The Lead with Jake Tapper

First lady Melania Trump delivers a surprise statement, saying the lies about her and Epstein must end. But, why is she making this statement now? Plus, Lebanon is bombarded by a series of new strikes from Israel. Will Netanyahu jeopardize the peace talks set to start in just days?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The vice president is calling the two-week ceasefire between the US, Israel, and Iran fragile. Today, Iranian state media reports that Iran has stopped oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz because, Iran says, Israel has carried out strikes on Lebanon after the start of the ceasefire.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are hours away from President Trump’s deadline for Iran to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The President just told Fox News that the United States is in heated negotiations over the Iran war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump hosted a new conference today that lasted nearly 90 minutes in which he wouldn’t say whether the war is winding down, calling it a “critical period” that depends on Iran’s actions. Plus, the Artemis II crew approaches the moon on their historic mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran’s military is now claiming that it has struck a second combat plane today. We bring you the latest details in the urgent search and rescue operation. Plus, CNN is learning from multiple sources that several Cabinet officials could be at risk of being fired.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources tell CNN that President Trump had a tough conversation with now former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Plus, hear from the head of one state election office vowing to take legal action against Trump’s crackdown on mail-in voting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A brand new security alert for U.S. citizens in Saudi Arabia warns that hotels, American businesses, and schools could quickly become targets. This as three key NATO allies cut off U.S. access to their bases for Iran operations. Also, the average gas price soars across the nation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the fifth week of the war with Iran, the White House says its four to six week timeline on Iran has not changed. So, is Operation Epic Fury almost over? CNN’s experts discuss where the situation stands.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plans are set into motion to pay TSA workers in a matter of days after a record number of them called out in a single day. Plus, breaking details about Tiger Woods being arrested on suspicion of DUI after a serious car crash.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump says he is granting Iran a new extension, pausing the  threatened strikes on Iranian power plants. Plus, what the President says about gas prices that keep going up. Also, a look at efforts to end the partial government shutdown.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources say Iran is planting mines on Kharg Island before US troops possibly land there. When does the ongoing US troop buildup constitute boots on the ground? Our experts are standing by. Plus, two juries find Meta liable in lawsuits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NTSB reveals new details about the fire truck that crashed with an Air Canada flight coming in for landing. Our aviation experts join with their analysis. Plus, the puzzling gift President Trump claims he received from Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New footage shows when an Air Canada plane collided with a firetruck on the runway leaving two pilots dead. Plus, ICE agents are now at 14 US airports as TSA workers call out or even quit. Also, President Trump claims the US has 15 points of agreement with Iran that could end the war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TSA workers are calling out of work at near record levels causing massively long airport lines and it’s about to get much worse. Plus, the Pentagon is weighing deploying ground troops to Iran’s Kharg Island.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US billionaire President Trump insists the economic pain because of the war is only temporary. An oil executive who was in key meetings today joins. Plus, top intelligence officials were back on Capitol Hill today, pressed about the biggest threats facing the US.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin faced tough questions on Capitol Hill today during a confirmation hearing while trying to separate himself from Kristi Noem, the DHS chief just fired by President Trump. Plus, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pressed on the underlying evidence, or lack thereof, behind the war with Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump’s National Counterterrorism Center director resigned from his post today after saying that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States. This and the latest in Trump’s war in Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After weeks of a United States oil blockade, Cuba’s electric grid suffered a total collapse. Also, as the war with Iran enters its third week, President Trump is criticizing US allies who say they do not want to be pulled into the conflict.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge just blocked subpoenas in the DOJ’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Plus, Iran ramps up strikes against ships in the Strait of Hormuz.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran warns the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as a tool of pressure against the West amidst the ongoing war. Plus, two attacks on American soil today. One at Old Dominion University that the FBI now says is being investigated as act of terrorism inspired by ISIS. Another attack at a Detroit area synagogue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Projectiles hit four commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway where global oil traffic has been brought to a standstill by Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States has hit ten inactive mine laying boats near the Strait of Hormuz according to President Trump. This as Iran’s chokehold of the straight is becoming more dire by the day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump holds a news conference as the war on Iran enters its second week with no clear end in sight. Plus, it seems increasingly probable the United States killed at least 192 students and teachers at an Iranian school.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States and Israeli war against Iran has already seen the deaths of at least 1,200 Iranians which includes dozens of grade school girls, 6 U.S. service members, and 10 Israeli citizens. Plus, the DOJ releases FBI interviews related to Trump sex abuse allegations.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump fired Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem after her two heated hearings this week that made him angry, sources say. Plus, updates on the United States war on Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Joint Chiefs of Staff say that the United States will start striking progressively deeper into Iranian territory. It appears that Congress will not stand in the way as the Senate is taking an initial vote to rein in Trump’s Iran war powers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest on the war with Iran. How stranded Americans can get out of the Middle East. As Trump pushes ahead in Iran, MAGA backlash grows.  Homeland Secretary Noem defends Minneapolis ICE actions in combative Senate hearing. Voters in AR, NC and TX kick off high-stakes Midterm primaries. Plus, what we learned from the Clinton deposition videos and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the United States continues to carry out strikes against Iran, the war appears to be expanding with the United Kingdom confirming that its base in Cyprus was hit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former President Bill Clinton sat for a closed door deposition with the House Oversight Committee in regard to the panel’s investigation into dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former president today said he only had a brief acquaintance with Epstein that ended years before his crimes came to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The two leaked photos that broke the rules. A Republican congresswoman snapped images during the closed door deposition of Hillary Clinton. Plus, a look at the Pentagon’s ultimatum for the AI company Anthropic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More botched redactions, a high-profile name stepping back from his job, and depositions with the Clintons set to begin tomorrow. A look at the continuing steady stream of fallout from the release of the Epstein files.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump heads to the Capitol for his State of the Union address where he is expected to speak on his plans for the economy and for Iran. Plus, an emotional plea in the search for Nancy Guthrie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tens of millions of Americans are under storm warnings with some towns getting more than 30 inches of snow. Plus, United States citizens are urged to shelter in place in Mexico after the killing of a cartel kingpin led to widespread violence.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One day after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, police in the United Kingdom say the search of his former home will likely continue until Monday. Plus, the Supreme Court deals a major blow to Trump’s economic agenda.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New images of former Prince Andrew appear to show him duck from cameras. The journalist who conducted the damning 2019 interview with Andrew about his alleged ties with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein joins. Plus, more revelations in the Epstein files this time entangling two Harvard University researchers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Les Wexner, the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret, once named as a secondary unindicted co-conspirator in the Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case with notes that there was limited evidence of his involvement, testified today in a congressional deposition.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New tributes for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, a two time presidential candidate who paved the way for so many progressives and African Americans who came after him. Plus, DNA on a glove found two miles from the home of Nancy Guthrie does not match anyone in the FBI’s criminal database.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More members of the royal family are wrapped up in the Epstein files. Plus, the glove that could give investigators a new break into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Also, tracing the toxin that was used to kill Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon plead not guilty this afternoon to federal charges filed after he live streamed a demonstration inside a church in Minnesota last month. Plus, a look at Kathy Ruemmler’s resignation from Goldman Sachs amid fallout from the Justice Department’s release of millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amidst his attempts to retaliate against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, one of six lawmakers who made the video reminding service members that they are not obligated to carry out illegal orders. Plus, the artificial intelligence CEO who has the world doing a double take.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A flood of tips and even more after key photos and video show a masked individual armed outside Nancy Guthrie’s door. Today, the new note demanding bitcoin in exchange for information about who the perpetrator is.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FBI released six still images and three videos showing a masked armed intruder outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of ‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie. Plus, the latest revelations from the Epstein files.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in prison, appeared virtually before the House Oversight Committee where she pleaded the fifth and wouldn’t answer questions. Plus, the latest in the search for Nancy Guthrie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What many are calling a new low for Trump, and those are the Republicans, after a video post that included racist imagery of the Obamas as apes. Plus, the FBI surges teams to Arizona in the search for Nancy Guthrie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Law enforcement authorities reveal new details in their search of the mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie. Plus, the new jobs report in America shows layoffs way up and hirings way down.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FBI is facing a new lawsuit from Fulton County Georgia one week after its raid, seizing boxes of ballots and other information from the 2020 election. Plus, President Trump’s new warnings to the leaders of Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happened to the mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie? Investigators say they believe she was taken from her home against her will. Plus, facing a contempt of Congress vote, President Bill and Secretary Hilary Clinton now say they are ready to testify about their connections to dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump attempted earlier today to distance himself from the dead pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A look at the revelations inside the Epstein files. Plus, an urgent search for the mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Epstein files were released today which include new unverified sexual assault allegations that list President Trump and former President Bill Clinton. Plus, former CNN anchor Don Lemon appears in federal court. He is one of two journalists arrested for being at a protest that interrupted a church service in Minnesota. The charges are setting off a major First Amendment debate.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of 2020 ballot boxes are seized by the FBI. But, why and why was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, on the ground there? Plus, an attempted jail break at the New York facility holding Luigi Mangione.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One day after calling for a little bit of a de-escalation, President Trump is now accusing the Minneapolis mayor of playing with fire, bucking calls to fire his Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and accusing a Democratic congresswoman who was attacked of staging it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump says he is going to personally oversee an honorable investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse shot and killed by federal agents on Saturday. Plus, Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania joins to discuss how he’s preparing for possible immigration raids in his state.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The top Border Patrol official and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as CNN learns the Trump administration is deeply frustrated with how Gregory Bovino handled the fallout after the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first phase of the most extreme widespread winter storm the United States has seen in years is starting now. We break down the forecast. Plus, protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown are underway in Minneapolis   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did he try to unfairly take down Trump or was he standing up for democracy and the rule of law? The extreme partisan divide as lawmakers question former special counsel Jack Smith. Plus, a father and son in custody, church protesters arrested, and a fake image from the White House.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump now claims he’s one step closer of the United States acquiring the arctic island of Greenland, which belongs to Denmark. Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) joins to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump sends world leaders scrambling as he speaks on Gaza, Greenland, NATO, Venezuela, and more. Plus, a major winter storm is brewing and is threatening snow and ice from Texas all the way to the Carolinas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump sends an extraordinary message to the prime minister of Norway saying that since he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize he no longer needs to think purely about peace in his efforts to take over Greenland.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new CNN poll on the economy and foreign policy and everything in between showing that most Americans believe Trump’s job so far has been a failure. Plus, a new round of presidential pardons including one woman getting a Trump clemency for the second time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to put military troops in Minnesota. How far will he go in his immigration crackdown? Plus, what Venezuela’s opposition leader revealed about her face-to-face with Donald Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A majority of Americans are revealing they do no approve of the way the Trump administration and ICE are currently operating. Plus, President Trump is refusing to take military action by the United States off the table in Iran after weeks of deadly protests there against the Iranian regime.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jake provides in-depth coverage of the recent resignations at the US Attorney's Office in Minnesota, following the Justice Department's handling of an ICE agent's deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Goode in Minneapolis. The show dives into the protests erupting in Minneapolis, featuring first-hand accounts from the ground.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Minnesota officials just announced they are suing the Trump administration over its ramped up immigration operations in the state. Plus, a growing number of Republicans are pushing back against the White House after the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another day of tension two days after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in her car. CNN has now obtained the video captured by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on his phone of the tense moments just before he fired the deadly shots.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Growing tensions in Minneapolis after yesterday’s shooting by an ICE officer that killed a 37-year-old woman. Minneapolis officials now say that federal officials are blocking them from investigating the shooting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crowds are gathering in south Minneapolis after an ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car as Trump officials and Minnesota officials clash on what exactly unfolded.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world reacts to Stephen Miller telling Jake that the United States is going to take Greenland. Plus, a new Capitol rally after the deadly riots there five years ago today incited by President Trump who then refused to accept that he lost the 2020 election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A classified urgent briefing to top lawmakers is taking place on Capitol Hill over the extraordinary situation in Venezuela. The briefing comes after President Trump ordered the United States military to conduct unprecedented strikes on Venezuela and capture its leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The fraud allegations are starting to mount as the Trump administration turns its attention to Minnesota. Hear from one lawmaker who says Republicans have a larger goal to cut funding from the entire state. Plus, new video as more protestors take to the streets of Iran  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City. What will his first action be? Plus, a New Year’s tragedy occurs at a ski resort in Switzerland leaving about 40 people dead. How champaign bottles lit with sparklers may have ignited the disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The countdown to January 1st is on and we look at what authorities will be watching one year after a deadly attack. Plus, an iconic bourbon brand stops production at one of its distilleries. Also, new details on the first known United States attack inside Venezuela.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Global diplomacy is on the menu at Mar-a-Lago but is President Trump making progress toward ending foreign conflicts? Plus, more than 20 million Americans are under winter weather alerts as a powerful storm sweeps across the country.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One week after what was mandated to be the total release of the Epstein files, we are now learning that task is proving far more ambitious by the day amid continued questions over what has been redacted and what hasn’t. Plus, a Mar-a-Lago meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky is reportedly set for Sunday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many mentions of President Trump in the latest DOJ release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, what the Justice Department says about the letter signed by a “J. Epstein” sent to imprisoned pedophile Larry Nassar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President and top Pentagon brass reportedly are about announce the US Navy will build more warships as the US ramps up aggressive action to seize oil tankers near Venezuela. Plus, Epstein survivors speak out to decry the actions of the Justice Department and its handling of the release of the files.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States Justice Department released at least some of the many files it has on dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. CNN teams are going through the release documents, bringing updates.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators believe they have identified the suspect in the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others. Plus, the day before the Justice Department must publicly release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, House Democrats unveiled more than 60 new photographs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House speaker is on defense as four Republicans break with his party and side with Democrats to force a vote on a healthcare deal. Plus, a Senate Republican and key ally of the president joins to discuss Trump’s new actions in Venezuela.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four days after the deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island police release a new photograph, giving the closest look yet of the person of interest. Plus, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced two counts of first degree murder charges against Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of famed film director Rob and his wife Michele who were found dead in their home.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic Congressman Seth Magaziner from Rhode Island joins to discuss the Brown University mass shooting that left two students dead and injured nine others over the weekend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump, Bannon, Clinton, and Gates are just some of the men seen in new photos linked to the dead pedophile Jeffery Epstein. A look at why Democrats on the House Oversight Committee call the images significant. Plus, stunning details behind the arrest of former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can a majority in a deeply divided Congress agree on a health care fix before the deadline in less than three weeks when premiums for millions of Americans could go up drastically? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two healthcare votes are set to fail tomorrow as the deadline to save Americans from skyrocketing premiums tics even closer. Is there any hope for a bipartisan deal before the end of the year? Plus, a substantial escalation in the U.S. conflict against Venezuela.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Children in Australia are waking up now blocked from their social media accounts after the country passed a world first social media ban for kids under 16-years-old. Could this be the first domino in a global trend? Plus, President Trump is minutes away from a major speech on the economy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the biggest brands in media is making an aggressive pitch to own Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. A look at why this mattes with tech journalist Kara Swisher. Plus, a Senate race shakeup in Texas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is setting the stage for the one of the biggest sporting events on the globe — the 2026 World Cup. Somehow, he has earned himself a peace prize in the process. Plus, did the US Supreme Court just create a rush to redraw congressional maps mid decade nationwide?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was the grainy video that spurred conspiracy theories for years and now the FBI says they finally know who put those pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Pentagon watchdog points fingers at Pete Hegseth and sources say that the inspector general report finds that he risked endangering the lives of US troops by sharing sensitive war plans in a Signal group chat. Plus, chilling new footage from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump appears to doze off during his own cabinet meeting while just minutes earlier we learn new details about that second follow-up strike on the suspected drug boat. Plus, as many Americans are struggling with the cost of living, Donald Trump says that any questions about affordability are a Democratic scam.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump and his top national security officials meet behind closed doors about the next steps for Venezuela. This comes as lawmakers from both parties are raising grave concerns about a follow-up strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean where the US military killed survivors of the first strike.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is escalating his already aggressive immigration crackdown in the wake of the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC. He’s taking an even closer look at immigrants legally in the United States and those waiting to get in.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot in downtown Washington, DC just blocks away from the White House. Both guardsmen are in critical condition and officials are calling this a targeting shooting saying they were ambushed by a lone gunman.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Signals emerge that the United States and Ukraine are closer to a plan that could be the first step toward negotiating an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Plus, behind the scenes discussions on Capitol Hill about health care reform.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge tosses the indictments against two perceived Trump opponents, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. A look at why the judge says the Trump loyalists behind those indictments was unlawfully appointed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Polar opposites of the American political spectrum, Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani, meet at the White House. Also, a look into what the people of Ukraine want from the resolution to the war. Plus, the holiday rush begins one week out from Thanksgiving.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How can the United States have a stronger than expected jobs report while the unemployment rate went up? Plus, the Justice Department opens up yet another mortgage fraud investigation, this one involving Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So, when will America finally see the highly-anticipated Epstein files? Who are the pedophile's clients? How much data will be redacted? Attorney General Pam Bondi is weighing in. Plus, updates in the criminal case against former FBI director James Comey.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First the House and now the Senate is voting possibly as soon as tonight on the Epstein files and releasing them. This as lawmakers agree it is time see everything the Justice Department has on the dead pedophile and sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and any other accomplice.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Republicans have Trump’s blessing after he now says he wants them to release the Epstein files. But, why make America wait? Plus, is the criminal case against former FBI director James Comey tainted? A judge is raising questions about profound investigative missteps.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices