Democracy Now! 2026-04-16 Thursday
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for April 16, 2026; Hormuz Crisis “Only Going to Get More Horrific Before It Gets Any Better”: Prof. Laleh Khalili; “Depths of Hell”: Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis; “Into the Wood Chipper”: Whistleblower’s Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die
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| 0:00.0 | From New York and Los Angeles, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:18.0 | I think it's close to over, yeah. |
| 0:20.0 | I mean, I view it as very close to over. |
| 0:22.6 | You know what? |
| 0:23.6 | If I pulled up stakes right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild that country. |
| 0:29.6 | And we're not finished. |
| 0:31.6 | As President Trump claims once again that the war in Iran is almost over, |
| 0:35.6 | we'll look at the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports |
| 0:38.8 | and Iran's threats to retaliate by disrupting shipping in the Red Sea and the Sea of Oman. |
| 0:44.5 | We'll get the latest. Then to Sudan. |
| 0:48.2 | Three years since the war in Sudan began. It is a tragic milestone in the conflict that has shattered |
| 0:53.8 | the country of immense promise |
| 0:56.0 | and created the world's largest humanitarian crisis. |
| 0:59.0 | And finally, into the woodchipper, a whistleblower's account of how the Trump administration |
| 1:05.0 | shredded USAID. |
| 1:07.0 | We'll speak to a former USAID official about the inside story of what happened when Elon Musk and Doge dismantled the agency. |
| 1:15.0 | All that and more coming up. |
| 1:21.9 | Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, The War and Peace Report. |
| 1:25.8 | I'm Nadmine Sheikh. |
| 1:27.2 | The Senate has rejected a resolution seeking to rein in President Trump's ability. Democracy Now.org, The War and Peace Report. I'm Nermine Sheikh. |
| 1:27.7 | The Senate has rejected a resolution seeking to rein in President Trump's ability to wage |
| 1:32.2 | war against Iran. |
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