From New York, this is Democracy Now.

This fight is about more than just our financial rules and regulations. This fight is about

more than just Democrat versus Republican politics. This fight is about hardworking people

versus the billionaires who want to squeeze more and more and more money out of them.

As President Trump pans more power to Elon Musk, we look at how the world's richest man

could personally profit from shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, among

other agencies.

Then are we sleepwalking into autocracy?

Is Trump embracing the authoritarian handbook of Hungary's far-right leader, Viktor Orban?

And we talk to the British Pakistani writer Tarak Ali, as Trump repeats his threat to take over Gaza

and displace the entire Palestinian population.

Some of us were naive enough to imagine that capitalism was about competition.

It's actually about hergemony and who rules the world. And that effectively is what

Trump is doing. We can do what we like. No one can stop us. Who can stop us?

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to renew Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip,

drawing fear among Palestinians and condemnation

from world leaders.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu delivered this ultimatum to Hamas.

The decision that I passed unanimously in the cabinet is this.

If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the military

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