From New York, this is Democracy Now.

I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear

that their parents will be taken away and that you help those who are fleeing war zones

and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.

Episcopal Bishop Marianne Edgar Buddy directly challenges President Trump in her

sermon at the National Prayer Service Tuesday. We'll hear her remarks and look at why public citizen

and other groups are suing Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, which is headed by the world's

richest man, Elon Musk,

will also look at the connection between Musk's rise to power and the Supreme Court's decision

in Citizen United. It's largely a function of Musk having poured over a quarter billion

dollars into Super PAC's last election cycle.

And that spending is only possible because of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens

United, which turned 15 this week.

Finally, Ravi Rogbir is back.

President Biden granted the immigrant rights leader a pardon a day before he left office.

This has meant a lot for my family and myself because it stops the continued punishment

that I have faced throughout the last two decades where I every day was uncertain because I

faced the possibility of deportation.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

President Trump's purged several career officials from key

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