The morning after the mass resignation of prosecutors sparked a crisis inside the Trump Justice Department, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove led a meeting with the Justice Department’s public integrity section. His message: they had to choose one career lawyer to file a dismissal of the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to three people briefed on the meeting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 15, 2025•47 min
Three senior Justice Department officials in New York and Washington resigned Thursday instead of complying with orders from the Trump administration to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 14, 2025•46 min
Mass firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN. The mass firings mark the first from the Trump administration as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency aim to dramatically shrink the federal workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 13, 2025•46 min
Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained for more than three years in Russia, was welcomed back to the US by President Donald Trump on Tuesday night after the White House secured his release in an “exchange.” Fogel arrived at the White House late Tuesday draped in an American flag and was greeted by Trump, who said it was “an honor to have played a small role” in his release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 12, 2025•45 min
The Department of Justice is moving to drop the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to a memo obtained by CNN. The memo instructed the acting United States attorney for the Southern District to dismiss the charges “as soon as is practicable”— subject to several conditions, including a review by the Southern District after the November mayoral election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 11, 2025•46 min
For the past couple of weeks, DOGE staffers have appeared without warning throughout the nation’s bureaucracy, seeking access to sensitive files, databases and computer systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 08, 2025•46 min
The federal courts put an electric shock collar on DOGE, but will it be enough to stop Elon Musk? Plus, a look at the viral conspiracy theories about celebrities getting paid millions of dollars from USAID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 07, 2025•45 min
After nearly three weeks in the minority, Democrats have finally settled on a target to rally against: Elon Musk. The party and allied groups this week have shown up at the doors of agencies impacted by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, held rallies and press conferences calling the president’s ally an “unelected billionaire,” and introduced legislation to push back on the administration’s efforts to eliminate agencies and force out federal employees. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Feb 06, 2025•47 min
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave, a stunning proposal that would dramatically reorient the Middle East and subject a population of more than a million to further displacement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 05, 2025•47 min
Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House official. That designation means Musk – the billionaire tech entrepreneur who has been a force within the new Trump administration – is not a volunteer but also not a full-time federal employee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 04, 2025•48 min
A twin-engine medevac jet carrying a child patient and her mother crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia Friday night, causing a fiery explosion, according to authorities and video from the scene. On board was a pediatric patient and her mother, returning home to Mexico after the child had been treated in Philadelphia, said Shai Gold, spokesperson for flight operator Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 01, 2025•46 min
President Donald Trump said there were no survivors after last night’s midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in the Washington, DC, area — the deadliest since 2001. Trump also, without evidence, placed blame on Democratic policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 31, 2025•45 min
A Trump order to freeze federal aid is sparking nationwide confusion and now a legal intervention. Is a constitutional clash on the horizon? Plus, the Trump White House says what was really going on over New Jersey. But, is the public buying it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 29, 2025•46 min
Career officials who prosecuted Trump got the axe. The firings come as the Trump administration is taking concrete steps to investigate prosecutors who oversaw the criminal cases against January 6 defendants after Trump vowed to seek retribution as a key pledge of his campaign, according to multiple sources who have seen an internal memo on the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 28, 2025•47 min
The Senate earlier this evening narrowly voted to confirm the embattled Pete Hegseth. Vice President JD Vance cast the 51-50 tie-breaking vote after former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth’s nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2025•46 min
President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail for his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had received ongoing protection due to threats from Iran after taking a hardline policy toward the country during Trump’s first administration, three sources familiar with the move told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2025•46 min
he fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County. As of 5 p.m., the fire impacting both Los Angeles and Ventura counties had burned more than 9,000 acres and was 0% contained, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Jan 23, 2025•47 min
Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters, including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers, just hours after the president entered office Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 22, 2025•46 min
On the first day of his second term, Trump signed actions that remove the US from the Paris climate agreement, freeze hiring in the federal government and require federal workers to return to the office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 21, 2025•50 min
A law that requires TikTok to find a new, non-Chinese owner or face a ban is scheduled to go into effect Sunday — and there is little indication the company is set to pull off a sale before then. That means 170 million Americans could lose access to a platform they use to find entertainment, news and community, or even run a business, after TikTok became the first new platform in years to pose a real competitive threat to A merican social media stalwarts like Instagram and YouTube. Learn more ab...
Jan 18, 2025•47 min
Donald Trump continues to see some of the most positive ratings of his political career, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, which finds the president-elect poised to enter his second term with far more positive sentiment behind him than when he last occupied the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 17, 2025•47 min
After four years in the White House – and a half-century in Washington – President Joe Biden has said farewell. Sitting behind the Resolute Desk on Wednesday evening, the one-term Democratic leader used a 19-minute address to frame his four-year presidency on his own terms – and to appeal for a brand of politics that he sees as rapidly disappearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2025•47 min
Firefighters are facing challenging conditions in their battle against the Los Angeles wildfires, with powerful winds forecast over the next 24 hours that could cause extreme fire behavior in the blazes or turn any new spark into a raging inferno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 15, 2025•47 min
Firefighters are in a critical stage of their almost week-long battle against deadly Los Angeles blazes. Crews report progress, but the National Weather Service has issued an expanded warning about winds that could gust up to 70 mph, causing extreme fire behavior in ongoing blazes or possibly turning any new spark into a raging inferno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 14, 2025•46 min
Total of 11 reported dead In L.A. County inferno. Local Palisade resident describes saving homes. A plane fighting L.A. fires collides with civilian drone and Trump sentenced on hush money case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 11, 2025•47 min
The fifth Los Angeles fire, the Kenneth Fire, is inching closer to homes in the area after rapidly growing in just the last few hours. There are now 10 fire-related deaths across L.A. country and 10,000 structures destroyed. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr.Sanjay Gupta, explains how to stay safe in hazardous air conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Six major wildfires are burning across the Los Angeles area. All but one are 0% contained. The newest one, the Sunset Fire, has broken out in just the last few hours and is burning on the top of the iconic Hollywood Hills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 09, 2025•46 min
An apocalyptic, hellish scene as a rapidly growing wildfire tears through the Palisades neighborhood and threatens other parts of the city. High winds are fueling the blaze, and it’s spreading extremely fast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 08, 2025•46 min
Donald Trump is trying to block the release of the final report from Special Counsel Jack Smith. His lawyer sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, after they were able to review Smith’s draft report on the two dismissed federal cases against the President-elect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 07, 2025•47 min
The sentencing before the inauguration - the controversial move by a New York judge to formally make President-elect Donald Trump a convicted felon. Plus, forget all the what-ifs; the gavel still belongs to Speaker Johnson. And dramatic new revelations about the troubled veterans behind the separate attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 04, 2025•46 min
