From New York, this is Democracy Now.

Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making.

In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education once and for all.

President Trump signs an executive order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education,

but the agency

can't be completely shuttered without congressional approval. What does the agency do? Then, an update on

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia student protest leader who's now spent 14 days in ICE detention,

even though he had a green card. He'll also look at how the

State Department's using artificial intelligence to identify pro-Palestinian foreign nationals

to target for deportation. This has been weaponized by the Trump administration to search for pro-Palestinian and anti-American

protesters in order to revoke their visas or their green cards and deport them from the country.

Then the newly declassified JFK assassination documents shed new light on covert CIA operations from Latin America to the Vatican.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to DemocracyNow. DemocracyNow.org, the war and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

Israel's militaries launched a full-scale ground invasion in Rafah, as it relentlessly attacks the Gaza Strip for the fourth straight day since Israel unilaterally shattered the ceasefire with Hamas.

Israeli troops are also pushing into the north near Beit'at-Lachia and other areas.

At least 200 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks since Tuesday.

This is a mother in Khan Yunus, whose daughter was killed in an Israeli strike.

Stop this war, stop this extermination. This is an extermination of the entire Palestinian people.

What is the fault of the children? These children, what is their fault? For every child, you bring 100.

What is this? Shame on you, the entire square. Not a stone or anything remains. It is all destroyed.

They left nothing in the whole area.

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