Former special counsel Jack Smith just confirmed that he’d amassed extensive evidence that Donald Trump willfully and knowingly broke the law in stealing classified documents at the end of his first term. Smith’s report on this may never be released. But House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan helpfully exposed a big Trump ruse here. Jordan is demanding that Smith testify to “prove” the Justice Department was “weaponized” against Trump, as Trump wants him to do. But Jordan will never seek

In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Sarah Beran, who managed the U.S.-China relationship in senior roles at the State Department, the American Embassy in Beijing, and the White House National Security Council. Ahead of President Trump's potential meeting with President Xi on the margins of the 2025 APEC Leaders Meeting, Sarah explains how U.S.-China diplomacy and summitry actually work. Sarah unpacks the tough negotiations that set the stage for

There’s no end in sight for the current government shutdown, which entered its third week on Wednesday. While Democrats are clinging to their $1.5 trillion demands—and Republicans, for once, are refusing to capitulate—there has been a palpable shift in the government shutdown state of play. This week, Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the evolving dynamics of shutdown politics.“Historically it should be a surprise,” that Democrats have opted to shut down the

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Philip Kiszely is a former academic and Senior Research Fellow at the New Culture Forum. In this episode he analyses the role of the media in changing the framework of debate, catalogues the rise of Reform and the hope that has been invested in it.He questions if the rape gang enquiry is worth holding and discusses cultural relativism and how cancel culture has affected his life.

Benchmarking helps farmers see where they stand and identify opportunities to improve profit and efficiency. For this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Michael Hennessy talks to Dr. Fiona Thorne, Teagasc Economist, and Ciaran Collins, Tillage Specialist, about the latest Cereal Enterprise Factsheet and how to use Teagasc Costs and Returns to measure real farm performance. They discuss the importance of calculating your own fixed costs, what sets top-performing farms apart, and how tools like the

In the 5 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: LA TIMES: Peanut Allergies in Children Drop Following Advice to Feed the Allergen to Babies, Study Finds THE HILL: Democratic Senators Fear Getting ‘Hammered’ Post-No Kings for Ending Shutdown Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC

In the 6 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Family-Friendly or 'Tramp It Up?' VIDEO: Colbert Turns on KJP Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website:WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 / 6 AM HourSee

In the 7 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: JOHN REID (Candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia) on the Latest From the Campaign Trail WJLA: Prince William County School Board Votes to Reprimand Vice Chair WMAL GUEST: BYRON YORK (Chief Political Correspondent, Washington Examiner) on 'Mamdani's Terrorist Friends of Friends' Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X:

In the 8 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: MERIANNE JENSEN (Prince William County Mom) on Her Son's Fight to Form a School TPUSA Chapter TRENDING ON X: Scott Pogorelc Fired After Racist Slurs at Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears During JMU Game FOX NEWS: Trump Breaks Ground on Massive White House Ballroom Project With Private Funding From 'Patriots' LA TIMES: Peanut Allergies in Children Drop Following Advice to Feed the Allergen to Babies, Study Finds

In this powerful episode, we are honored to welcome Brigadier General Roger S. Giraud, the 21st Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps (MSC), Commanding General of Medical Readiness Command–Europe, Command Surgeon for U.S. Army Europe and Africa, and Director of the Defense Health Network Europe. With a career spanning over three decades, BG Giraud brings unmatched leadership experience across tactical, operational, and strategic levels. In this episode, he shares the vision and strateg...

The sidelining of a century of Labour political history in Caerphilly, Reform UK's Welsh leader involved in a political engineerng conference in Russia before his arrest (s Byline Times reports this month), George Monbiot on whether the UK needs a written constitution to stop the far right and how thecuts at the Met (Police not Opera) will pan out.

The people of Ukraine are calling for Donald Trump to intervene decisively.

The first great "philosophical" or non-religious anarchist in the West, author of the novel Caleb Williams or Things as They Are, and the still underrated classic An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft (whom he married and with whom he had a daughter [Mary Shelley]) are major influences.

An audio version of “Aligning APEC Beyond Trade Turmoil,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Philip Luck and Richard Gray. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

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Ever wonder why communities look the way they do? It's not by chance - it's all thanks to the hard work of Planners! October is National Community Planning Month and we're joined by our very own Planning department for a deep dive into how their work impacts the community.For more information on Planning, visit https://www.fontanaca.gov/834/Planning

Jo and Andy Ostroy dissect the project in plain sight: a movement that isn’t just eroding norms — it is tearing apart the White House and refashioning it into a pagan palace of gold and power. They examine how Trump weaponizes distraction to keep the country overwhelmed, how the Epstein scandal could still explode into the center of politics, and what happens when accountability collapses and impunity becomes the operating system. With MAGA fractures starting to show, they ask whether unity among

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