Navigate Select ESC Close

Top U.S. & World Headlines — May 8, 2026

2026-05-08 News & Politics
175.9k
6.2k
541
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
3.3m subscribers

Unlock all features

FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.

Description

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@GreenMachine1975 2026-05-08

How are we CELEBRATING goddamn CREDIT CARD DEBT?!?!? That man is a demon!!! Spending money you don’t have on GAS is nothing but WRONG!!!!

108 3 replies
@dadskoropad2237 2026-05-08

Trump wants to turn Cuba into a bunch of casinos 🎰 and corruption???? That's what it was before they threw them out. No invasion just starvation???

96 7 replies
@loraxdavewalters2696 2026-05-08

"Credit card spending, through the roof" is not a good thing and he was smiling while saying it.

95 8 replies
@chrisbronson5341 2026-05-08

Amazing how U.S. government gloats at how much debt is piled on the backs of it's citizens .

95 5 replies
@TheSuzism 2026-05-08

Tom homan threatening to flood the zone, is a domestic terroristic threat. What they did in the twin cities was extremely traumatizing. Plus a high percentage (something like 80%) of the arrests made were here legally.

93 39 replies
@spicywhite88 2026-05-08

Thank you Democracy Now Team!!!

81 1 replies
@JennyPrice-u8m 2026-05-08

He's proud of the fact that Americans are going deeper into trump's debt

67 4 replies
@gotherecom 2026-05-08

Are American oil companies guilty of war profiteering by selling American oil to Americans at inflated prices? Record profits can only mean record corruption. Patriots would suspend profits during this war.

53 8 replies
@Audiomainia2310 2026-05-08

I have zero faith in anything the Trump administration says regarding this unprovoked war.

45 5 replies
@granitemountain8416 2026-05-08

Someone should remind Mr. Homan that there are more citizens than ICE agents, especially in NYC. Kevin Hassett is an idiot. Those credit cards will soon go into delinquency.

36 3 replies

Unlock the Data Inside
Turn Videos into Knowledge

  • Get FREE 10/day: transcripts, summaries, chats
  • Chat with videos, export text & PDF
  • $1 free API credit for RAG, chatbots & research

Free forever plan • All features unlocked

App screenshot