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Mar 29, 2025 • 45min
Trump, Vance Claim Taking Over Greenland Ensures U.S. Security
An icy reception for Vice President JD Vance as his boss is dead set on getting Greenland no matter what stands in his way. We examine how far President Trump says he is ready to go. Plus, the President’s revenge tour leaves some of the nation’s top law firms with the choice of giving into his demands or fighting back and risking a blow to their bottom line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mar 28, 2025 • 45min
Judge Orders Trump Administration To Preserve Signal Messages
A federal judge tells Trump’s top aides to preserve their records, ordering them not to delete those texts containing sensitive attack plans. We examine what this means for Trump’s inner circle and the scandal that is not going away. Plus, we hear from the DOGE team about what they say they are seeing behind the walls of the federal government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2025 • 46min
Leak Fallout Grows
A look at the messages at the center of the Signal storm which contained detailed attack plans about when American pilots would be in the air, potentially putting their lives at risk. A member of the Trump Cabinet joins as the President shifted his answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 2025 • 46min
Trump: Investigating Group Chat “Not Really An FBI Thing”
President Trump and his top national security officials say nothing was classified and no mistakes were made when military attack plans were discussed on an unsecured app with a reporter in the chat watching it all play out in real time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2025 • 47min
The Atlantic’s Editor On Receiving Trump Military Plans Via Text
New reporting on the fallout inside the White House after a shocking security breach with the nation’s top national security officials discussing attack plans with a reporter mistakenly added to the group chat. That reporter, Jeffrey Goldberg, joins live. Plus, the reaction inside the military and the intelligence community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mar 22, 2025 • 45min
Trump Claims He Didn’t Sign Order Invoking Alien Enemies Act, But His Signature Is On It
President Trump says he didn’t sign what might be his most controversial order yet. The President says to go ask Secretary Marco Rubio when asked about deportations at the center of a massive court fight playing out in Washington despite a proclamation bearing Trump’s signature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mar 21, 2025 • 47min
Trump Signs Order To Dismantle Education Department
Inside the room as Trump takes a sledgehammer to the Department of Education. We examine what this means for low income students, those with disabilities, and those with student loans. Plus, another academic, in the country legally, has now just been detained and marked for deportation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 2025 • 47min
Attorney General: Judge Has “No Right” To Ask Questions
A boiling point in Trump’s attacks on the judiciary, accusing a federal judge of being what he says is a radical left lunatic. But, a closer look at that judge’s past rulings doesn’t exactly line up with that. Plus, why Trump’s dismissal of a Democratic commissioner is putting his executive power grab back in the spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 2025 • 45min
Trump Defends Calling For Judge To Be Impeached
President Trump gives his first response to the rare rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts after Trump calls for a judge to be impeached because he didn’t like his ruling. Senator Bernie Sanders joins live. Plus, Russia launches a massive bombing campaign in Ukraine after Trump’s call with Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2025 • 46min
Judge Demands Explanation After Trump Admin Ignored Verbal Order
An escalating showdown as a federal judge grills the DOJ after they’re accused of ignoring his court order. With government attorneys refusing to answer his questions in a testy hearing this afternoon, the White House is arguing he doesn’t have the power to question the president’s authority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices