The Lead with Jake Tapper

Just days before his face-to-face with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is getting an earful from European leaders as Russia makes more territorial gains in Ukraine. Plus, President Trump makes a surprise announcement about the upcoming Kenny Center honors.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly 1,000 federal agents and officers are on the streets of Washington DC as CNN gets community reaction about the visible presence of this temporary federal takeover. Plus, investigators are revealing new details about the shooting at the CDC in Atlanta last Friday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump previews his Friday summit with Putin in Alaska, as United States officials rush to finalize the details of this crucial face-to-face to end that war. Plus, local officials in Washington DC pushing back after Trump announced he is deploying National Guard troops in the nation's Capitol.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump at the White House moments ago said he will soon announce details of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. We bring you all the latest in this breaking news development.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump has slapped higher tariffs on nearly every country in the world which means, according to experts, Americans will be paying the highest tax rate on foreign goods since 1933 in midst of the Great Depression. Plus, protests erupt over Israel today as Prime Minister Netanyahu says he is planning for a full military takeover of all of Gaza.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Key new details about the suspect accused of shooting five soldiers at Fort Stewart earlier today. An Army sergeant is in custody after he allegedly used his personal handgun to shoot five fellow soldiers this morning at the Fort Stewart military base in Georgia, according to base officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is pressed on whether Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is credible as CNN learns the White House is debating releasing a transcript of Maxwell's recent meeting with the deputy attorney general. Plus, President Trump has been creating his own equations when it comes to jobs numbers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has just ordered the arrest of state Democrats who skipped town and didn't show up for today's special session. How long can those Democrats stay away and hold up the vote as Republicans try to gerrymander the map? Plus, new reports that Israel is considering a full takeover of Gaza.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump announces a slew of new tariffs. Also, President Trump deploys two nuclear submarines after what he calls provocative statements by Russia's former leader. Plus, a look at what CNN is learning about the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to a prison in Texas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is pushing ahead with a slew of new tariffs but will his biggest deals yet come down to the 11th hour? Plus, an attorney behind the case challenging if Trump's tariffs are even legal joins to discuss. Also, an Israeli human rights organization that is saying Israel is committing genocide in Gaza joins to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi each join to discuss the Epstein files, Medicaid cuts, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and more. Plus, Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 The investigation into the deadly New York City office building. With new details about the gunman's weapon, his suicide note, and how surviving employees hid from the killer. An audacious demand from Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman serving 20 years in prison for grooming young teen girls for Jeffrey Epstein and friends.  Texas residents get a say in Republican efforts to redraw the maps. One Democratic congresswoman who could very well lose her seat if her GOP colleagues get their way, weighs in. Plus, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With images of emaciated, dying children and Palestinians fighting for food, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu falsely stated there is no starvation in Gaza. What will President Trump do, if anything, to pressure Israel to alleviate this manmade humanitarian crisis?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tens of thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv, calling on the Netanyahu government to end the mass starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza as new images illustrate the dire hunger crisis, man made in the region.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Trump's Jeffrey Epstein problem keeps growing, today he dispatched his deputy attorney general to Florida to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's girlfriend who groomed underage girls for Epstein. She is currently serving a 20 year sentence. Plus, Trump's visit to the Federal Reserve headquarters was born from his continuing anger at Federal Reserve Chair Powell's unwillingness, so far, to lower interest rates.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A slew of new details emerge in the Jeffrey Epstein case just as a judge declines to release some grand jury documents from the criminal investigation. CNN has confirmed that Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump back in May that his name was one of many in the Epstein files.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Justice Department today says they want to speak with Ghislaine Maxwell, the once girlfriend and associate of pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Will she comply and would she tell the truth?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump shows fake clips of President Obama in handcuffs and calls for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the Redskins or else. Is operation change the subject underway? Trump drums up controversy while avoiding discussing his own connections to pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and the scandal around it.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attorney General Pam Bondi, at the direction of President Trump, asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury testimony related to the prosecution of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senate Republicans shut down debate over controversial judicial nominee Emil Bove leading Democrats on that panel to walk out.  The walkout left Democrats unable to question Bove on a range of issues including his involvement, if any, in decisions to keep the Epstein files out of the public eye.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is frustrated by supporters' continued demand to see the files on pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Today he called those supporters weaklings and suggested they take a hike. Plus, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is accused in a new lawsuit by a former police commissioner of running the NYPD as a criminal enterprise.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is attempting a course correction on the controversy relating the DOJ's Jeffrey Epstein memo by sharing conspiracy theories. House Speaker Mike Johnson now says the Justice Department should release everything they have on Epstein.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is picking sides after a heated blowup over the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein pedophile case. What is going on at the DOJ? Plus, a look at President Trump's pressure campaign on Vladimir Putin.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The number two at the FBI is telling people that he might resign over the Epstein scandal. Plus, moments ago President Trump was on the ground in central Texas one week after the catastrophic flooding. CNN is digging into some of the still unanswered questions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal judges on the district level can no longer issue nationwide injunctions for the Supreme Court but they can certify class action lawsuits against the Trump administration. Plus, MAGA world remains outraged over the Trump Justice Department's efforts to seemly try to close the case on Jeffrey Epstein and those who were his clients.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at the desperate search into the Texas floods as CNN learns new information about officials coordinating the emergency response. Plus, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) joins to discuss not seeking reelection and voting against Trump's recent domestic policy bill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The death toll in Texas is rising as well as the number of missing persons after deadly flooding. We bring you the latest from the ground in Texas as officials provide updates. Plus, Trump and Netanyahu meet to discuss a potential ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas is bracing for even more rain as rescuers are desperately searching for survivors after catastrophic flash floods in central Texas that began Friday morning and have killed at least 90 people including 27 children at a summer camp.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Of the 50 Israeli hostages remaining in Gaza, the proposal calls for the release of 10 living hostages and 18 deceased during the ceasefire. On the first day of the ceasefire, Hamas would release eight living hostages in exchange for an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Following the release, Israel would withdraw from parts of northern Gaza, and the two sides would begin negotiations toward a permanent ceasefire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After hours of debate and last minute deals, House Republicans pass their massive agenda bill. What did GOP leaders promise holdouts to get this across the finish line? Plus, a report on the intersection between artificial intelligence and reality.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul, will remain behind bars until his sentencing, a judge ruled today. This after a jury found Combs not guilty on the three most serious charges against him. The jury did convict Combs on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A partial verdict is reached as jurors are in agreement in four of the five charges against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Both the defense and the prosecution tell the judge they want the jury to continue to deliberate on that charge.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are closely following Capitol Hill where Senate Republicans are trying to make various deals in order to get Trump's domestic policy bill past the finish line. Plus, is there truly a deal to save TikTok in the United States?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a major win for President Trump, the Supreme Court limits the power of lower courts to block Trump's agenda. That wasn't the only controversial decision made by the court today. Plus, Senate Republicans say they will vote on Trump's massive policy bill in the next 24 hours.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN has new reprint on efforts to bring Iran to the negotiating table for nuclear talks. Plus, Republicans are forced to go back to the drawing board, to a degree, on Trump's agenda bill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump continues to insist the United States destroyed Iran's nuclear sites. Also, President Trump attacks journalists, and singled out CNN, for reporting the news. Plus, Democratic socialist Zohran Mamadani is poised to win the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. The formal outcome won't be known until at least July 1, when New York City releases the initial ranked-choice results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to an early US intelligence assessment, the United States strikes on Iran did not destroy their nuclear sites. Instead, only setting back their program by months. The White House is strongly pushing back tonight. What does this all mean for the next steps in the region?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump has just weighed in on Truth Social regarding Iran's attempted retaliation for the U.S. strike on its nuclear facilities this weekend. The Israeli military has issued a new evacuation warning for Tehran. Plus, oil prices have dropped and stocks have risen following Iran's intercepted strike on a U.S. base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Talks between European and Iranian officials just wrapped up and Iran says diplomacy could easily be achieved if President Trump tells Israel to stop striking Iran. Plus, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released after spending over three months at a detention center.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After days of keeping the world guessing whether the United States will take military action against Iran, President Trump now says he will decide within the next two weeks. This as the White House claims Iran has never been closer to having a nuclear weapon. CNN has teams on the ground  at the White House, in Iran, and in Israel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moments ago President Trump wrapped up his meeting with his top security officials after telling CNN that he has not yet made a final decision on whether or not the US should strike Iran. A top Democrat and top Republican join live to discuss what that military response might look like.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President just wrapped up a meeting with his national security team in the Situation Room as he calls for Iran's unconditional surrender. This as officials say Trump is warming to the idea of using United States assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices