The Lead with Jake Tapper
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Trump: Iran Will Turn Over “Nuclear Dust”
Pope Leo: “Woe to Those Who Manipulate Religion”
British PM Refuses to Join Iran War
How the War & U.S. Blockade Affect What We Buy
U.S. Navy Blockades Iranian Ports After Peace Talks Collapse
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Plummets to Record Low
Melania Trump Calls on Congress to Hold Hearing for Epstein Victims
U.S.-Iran Ceasefire on Shaky Ground Amid Continued Attacks
Trump: Iranian Civilization “Will Die” if Deal Isn’t Made by 8PM ET
Trump to Iran: Strike Deal, or Bridges & Power Will Be “Decimated”
U.S. Searching for Crew Member After F-15 Downed in Iran
Iran’s military is now claiming that it has struck a second combat plane today. We bring you the latest details in the urgent search and rescue operation. Plus, CNN is learning from multiple sources that several Cabinet officials could be at risk of being fired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
Sources tell CNN that President Trump had a tough conversation with now former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Plus, hear from the head of one state election office vowing to take legal action against Trump’s crackdown on mail-in voting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AAA: CA Drivers Paying About $5.89 For Gas, Highest in U.S.
A brand new security alert for U.S. citizens in Saudi Arabia warns that hotels, American businesses, and schools could quickly become targets. This as three key NATO allies cut off U.S. access to their bases for Iran operations. Also, the average gas price soars across the nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Status Of Diplomatic Talks Uncertain Amid Trump’s Shifting Goals
In the fifth week of the war with Iran, the White House says its four to six week timeline on Iran has not changed. So, is Operation Epic Fury almost over? CNN’s experts discuss where the situation stands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TSA Workers Miss Second Full Paycheck As DHS Shutdown Drags On
Plans are set into motion to pay TSA workers in a matter of days after a record number of them called out in a single day. Plus, breaking details about Tiger Woods being arrested on suspicion of DUI after a serious car crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump Admin. Pushing for New Investigation Into Letitia James
President Trump says he is granting Iran a new extension, pausing the threatened strikes on Iranian power plants. Plus, what the President says about gas prices that keep going up. Also, a look at efforts to end the partial government shutdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sources: Iran Laying Traps For Potential U.S. Attack On Kharg Island
Sources say Iran is planting mines on Kharg Island before US troops possibly land there. When does the ongoing US troop buildup constitute boots on the ground? Our experts are standing by. Plus, two juries find Meta liable in lawsuits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Talks To Fund DHS Ramp Up As Airport Lines Grow More Unpredictable
The NTSB reveals new details about the fire truck that crashed with an Air Canada flight coming in for landing. Our aviation experts join with their analysis. Plus, the puzzling gift President Trump claims he received from Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Iran Denies Talks With U.S. As Trump Claims “Points Of Agreement”
New footage shows when an Air Canada plane collided with a firetruck on the runway leaving two pilots dead. Plus, ICE agents are now at 14 US airports as TSA workers call out or even quit. Also, President Trump claims the US has 15 points of agreement with Iran that could end the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sources: Pentagon Considering Ground Troops To Take Kharg Island
TSA workers are calling out of work at near record levels causing massively long airport lines and it’s about to get much worse. Plus, the Pentagon is weighing deploying ground troops to Iran’s Kharg Island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Global Oil Prices Surge To $110 After Strikes On Energy Facilities
US billionaire President Trump insists the economic pain because of the war is only temporary. An oil executive who was in key meetings today joins. Plus, top intelligence officials were back on Capitol Hill today, pressed about the biggest threats facing the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Source: No Warning Sirens Ahead Of Strike That Killed 6 U.S. Troops
Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin faced tough questions on Capitol Hill today during a confirmation hearing while trying to separate himself from Kristi Noem, the DHS chief just fired by President Trump. Plus, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pressed on the underlying evidence, or lack thereof, behind the war with Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Iran War
Trump’s National Counterterrorism Center director resigned from his post today after saying that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States. This and the latest in Trump’s war in Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cuba’s Power System Suffers Total Collapse
After weeks of a United States oil blockade, Cuba’s electric grid suffered a total collapse. Also, as the war with Iran enters its third week, President Trump is criticizing US allies who say they do not want to be pulled into the conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Judge Blocks Subpoenas In Jerome Powell Investigation
A federal judge just blocked subpoenas in the DOJ’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Plus, Iran ramps up strikes against ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Iran’s New Supreme Leader Issues First Purported Message
Iran warns the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as a tool of pressure against the West amidst the ongoing war. Plus, two attacks on American soil today. One at Old Dominion University that the FBI now says is being investigated as act of terrorism inspired by ISIS. Another attack at a Detroit area synagogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Israel Says It Has Begun “Large-Scale” Strikes In Beirut Suburbs
Projectiles hit four commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway where global oil traffic has been brought to a standstill by Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pentagon: About 140 U.S. Service Members Wounded In Iran War
The United States has hit ten inactive mine laying boats near the Strait of Hormuz according to President Trump. This as Iran’s chokehold of the straight is becoming more dire by the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump Speaks As U.S. Launches New Strikes On Iran
President Trump holds a news conference as the war on Iran enters its second week with no clear end in sight. Plus, it seems increasingly probable the United States killed at least 192 students and teachers at an Iranian school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New Imagery Suggests U.S. Responsible For Iran School Strike
The United States and Israeli war against Iran has already seen the deaths of at least 1,200 Iranians which includes dozens of grade school girls, 6 U.S. service members, and 10 Israeli citizens. Plus, the DOJ releases FBI interviews related to Trump sex abuse allegations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hegseth: Firepower Over Iran About To Surge Dramatically
President Trump fired Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem after her two heated hearings this week that made him angry, sources say. Plus, updates on the United States war on Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Senate Holds Initial Vote On Iran War Powers Resolution
The Joint Chiefs of Staff say that the United States will start striking progressively deeper into Iranian territory. It appears that Congress will not stand in the way as the Senate is taking an initial vote to rein in Trump’s Iran war powers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes Strand Travelers Across Middle East
The latest on the war with Iran. How stranded Americans can get out of the Middle East. As Trump pushes ahead in Iran, MAGA backlash grows. Homeland Secretary Noem defends Minneapolis ICE actions in combative Senate hearing. Voters in AR, NC and TX kick off high-stakes Midterm primaries. Plus, what we learned from the Clinton deposition videos and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
War Spirals In Middle East After US And Israel Strike Iran
As the United States continues to carry out strikes against Iran, the war appears to be expanding with the United Kingdom confirming that its base in Cyprus was hit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former President Clinton On Epstein: “I Did Nothing Wrong”
Former President Bill Clinton sat for a closed door deposition with the House Oversight Committee in regard to the panel’s investigation into dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former president today said he only had a brief acquaintance with Epstein that ended years before his crimes came to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
House Democrat: Bill Clinton Deposition Sets Precedent To Depose Trump
The two leaked photos that broke the rules. A Republican congresswoman snapped images during the closed door deposition of Hillary Clinton. Plus, a look at the Pentagon’s ultimatum for the AI company Anthropic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Democrats Bring Epstein Survivors To State Of The Union Address
More botched redactions, a high-profile name stepping back from his job, and depositions with the Clintons set to begin tomorrow. A look at the continuing steady stream of fallout from the release of the Epstein files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Poll: Most Americans Say Trump Focused On Wrong Priorities
President Trump heads to the Capitol for his State of the Union address where he is expected to speak on his plans for the economy and for Iran. Plus, an emotional plea in the search for Nancy Guthrie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former British Ambassador To U.S. Arrested Amid Epstein Probe
Tens of millions of Americans are under storm warnings with some towns getting more than 30 inches of snow. Plus, United States citizens are urged to shelter in place in Mexico after the killing of a cartel kingpin led to widespread violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
WH To Take Homan’s Minneapolis Immigration Playbook Nationwide
One day after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, police in the United Kingdom say the search of his former home will likely continue until Monday. Plus, the Supreme Court deals a major blow to Trump’s economic agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested After Epstein Files Revelations
New images of former Prince Andrew appear to show him duck from cameras. The journalist who conducted the damning 2019 interview with Andrew about his alleged ties with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein joins. Plus, more revelations in the Epstein files this time entangling two Harvard University researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Europe Struggles To Define What Comes After Trump
Les Wexner, the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret, once named as a secondary unindicted co-conspirator in the Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case with notes that there was limited evidence of his involvement, testified today in a congressional deposition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Remembering Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson
New tributes for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, a two time presidential candidate who paved the way for so many progressives and African Americans who came after him. Plus, DNA on a glove found two miles from the home of Nancy Guthrie does not match anyone in the FBI’s criminal database. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DOJ Letter To Congress Lists Hundreds Of Prominent People Named In Epstein Files
More members of the royal family are wrapped up in the Epstein files. Plus, the glove that could give investigators a new break into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Also, tracing the toxin that was used to kill Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty To Charges From Church Protest
Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon plead not guilty this afternoon to federal charges filed after he live streamed a demonstration inside a church in Minnesota last month. Plus, a look at Kathy Ruemmler’s resignation from Goldman Sachs amid fallout from the Justice Department’s release of millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sheriff: Evidence Found In Guthrie Search, “Including Gloves”
A federal judge shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amidst his attempts to retaliate against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, one of six lawmakers who made the video reminding service members that they are not obligated to carry out illegal orders. Plus, the artificial intelligence CEO who has the world doing a double take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sheriff’s Dept: Nearly 18,000 Calls Since Guthrie Disappeared
A flood of tips and even more after key photos and video show a masked individual armed outside Nancy Guthrie’s door. Today, the new note demanding bitcoin in exchange for information about who the perpetrator is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
FBI: Person Appeared To Have “Tampered” With Guthrie Door Camera
The FBI released six still images and three videos showing a masked armed intruder outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of ‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie. Plus, the latest revelations from the Epstein files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Epstein Files Fallout
Today, Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in prison, appeared virtually before the House Oversight Committee where she pleaded the fifth and wouldn’t answer questions. Plus, the latest in the search for Nancy Guthrie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
WH Downplayed Racist Video Trump Shared, Then Blamed Staffer
What many are calling a new low for Trump, and those are the Republicans, after a video post that included racist imagery of the Obamas as apes. Plus, the FBI surges teams to Arizona in the search for Nancy Guthrie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices