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An estimated 7 million people took part in No Kings rallies Saturday to protest President Trump's authoritarian policies. Organizers say protests were held at about 2,600 sites across all 50 states in what was one of the largest days of protest in U.S. history, surpassing the first No Kings day of action in June. One of the biggest mobilizations was in Washington, D.C., where Trump has fired thousands of federal workers and sent in National Guard troops to patrol the streets. Democracy Now! covered the action and spoke to people about what brought them out to protest. "We need to make it clear that we can't have an authoritarian government, a government that's turned into nothing but a weapon," says Paul Osadebe, who says he was fired from his job as a HUD civil rights lawyer for challenging Trump's refusal to enforce the Fair Housing Act.
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Vice President JD Vance's trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.
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Campaigners say at least 133 people have died in the UK after being exposed to a toxic substance promoted by online forums.
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As the Trump administration escalates its pressure campaign on Venezuela, we speak with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. In recent weeks, the U.S. has bombed multiple alleged Venezuelan "drug boats" at sea, killing at least 17 people without providing any clear evidence that they were involved in drug trafficking or linked to the government in Caracas. The U.S. has also increased its military footprint in the Caribbean and placed a $50 million bounty on President Nicolás Maduro for information leading to his arrest for narcotrafficking.
The U.S. military presence in the Caribbean "is a threat to Venezuela and to the countries of the region," says Fernández de Cossío. "There's no real reason for that to be there, and the justification that they're fighting drugs or organized crime is believed by no one. … They're assassinating people for no reason."
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