CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

In a major escalation, the United States strikes military targets on a key Iranian island and the President says American Navy ships will soon patrol the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, the Pentagon makes claims that contradict what's happening on the ground.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The nation is on edge after an attack at a synagogue and a shooting at a university that is putting America on high alert for terror. Plus, the President brags about high oil prices while Iran's new leader purportedly threatens the US with an economic hit.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President declares victory in Iran as Epic Fury takes on a new label and some Republicans are eager for it to be over. Plus, America's own assessment suggests the US is behind the bombing of a school in Iran.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The skepticism to Donald Trump's war grows louder as Iran is laying miles of mines in the world's most important waterway for oil in a massive escalation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the pressure mounts, Donald Trump is all over the place on the status of the war, from very complete to not enough wins. Plus, one of America's first strikes on the first day appears to have killed scores at a girl's school.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The war is expanding, now bloodier and completely unpredictable. Plus, Russia is now helping Iran target US forces. Also, the America first president is rapidly morphing into an imperialist with a hammer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump says he must choose the next leader of Iran as a former high-ranking American official warns they're making it up on the fly. Plus, the president fires his embattled head of Homeland Security.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As America's war widens, the administration ditches the speak softly while touting the big stick. Plus, a secret gamble. The US seeks to trigger an uprising in Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Abby Phillip and the panel as they cover the close races in Texas' Senate primaries. Who will come out on top? Stay tuned for real-time coverage and analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Examining why Donald Trump's attack on Iran puts the United States at the forefront of a world on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill Clinton testifies that he saw nothing in the Epstein scandal. But, is the Republican effort against the Clintons backfiring? Plus, the life and death technology that could play a role in a nuclear war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at how Hillary Clinton turned the tables on MAGA while testifying about the Epstein files. Plus, ICE detains a Colombia University student from her dorm and a refugee said to be nearly blind is found dead after agents left him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President suggests his next deportations should be Democrats. Plus, why were FBI records of Trump's accusers missing from the Epstein files? Also, the reasons are changing and the narratives are contradicting. If America attacks Iran, did Trump make the case?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the eve of his big speech, Donald Trump reels after his supreme tariff loss as new polls show he's becoming more and more unpopular. Plus, MAGA calls Gavin Newsom's comments racist as the governor says to spare him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liberated no more. The Supreme Court rejects Trump's tariffs and ignite uncertainty about the future of this signature agenda item. Plus, the border czar hits the ousted border commander.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Britain's former Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday morning, becoming the first senior British royal in modern history to be arrested. Later in the day, he was pictured leaving the police station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Donald Trump flying too close to the sun? Now, despite years of bashing Hunter Biden, profiting off the presidency is en vogue. Plus, as the president removes slavery exhibits and posted videos of the Obamas as apes, he also marks Black History Month.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did attempts to censor Stephen Colbert backfire? CBS responds to accusations that it knelt before the government.  Plus, Fulton County says the DOJ misled the court. Also, Gotham's socialist mayor makes his first big move to tax the rich.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The cabinet official facing heat over everything from ICE to her blanket outburst steps into the fire again. Plus, Barack Obama responds to Donald Trump's racist video while George W. Bush indirectly declares Trump's no George Washington.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The DHS shuts down and Congress is nowhere in sight as the behavior of the department's chief is once again under fire. Plus, Don Lemon is arraigned as a video may contradict the government's case against him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The feds back down on ICE in American cities as the president's poll numbers crash. Plus, a Republican senator warns Trump officials they will be prosecuted in the future after a judge blocks Pete Hegseth from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did Attorney General Pam Bondi deliver a MAGA fever dream on Capitol Hill to avoid reality? Plus, the DOJ fails to indict the six Democrats who told troops to ignore illegal orders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A source is telling CNN that a person has now been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of ‘Today' show host Savannah Guthrie. Officials say the person has not been charged.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A quid pro quo from the accomplice. Ghislaine Maxwell says she'll clear Donald Trump and Bill Clinton in exchange for freedom. Plus, a stunning new report suggest only 14% of those arrested have violent criminal records.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House can't keep its story straight after Donald Trump shares a racist video of the Obamas, sparking anger across America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the fight against Donald Trump nationalizing elections, Democrats are using a controversial new analogy. Plus, Hilary Clinton dares Republicans to open the doors and turn on the cameras for her Epstein interview.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After weeks of chaos, Donald Trump pulls back on ICE in Minnesota as his number two refuses to pull back on claims. Plus, while the president pushes to nationalize America's elections, one of his MAGA bulldogs wants to galvanize them.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the president tries to nationalize elections based on conspiracies, he's putting Tusli Gabbard in charge. She is at the center of a mysterious whistleblower complaint.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A mysterious complaint, a unusual call during a raid, and a public effort by the party of state's rights to MAGA-fy democracy. Plus, the anti-ICE chorus gets louder as Republicans get a wakeup call in Texas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freedom of the press is the latest casualty of Donald Trump's retribution war. Don Lemon and other independent journalists are arrested. A look at what it means for the First Amendment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A major reversal in Minneapolis, a change at the top, and a new tone. A look at what Tom Homan taking charge means for a city on the brink. Plus, new CNN analysis of the Alex Pretti shooting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ICE debate intensifies as dramatic new video shows Alex Pretti clashing with agents 11 days before his death. Plus, a threat from the President to the Minneapolis mayor sets off a chain reaction about the role of police.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephen Miller deflects blame to the agents on the ground while the drumbeat grows louder for Kristi Noem's job. Plus, Donald Trump's moment of concession includes a pledge and a throw under the bus. Also, a man rushes Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A watershed moment for gaslighting in dark times. Does the spin of Alex Pretti's death prove there are bounds for brazenness? Plus, how gun rights are apparently not universal for some on the right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The feds defend the detention of a preschooler while introducing a new catchphrase for the outrage. Plus, Donald Trump's assertion that NATO troops avoided the front lines in Afghanistan draws rebukes from Prince Harry to America's greatest ally.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal officers begin arresting protestors who rushed a Minnesota church while the White House alters pictures of a suspect. Plus, did ICE use a preschooler as bait?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump backs off his Greenland threats. But, is it worth the price of isolating Americas allies? Also, protestors in Minneapolis confront ICE agents about stopping people based on race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Police in Minneapolis sound the alarm on ICE in the streets who are now stopping cops. Plus, the DOJ subpoena Minnesota Democrats as liberals reach their limits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at why the president suggests he's threatening to invade a NATO ally over a Nobel snub. Plus, the DOJ vows to prosecute anti-ICE protesters who stormed a house of worship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A storm intensifies as the DOJ launches a criminal investigation into Minnesota's Democratic leaders while ICE surges in the state. Plus, Donald Trump suffers brutal feedback on his progress report.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boiling point in Minneapolis and Donald Trump threatens the Insurrection Act as the governor begs him to remove ICE from the streets. Plus, the opposition leader hoping to lead Venezuela gives Trump an incentive to back her.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a majority of Americans say ICE Is making cities less safe, the administration delivers a message with street confrontations on the rise. Plus, he told protestors to take over their institutions, now Donald Trump is changing his tune.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abby Philip dives into the growing chaos surrounding ICE raids and their violent confrontations with demonstrators, particularly in Minneapolis following a deadly ICE shooting. The segment features an intense debate between commentators on the current state of federal enforcement actions and public protests.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The DOJ takes Donald Trump's vendetta against the Federal Reserve to an extraordinary level. Plus, after ICE's shooting of a citizen in Minneapolis, DHS is flooding the state with more agents while the White House attacks those speaking up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New angles of ICE's fatal shooting in Minneapolis showcase a Rorschach test for a divided nation. Plus, Tucker Carlson calls out the right for being hypocritical on their reaction to this tragedy versus Charlie Kirk's death.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration attacks the woman shot by ICE, claiming she caused her own death. Plus, after instantly calling the incident domestic terror, federal officials are now blocking Minnesota from the evidence.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anger on the streets after an ICE agent fatally shoots a woman in her car. The White House is calling it self defense while witnesses call it murder. Plus, as the United States seizes two more oil tankers linked to Venezuela, tempers flare on Capitol Hill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The administration openly flirts with taking a NATO ally by force. Would the world fight back? Plus, in the Trump era, some autocrats get captured while others get loved.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oil, drugs, or democracy? Donald Trump's conflicting reasons for the brazen capture of Nicolas Maduro. Plus, the President puts other nations on notice, warning they may be next. Also, Pete Hegseth punishes Sen. Mark Kelly for a similar message the defense secretary once issued about illegal orders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House Judiciary Committee on New Year's Eve released a transcript and video of its closed-door hearing with Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the two failed prosecutions of President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After denying any involvement in his Tennessee prosecution for alleged human smuggling, internal DOJ files suggest otherwise. Will it help Kilmar Ábrego García's claim of a vindictive prosecution?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices