From New York, this is Democracy Now.

I think we're on the way to getting peace.

I think President Putin wants peace and President Zelensky wants peace.

And I want peace.

I just want to see people stop getting killed.

As President Trump speaks with Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky in separate phone calls,

is this the beginning of the end of the war on Ukraine.

We'll speak with the nation's Katrina Van de Huyvel.

Then Elon Musk's business empire scores benefits under Trump a shakeup with little to know oversight or transparency.

So all our actions are maximally transparent.

In fact, I don't think there's been, I don't know a case where an organization has been more transparent than the Doge organization.

We'll speak with three-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporter Eric Lipton about the billions Musk has to gain as he fires thousands

and slashes the federal budget. We'll also speak with Lipton about how early crypto traders

had speedy profit on Trump coin as others suffered losses and his story on what to know about

the Trump family's deals in the Middle East.

Finally, as Indian Prime Minister Modi meets with President Trump at the White House today,

will speak with the acclaimed Indian writer, Pankaj Mishra, about India, Israel, and Palestine.

His new book, The World After Gaza, A History.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to New York. after Gaza, a history. All that and more coming out.

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

I'm Amy Goodman.

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