Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
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
Republicans in the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump's domestic agenda bill after a dramatic scramble to win over key holdouts. The vote was 50-50, and Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As Republicans race to pass Trump's agenda, the more Americans look under the hood the more they're pumping the breaks. Plus, Obama and Bush are faulting Trump's gutting of USAID as a colossal mistake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Supreme Court delivered a major win to President Donald Trump on Friday in his ongoing war with the federal judiciary, limiting the power of courts to step in and block policies on a nationwide basis in the short term while judges review their legality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alleges that several media outlets, including CNN, are misrepresenting the Iran nuclear program in their coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With skies on alert and smoke settling in Iran, America's credibility is on the line over the truth. Plus, is American politics being overtaken by its extremes? Will a socialist become a norm beyond Gotham? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump is at odds with his own Pentagon intelligence when it comes to the impacts of American strikes against Iran. Trump has been adamant that Iran's nuclear program has been totally obliterated while at least one early intelligence assessment says otherwise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump claims Iran-Israel ceasefire, sources say both agreed. Trump contradicts officials by floating Iran regime change. Plus, sirens sounding in Israel ahead of reported Isreal-Iran ceasefire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The violence between Israel and Iran is showing now signs of slowing down as both sides exchange new waves of attacks. But, as the missiles rained down, the clock is ticking on Trump's window for diplomacy as he weighs in on whether the United States will join Israel in striking Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Donald Trump's decision to open a two-week negotiating window before deciding on striking Iran sets off an urgent effort to restart talks that had been deadlocked when Israel began its bombing campaign last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel's strikes on Iran — including using bunker-busting bombs to target nuclear facilities deep underground — a discussion is underway among his top officials over how the US can strike those targets without becoming embroiled in a full-scale war, sources familiar with the matter said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two US officials told CNN that Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Donald Trump is leaving the G7 summit early after suggesting that he could soon strike a deal with Iran to end the current conflict. Trump has proposed a ceasefire deal, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. But Trump also warned Iranians to evacuate Tehran, underscoring the danger to its 10 million residents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There have been more explosions tonight in Tehran and Tel Aviv as the conflict between the Middle East foes escalates following Israel's unprecedented attack early Friday on Iranian nuclear and military targets, which killed some of the country's most senior leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California's National Guard and must return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled. The ruling is a significant win for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who sued Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this week after the president called the troops into federal service in the wake of protests in the Los Angeles area over Trump's hardline immigration policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A curfew will soon begin for a second night in parts of downtown Los Angeles as the city is reeling from a sixth straight day of clashes over President Trump's ICE raids. Moments ago, the LAPD declared an unlawful protest outside of city hall. We are seeing similar protests across the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As Los Angeles enters its fifth day of unrest, a curfew has been declared from 8pm to 6am local time and will cover one square mile of the entire Los Angeles area. President Trump has mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the city to quell the demonstrations against his immigration raids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A fourth night of protests is unfolding right now in Los Angeles as President Trump deploys the United States military on American soil. It is an extraordinary show of his executive power, triggered by days of unrest over his administration's immigration raids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, has been returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges. For months, the Trump administration has been locked in an intense standoff with the federal judiciary over court orders for the government to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia's return from El Salvador, where he was mistakenly deported in mid-March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An intense public feud erupted on Thursday between President Donald Trump and his one-time ally, billionaire Elon Musk, with an argument about Trump's massive tax and domestic policy bill raging across social media and in the Oval Office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Travel ban 2.0. The President goes bigger in the sequel and bans travelers from twelve countries after an antisemitic attack. Plus, which side will Republicans choose in Elon Musk's war against Trump's spending agenda? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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