From New York, this is Democracy Now.

The U.S. attorney for New York and five Justice Department officials

have resigned, refusing to dismiss the Justice Department's corruption charges against

New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Then to the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

We're dealing with President Putin largely on the phone,

and we ultimately expect to meet.

In fact, we expect that he'll come here and I'll go there.

Nothing should be decided about Ukraine without the Ukrainians

and nothing about Europe without the Europeans.

That is a given.

Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to meet with Ukraine's

President Volodymyr Zelensky in Munich.

We'll go there for the latest on the conference and the protests against it.

We'll speak with former Greek finance

minister, Janus Varifakis. And today is Valentine's Day. We'll speak with a reporter and

OKCupid security whistleblower behind a major new investigation, Rape under wraps, how Hinge, and their corporate owner, Match.com,

chose profits over safety. All that and more coming up.

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

I'm Amy Goodman.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore U.S. funding for foreign aid.

Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, said Trump's executive order set off a shockwave for aid groups

that relied on the money, which had already been appropriated by Congress.

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