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Democracy Now • Dec 1, 2025

Trump Vows to Pause Migration from "Third World Countries" After Fatal National Guard Shooting

We look at President Trump’s call to pause all asylum decisions after an Afghan man who once worked for the CIA opened fire near the White House last Wednesday, shooting two National Guard members, killing one. Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the United States in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome, a program that saw the U.S. evacuate thousands of Afghans who faced reprisals from the Taliban over their work with the U.S. and the former U.S.-backed government. Trump has since said that he will “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” Afghan refugees have “been stuck in limbo in the United States, and now they’re being targeted by President Trump’s political stunts,” says Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of #AfghanEvac. Laila Ayub, executive director of Project ANAR, says the Trump administration is using the tragedy to “scapegoat and collectively punish an entire community.”

Semafor • Dec 1, 2025

Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide

Euthanasia has been legal in Switzerland since 1942, but Ludwig Minelli argued the existing regime was too restrictive.

Semafor • Dec 1, 2025

Netanyahu seeks pardon for corruption charges

The Israeli prime minister denied wrongdoing, but said the cases, which have been ongoing for five years, interfere with his ability to govern.

Democracy Now • Dec 1, 2025

"Kill Everybody": Could Hegseth Face War Crimes Probe for Killing Survivors of U.S. Boat Strike?

Democracy Now! speaks with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the Trump administration’s deadly, ongoing attacks on alleged “drug boats” amid reports President Trump is preparing to attack Venezuela, with all airspace surrounding Venezuela now closed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others are “turning the military into a criminal operation,” says Ackerman. “This shows the moral degeneracy that the 'war on terror' has left as a legacy in the U.S. military.”

Democracy Now • Dec 1, 2025

Trump Meddles in Honduran Election & Vows to Pardon Ex-President Jailed in U.S. for Drug Trafficking

President Trump has announced plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a 45-year sentence for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States. In 2024, Hernández was convicted in New York of drug trafficking and weapons charges. “The evidence from the Southern District of New York was overwhelming,” says Dana Frank, professor of history emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a longtime observer of Honduran politics. Trump’s announcement came on Friday, and he also threatened to cut off funding if Hondurans did not elect his chosen conservative candidate as they went to the polls Sunday to pick a new president. “He’s almost threatening Honduras that if we don’t do what he is demanding … he will wreak vengeance against Honduras,” says Rodolfo Pastor, former secretary of the presidency under Xiomara Castro in Honduras.