Trump Defends East Wing Demolition; Cost Cost Rises To $300

Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper anchor Election Day coverage as voters across the country head to the polls in the first major elections of President Trump's second term. We bring you all the latest exit polls, analysis, and up to date results.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the president goes Gatsby, his administration says Americans will only get half of their food stamps this month. Plus, after spending months accusing Joe Biden of not knowing who he pardoned, Trump says he knows nothing about his own pardon of the crypto convict who helped make Trump’s empire richer again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

40 millions Americans are facing hunger with food stamps about to expire. Trump is shrugging it off as the Democrats’ problem. As courts weigh in, Trump now says he’ll fund it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the clock ticks, the President and Congress not may think 40 million Americans losing food stamps is an emergency but a judge does. Plus, Republicans escalate their rhetoric against Zohran Mamdani and tonight the New York frontrunner responds.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The leaders of the world’s biggest economies will have their first face-to-face in years. One that could have global consequences for President Trump and President  Xi. A good meeting could mean a deal on trade and a bad one could mean the cost on many goods could skyrocket.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US military conducted strikes against four more boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people on board the vessels, with one survivor, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shutdown is about to get desperately real as forty million Americans who rely on food stamps will soon be without them. Will this be an inflection point in the standoff? Plus, as MAGA insists there’s a plan to get Donald Trump a third term, he’s on board with it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New evidence undercuts a Democratic candidate’s claims that he didn’t know that his tattoo was linked to the Nazis. Is this disqualifying? Plus, instead of tearing down the tariff wall with Canada, Donald Trump slaps barbed wire on top of it after a troll.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump pardons a crypto king who helped enrich Donald Trump and his family. Plus, Gotham’s race dives into the mud as Andrew Cuomo suggests Zohran Mamdani would cheer another attack on New York City.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An unexpected twist in the middle of one of the country’s longest shutdowns—Donald Trump lectures American farmers while they accuse him of betrayal. Plus, is Trump’s White House wrecking ball a makeover or a metaphor?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices