
Laura Coates Live
Laura Coates sparks unique conversations and covers the most interesting stories of the day through a news, legal and pop culture lens.
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Apr 18, 2025 • 47min
Police: 2 Dead, 5 Injured In Florida State University Shooting
The suspect accused of gunning down two people and injuring five others at Florida State University on Thursday is the son of a local sheriff’s deputy, authorities say, and spent time training with law enforcement and serving on a sheriff’s advisory council in the years before his alleged attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 2025 • 49min
Deported Man’s Wife Responds To DHS Publicizing Past Protective Order
The wife of the Maryland man who the US government mistakenly deported to El Salvador acknowledged that she had filed a civil protective order against him four years ago, but said it was out of an abundance of caution and that the couple had worked through their issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 2025 • 47min
Trump Border Czar: If Returned, Deported Man Will Be “Removed Again”
The federal judge overseeing the case of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador said she would allow for expedited fact-finding to help her figure out whether the Trump administration is complying with her order that it “facilitate” his return from one of the country’s notorious mega-prisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2025 • 48min
WH: Mistakenly Deported Man Won’t Be Returned to U.S.
A Maryland man’s efforts to return to the US after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month hit a major new roadblock on Monday when the country’s president vowed to keep the father of three locked in a notorious mega-prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2025 • 48min
Trump Asks For “Trust” As Wall Street Warns Economy Is At Risk
President Donald Trump and his advisers said this was the plan all along: Scare the bejesus out of the world by announcing astronomically high tariffs, get countries to come to the negotiating table, and — with the exception of China — back away from the most punishing trade barriers as America works out new trade agreements around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2025 • 48min
Fears Of Bond Market Catastrophe Led Trump To Pause Tariffs
President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to reverse course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing a three-month pause revealed his threshold for political pain: One week. “They were getting yippy,” Trump said, explaining the rising criticism raining down on the White House over the last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 9, 2025 • 47min
China Responds To 104% Tariffs: “Fight Till The End”
President Donald Trump is set to impose an astounding 104% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday. China was already set to see tariffs increase by 34% as part of Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs package. But the president tacked on another 50% after Beijing didn’t back off on its promise to impose 34% retaliatory tariffs on US goods by noon Tuesday, adding an additional 84% in duties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2025 • 48min
Blackrock CEO: Most CEOs Think U.S. Likely In A Recession Right Now
While many nations are scrambling to strike tariff deals with Trump, China is standing up to him, hoping to turn “crisis into opportunity.” Within 48 hours of Trump’s market-hammering announcement of tariffs on countries across the world, the world’s second-largest economy swiftly retaliated with its own punitive measures on US goods and firms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2025 • 49min
Treasury Secretary: Trump Tariffs Could Bring In Up To $600B A Year
President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are facing blowback from all corners – a market sell-off, foreign retaliation, anger from corporate America and skepticism from the Federal Reserve chairman and some allies in Congress. So far, the president is defiant in the face of the global turbulence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2025 • 48min
Dow Sinks 1,600+ Points
President Donald Trump declared a US economic emergency and announced tariffs of at least 10% across all countries, with rates even higher for 60 countries or trading blocs that have a high trade deficit with the US. Auto tariffs are now in effect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices