From New York, this is Democracy Now.

America first does not mean America alone.

To the contrary, it is a call for deeper collaboration and mutual respect among trade partners.

Trump blinks, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, appears to be trying to de-escalate the global trade war that Trump launched just weeks ago.

As the Dow Jones is on pace for its worst April since the Great Depression,

will speak with the American prospects Robert Cutner on Trump's trade war and Trump's attacks on news organizations, including CBS.

This week, the head of CBS's 60 Minutes quit, saying the show's independence is compromised.

Plus, we speak to the Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Reza about the global fight for press freedom and the death

of Pope Francis. She recently spoke at the Vatican.

Technology rewards. Rewards. Lies. Think about that. The first time I met Pope Francis, I said, Pope Francis, it's against the Ten Commandments.

Then to Trump's war on children.

Across a range of federal agencies that not a lot of people know about, like the Children's Bureau and the Office of Family Assistance.

The Trump administration has been cutting programs and services for children, including child support enforcement and resources for investigating child abuse and child protection services.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now.

Democracy Now.org, the war and peace report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

In Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health Reports,

Israeli attacks killed 50 people and wounded more than 150 others over the past 24 hours.

Among the dead of three Palestinians who were killed when an Israeli drone struck a food

distribution center in central Gaza.

On Wednesday, Israel's far-right national security minister, Ittemar Ben-Gavir,

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