Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
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
As Washington sues Trump over his takeover, the morale of troops in the streets is sinking. Plus, from Gotham to government, the White House officially meddles in the New York mayoral race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Florida becomes the first state to end vaccine madates in schools comparing them to America's original sin. Plus, Harvard refuses to bend the knee and wins. So, does it payoff to push back? Also, Epstein survivors hit Washington to bear witness and unlock answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A judge says Donald Trump trying to command a national police force is illegal. So, what happens when he crashes Chicago? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two tests of Trump's presidential power in court. A federal appeals court judge just ruled against Trump's sweeping tariffs. Also, the President vs. the Federal Reserve. The President's firing of Lisa Cook goes before a judge. Plus, $218 million and Alligator Alcatraz is a bust and now Florida taxpayers are left footing the bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump's influence is everywhere. The FBI, the Federal Reserve, the DOJ, and the National Guard have all been retooled to do President's bidding. The right says this is what the country voted for but the left is sounding the alarm and Barack Obama is weighing in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A community is in mourning after a horrific act of violence. Two children, ages 8 and 10, have been killed in a shooting as they were celebrating mass to mark the first week of class at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. At least 17 others are hurt, most of the children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A look at Trump's legal strategy to deploy federal troops in cities across the country. Plus, a look at the face-off happening between the President and a Federal Reserve board governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Coming to a city near you? Trump expands his law enforcement crackdown and again threatens to send the National Guard to Chicago. Also, more tariff threats to China. Plus, a new executive order making flag burning illegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We hear the voice of Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice from her sit down with the DOJ. But Ghislaine Maxwell is vague, noncommittal, and gives Donald Trump exactly what he wants. Plus, federal agents search the home of one of Donald Trump's most outspoken critics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump takes a tour of his federal takeover in Washington DC. Plus, as Texas redraws its map, blue states whip out their markers. Also, a court erases the half billion dollar fine against Trump's business for fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump officials visit the heart of the DC takeover and hear voices. Plus, why registration numbers show the democratic brand in crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The President wants to take a red pen to the Smithsonian because, in his words, museums discuss how bad slavery was. Plus, a red state demands an ideology test for teachers, giving them 50 questions to prove they aren't woke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
US President Donald Trump said he's begun arranging a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin after a summit Monday with Zelensky and European leaders. Trump said he discussed the plan with Putin in a call during his negotiations with the European leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In an interview on Fox tonight, Trump put the onus on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate a ceasefire, saying there would soon be a meeting set up between Zelensky and Putin. “They both want me there,” Trump said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the eve of his face-to-face with Vladimir Putin, is Donald Trump being bold or naive? Plus, the fluctuating economy takes a concerning turn. Also, the feds crash Gavin Newsom's event as schools spend their first day setting up safe zones against ICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After comparing Washington DC to Iraq, the administration makes it look like a war zone as Donald Trump flirts with the law to keep control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After Donald Trump's provocative takeover of DC police, are liberals falling into his trap? Plus, as Texas Democrats consider returning from their power grab protest, an interview goes viral and a plea goes vulgar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump sends the feds into the nation's capitol for a universe he paints as hellish and dystopian. But, does the rhetoric match the reality? Plus, Vladimir Putin gets a meeting in America while Trump gets a head start on negotiations by promising concessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Three years of bloodshed hits a pivotal point, Vladimir Putin reveals what he wants in exchange for ending his invasion of Ukraine. But, will Donald Trump endorse it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trump administration will increase the federal law enforcement presence in Washington, DC, starting Thursday night, the White House said. It comes just days after a well-known former Department of Government Efficiency staffer was assaulted in DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
His base demanded answers, they fed and bred conspiracies, but now Donald Trump is telling them there is nothing to see here. Plus, the confederate statues toppled during America's racial reckoning are now rising again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A suspicious explanation for why the Department of Justice is talking with Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice as Republicans subpoena a dream team of MAGA's most wanted. Plus, Texas wants the FBI to hunt down the Democrats on the run as the President says redrawing the map isn't a privilege but a right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In a standoff at the Alamo, Democrats go missing in Texas as Republicans try to redraw the political map. Plus, as pressure mounts over famine and fighting, Israel may be on the brink of occupying all of Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In Donald Trump's economy, size apparently does matter. The bigger the tariff, the brighter the alarm about the cost of liberation. Plus, Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice is suddenly moved to a cushy new prison one week after meeting with Trump's DOJ. Also, MAGA mansplains manhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Deal or divorce? A global economy is on edge with Donald Trump's trade deadline just hours away. Plus, Trump floats doubling his universal tariffs. Also, America's support for Israel's war in Gaza hits a new low. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump's economy keeps defying gravity. So, will the run of yellow bricks continue? Or, is something wicked this way coming? Plus, liberals accuse Republicans of rigging the midterms after MAGA whips out the sharpies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MAGA defended the president, claiming he cut ties with a friend over dark secrets, but Donald Trump is ditching that defense. Turns out, one included a young Epstein victim. Plus, one group declares the man-made crisis in Gaza a famine, as one man gaslights and another demands credit. Also, conservatives insist other nations pay the tariffs. One Republican wants Americans to get rebate checks to ease the pain, but not all Americans. And New York's deadliest shooting in a quarter century sparks reaction about guns, immigrants, crime, and mental health. Plus, tsunami alert for entire U.S. West Coast after quake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A curious twist in the Epstein saga, a look at what Ghislaine Maxwell received in order to talk to Donald Trump's Justice Department. Plus, from famous to infamous, Americans debate the controversial legacies of fallen stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the war rages on, children in Gaza are starving to death. Why is the United States so silent? Plus, Donald Trump's numbers hit the lowest of his sequel as his allies say the quiet part out loud about the Epstein files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
They promised the files, they teased the files, but when they looked, turns out, Donald Trump's apparently in the files. The explosive revelations involving the White House and secrets of Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, a Republican senator warns the Epstein saga will haunt the midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Whatever is in the Epstein files, Donald Trump really doesn't want to talk about it. So, why is Trump's personal lawyer turned justice official suddenly so interested in speaking to Epstein's coconspirator? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump celebrates six months in office by playing the hits, while a rising number of Americans want a new album. Plus, after an immigrant here illegally shoots a border agent, the administration goes off on a man they helped dodge the law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Donald Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, including a note bearing Trump's name and an outline of a naked woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The report Donald Trump didn't want you to see. New revelations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as he slams the door on the MAGA mob. Plus, the White House makes an announcement about the president's physical health. Also, Paramount pulls the plug on Colbert and the CBS franchise, but is it for money or politics? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The President calls his own supporters weak and rejects their backing over the Epstein backlash. Plus, would the appointment of a special counsel quiet the mob or inflame it? As 60% of the nation rejects MAGA's mega bill, one Republican senator is showing regrets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Headwinds for Trump's tariff economy. Are rising prices just a blip or the first drip? Plus, they demanded the files, they promised the files, and now Republicans vote to hide the files as President Trump floats another excuse to keep Jeffrey Epstein a mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The release of the Epstein files was one of Trump's selling points to get elected, but Trump now says it's time to move on. Plus, from Epstein's u-turn to Ukraine, Trump disappoints his base and begins to lose control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A federal judge on Friday found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making stops and arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause and ordered the department to stop detaining individuals based solely on race, spoken language or occupation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship is stopped nationwide as ICE's show of force gets even stronger. Also, a California mayor issues a warning to residents to remain calm, stay indoors if possible, and to know your rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The FBI is investigating former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey for possible false statements to Congress following a referral from the current CIA Director John Ratcliffe, according to a person briefed on the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump sends more supplies to Ukraine and privately fumes at aides who try to stop it. Plus, MAGA backlash after the latest DOJ memo on Jeffrey Epstein. Also, souped-up immigration enforcement prompts fury in Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With devastation and despair in Texas, the search for answers begins. Plus, in the latest Trump-Musk clash, Elon takes his money and starts his own political party. Also, Google has a choice to either win in court or make a donation to Trump's presidential library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Donald Trump praised GOP congressional leaders today after the House approved his massive package of tax and federal spending cuts, delivering the president the first big legislative win of his second term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A megabill is in the balance as the House is voting to advance President Trump's agenda with Republican hardliners threatening to hold out over its price tag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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