Deal on Climate, Healthcare & Economy

Torrential Rains Trigger Deadly Floods and Mudslides in Kentucky

Congress Approves Bill to Subsidize U.S. Semiconductor Industry

GOP Senators Block Bill to Aid Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits

Russia and Ukraine Trade Blame After Strike on Prison Kills 40 POWs 

President Biden Holds Lengthy Phone Call with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping

“What About My Life?”: 12-Year-Old West Virginian Demands Lawmakers Reject Abortion Ban

Supreme Court’s Samuel Alito Mocks Critics of His Ruling Striking Down Abortion Rights

At Least Five Haitian Migrants Drown Off Coast of Puerto Rico

Central American Migrants Narrowly Escape Suffocation in Abandoned Trailer in Mexico

Trader Joe’s Workers in Massachusetts Organize Grocery Chain’s First-Ever Union

Indigenous Protesters in Canada Demand Pope Francis Rescind “Doctrine of Discovery” 

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Washington Post: DOJ Investigating Trump as Part of Probe to Overturn 2020 Election

Emails Show Trump Team Admitted Election Plot Involved “Fake” Electors & “Fake” Votes

Audio: Ex-Defense Sec. Says Trump Did Not Order Troops Deployed to Capitol on Jan. 6

Oregon Declares State of Emergency over Heat Wave

St. Louis Hit with Over Nine Inches of Rain; 1 Dead in Massive Flooding

15 Die in Democratic Republic of the Congo as Protests Escalate over U.N. Troops

Russia to Withdraw from International Space Station

Jailed Basketball Superstar Brittney Griner Appears in Russian Court

Family of Shireen Abu Akleh Meet Blinken & Demand U.S. Probe into Her Killing

Senate Panel Decries “Abusive and Inhumane” Conditions at Federal Prison in Atlanta

“Night of Terror”: 28 Women Held in Indiana Jail Accuse Guards of Letting Men Attack Them

Bernie Sanders Denounces Plan to Give $76B “Blank Check” to Semiconductor Industry

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Pope Apologizes for Catholic Church’s “Evil” Abuses Against Canada’s Indigenous Peoples

Tunisian Voters Approve President’s Power Grab in Referendum Boycotted by Opposition

Russia Continues Attacks on Black Sea Coast as Ukraine Readies Grain Exports

EU Prepares for Rationing as Russia Further Restricts Gas Exports

Thousands Evacuate as Oak Fire Burns 17,000 Acres Near Yosemite Park

Congressional Staffers Arrested at Sit-In Climate Protest in Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Office

Biden Says He’s Recovering Well from COVID-19; Sens. Murkowski, Manchin Test Positive

U.S. Monkeypox Cases Hit 3,400, Most of Any Nation

New Evidence Shows Trump Edited Jan. 7 Speech to Avoid Condemning Capitol Rioters

Indiana GOP Opens Special Session to Debate Near-Total Ban on Abortions

New York Exonerates Sixth Man Wrongfully Charged in Central Park Jogger Case

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Russian Missile Attack Threatens Nascent Grain Export Deal with Ukraine

Burmese Military Executes Four Activists Who Opposed Coup

Pope Visits Canada to Apologize for Abuse of Indigenous Children at Residential Schools

WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt for Defying House Jan. 6 Committee

Murdoch-Owned NY Post: After Jan. 6, Trump is “Unworthy” to be President Again

China Warns U.S. over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Planned Visit to Taiwan

17 Haitian Asylum Seekers Drown as Boat Capsizes Near Bahamas

1,000+ Migrants Rescued at Sea Attempting to Reach Europe

Tunisian Opposition Groups Boycott Vote on Whether to Give President More Power

California Wildfire Explodes in Size as Millions Across U.S. Face Extreme Heat

“Climate Clock” Shows Less Than 7 Years to Prevent Catastrophe

Tennessee to Investigate Officers’ Violent Arrest of Black Man

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White House Says President Biden Has “Very Mild Symptoms” of COVID-19 

White House Defends Coronavirus Safeguards After Maskless Biden Gets Infected

House Jan. 6 Committee Spotlights Trump’s Refusal to Call Off Armed Mob Attacking Capitol

Secret Service Under Criminal Investigation for Deleted Jan. 6 Messages

Just 8 GOP Reps. Join Democrats as House Votes to Safeguard Right to Contraception

U.S. Records First Polio Case in Nearly 10 Years

Turkey Says Ukraine and Russia Have Reached Agreement over Grain Exports

Dangerous Heat Warnings to Continue into Weekend for Much of Europe, U.S.

Ranil Wickremesinghe Sworn In as Sri Lankan President as Soldiers Assault Protesters

Italian PM Mario Draghi Resigns, Setting Stage for Sept. 25 Election

Guantánamo Prisoner Who Survived Torture and Arbitrary Detention for 20+ Years Cleared for Release

18 Killed as Police Raid Impoverished Rio de Janeiro Neighborhood

Ex-Cop Thomas Lane Sentenced to 30 Months for Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights

Senate Democrats Unveil Bill to Legalize, Tax and Regulate Cannabis

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Georgia Law Takes Effect Banning Most Abortions and Granting “Personhood” to Embryos & Fetuses

House Schedules Vote on Bill Protecting Access to Contraception

Russia’s Lavrov Says Kremlin Seeks to Control More Ukrainian Territory

Ukraine’s First Lady Appeals to U.S. Congress for More Weapons

Russia-to-Germany Gas Pipeline Resumes Operations at Reduced Rate of Flow

Wildfires Destroy Homes in Texas as Extreme Heat Grips Much of U.S.

Joe Biden Calls State of Climate an “Emergency” But Stops Short of Formal Declaration

Citizenship Question Added to 2020 Census to Help GOP Candidates, Trove of Documents Reveals

WI Assembly Speaker Says Trump Called Him “Within the Last Week” Pushing Stolen Election Claim

Arizona GOP Censures House Speaker After He Testifies to Jan. 6 Committee

Former Trump Aide Publishes Racist, Sexist Tirade After Meeting Jan. 6 Committee

Giuliani Ordered to Testify in Georgia Criminal Probe of 2020 Election Interference

Federal Prosecutors Rest Case in Trial of Steve Bannon for Contempt of Congress

House Select Committee to Highlight Trump’s Jan. 6 Actions in Primetime Hearing

Asadullah Haroon Gul Repatriated to Afghanistan

El Salvador Extends State of Emergency as Families Protest Arbitrary Arrests

Protesters Paralyze Panama, Demanding Economic Justice as Cost of Living Soars

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Britain Breaks Temperature Record as Fires Spread Across Europe

President Biden Faces Pressure to Declare National Climate Emergency

Trump-Backed Far-Right Election Denier Wins GOP Gubernatorial Primary in Maryland

With Big Help from AIPAC, Glenn Ivey Defeats Donna Edwards in Maryland Congressional Primary

Secret Service Claims It Has Preserved Just One Text Exchange from Jan. 6 Insurrection

Fake Republican Electors in Georgia Face Possible Prosecution

House Passes Respect for Marriage Act

17 Democratic Lawmakers Arrested at Abortion Protest Outside the Supreme Court

Indiana Doctor to Sue State AG for Defamation over Her Care of 10-Year-Old Rape Survivor

Protests Continue in Sri Lanka as Ex-PM Picked to Be New President

Pakistan Rejects Call for Early Elections as Party of Ousted PM Imran Khan Gains Seats

Putin Meets with Leaders of Iran and Turkey

U.S. Kills Two in Airstrikes in Somalia

“A Horrific Execution”: San Bernardino Police Killing of Robert Adams Sparks Outrage

Chipotle Closes Store in Maine After Workers Filed to Unionize

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Biden Denounced for Fist-Bumping Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Biden Meets UAE President Days After Khashoggi Lawyer Asim Ghafoor Detained in Dubai

Hundreds Die in Europe Heat Wave; WIldfires Force Thousands to Evacuate

Biden Concedes Defeat as Sen. Manchin Walks Away from Talks on Climate, Taxing the Rich

Ukraine’s President Fires Spy Chief and Top Prosecutor, Alleging “Treason”

House Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Secret Service over Deleted Text Messages

Report on Uvalde Mass Shooting Cites “Systemic Failures” by Nearly 400 Officers on Scene

Gunman Kills Three and Injures Two in Indiana Shopping Mall

House Passes Reproductive Rights Bills; GOP Promises Senate Filibuster

Biden Abandons Plans to Nominate Anti-Abortion GOP Lawyer to Federal Bench

AIPAC Pours Nearly $6M into Maryland Primary in Effort to Defeat Donna Edwards

Autopsy Reveals Akron Police Shot Jayland Walker 46 Times

Families Lay to Rest Guatemalan Teens Who Died in Sweltering Migrant Trailer in Texas

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Biden Pledges to “Stand Up for Media Freedom” After Snubbing Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family

House Passes Record $839 Billion Military Budget in Bipartisan Vote

Texas Sues Biden Administration to Block Abortion Care in Cases of Medical Emergency

Indiana AG to Investigate Doctor Who Provided Abortion Care to 10-Year-Old Rape Survivor

Sri Lankan President Formally Resigns After Fleeing to Singapore

Scorching Heat Wave Fuels Wildfires Across Southern Europe

Sen. Manchin Says He Won’t Support Legislation to Tax the Rich and Combat Climate Crisis

IMF Warns Russia’s War on Ukraine Could Push Global Economy into Recession

European Union Asks Members to Curb Use of Natural Gas, Will Allow Increased Burning of Coal

Massive Protests in Argentine Capital Demand End to IMF-Imposed Austerity

Mexico Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Further Militarize U.S. Border

Victims of Texas Migrant Truck Disaster Laid to Rest in Mexico

Leaked Audio Reveals Trump Planned to Declare Victory in 2020 Regardless of Election Outcome

Secret Service Erased Text Messages Sent Around Time of Capitol Insurrection

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Jan. 6th Panel Ties Trump to Most Violent Extremists at Capitol Insurrection

Sri Lanka’s President Flees to Maldives Amid Massive Anti-Government Protests

As Biden Starts Mideast Tour, Family of Slain Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Demands Justice

Video Shows Delayed Police Response as Uvalde Gunman Rampaged Through School

New Arizona Law Makes It Illegal to Film Police in Many Circumstances

Arizona Judge Blocks Law Classifying Fetuses and Embryos as People

Louisiana Judge Temporarily Blocks Trigger Abortion Ban

Ukrainian Missile Kills Seven in Russian-Occupied Town

Russia Prepares for New Offensive in Donetsk Province

Nord Stream 1 Russia-to-Europe Gas Pipeline Shut Down for Maintenance

U.N. Security Council Extends Syria Aid for Six Months

British Military Killed at Least 54 Afghans Under Suspicious Circumstances

John Bolton Says He “Helped Plan Coups” in Foreign Countries

NASA Releases Unprecedented First Images from New Flagship Space Telescope

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Ukraine Blasts Kremlin Plan to Fast-Track Russian Citizenship for People Under Occupation

HHS Tells Doctors Federal Law Requires Them to Perform Abortions in Medical Emergencies

Protesters in Uvalde, TX Demand Accountability over Robb Elementary Massacre

Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Interrupts Biden Speech on Guns in Protest

BA.5 Becomes Dominant U.S. Coronavirus Variant Amid Warnings over New Lineages

Sens. Schumer and Blumenthal Test Positive for Coronavirus, Stalling Senate Action

President Rajapaksa Tries to Flee Sri Lanka as Calls for Criminal Charges Grow

As Biden Prepares to Meet MBS, U.S. Considers Lifting Ban on “Offensive” Weapons to Saudi Arabia

Biden Administration Extends TPS for Venezuelans, Keeps Blocking Asylum Seekers at U.S. Border

Jill Biden Faces Backlash from Latinx Groups over “Breakfast Tacos” Remark

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Sri Lankan President & PM to Resign After Thousands of Protesters Storm Their Homes

Japan: Abe’s Party Secures Supermajority in Upper House Days After His Assassination

Russia Accused of Killing 18 in Rocket Attack on Apartment Complex in Donetsk

G20 Meeting Ends with No New Agreement on War in Ukraine

WNBA All-Stars Honor Brittney Griner as Bill Richardson Prepares to Travel to Russia

Former Oath Keepers Spokesperson to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee

Wisconsin Supreme Court Bans Most Ballot Drop Boxes

Report: U.S. Planning to Build Israeli Embassy in Jerusalem on Land Seized from Palestinians

Thousands Protest in D.C. to Pressure Biden to Do More to Proect Abortion Access

Louisiana Becomes 10th State to Ban Abortion

Group: Biden’s Climate Legacy at Risk If He Approves Massive Willow Oil & Gas Project in Alaska

California Fire Threatens Giant Sequoia Trees in Yosemite National Park

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Reaches New Record

Bolsonaro Supporter Shoots Dead Official in Brazil’s Workers’ Party

Elon Musks Withdraws from $44 Billion Deal to Buy Twitter

124,000 Leaked Documents Expose How Uber Flouted Laws to Expand Across Globe

15-Year-Old Black Teenager in Albuquerque Dies in Fire During Police Standoff

21 Die in Pair of Mass Shootings Targeting Bars in South Africa

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Japan’s Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Shot and Killed

Putin Suggests Worst Fighting Is Yet to Come in Russian Invasion of Ukraine

U.S. Senators in Kyiv Call on Congress to Declare Russia a “State Sponsor of Terror”

House Progressives Seek to Cut $100 Billion from Pentagon Budget

WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty to Cannabis Charge in Russia

Biden to Sign Executive Order on Abortion Rights

Relatives of Police Shooting Victims Arrested at Protests for Jayland Walker

Federal Judge Sentences Derek Chauvin to 21 Years for Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights

Sex Trafficking Survivor Chrystul Kizer Cleared to Argue Self-Defense in Homicide Trial

Haitians Demand Justice on Anniversary of President Jovenel Moïse’s Assassination

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders State Police to Return Asylum Seekers to Border

California Plans to Produce Insulin to Combat Skyrocketing Drug Prices

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Boris Johnson Resigns as Tory Leader; Calls Grow for His Immediate Resignation as PM

Investigators Say Highland Park Suspect Considered Another Mass Shooting in Wisconsin

Police Say They Thwarted July 4 Massacre in Richmond, Virginia

12 Injured in Stampede After Orlando Crowd Mistakes July 4 Fireworks for Gunfire

Texas Abortion Care Provider to Move Its Clinic to New Mexico

Anti-Abortion Activist Says She Prayed with Sitting Supreme Court Justices

El Salvador Woman Charged With Homicide After Loss of Fetus, Sentenced to 50 Years

U.N. Warns That 10% of Humanity Faced Hunger in 2021

Mayor of Mykolaiv, Ukraine Orders Residents to Evacuate

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin Condemns Russian War Crimes

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Arrives at G20

Biden Speaks with Wife of Brittney Griner, WNBA Star Jailed in Russia

U.S. Announces New Sanctions on Iranian Oil as Talks on Revived Nuclear Deal Stall

Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee

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Death Toll in Highland Park July 4th Parade Massacre Rises to 7

Kamala Harris Calls for Renewal of Assault Weapons Ban

Mississippi and Florida Abortion Bans OK’d by State Courts

Georgia Grand Jury Subpoenas Seven Trump Allies Including Giuliani, Graham & Eastman

Ukraine Urges 350,000 to Flee Donetsk as Russia Intensifies Attacks

Report: Russian Military Deploys Heavy Artillery Batteries at Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

Two U.K. Cabinet Ministers Resign in Latest Blow to Boris Johnson

Schools Remains Closed in Sri Lanka Amid Devastating Economic & Energy Crisis

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man Near Jenin Amid Raids Across West Bank

Police in Europe Arrest 130 on Charges of Human Smuggling

Turkey Intensifies Crackdown on LGBTQ+ Pride Marches

Four Cabinet Ministers Resign in Ecuador Following Indigenous-Led Protests

Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Men Detained After 9/11

Judge Tosses Trump-Era Changes to Endangered Species Act

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Finland and Sweden Invited to Join NATO, Prompting Warnings from Putin

Russia Withdraws from Snake Island, Swaps 144 Prisoners of War with Ukraine

Legal Challenges Seek to Halt Abortion Bans in Ohio and Wisconsin

Biden Reportedly Poised to Nominate Anti-Abortion GOP Lawyer to Federal Bench

SCOTUS Rolls Back Landmark Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty

Pat Cipollone Subpoenaed in Jan. 6 Investigation

Texas Human Trafficking Death Toll Rises to 53, Worst in U.S. History

Xi Jinping Travels to Hong Kong for 25th Anniversary of Return to Chinese Rule

Reporter Killed, Bringing Mexico’s 2022 Journalist Death Count to 12

Far-Right Israeli PM Will Not Run for Reelection

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Son of Late Dictator, Sworn In as President of Philippines

Lone Surviving Perpetrator in Paris Attacks Sentenced to Life in Prison

R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years for Sexually Abusing Black Women and Girls

Unserved Warrant Found for White Woman in Emmett Till Lynching Case

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46 Migrants Found Dead in Abandoned Tractor-Trailer in Texas

Judges Temporarily Halt Anti-Abortion “Trigger Laws” in Louisiana and Utah

South Dakota Gov. Noem Calls for Ban on Abortion Pills Prescribed Online

Californians Will Vote in November on Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion Rights

House Speaker Pelosi Prepares Bills on Abortion Rights, Calls for End to Senate Filibuster

Aide to Trump’s Former Chief of Staff to Testify Publicly Before Jan. 6 Committee

At Least 18 Killed in Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine Shopping Mall

NATO to Massively Increase Number of Troops on High Alert to Over 300,000

Chlorine Gas Explosion Kills 13 and Injures Hundreds at Jordan Port

France Says Western Powers Should Open Oil Markets to Iran and Venezuela

Amid Nationwide Protests, Ecuador’s President Agrees to Curb Fuel Prices 

Three Killed as Amtrak Train Hits Dump Truck and Derails in Missouri

Judge Strikes Down Law Granting Noncitizens the Right to Vote in New York City Elections

California Set to Grant Medicaid to All Undocumented Immigrants 

U.N. Issues Dire Warning That World Faces “Ocean Emergency” 

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe v. Wade, Ending Constitutional Right to Abortion

Battle over Abortion Rights Will Shape 2022 Midterm Elections

Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill into Law

Russian Forces Complete Takeover of Ukraine’s Severodonetsk

G7 Discusses Ways to Counter Russia and China; Russia Defaults on Foreign Debt

At Least 23 Asylum Seekers Killed Attempting to Cross from Morocco to Spanish Enclave

Thousands Protest in Madrid Ahead of NATO Summit

U.S. Releases Asadullah Haroon Gul, Tortured and Jailed at Guantánamo for 15 Years Without Trial

Indian Human Rights Defender Teesta Setalvad Arrested

Funerals Held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira After Their Murder in Brazil

Pride Celebrations Overshadowed by SCOTUS Ruling Ending Abortion Rights

Oslo, Norway, Pride Events Canceled After Gunman Opens Fire on Gay Bar, Killing 2

Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden Administration Deportation Guidance

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Earthquake Death Toll in Afghanistan Tops 1,000; Heavy Rain & Sanctions Hamper Relief Efforts

House Jan. 6 Panel Moves Hearings to July Following Flood of New Evidence

Justice Department Subpoenas Chair of Georgia GOP over Fake Elector Plot

Uvalde School Police Head Placed on Leave as Local & State Officials Blame Each Other for Mistakes

Ukraine Warns Battles in Luhansk Cities Entering “Fearsome Climax”

Critics Says Biden Push to Suspend Gas Tax Will Aid Oil Companies, Not Consumers

Saudi Arabia and Turkey Move to Mend Ties Four Years After Khashoggi Assassination

Elizabeth Warren Blasts Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Hiking Interest Rates

Minnesota City to Pay $3.25 Million Settlement with Daunte Wright’s Family

Three Men Held at Rikers Island Jail Die in Less Than a Week

Federal Court Upholds Arkansas Anti-BDS Law

Head of Australian Journalism Prize Denounces U.K. Approval of Julian Assange’s Extradition

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Earthquake in Afghanistan Kills at Least 1,000; Over 1,500 Injured

Jan. 6 Committee Accuses Trump of Pressuring State and Local Officials to Overturn Election

Russia Seizes More Areas in Eastern Ukraine

On Visit to Ukraine, Merrick Garland Vows to Probe War Crimes Allegations

I Have “Zero Trust” in U.S. Government: Wife of Brittney Griner, Basketball Star Detained in Russia

Senate Votes to Advance New Bipartisan Gun Legislation

Texas Official: Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting Was “Abject Failure”

Alabama: Katie Britt Defeats Mo Brooks in Republican Senate Primary

Recount Shows Henry Cuellar Beat Jessica Cisneros by Less Than 300 Votes

Supreme Court Says Religious Schools in Maine Can’t Be Excluded from Voucher Program

Coffin Holding Patrice Lumumba’s Tooth Returns to DRC Six Decades After Assassination

Indigenous-Led Protest in Ecuador Condemns Lasso’s Economic Policies

El Salvador Votes to Extend State of Emergency; 40,000 Arrested So Far

Third Suspect Arrested in Brazil in Murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Jury Orders Bill Cosby to Pay $500K for Sexually Assualting 16-Year-Old in 1975

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Gustavo Petro & Francia Márquez Mina Win Colombian Election in Historic Vote

Macron’s Party Loses Majority in Parliament as Left & Far-Right Parties Gain Seats

Russia Moves Closer to Seizing Severodonetsk in Eastern Ukraine

Ukraine Attacks Oil & Gas Platforms Off Coast of Crimea

Russia Says Captured U.S. Veterans Are Not Protected by Geneva Conventions

Russian Journalist Dmitry Muratov Auctions Off Nobel Prize for Ukrainian Child Refugees

Israeli PM Bennett to Resign & Dissolve Parliament

NYT Probe: Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh “Most Likely” Shot Dead by Elite Israeli Soldier

Millions Displaced, Over 116 Dead in Flooding in India and Bangladesh

Heat Records Broken Across Globe, from Iran to Spain to the Midwest

Witnesses Say at Least 200 Killed in Ethiopian Massacre

Honduras: Former U.S.-Trained Military Officer Sentenced for Murder of Berta Cáceres

New Surveillance Video Raises Questions About Police Response to Uvalde School Massacre

FDA & CDC Approve COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 5

Jan. 6 Committee to Look at How Trump Pressured State Officials to Overturn Election

Adam Kinzinger, Republican on Jan. 6 Committee, Receives Death Threat

In Campaign Ad, Missouri’s Ex-Governor Calls for Moderate Republicans to Be Hunted and Shot

Texas GOP Approves Platform Rejecting 2020 Election Results

Apple Workers in Maryland Vote to Unionize

Thousands Gather in D.C. for Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Rally

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, June 17, 2022

U.K. Home Secretary Approves Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S.

House Jan. 6 Committee: Trump Knew His Plan to Overturn Election Was Illegal

People Over the Pentagon: Reps. Lee & Pocan Push for $100B Military Budget Cut

Ukraine Moves Closer to Joining European Union

Human Rights & Public Health Groups Blast WTO Deal on COVID Patents

Over 2,000 Cows Die in Kansas in Record-Breaking Heat Wave

Biden Declares Montana a Disaster Area After Yellowstone River Flooding

Study: Parts of Arctic Warming Seven Times Faster Than Rest of the Earth

Groups Sue Biden over Drilling Permits in New Mexico and Wyoming

Flooding Forcers Abbott to Close Michigan Baby Formula Plant Again

Israel Shoots Three Palestinians Dead in Jenin Raid

Israeli Politician Says He Wishes He Could Get Rid of All Palestinians

Sister of Imprisoned Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Launches Her Own Hunger Strike

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump Defeated in GOP Primary in South Carolina

Backers of Trump’s Election Lies Win GOP Primaries in Nevada

Republican Mayra Flores Wins Special House Election in Texas

Jan. 6 Committee Appears Divided on Its Role in Making Criminal Referrals to DOJ

“Are You Out of Your F—ing Mind”: White House Lawyer’s Message to John Eastman on Jan. 7, 2021

Pope Francis Says Russia’s Invasion May Have Been “Provoked”

U.S. Admits It Is Not Pushing Ukraine to Hold Talks to End War

Report: Biden Officials Are Privately Concerned Russian Sanctions Are Backfiring

Biden to Visit Saudi Arabia in July Despite Campaign Vow to Make Kingdom a “Pariah”

Biden Urges Oil Companies to Produce More Gas as Price Reach New High

Federal Reserve Prepared to Hike Interest Rates as S&P Slump Continues

At AFL-CIO Meeting, Biden Blames GOP for Blocking His Plan to Fight Inflation

European Court of Human Rights Blocks U.K. from Sending Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

Indigenous Leader Arrested in Ecuador Amid Nationwide Strike

Brazil: Second Suspect Arrested in Case of Missing Journalist & Indigenous Expert

Anti-Sweatshop Activist & Researcher Charlie Kernaghan, 74, Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 13, 2022

Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Guns Without Ban on Assault Weapons

March for Our Lives: Protests Held in Hundreds of Cities Against Gun Violence

Amnesty Accuses Russia of Killing Hundreds of Civilians in Kharkiv

Russia Has Earned Nearly $100B in Fossil Fuel Exports Since War Began

SIPRI Warns Risk of Nuclear War Is Highest Since the Cold War

New Details Emerge of Ginni Thomas’s Support of Trump Coup

Bolivia: Jeanine Áñez Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for 2019 Coup

Biden Unveils New Plan to Address Migration at Summit

Macron Fights to Keep Parliamentary Majority

Israel Bombs Damascus International Airport in Syria

Brazil: Two Bodies Found During Search for Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira

China Begins Testing 5 Million in Beijing Following COVID Outbreak at Bar

FDA Announces Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine Safe and Effective for Children Under 5

31 Members of Neo-Nazi “Patriot Front” Arrested on Riot Charges in Idaho Near Pride Event

FDA Admits That Contaminated Formula May Have Killed Up to Nine Children

Larry Nassar Abuse Survivors Sue FBI for Delayed Action in Sexual Assault Allegations

Google to Pay $118 Million to Employees in Gender Discrimination Suit

Gen. John Allen, Subject of FBI Probe, Resigns as Brookings Institute President

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, June 10, 2022

House Jan. 6 Committee Says Trump Was at Center of Attempted Coup

Michigan GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ryan Kelley Arrested over Jan. 6 Riot

Maryland Gunman Who Killed 3 Arrested After Shootout with Police

Ukraine Asks Allies for Rapid Delivery of Heavy Weapons as Fight Rages in East

Blood Found in Boat Tied to Disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in Brazil

U.S. Secretary of State Dismisses Evidence Israel Killed Shireen Abu Akleh

U.S. Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Meets Chinese Counterpart 

Iran Has Begun Removing Nuclear Site Surveillance Cameras, Warns U.N.

Michigan Police Officer Charged with Murdering Patrick Lyoya

Justice Dept. to Probe Civil Rights Abuses by Louisiana State Police

Abbott Was Alerted to Formula Plant Problems in February 2021

Massachusettes to Allow Undocumented People to Apply for Driver’s Licenses 

Uvalde Police Chief Defends Officers’ Actions Amid Delayed Response to School Massacre

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, June 9, 2022

House Approves Limited Gun Law Reforms

Mass Shooting Survivors Testify to Congress

Police Arrest Man for Allegedly Plotting to Kidnap or Kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh

House Jan. 6 Committee to Hold Primetime Public Hearing

Ukrainian Troops Hold Out in Severodonetsk Industrial Zone

Ukraine Brings Chernobyl Radiation Monitors Back Online

As Global Food Crisis Worsens, Russia and Turkey Discuss Grain Export Corridor

Sanctions Could Shrink Russian Economy by 15% This Year

Biden Admin Secures 10 Million Doses of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine

FDA Panel Recommends Emergency Use of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

Donald Trump, Ivanka and Don Jr. to Be Questioned Under Oath in New York Fraud Probe

Man Being Given Lethal Injection Has to Direct Execution Team on How to Find a Vein

Workers Attempt to Organize First-Ever Union at Trader Joe’s

Belgian King Voices “Deepest Regrets” for Atrocities in DRC, Does Not Apologize

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, June 8, 2022

SF Voters Recall DA Chesa Boudin; L.A. Mayor’s Race Headed for Runoff

“My Mother’s Life Mattered”: Son of Buffalo Victim Pleads with Congress to Take Action

Matthew McConaughey: The Second Amendment Has Been Hijacked by “Deranged Individuals”

Gabby Giffords Speaks at Memorial for Gun Violence Victims at the National Mall

Arizona Police Officers Placed on Leave After Refusing to Help Drowning Man

North Carolina County to Pay Andrew Brown Jr.’s Family $3 Million over Police Killing

Millions at Risk of Starvation If Ukrainian Ports Don’t Reopen

Latin American Leaders Boycott Summit of the Americas

State Dept. and Pentagon Failed to Count Civilians Killed by U.S. Weapons in Yemen

FBI Seizes Data from Retired Gen. John Allen in Qatar Lobbying Probe

Lebanon Arrests 64 Attempting to Sail to Europe

Federal Judge Rejects Louisiana’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map

Louisiana Becomes 18th State to Enact Trans Student Athlete Ban

Yellen Warns Inflation Remains High; Fed Chair Aims to “Get Wages Down”

“Memphis 7” Starbucks Store Votes to Unionize

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 6, 2022

Putin Warns U.S. and NATO Against Sending Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine

Finland and Sweden Join NATO War Games in Baltic Sea

Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff Warned Secret Service of Threat Posed by Donald Trump

U.S. Mass Shootings Over the Weekend Leave 15 Dead and 60 Wounded

Buffalo-Area GOP Rep. Chris Jacobs Faces Backlash over Guns, Won’t Run for Reelection

Sen. Chris Murphy Optimistic About Bipartisan Talks on Gun Violence

“They Could Have Saved Many More Lives”: Uvalde Mother Blasts Police Response

49 Killed, Hundreds Injured in Bangladesh Chemical Fire

At Least 50 Killed in Southeastern Nigeria as Gunmen Attack Catholic Church

North Korea Tests Missile After U.S. and South Korea Hold Naval War Games

Washington Post: U.S. Support Critical to Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen That Killed Civilians

Biden Excludes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from Summit of the Americas

Spanish Court Summons Mike Pompeo over CIA Plot to Kidnap or Kill Julian Assange

Gina Haspel Personally Observed Torture at Secret CIA Black Site, Psychologist Testifies

U.K. Conservatives to Hold Vote of No Confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Atmospheric CO2 Hits 420 Parts Per Million, 50% Higher Than Pre-Industrial Levels

Wisconsin Judge Found Bound and Murdered in Own Home

Ohio Legislature Bans Transgender Girls from Female-Only School Sports

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Uvalde Police Waited Over an Hour to Confront Shooter as Students Begged for Help

Texas State Senator Confronts Gov. Greg Abbott: “We Have to Do Something”

Canada to Freeze Purchases and Transfers of Handguns

Thousands Protest Outside NRA Convention as Trump Calls for More Guns in Schools

French Journalist Among the Dead as Russian Forces Press into Severodonetsk

EU Pledges to Gradually Ban Most Russian Oil Imports, with Hungary Exempted

Iran Seizes Greek Oil Tankers After Greece Confiscates Iranian Oil

Flooding and Landslides Kill at Least 91 in Brazil

Agatha Hits Mexico as Eastern Pacific’s Strongest-Ever May Hurricane

“Earth Is Already Too Hot and Unsafe”: Vanuatu Declares Climate Emergency

Colombia’s Gustavo Petro to Face Rodolfo Hernández in Presidential Runoff

China Eases COVID Restrictions in Shanghai and Beijing

20-Year-Old Emanuel Sullivan Becomes 22nd Rikers Island Prisoner to Die Since 2021

Starbucks Labor Organizers Win 100th Unionized Store

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, May 13, 2022

White House Marks 1 Million U.S. Deaths from COVID-19

6 Million Have Fled Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, with 8 Million Internally Displaced

Rand Paul Delays Senate Vote on $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Bill

Moscow Threatens Finland over Plans to Join NATO

The Guardian: Fossil Fuel Company “Climate Bombs” Risk Planetary Catastrophe

Biden Administration Cancels Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Five Republican Lawmakers Including Kevin McCarthy

Grand Jury Probes Trump’s Mishandling of Classified Documents

Israeli Forces Assault Funeral Procession for Slain Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Israel Approves 4,000 More Illegal Settlement Homes in Occupied West Bank

Chilean Journalist Francisca Sandoval, Shot Covering May Day Rally, Dies of Wounds

Argentine Protesters Reject IMF Debt and Demand Relief from Soaring Prices

North Korea Reports First COVID-19 Death

Sri Lanka Protesters Demand President’s Ouster, Reject New Prime Minister

11 Dead as Boat Carrying Haitian Asylum Seekers Capsizes Near Puerto Rico

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Suggests Cutting Off Food to Migrant Children

Trump-Nominated Judges Strike Down California Ban on Assault Rifles for Under-21s

Senate Confirms Jerome Powell to Second Term as Federal Reserve Chair

Bernie Sanders Reintroduces Medicare for All Bill, Saying Healthcare Is a Human Right

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Russian Missiles Fall on Odessa as Troops Cross Strategic River in Eastern Ukraine

Russia’s Ambassador to Poland Doused with Red Paint at Victory Day Memorial in Warsaw

“The TV and the Authorities Are Lying”: Hackers Bring Antiwar Message to Russian TV

Biden Speeds Flow of U.S. Arms to Ukraine as Congress Prepares $40 Billion Aid Package

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Son of Ousted Dictator, Poised to Win Philippines Presidency

Two More Journalists Murdered in Mexico, the 10th and 11th Such Killings in 2022

At Least 44 Killed in Ecuador Prison Riot

Melting Glacier Triggers Flash Floods in Northern Pakistan After Record Heat Wave

Brazil’s Amazon Suffered Record Rate of Deforestation in April

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol Takes Hard Line on North Korea in Inaugural Address

Protesters Rally at Home of Justice Samuel Alito, Who Drafted Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade

3 Texas Cops Indicted for Violent Crackdown on 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests

2022 Pulitzer Prizes Honor Coverage of Ukraine Invasion, U.S. Air Wars, and Prisoner Rehabilitation

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