Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a US-brokered peace agreement during a meeting with US President Donald Trump that would boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict. The deal between the South Caucasus rivals - assuming it holds - would be a significant accomplishment for the Trump administration that is sure to rattle Moscow, which sees the region as within its sphere of influence.

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Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional rights attorney and Co-Founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, joins the show to discuss Trump’s unlawful federal takeover of D.C., declaring a “crime emergency” despite a 30-year decline in violent crimes. Verheyden-Hilliard explains how this manufactured crisis is a prototype for martial law that he has threatened to take to Chicago and NYC next.

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Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and author of The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order, discusses the upcoming Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in Alaska – a meeting Ukrainian President Zelensky was not invited to. Trump recently acknowledged NATO’s role in starting the proxy war, and Diesen says this “reflects the power struggle within the US and the political West itself.” Will Trump's admission of the roots of the proxy war impact peace negotiations after three years of a war that’s killed over a million people?

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Watch the livestream of the Mass "March for Humanity, Stop Starving Gaza" rally and demonstration in New York City. Thousands of protesters are mobilizing to demand an immediate end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and an end to US military aid to Israel.

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Journalist and co-host of Breaking Points Krystal Ball joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches for a raw conversation about Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Democratic Party’s moral bankruptcy, Republican hypocrisy, and the media’s role in selling lies. From grilling Rep. Elissa Slotkin to confronting corporate media censorship, Krystal unpacks the political shifts, propaganda, and double standards defining U.S. politics today.


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Trump has declared a police state in D.C., announcing a federal military takeover. Despite recent violent crime rates in D.C. at a 30-year low, he cited “crime” as the reason—but professor Richard Wolff & Brian Becker discuss his real goals. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Zoe Alexandra, editor at Peoples Dispatch, joins the show to discuss Brazil’s Supreme Court placing former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, just days after Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian products and accused the government of persecuting him. Alexandra says the tariffs are about more than Bolsonaro, they’re an attempt to “undermine Brazil as a major player on the world stage and Lula’s commitment to building structures that don’t favor the US.” She explains how Lula is pushing back against Trump’s bullying while deepening BRICS ties, strengthening global solidarity with Palestine, and pushing forward efforts to hold once “untouchable” far-right leaders accountable for their crimes.

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Dr. Jemima Pierre, professor of Global Race at the University of British Columbia and member of Black Alliance for Peace, joins the show to discuss the role of private mercenaries like Erik Prince, the founder Blackwater, in escalating violence in Haiti. As Prince funnels weapons and armed drones into Haiti, Pierre warns the real goal isn’t security, but profit and imperialist control, using militarized violence against Haitians to serve US geopolitical interests.

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Protesters will mobilize at the New York Times HQ to condemn Israel’s invasion of Gaza City and its systematic killing of Gaza’s journalists— including the assassination of five Al Jazeera journalists.


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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s latest attack on Los Angeles called Operation Trojan Horse as Trump directs Ice Agents to invade worksites in Los Angeles once again.

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