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Feb 15, 2025 • 47min
Prosecutors Formally Ask To Dismiss Case Against NYC Mayor
After seven resignations over two days, the Trump justice department finally finds someone to sign-off on dropping the corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Now a federal judge must approve the decision to drop the case. Plus, more than 300 workers in charge of securing this country's nuclear weapons arsenal were fired, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. And we've learned the administration fired them without realizing what they actually do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2025 • 47min
Acting US Attorney In New York And Five Others Quit
Stunning high-level resignations from the Department of Justice. Manhattan’s U.S. Attorney and several DOJ officials in Washington have all stepped down after a boss told them to drop the corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Plus, they thought they would spend a week in space, but they've been on the International Space Station since June. Anderson speaks with astronauts Sunni Williams and Butch Willmore. Just how much longer will they be up there? Plus, they give a tour of the ISS and share a message for their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2025 • 46min
Federal Judge Lets Trump’s ‘Buyout’ Plan For Federal Employees Proceed
Tonight, a federal judge gave the Trump Administration a victory just hours after the White House railed against federal judges. CNN's Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Pérez has the breaking news. Plus, the President speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and says Ukraine has to make peace but does not say Ukraine will be an equal partner in deciding its own fate. Anderson discusses the new developments with Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton, a Marine Corps veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, 2025 • 47min
Trump: “We're Going To Have It, We're Going To Keep It"
President Trump today with Jordan's King Abdullah by his side, said the United States would simply take Gaza. New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist and bestselling author Thomas Friedman, reacts to the president's comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, 2025 • 48min
Verge Of Defiance?
President Donald Trump on Monday in a radio interview expanded on his criticisms of the judiciary system, criticizing judges for wanting to “tell everybody how to run the country.” Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat from Minnesota and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Anderson to talk about what this means for the country and justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2025 • 46min
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Putting At Least 2,200 USAID Workers On Leave
A federal judge late today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting at least 2, 200 employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave starting at midnight. Also, Elon Musk sent the Justice Department a list of people to investigate, and the acting US Attorney for Washington, DC promised to quote, "chase them to the end of the earth." Plus, one of the staff members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, who resigned after the Wall Street Journal uncovered racist posts of his, is apparently getting his job back with the blessing of the Vice President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2025 • 46min
Trump Administration To Slash USAID Staffing
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is making decisions that are affecting the world's poorest people and America's largest workforce. Anderson speaks to former USAID administrator Samantha Power on Musk and the Trump administration's dismantling of most of the agency, and the staggering impact it will have on the rest of the world. Plus, the alarming turning point in the bird flu outbreak. Scientists say the virus is one key mutation away from possible human to human transmission. CNN's Chief Medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the new developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2025 • 48min
Keeping Them Honest: Everything Everywhere All At Once
The President's takeover plan for Gaza. His administration's claim today that he didn't really mean what he said about the central points of it, on camera, in great detail, and in some cases more than once. Plus, the Trump administration's effort to trigger mass resignations at the CIA. Why it's happening, and what it could mean to the country's premiere intelligence organization. Voices tonight include Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder whose Gates Foundation is one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 2025 • 47min
Trump Says Palestinians Should Leave Gaza Permanently
At a press conference tonight with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Trump declared the U.S. will take over Gaza. As for the men, women and children displaced by the fighting in Gaza, he says that they need to leave. Asked whether Trump was willing to send U.S. troops to fill a security vacuum in Gaza, the President did not rule it out. Earlier today, Trump suggested Gazans move to a new location provided by one or more nations in the Middle East. A panel of experts and analysts join John Berman to break down today's shocking announcement, and its implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, 2025 • 46min
Keeping Them Honest: Deconstruction Project
A new lawsuit attempts to stop President Trump and Elon Musk from being able to shut off any federal payments they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want, including you. CNN Anchor and Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, has the latest developments from the Trump administration and Illinois Democratic congresswoman Tammy Duckworth gives her reaction to the scope and pace of changes the President and DOGE leader Elon Musk are making. Plus, two key deadlines that could potentially lead to thousands at the FBI being forced out over their role in investigating the January 6 riots. Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and CNN chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller give their thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices