Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update , July 26, 2025

Episode Date: July 26, 2025

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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thanks Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. Back on a construction site, new detention center meeting with Maxwell and the Hulkster passes away. So coming up then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, the president made a rare trip to the Federal Reserve. Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Fed, has been overseeing the renovation of Fed offices which is now approaching three billion dollars. With Trump and Powell standing next to each other in a surreal scene, a reporter asked, as a real estate developer, what

would you do with the project manager who was over budget? And the president said, generally speaking, what would I do? I'd fire him. Another reporter said, are there things chairman Powell could say to you today to make you stop criticizing him? Trump said he could lower interest rates. Powell throughout this entire exchange just looked like he wanted to be a thousand miles away. This could be the reason that Trump could fire the chairman of the

fed for cause the cost overruns of the renovations. Trump said, well, I see a very luxurious situation taking place. There's always Monday morning quarterbacks. I don't want to be that. I want to help them get it finished. It's been going on for years. The Trump administration is awarding $1.26 billion to build the nation's largest detention and deportation center located at Fort Bliss in Texas near El Paso 1.1 million acres of land along

the border with Mexico it's also an airport there the new facility will have room for 5,000 beds which is the same size as alligator Alcatraz and will serve as a deportation hub this is a week after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsath announced that Homeland Security will be setting up new deportation detention centers at military bases in Indiana and New Jersey. In just the last six months, the administration has added 60 facilities to the list of those used to house illegal aliens ready for deportation. The Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the second highest ranking Justice Department official, met with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

Her lawyer declined to comment on the substance of the meeting, but told reporters that there were lots of questions and we went all day. The lawyer said she answered every one of the questions she never said I'm not going to answer, never declined. This is the first time that the government has asked questions, so we were thankful that the deputy attorney general came and asked her questions.

It's the first time the government did it, so it was a good day. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence at a low-security federal correctional institute in Tallahassee. Hulk Hogan passed away at the age of 71. The son of a construction foreman and a dance instructor born in Augusta, Georgia, he began professional wrestling at 16 years old, all against the wishes of his dad. He was also in 15 movies, including the role of Thunder Lips in Rocky III.

And of course he spoke at the RNC, endorsing the president of the United States. Hulk Hogan though said the most monumental moment in his life was being baptized just 18 months ago. We paid a proper tribute to Terry Bollea on my podcast, Politics by Faith. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next. And on the weekend, we go longer with the PDB Situation Report with excellent guests, including national security insiders and foreign policy experts. Check us out on Spotify and Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.

Also on our YouTube channel, at Presidents Daily Brief. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. On this Wednesday, the notorious Hunter Biden has given an interview during which he says his father, the president, was under the influence of Ambien when he debated Donald Trump in June 2024. So you will remember Trump's derisive nickname for President Biden was Sleepy Joe. Ambien is supposed to make you drowsy, sleepy, if you will. Perfect context, right?

But why would anyone take that drug before a huge public event? Makes absolutely no sense. Now, Hunter Biden knows his drugs, but he's also a fellow given to exaggeration. Keep that in mind when considering the scenario. Up next will probably be some loon saying that Trump people slipped the ambient

at the Mr. Biden's cocoa. The rumor is MSNBC is exploring that angle right now, but that could be false. Or maybe Putin did it, or Kamala. Or George Clooney, who Hunter Biden believes is a whistling great work. Of course, none of us know the truth here, including Joe Biden himself, whose memory is not what it used to be when Harry Truman was president. I will say this, however, Harry Truman was president. I will say this, however, if Joe Biden actually did take Ambient before the debate,

man, does that product work. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me, bill at billoereilly.com, bill at billoereilly.com, name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. All right, Larry, concierge member, Larry gets direct access to me. We hope you check that concierge program out. You'll be happy with it. I guarantee you get a free book too.

All right, the Epstein story will be there forever no matter what the facts are, just like the JFK assassination. No, I don't think so. This time next year, I don't think Epstein story will be there forever no matter what the facts are just like the JFK assassination No, I don't think so this time next year. I don't think Epstein is gonna be in Anybody's mind at all. I'd like to see as I said, I don't want to be repetitive. Let's get the grand jury thing out there We got Jim Thompson, Loveland, Colorado I know you're sick of the Epstein story. I am. But it's important and I understand. But nobody's talking about Trump's achievements. We did yesterday and we gave him a report card unless they're in the conservative media. We are not in the conservative media. In fact,

many in the conservative media hate us. President Trump now appears to be dishonest and corrupt. I disagree 100%. I don't see him being dishonest and corrupt. And those are very serious charges. I think he makes mistakes. I think he overreacts and uses emotion. But I don't think he's an inherently corrupt man. Jason Voss, Katori Japan.

Mr. Rose, we all know the media's claim President Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card. Well, why doesn't the media show the public the card? Good question. I don't know why, but this is easily taken care of by forensics as we analyze. David, concierge member, thank you, David. Bill, the moment you said that Trump is trying to solve some of our vexing problems, I mean, you thought of what FDR was trying to do at the outset of his administration. You got it.

I bet you read Confirming the Presidents, didn't you? But FDR, he came in, he had to do it. This is going to be a rebellion in a moment. Something you might not know. world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before and we're here to cover it from all sides, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 52 years ago, two articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon were passed in Congress. Just a few months later, he would be the first and only commander in chief to resign from office. Here's how Nixon went down. Two years earlier, a group of men were arrested at the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, D.C., while breaking into the Democratic Party's national headquarters. The suspects all had ties to the White House.

Nixon denied any involvement, but several staffers were eventually implicated. In July of 1973, members of Nixon's inner circle revealed the existence of secretly taped conversations between the president and his senior aides. Nixon refused to release the audio. He claimed the material was protected by executive privilege, but a federal judge disagreed, ordering the tapes to be turned over. The White House provided some but not all, and one of the conversations on the tape had a portion intentionally erased. On May 9, 1974, members of the House of Representatives

began impeachment hearings against President Nixon. In July, two articles were passed, one for abuse of power, the other for contempt of Congress. One week later, the White House complied with an order from the Supreme Court that the administration provide transcripts of the missing audio. The new evidence clearly showed that Richard Nixon tried to cover up the Watergate scandal. On August 9, the president signed his letter of resignation, becoming the first commander-in-chief

to quit. And here's something else you might not know. letter of resignation, becoming the first commander in chief to quit. And here's something else you might not know. The Justice Department considered prosecuting Nixon after he resigned. At the time, the public was evenly divided on whether the former president should be sent to prison for his Watergate crimes. The debate ended in September 1974 when President Gerald Ford issued an unconditional pardon for all crimes Richard Nixon may have committed while in office. Back after this.

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