GOP Turn on Trump After Surprise Move, Karmelo Anthony's Appeal | 6/25/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including Senate Republicans openly criticizing President Donald Trump after he unexpectedly blocked the bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing package and tied it to the SAVE Act voter ID legislation, sparking frustration from senators including Thom Tillis, John Cornyn, and John Kennedy who warn the votes currently do not exist to pass the measure; the legal battle over the murder conviction of Karmelo Anthony escalating as a team of prominent civil rights attorneys, including Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe and lawyers from Ben Crump Law, move to appeal Anthony's conviction in the killing of Austin Metcalf; and JP Morgan Chase firing executive Angie Baez after a viral video from the New York Knicks championship parade showed her dumping trash into the street while attempting to take a Knicks-themed garbage can as a souvenir, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin and this is First Look. It's Thursday, June 25th, |
| 0:09.1 | 2026. We've got a packed show for you today. Senate Republicans erupt after President Trump |
| 0:16.1 | unexpectedly torpedoes a major bipartisan housing package and ties it to a voter ID bill that currently |
| 0:24.2 | doesn't have the votes to pass. The legal fight over Carmelo Anthony's conviction ramps up as a team |
| 0:31.2 | of high-profile civil rights attorneys moves to overturn his murder conviction in the killing of Austin Metcalf. |
| 0:39.3 | A J.P. Morgan Chase executive identified as the woman who dumped trash into the streets |
| 0:45.3 | during the Knicks' championship parade has now been fired. |
| 0:49.3 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:51.3 | We start in Washington, where President Trump is facing unusually public criticism from |
| 0:56.8 | fellow Republicans after abruptly pulling support for a major bipartisan housing package |
| 1:03.3 | that had already passed both chambers of Congress. |
| 1:06.8 | The legislation, known as the 21st century Road to Housing package, was designed to address |
| 1:13.1 | housing affordability, home ownership, rental costs, and housing supply issues across the country. |
| 1:20.2 | It had overwhelming bipartisan support. |
| 1:23.4 | It passed the House. |
| 1:24.8 | It passed the Senate. |
| 1:26.3 | And lawmakers expected Trump to sign it. |
| 1:29.4 | Then everything changed. |
| 1:31.1 | In a surprise truth social post, Trump announced he would refuse to sign the bill |
| 1:36.6 | unless Congress first passed the Save America Act, legislation requiring voter ID and proof |
| 1:43.6 | of citizenship for federal elections. |
| 1:47.0 | Trump called the measure a national emergency and declared, |
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