From New York, this is Democracy Now.

One year ago, our country was dead.

We were absolutely dead.

Our country is ready to fail.

Totally failed.

Now, we're the hottest country anywhere in the world.

In a combative primetime speech from the White House,

President Trump defends his economic record, but polls show voters are

increasingly alarmed about inflation and rising unemployment. We'll speak with economist Dean Baker.

Then to a former immigration judge who sued the Justice Department after she was fired by the Trump administration.

Finally, Sudan, where evidence continues to mount of mass atrocities committed against civilians,

and the war rages on. In Sudan, the brutal conflict between the army and the rapid support forces continues unabated.

From Darfur and the Kordofan to Khartoum and Omdorman and beyond,

no Sudanese civilian has been left untouched by the cruel and senseless violence.

That and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now.

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I'm Amy Goodman.

The Pentagon said Wednesday, it's blown up another boat, suspected of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific.

U.S. Southern Command release videos showing a speedboat erupting in flames, saying the attack killed, quote, four male narco-terrorists, unquote.

If the Pentagon's numbers are accurate, it would be the 26th such strike, bringing the death toll to 99 people.

It came as House Republicans Wednesday rejected a pair of war powers resolutions introduced

by Democrats that would have forced the White House to seek congressional approval for the

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