Hope Florida Scandal Update, Budget Battle Looms for 2026

Today's Top Stories include the mass shootings at Brown University and in Australia, a deadly ISIS attack on US servicemembers, and the death of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NewsNation Chief Washington Anchor & Host of 'On Balance,' Leland Vittert, checks in to discuss a weekend full of tragic news, storylines that stood out in 2025, and what to watch for from 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southeast Politics Publisher Janelle Irwin-Taylor checks in with the latest on the Hope Florida scandal and how a budget battle is looming between Governor DeSantis and state lawmakers ahead of the 2026 legislative session. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senior Reporter for The Hill, Mike Lillis, breaks down the politics of the dueling Senate health care plans that failed to pass and previews what the House will do next week. Plus, Health Reporter for The Hill, Nathaniel Weixel, compares the Democratic & GOP health care plans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ryan explains the areas where Congress is coming up short in its attempts to address health care costs. Plus, Rory O'Neill recaps DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's congressional testimony and Time Magazine picks its "Person of the Year" for 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Top Stories include how a Florida organization helped rescue Venezuela's opposition leader, a South Florida crackdown on handicap parking permits, the Bucs brutal loss to the Falcons, and lots more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABC News Law Enforcement Contributor Don Mihalek explains how the Venezuelan oil tanker seizure operation went down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BEST OF - The Senate is set to vote on the GOP's health care plan as the House plan will exclude ACA subsidy extension. Ryan shares his recent experience at the doctor and how it highlights some of the issues with the health care system. An op-ed dives into the root of the health care issues and why nothing being discussed in DC will fix the problems, our National Correspondent Rory O’Neill reports the Fed announced a final interest rate cut for 2025, and gives an update on the Venezuelan oil tanker seized by the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TOP STORIES - DeSantis lays out Florida's budget priorities, the House advances a bill making humans review insurance claims, a student's clarinet set off a weapons detection system at a Florida school, Nikki Fried says ‘The pendulum is swinging' towards Democrats’ after victory in Miami election, the U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil tanker bound for Cuba in latest escalation, and a woman was jailed for kicking her husband in the head and spitting in an officer's face during a drunken rampage. The family of a Tampa woman who was shot at a party is suing the apartment complex for lack of security, lawmakers are working on fixing Florida's school voucher program, and Tampa is among the country's top holiday travel destinations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senior Editor at The Dispatch, Sarah Isgur, explains how the Supreme Court could reset the balance of power between our three branches of government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.