From Washington: The Fight to End Insider Trading in Congress

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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For years, it has been an open secret that insider trading is common practice among members of Congress. For over a decade, there have been various efforts to stop it. Now, driven by plummeting approval ratings and a systemic loss of faith in the institution, a growing number of lawmakers are taking a stand. Senator Todd Young (R-IN) joins The Rundown to explain why ending this practice is so difficult and how the perception of rampant insider trading has eroded public trust in our democracy. Later, Missouri Congressman and member of the House UAP Caucus, Eric Burlison, weighs in on the mystery surrounding the deaths and disappearances of at least 11 researchers and individuals with ties to top-level nuclear propulsion research. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shots fired at the annual White House Correspondents dinner Saturday night. President Trump was in attendance and had planned to speak. He, the First Lady, Vice President, and White House spokeswoman were rushed off the dais as reporters there scrambled for cover. The president later spoke at the White House briefing room, confirming surveillance video, showing the armed man rushing magnetometers inside the Washington Hilton. Secret Service opened fire
0:23.0	while one agent was hit, he is okay. President Trump said he believed it was a lone attacker who has
0:28.9	been taken into custody. For more details and ongoing coverage, listen to Fox News Radio and go to
0:34.5	Fox News.com.
0:42.4	Sunday, April 26, 2026. I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:47.5	Trust in Congress is near record lows and one senator thinks rebuilding trust might benefit from a stock trading ban.
0:49.3	Among the things we will see is outright corruption, stealing from the public fisc, or engaging in fraudulent
0:56.8	behavior, or trading stocks using information that no other Americans really have access to.
1:04.0	And this week we highlighted concerns over a growing number of missing or deceased high-profile
1:08.3	scientists and why there's been so little concern
1:11.2	for people who were working on nuclear projects
1:13.8	or at NASA.
1:14.9	It's really disturbing.
1:17.4	People don't normally walk out of their home
1:19.4	without their cell phone,
1:21.6	their keys, their wallet.
1:22.8	It just never returned.
1:24.3	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
1:26.8	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
1:43.2	A new Gallup poll finds trust in Congress at just 10%, close to the all-time low of 9% in 2013. And one of the things member state could help rebuild trust is a stock trading ban.
1:48.7	It does have wide support.
1:50.1	At this year's state of the union, President Trump floated the idea again.
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