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We have a large armada, flotilla, go out whatever you want, heading toward Iran right now,

even larger than what we had in Venezuela.

After weeks of President Trump threatening to attack Iran, U.S. and Iranian officials are in Oman

for talks today. We'll speak to a journalist covering Iran for the Washington Post.

On Wednesday, and 300 of her colleagues were laid off at the Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon's billionaire

founder, Jeff Bezos. And we'll speak with Karen Atea, a former post columnist and editor,

who was fired over social media posts following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Plus, we talked to Omar Shakir, who's resigned as Human Rights Watch as Israel and Palestine director,

after HRW blocked the release of a report on the right of return for Palestinians.

We'll also talk to the former head of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth, about the controversy and Gaza overall.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

Senate leaders said Thursday, they expect funding for the Department of Homeland Security

to lapse at the end of next week after Republican Majority Leader John Thune rejected

demands by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers.

He called them unrealistic.

Democrats had proposed 10 so-called guardrails against abuses by federal agents. The list

includes an end to racial profiling, prohibiting agents from entering private property without a

judicial warrant requirements. Agents wear body cameras and unique ID numbers, access to attorneys

for those detained, and an end to raids near medical centers,

schools, churches, polling places, courts, and other sensitive sites.

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