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Cuts by the Trump administration are putting children at risk, according to a new report by ProPublica. The administration has cut funds and manpower for child abuse investigations, enforcement of child support payments, child care and more. On top of that, Head Start preschools, which offer free child care to low-income parents, are being severely gutted. Democracy Now! speaks with ProPublica reporter Eli Hager on his investigation into Trump’s “War on Children.”
“It wasn’t just cuts to these more liberal-coded programs like support for child care and direct assistance to lower-income families with children, but also these programs that have much more support across the political spectrum, like funds and staffing for investigating child abuse and Child Protective Services,” says Hager.
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As the Trump administration goes after universities, law firms and more, some argue that the free press will eventually become a target. Trump’s attacks on the press have already begun, with the president filing a number of baseless lawsuits against organizations like ABC and CBS, including a $20 billion lawsuit against CBS over how the network edited an interview with Kamala Harris last year on 60 Minutes. The White House has also banned the Associated Press from covering some presidential events over its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. “I didn’t want to be an activist, but when it’s a battle for facts, journalism is activism,” warns Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, whose new site Rappler faced attacks from former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. We also speak with The American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner, who has a new piece headlined “Is the Press Next?”
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President Trump is facing increasing criticism from big businesses over his decision to launch a global trade war. On Monday, CEOs of Walmart, Target and Home Depot met with Trump at the White House to warn about Trump’s trade policies. A day later, Trump signaled he is open to substantially lowering tariffs on China. Trump has also toned down his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom he had previously threatened to fire. This all comes as global stock markets remain in turmoil over Trump’s trade policies. The Wall Street Journal reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average is headed for its worst April performance since the Great Depression. “This is classic Trump,” says Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect. “You create a crisis. Then you say, 'Well, actually, I'm going to back off,’ and the crisis is over. And you end up with yourself and the country worse than before you started.”
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Democracy Now! Thursday, April 24, 2025
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- Israeli Attacks Kill 50 Palestinians in Gaza, Including People Waiting for Food Assistance
- Itamar Ben-Gvir Protested by Yale Students, Feted by Trump and GOP
- Suspects in Kashmir Massacre Identified; India Closes Border, Cancels Visas for Pakistanis
- Russian Air Attack on Kyiv Kills 8 as Trump Ratchets Up Pressure on Ukraine
- U.S. Judge Pauses Order Against Trump in Abrego Garcia Case
- Florida Police Collaborate with ICE in Crackdown on Immigrant Communities
- ICE Arrests 8 Dairy Workers in Largest Immigration Raid in Vermont's Recent History
- Southeast Asian Immigrants in California Face Arrest, Deportation After Routine ICE Check-ins
- DoorDash Workers Protest Food App's Wage Theft and Other Labor Violations
- 12 States Sue Trump over "Arbitrarily Imposed Tariffs"
- $TRUMP Cryptocurrency Soars After Offering Top Investors "VIP Reception with the President"
- EU Fines Apple and Meta $800 Million for Violating Antitrust Law
- Harvey Weinstein Retrial on Rape Charges Begins in New York
- "60 Minutes" Chief Quits as Trump Calls for CBS to Lose Broadcast License
- FBI and Police Raid Homes of Palestinian UMich Students Who Joined Campus Protests
- Occidental Students Hold Hunger Strike to Demand Divestment from Israeli War Machine
- Universities Form "Mutual Defense Compact" Against Trump's Political Interference
- Interior Department Plans to Shrink National Monuments Amid Push for Mining, Fossil Fuel Projects
- Study Finds Nearly Half of U.S. Residents Are Exposed to Unsafe Levels of Air Pollution
- 84% of World's Coral Reefs Suffer Largest-Ever Bleaching Event
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Thursday Democracy Now! show for rebroadcast – HD
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Fatma Hassona, the 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and subject of the upcoming documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, was killed with her family Wednesday by an Israeli missile that targeted her building in northern Gaza. The strike occurred just one day after she learned that the film centered around her life and work had been selected to premiere at the ACID Cannes 2025 film festival. Director Sepideh Farsi remembers Hassona for her talent, integrity and hope. “I can’t tell you how devastated I am,” says Farsi. She shares that Hassona had joyfully accepted the invitation to Cannes but had emphasized her desire to return to Gaza and remain on her family’s land. Farsi adds that there is a chance that Hassona’s building had been targeted, “given the high number of journalists and photographers in Gaza who have been killed by the Israeli army.” In tribute to Hassona’s work, we play the trailer to Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk and share a selection of her photography and poetry.
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“These were otherwise healthy school-age children who didn’t have to die.” We speak to the world-renowned pediatrician, virologist and vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Hotez, about the dangerous anti-vaccine agenda of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Amid a growing number of measles cases in the United States, RFK Jr. has promoted skepticism of the efficacy of the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella. At least two unvaccinated children have died from measles, a highly contagious disease that had been effectively eliminated in the U.S. in the past few decades. Hotez, the father of a child on the autism spectrum, also debunks RFK Jr.’s claims that vaccines are linked to autism, and criticizes his “deeply offensive” statements about people living with autism. Evoking eugenic beliefs, the HHS secretary, who now holds the power to determine healthcare policy in the United States, “shows this consistent lack of intellectual curiosity, this kind of simplistic way of thinking and talking about autism,” says Hotez.
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Democracy Now! 2025-04-18 Friday
- Headlines for April 18, 2025
- "Absolute Nonsense": As Measles Cases Soar & Kids Die, Expert Slams RFK Jr. on Vaccine-Autism Link
- Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She's Killed in Israeli Strike
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- U.S. Airstrikes on Yemen Kill at Least 58, Injure Over 100 Others
- Palestinian Photojournalist Fatma Hassona Killed with Family in Israeli Attack
- Hamas Rejects Interim Israeli Truce Proposals, Seeks Comprehensive and Full End to War
- ICC Demands Hungary Justify Its Failure to Act on Netanyahu Arrest Warrant
- Sen. Van Hollen Meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador as Legal Defeats Mount for Trump
- New Group of Immigrants Threatened with Removal Under Contested Wartime Act
- SCOTUS to Hear Arguments in Trump's Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship
- U.S.-Born Man Arrested Under Florida's Latest Anti-Immigrant Law After Crossing State Lines
- ICE Signs $30 Million Deal with Palantir as It Expands Mass Surveillance of Immigrants
- Zohran Mamdani Joins NYC Jewish Community to Say "No Fascists, No Pharaohs" at Passover Action
- Boston Jews Call for Release of Rümeysa Öztürk After Judge Denies Bond to Abducted Student
- Trump Escalates Attacks on Harvard, Targeting International Students
- "The Fight to Win All Fights": Students and Faculty Protest Trump Crackdown on Schools
- U.S. Judge Rules Google Illegally Operates Online Ad Monopoly
- Trump Threatens to Kick Out Federal Reserve Chair Powell
- New Rule Threatens Endangered Species by Allowing Industry to Destroy Protected Habitats
- Rubio Says U.S. Will Determine in "A Matter of Days" If It Should "Move On" from Ukraine War
- Florida Son of a Sheriff's Deputy Uses Mom's Service Gun to Kill 2 People in Campus Mass Shooting
- Grand Jury Indicts Luigi Mangione; Charge Could Lead to Death Sentence
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Friday Democracy Now! show for rebroadcast – HD
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