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1446 episodes transcribedThe investigation into the assassination of Charlie Kirk has raised a lot of questions – not just about the alleged shooter, but about the investigati...
FBI Director Kash Patel spoke on Tuesday about a massive rise in the number of investigations into so-called NVEs, which stands for “nihilistic violen...
Memphis, Tennessee, is the latest city in President Donald Trump's Crime Takeover-A-Go-Go. On Monday, Trump signed a presidential memorandum establish...
The clock is ticking until the federal government runs out of money and potentially shuts down—again. Now you might be thinking, "Didn't we do this? L...
The search for a suspect in Charlie Kirk's death continues. The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseb...
On Wednesday, 31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an on-campus event near Salt Lake City, Utah. He was there as...
Millions of kids have started school over the past few weeks – that includes students in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C, and now Chicago, all cities tar...
Say what you will about President Donald Trump’s first administration, but at least some of the people given top jobs had a morsel of experience doing...
A crucial race for Georgia's Public Service Commission is coming up in November. And though the name sounds boring, it's a race that really matters. T...
President Donald Trump really, really, really hates wind and solar power. He made sure to make that point very clear during a Cabinet meeting last wee...
Congress is back. It’s back and it has a lot of work to do. If Congress doesn’t fund the government by the end of September, the government will close...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and held hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Beijing this weekend. T...
The Trump administration is preparing a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Chicago, and it may come as soon as this week. The deta...
The What A Day team is off. But we’re excited to bring you the first episode of Season 2 of Crooked’s award-winning limited series, Shadow Kingdom: Co...
This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending cash bail in Washington D.C. and other jurisdictions around the country. H...
President Donald Trump’s administration is full of sycophants. That was made quite apparent this week (if it wasn't already) during a three-hour-long...
In the federal government’s latest excursion into the private sector, the US announced last week that it took a 10% stake in Intel. The move comes aft...
A lot has happened so far since President Donald Trump took office for a second term, but one thing is certain- he's indisputably unpopular. According...
Third Way, a center-left think tank, released a list of words it thinks Democrats should stop using on Friday. The list included words like “intersect...
On Thursday, California lawmakers passed a redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. It wa...
