Laura Coates Live

The federal government has officially shut down for the first time in six years after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on — and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top Democrats emerged from a White House meeting believing that President Donald Trump may eventually cut a deal on their biggest demand — even if it first requires shutting down the government to get it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The alleged leak to the media that underpins the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey appears to relate to the 2016 investigation concerning Hillary Clinton, rather than the separate 2016 FBI investigation of Donald Trump and Russian election meddling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Comey, the long-time nemesis of Donald Trump from the early days of Trump’s first term, has been criminally charged with two felonies, both related to a lie he allegedly told Congress in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal prosecutors are preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges, but have just days to make a final decision, according to people familiar with the investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy Kimmel is back on his late-night stage — and full of emotion. After a nearly week-long suspension, the ABC star taped a new episode on Tuesday evening, and he spoke at length about the controversy that enveloped the show, according to audience members who spoke with CNN afterward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy Kimmel will return to ABC on Tuesday night, the network said Monday, ending a nearly weeklong standoff over the late-night talk show. But not all of ABC’s affiliated stations will be carrying Kimmel’s comeback show. Sinclair, one of the country’s biggest owners of local TV stations, said its ABC affiliates will preempt the show “beginning Tuesday night.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to “mafioso” tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Networks like ABC are facing pressure from President Donald Trump as he suggests regulators should take licenses away from broadcasters who platform entertainers that criticize him. Trump's comments come after ABC indefinitely suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The charging document for the 22-year-old suspect accused of killing Charlie Kirk outlines evidence collected by investigators, including DNA on the suspected murder weapon and a texted confession. In separate conversations with his roommate and family, the suspect shared that Kirk “spreads too much hate,” and he “had enough of his hatred,” the document said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the investigation into Kirk’s killing ongoing, President Donald Trump is continuing to push his crime crackdown agenda. Today he’s taking executive action to send a federal law enforcement task force to Memphis and plans to send a similar task force to Chicago next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk has been identified as Tyler Robinson and is being held without bail in a Utah jail. Authorities have pointed to what they described as anti-fascist messages engraved on bullet casings in a rifle found near the scene as potential evidence of a political motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Audio captured near the podium where Charlie Kirk was speaking suggests he was hit with a single supersonic gunshot, according to an audio forensics expert. Meantime, sources say phrases related to cultural issues were scrawled on a rifle and ammunition recovered by authorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, has been fatally shot at an event at Utah Valley University. The shooter is believed to have fired once from a nearby roof in a “targeted attack,” according to the Utah Department of Public Safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump again denied that the Jeffrey Epstein birthday letter bearing his name came from him, instead blaming congressional Democrats for trying to shift attention from administration accomplishments. Earlier today, he called it a “dead issue.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House Oversight Committee released a trove of records Monday evening from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, including a note bearing President Donald Trump’s name that was part of a collection of letters gifted to the late convicted sex offender for his 50th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US economy added just 22,000 jobs last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3% from 4.2%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparred with senators today — and faced pointed questioning from some Republicans who confirmed him — on vaccine policy, recent CDC shake-ups and public health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie said he and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “are willing to name names” on any list compiled by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. President Donald Trump had earlier dismissed the furor as a “Democrat hoax", even as women who said they’d been abused by Epstein called for action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, as part of President Donald Trump’s anti-crime initiative are expected to have their military orders extended through December, a senior official familiar with the planning told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal appeals court Friday struck down many of President Donald Trump’s historic tariffs, saying he unlawfully leaned on emergency powers to impose the import taxes. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize tariffs like the ones Trump used the law for earlier this year, the Federal Circuit said in an unsigned opinion upholding a lower-court ruling against Trump’s tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Minneapolis is in mourning after a shooter fired on praying students through the windows of a church yesterday, killing two children. Eighteen other people were wounded, most of them students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shooter fired through the windows of a church in Minnesota this morning, killing two children. The FBI identified the shooter, who is dead, as Robin Westman, 23. The suspect graduated from the school in 2017, according to a yearbook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump’s decision late Monday to dismiss Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook escalated his yearlong effort to consolidate executive power and could open a new high-stakes legal battle at the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker railed against President Trump for suggesting he would deploy federal forces to Chicago, accusing the administration of “searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Justice Department on Friday released the long-awaited transcripts of a weeks-old interview it conducted with convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The Maxwell interview was one of two steps the White House took to try and quell outrage over its handling of the Epstein files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A California parole board has denied parole for Erik Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother Lyle of murdering their parents in 1989, delivering a crippling blow to the brothers’ yearslong fight for release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas House of Representatives has passed a redistricting bill, paving the way for Republican-drawn maps that could net the GOP as many as five US House seats to be finalized in the coming days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history, including “how bad slavery was.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russia’s latest strikes across Ukraine, which killed at least 10 people, saying the Kremlin intends to “humiliate diplomatic efforts” and underscores “why reliable security guarantees are required.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” but did not emerge from today’s summit with a deal on the war in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gov. Gavin Newsom formally kicked off his push Thursday to redraw California’s congressional maps in response to a Republican-led effort in Texas, setting up the next stage of his fight against both the Trump administration and a coalition of gerrymandering opponents within the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital after President Donald Trump announced he is deploying guard troops and placing Washington, DC’s police department “under direct federal control,” citing a public safety emergency after an assault on a former government worker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump announced that he is placing the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and is deploying the National Guard to deal with crime in the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse, not getting better.” But violence in the capital is actually falling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump said he’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska after earlier in the day previewing terms of a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include “some swapping of territories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump tries to shrug off a scandal he cannot seems to shake by dismissing the fallout over Jeffrey Epstein with one of his new favorite words. Plus, the redistricting war that started in Texas and spread to South Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas House speaker said he signed civil arrest warrants for Democrats who did not show up to the special session today. State House Democrats fled Sunday in a bid to block a redrawing of the state’s congressional map, which was orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Trump. Legal experts say the civil arrest warrants are likely unenforceable outside of state lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don’t know whether Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was moved by anything Ghislaine Maxwell had to say to him, but she sure was moved to a minimum security camp some call cushy. Plus, the President didn’t like the numbers and he fired the number cruncher. But, economists are warning the red flags are real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The family of Virginia Giuffre speak out about the Epstein scandal with questions for the president alongside one very direct message. Plus, an attorney general joins to answer why he believes he can end Trump’s tariffs via the courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a MAGA letdown in the Epstein saga, a look at what’s really in the grand jury testimony which has people asking if that’s really all the information available. Plus, Kamala Harris says she will not run for California governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive earthquake has triggered multiple tsunami alerts all across the Pacific region, including Alaska, Hawaii, and the entire United States West Coast. The 8.8 magnitude quake hit off Russia’s east coast just before 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. This is the strongest earthquake on the planet since 2011, when a 9.0 earthquake struck Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four people, including a New York Police Department officer, were killed in Midtown Manhattan, authorities said. The officer, Didarul Islam, 36, was a three-and-a-half-year veteran of the department and an immigrant from Bangladesh, Mayor Eric Adams said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump denied again today that he was briefed on his name appearing in files tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case, despite reports by CNN and other outlets on the briefing. The administration remains dogged by public criticism over its handling of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he will continue his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell for a second day Friday after meeting with her Thursday. Blanche and Maxwell met at the US attorney’s office in Tallahassee, Florida, as President Donald Trump continues to face backlash over the Jeffrey Epstein saga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryan Kohberger has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students. Kohberger declined to speak during the hearing and the victims’ families remain in the dark about his motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Department of Justice said Tuesday it has reached out to Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid backlash over the administration’s handling of files related to Epstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices