Laura Coates Live

Republican Matt Van Epps will win the special US House election for Tennessee’s 7th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, preventing an upset but emboldening Democrats as they were on track to over-perform in a normally deep-red district. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2025

The White House defended an admiral who it said ordered a follow-up strike that killed survivors on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean. Lawmakers from both parties have voiced concerns over the second strike’s legality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025

Two National Guardsmen are listed in critical condition after police say they were targeted and shot in broad daylight in Washington, DC. We are getting new footage from the scene and details about the suspect as we bring you all the latest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2025

The FBI and the Pentagon get involved over the video of six Democratic lawmakers telling troops to refuse illegal orders. How is this actually going to go? Plus, the leaked transcript of a stunning call over the war in Ukraine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2025

A major black eye for Trump’s DOJ after a judge tosses the cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James over an embarrassing mistake. Plus, the Pentagon singles out Sen. Mark Kelly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

In a shock resignation, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling it quits just days after President Trump called her a traitor. Plus, in a stunning meeting at the White House, President Trump praises Zohran Mamdani.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 November 2025

President Donald Trump has yet again suggested that his political opponents deserve to be executed. And yet again, he’s basing this argument on a rather novel legal theory and a dubious interpretation of the facts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025

President Donald Trump said on social media tonight that he has signed the bill that directs the Department of Justice to publicly release all its Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2025

The Senate has unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber. Majority leader John Thune said that would happen tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson signaled he could support a bill on releasing the files if changes were made to some provisions in the Senate. GOP Senate leader John Thune is still mulling whether to schedule a vote, a source said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

President Donald Trump said Friday he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to many other high-profile figures, in an extraordinary step that comes just days after Democrats released emails from the late Epstein that mention him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2025

House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2025

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released an additional 20,000 pages of documents the GOP-led panel received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2025

Congress is moving quickly to pass a funding package that would end the longest federal shutdown in the nation’s history. Plus, Trump was discussing the issue of “affordability” after Democrats won state and local elections Tuesday in part by campaigning on the cost of living.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2025

A small band of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help millions of Americans afford insurance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday temporarily paused a lower court order that required the Trump administration to cover full food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November, siding with the administration on a short-term basis in a legal fight that has quickly become a defining confrontation of the government shutdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2025

Starting Friday, the Trump administration will cut flights at 40 airports nationwide by 4% and incrementally increase the reduction to 10% by next Friday if the shutdown continues, according to an emergency order from the Federal Aviation Administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2025

The Supreme Court appeared deeply concerned Wednesday with President Donald Trump’s reliance on a vague federal law to impose global tariffs, with several members of the court’s conservative wing picking apart the administration’s position in a case that could have sweeping implications for the economy and presidential power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2025

Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper anchor Election Day coverage as voters across the country head to the polls in the first major elections of President Trump's second term. We bring you all the latest exit polls, analysis, and up to date results.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2025

Trump tries a Hail Mary on the eve of major elections in what stands to be a test for him and the Democrats. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin and Republican Congressman Byron Donalds join.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

Two judges tell the Trump administration they have to fund food benefits even with the government shutdown. Plus, the FBI director says a Halloween terror plot has been thwarted. Also, can you believe there is a Jeffrey Epstein investigation that you did now know about?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2025

Strike first, answer questions never? We take you inside the stunning briefing that has Democrats furious about the deadly strikes on alleged drug boats. Plus, the shutdown moves from Congress to the courts as we await a high-stakes ruling that stave off a major crisis over food stamps.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2025

President Trump and China’s President Xi went face-to-face to discuss trade negotiations and at stake is the trade war that has put the United States’ economy on a roller coaster ride that just doesn’t seem to end.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2025

The carnage continues as Hurricane Melissa churns from Jamaica to Cuba. Plus, ICE is in the hot seat as the intense and dramatic shakeup being planned to turbo charge Trump’s deportations is underway.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2025

The panic sets in as the dirty shutdown politics get set to inflict pain that hasn’t been seen in 60 years. Could it sway the debate over who’s to blame? Plus, the real reason why Trump may be refusing to rule out the unconstitutional third term run.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it is sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro, accusing him of playing a “role in the global illicit drug trade.” Also sanctioned are Petro’s wife and son, and Colombia’s interior minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2025

Portland Trail Blazers head coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA journeyman Damon Jones are among 34 people indicted in connection with two separate federal gambling investigations announced by the Eastern District of New York on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2025

Furloughed government workers speak out about the effects of the shutdown on their everyday lives. Missing paychecks are taking a toll while they try to balance everyday expenses, insurance payments, rent, and even college tuition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2025

Lawmakers have yet to reach an agreement to pay federal workers. GOP Sen. Ron Johnson introduced a bill that would only pay those who are being asked to continue working through the weekslong shutdown, while Democrats are pushing for all federal workers to be paid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2025

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday will allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in Portland — an important legal victory in a showdown over presidential power that’s happening on multiple fronts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

Amid an ongoing government shutdown and Trump’s push to deploy National Guard troops to American cities, millions are gearing up to protest his administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2025

John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on Thursday. Bolton, the third high-profile Trump political enemy to be indicted in less than a month, now faces eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2025

The Office of Management and Budget director warned that layoffs could climb “north of 10,000.” A memo was circulated in September that instructed agencies to prepare for mass layoffs in the event of a shutdown. This as Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signaled at a CNN town hall that an end to the shutdown is far, far away.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2025

The government shutdown clock ticks up while the countdown to higher health costs closes in, including for states that voted for Trump. Will Congress find any way out?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2025

For the first time in more than two years, Hamas and its allies are not holding any living hostages in Gaza. Meanwhile, 1,718 Palestinian detainees who were being held in Israel without charge were released on Monday and returned to Gaza. Israel also released 250 Palestinians serving long-term sentences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2025

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents. James has been under investigation since May over a 2023 mortgage she took out to buy a home in Norfolk, Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2025

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire framework that will allow for the swift release of all hostages held in Gaza, Israeli withdrawal to an agreed point and the release of some Palestinian prisoners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday showed the sharp divide between the left and the right on how justice in the US is being carried out. Democrats and Republicans repeatedly talked past one another throughout the hearing, pointing fingers across the aisle over who was to blame for weaponizing the Justice Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2025

The Trump administration’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Democrat-led cities have prompted a legal showdown between the White House and state and local officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He also must pay a $500,000 fine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2025

The federal government has shut down as congressional lawmakers remain at odds over funding the government beyond September 30. Although Republicans control Capitol Hill and the White House, they need at least seven Democrats in the Senate to join them to pass a spending package under the chamber’s rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2025

The federal government shut down at midnight after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a deal on funding. Republicans and Democrats are at odds over enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Federal workers bear the brunt of government shutdowns, and the White House has said federal workforce layoffs are “imminent.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 27 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025