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Aug 1, 2025 • 1h 18min

Trump’s Tariff Arguments Met With Skepticism From Appeals Court

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
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Jul 31, 2025 • 1h 24min

Kamala Harris Will Not Run For California Governor

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
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Jul 30, 2025 • 1h 23min

 Searching for Answers About the Manhattan Mass Murders

 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
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Jul 29, 2025 • 1h 24min

Trump Disputes Netanyahu’s Claim Of No Starvation In Gaza

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
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Jul 26, 2025 • 1h 25min

Gaza Death Tolls Rising Due To Starvation

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
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Jul 25, 2025 • 1h 24min

Trump Tours Federal Reserve Renovations With Fed Chair

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
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Jul 24, 2025 • 1h 25min

Judge Denies DOJ Request To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Docs

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
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Jul 23, 2025 • 1h 24min

Trump Has A Chance To Pursue Justice In Epstein Scandal

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
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Jul 22, 2025 • 1h 24min

White House Punts To DOJ On Releasing More Epstein Files

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
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Jul 19, 2025 • 1h 25min

Trump Filing Libel Lawsuit Over WSJ Report

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

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