Shutdown Stakes Get Higher As Trump Threatens Paychecks

Hundreds of racist and hateful text messages from leaders of the Young Republicans include one that said quote "I love Hitler" and another that called Black people monkeys. Vice President JD Vance is dismissing the scandal as "what kids do". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Media outlets rebuke Defense Secretary Hegseth’s attempt to control them, including his former network. So, the Pentagon is kicking them out. Plus, the America first president continues to fire American workers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The last 20 living hostages held in Gaza were released on Monday, reuniting with their families in jubilant scenes as world leaders gathered in Egypt to discuss the future of Gaza and the next phases of the US-brokered ceasefire deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shutdown gets real as the Trump administration starts to fire federal workers and tensions boil over between the supposed deal makers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The retribution tour intensifies as the person who charged Donald Trump’s business gets charged by his Justice Department after his order. Plus, the President’s attempts to put troops on the streets of Chicago meets the court.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A note and a whisper signals a breakthrough. Is the President’s peace deal on the edge of glory? Also, while MAGA demands critics not call them fascists or autocrats, Donald Trump calls for the jailing and silencing of Democratic leaders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The real world impact of the government’s shutdown is starting to show as Donald Trump raises the stakes by threatening paychecks. Plus, the attorney general who’s been under fire from the left and right takes a field trip to Congress.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump versus American cities, red states versus blue states. A battle over power boils over between the gavel and the ground. Plus, as ICE confrontations multiply across Chicago, the city is now declaring some areas free from raids.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The arrest of a MAGA influencer in a blue city becomes the administration’s red flag to enter. Plus, Blackhawks, flash bangs, kids in zip ties—a violent raid at an apartment building in Chicago illustrates the escalation of ICE’s tactics in American streets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the shutdown becomes a meme fight, is the GOP’s celebration giving the wrong impression to fed up Americans? Plus, the no wars president tells Congress the United States is in the middle of one with drug cartels. But, are his boat strikes crossing a legal line?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices