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As pressure mounts ahead of the vote to release the Epstein files, Donald Tump orders his Justice Department to turn the spotlight on his foes. Plus, despite featuring the issue on the campaign trail, the president calls Republicans who care about Epstein stupid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As more Epstein revelations surface, a shift emerges. A look at why Donald Trump is bracing for mass defections from his own party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Disturbing new revelations about what Donald Trump knew in Jeffrey Epstein's own words. Plus, first they fired the messenger, now the White House says we'll never see last month's jobs report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A chilling surprise as America's greatest ally stops sharing intelligence with the United States, fearful that Donald Trump is breaking the law. Plus, while his predecessor downplayed the problem, the President denies economic woes even exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fury and finger pointing after some Democrats break ranks to end the government shutdown without getting healthcare subsidies. Plus, one of Donald Trump's affordability ideas is being called economic genocide for Gen Z. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shutdown frustration is sky high, SNAP recipients are on the edge, government workers don't have a paycheck. Are government lawmakers any closer to making a deal? Plus, prices are up, consumer confidence hits a three year low, layoffs are skyrocketing, but a defiant Donald Trump says the Democrat's affordability argument is a con job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trump administration is shutting down 10% of flights across the country because of the shutdown. Plus, the fight inside the GOP over the Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes interview is far from over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The day after a blue wave, Trump weighs in. Plus, are Republicans willing to end the filibuster in the Senate to meet Trump's demands for the shutdown? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper anchor Election Day coverage as voters across the country head to the polls in the first major elections of President Trump's second term. We bring you all the latest exit polls, analysis, and up to date results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the president goes Gatsby, his administration says Americans will only get half of their food stamps this month. Plus, after spending months accusing Joe Biden of not knowing who he pardoned, Trump says he knows nothing about his own pardon of the crypto convict who helped make Trump's empire richer again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
40 millions Americans are facing hunger with food stamps about to expire. Trump is shrugging it off as the Democrats' problem. As courts weigh in, Trump now says he'll fund it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the clock ticks, the President and Congress not may think 40 million Americans losing food stamps is an emergency but a judge does. Plus, Republicans escalate their rhetoric against Zohran Mamdani and tonight the New York frontrunner responds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The leaders of the world's biggest economies will have their first face-to-face in years. One that could have global consequences for President Trump and President Xi. A good meeting could mean a deal on trade and a bad one could mean the cost on many goods could skyrocket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The US military conducted strikes against four more boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people on board the vessels, with one survivor, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The shutdown is about to get desperately real as forty million Americans who rely on food stamps will soon be without them. Will this be an inflection point in the standoff? Plus, as MAGA insists there's a plan to get Donald Trump a third term, he's on board with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New evidence undercuts a Democratic candidate's claims that he didn't know that his tattoo was linked to the Nazis. Is this disqualifying? Plus, instead of tearing down the tariff wall with Canada, Donald Trump slaps barbed wire on top of it after a troll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump pardons a crypto king who helped enrich Donald Trump and his family. Plus, Gotham's race dives into the mud as Andrew Cuomo suggests Zohran Mamdani would cheer another attack on New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An unexpected twist in the middle of one of the country's longest shutdowns—Donald Trump lectures American farmers while they accuse him of betrayal. Plus, is Trump's White House wrecking ball a makeover or a metaphor? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “could be” seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowledge of the specifics and said he would give the money to charity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The President mocks millions of Americans with a filthy AI video. Plus, a court gives the administration a green light to send troops to Portland. Also, a tense face-to-face after Trump tells Volodymyr Zelensky to accept Russia's terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the eve of nationwide protests unfit for a king, the rhetoric rises. One Democrat compares the GOP's villainizing of protesters to a segregationist. Plus, the President frees George Santos from prison and, apparently, the main reason is because he is a Republican. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump's DOJ charges another nemesis and this one involves secrets, AOL, and his wife. Plus, a judge scolds the administration and is demanding answers on whether ICE is ignoring her orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hundreds of racist and hateful text messages from leaders of the Young Republicans include one that said quote "I love Hitler" and another that called Black people monkeys. Vice President JD Vance is dismissing the scandal as "what kids do". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Media outlets rebuke Defense Secretary Hegseth's attempt to control them, including his former network. So, the Pentagon is kicking them out. Plus, the America first president continues to fire American workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The last 20 living hostages held in Gaza were released on Monday, reuniting with their families in jubilant scenes as world leaders gathered in Egypt to discuss the future of Gaza and the next phases of the US-brokered ceasefire deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The shutdown gets real as the Trump administration starts to fire federal workers and tensions boil over between the supposed deal makers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The retribution tour intensifies as the person who charged Donald Trump's business gets charged by his Justice Department after his order. Plus, the President's attempts to put troops on the streets of Chicago meets the court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A note and a whisper signals a breakthrough. Is the President's peace deal on the edge of glory? Also, while MAGA demands critics not call them fascists or autocrats, Donald Trump calls for the jailing and silencing of Democratic leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The real world impact of the government's shutdown is starting to show as Donald Trump raises the stakes by threatening paychecks. Plus, the attorney general who's been under fire from the left and right takes a field trip to Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump versus American cities, red states versus blue states. A battle over power boils over between the gavel and the ground. Plus, as ICE confrontations multiply across Chicago, the city is now declaring some areas free from raids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The arrest of a MAGA influencer in a blue city becomes the administration's red flag to enter. Plus, Blackhawks, flash bangs, kids in zip ties—a violent raid at an apartment building in Chicago illustrates the escalation of ICE's tactics in American streets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the shutdown becomes a meme fight, is the GOP's celebration giving the wrong impression to fed up Americans? Plus, the no wars president tells Congress the United States is in the middle of one with drug cartels. But, are his boat strikes crossing a legal line? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
America's October surprise is a government shutdown and the lines in the sand are drawn. Who will blink first? Plus, once again Donald Trump blurs the line between socialism and capitalism. Also, did the President just promise to send America's sons and daughters to fight a war for Qatar? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The United States government is poised to shutdown and Donald Trump is threatening pink slips if no deal is reached. Plus, after meeting with Democrats at the White House, the President mocks them with a video. Also, the tv host turned defense secretary gathers the nation's military leaders to scold, lecture, groom, and drop a plug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump pitch an end to the war as America's support for Israel falls. Plus, after bragging about decorating the White House in 24 karat gold, the President threatens to to starve Gotham of funds if the socialist candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The avenger in chief teases more to come after the indictment of James Comey. But, will Donald Trump's live commentary doom the case before it begins? Plus, a string of violent ICE incidents escalates tensions after a deadly sniper attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
James Comey is indicted. The former FBI director becomes the first major Trump foe to face charges. This after the President seems to forget he ordered the indictment. Plus, while tensions remain high after another act of political violence, Trump is accused of inciting more with his words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The vengeance tour tries to beat the clock as the feds near a decision to charge James Comey before a deadline after the President told them to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lights, cameras, factions. Jimmy Kimmel returns to the air in a divided America. But, not everyone will be watching as the right's boycott intensifies. Plus, Trump delivers a major reversal on Russia. Also, Oklahoma will soon require all high schools to have a Turning Point USA chapter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to air after boycotts and broadsides. But, will the late night star flex his free speech? Plus, Donald Trump publicly tells his DOJ to prosecute his rivals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The war over free speech turns to companies and forces the right to rethink the cancelling of Kimmel. Plus, a tug of war over the legacy of Charlie Kirk. How one person's uniter is another's divider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Protests in support of Jimmy Kimmel emerge after he was indefinitely suspended. Now, President Trump suggests the regulators should take licenses away from broadcasters who criticize him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jimmy Kimmel is cancelled for now. ABC yanks his show indefinitely after comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder and a threat from Donald Trump's administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing prominent conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, with aggravated murder on Tuesday and announced they would seek the death penalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The White House uses Charlie Kirk's murder as a pretense to punish liberals while others in MAGA use the tragedy to call for a national divorce. Plus, a look at cancel culture, free speech, and what is allowed speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
America's political world is searching for answers and trying to move forward after authorities say they have the man who assassinated Charlie Kirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More than a day after a shooting that stunned the nation, a massive manhunt is underway for the person who killed Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative political activist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Another reckoning for America as the nation grapples with another act of political violence. Conservative activist and Trump-ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed hours ago at a university campus event in Utah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
One of the leaders of the don't tread on me crowd delivers a message for cities to yield to the President. This as we learn crime isn't the only thing that went down in Washington during Trump's takeover. Plus, New York's socialist is surging in polls despite the wealthy's effort to stop him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A vicious murder on public transit sparks a national debate on crime, race, and how to crack down. Plus, the Supreme Court gives a green light for ICE to continue stopping people based on their skin or what language they're speaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An exclusive interview with New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on addressing New York's affordability crisis, his response to Eric Adams staying in the mayoral race, his challenge to the President, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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