Peter Savodnik

From the Free Press, this is Honestly. I'm Peter Savodnik, in for Barry Weiss, who unfortunately is bedridden with pneumonia this week. It is Trump's second week in office, and he has wasted no time being the wrecking ball he promised he would be.

From the Free Press, this is Honestly. I'm Peter Savodnik, in for Barry Weiss, who unfortunately is bedridden with pneumonia this week. It is Trump's second week in office, and he has wasted no time being the wrecking ball he promised he would be.

From the Free Press, this is Honestly. I'm Peter Savodnik, in for Barry Weiss, who unfortunately is bedridden with pneumonia this week. It is Trump's second week in office, and he has wasted no time being the wrecking ball he promised he would be.

Yesterday, he issued a memo freezing trillions of dollars in federal funding in his attempt to purge the government of woke ideology.

Yesterday, he issued a memo freezing trillions of dollars in federal funding in his attempt to purge the government of woke ideology.

Yesterday, he issued a memo freezing trillions of dollars in federal funding in his attempt to purge the government of woke ideology.

Earlier in the week, Trump convinced Colombia's President Gustavo Petro to accept deported Colombian migrants, who Petro had turned away from his borders only a day earlier.

Earlier in the week, Trump convinced Colombia's President Gustavo Petro to accept deported Colombian migrants, who Petro had turned away from his borders only a day earlier.

Earlier in the week, Trump convinced Colombia's President Gustavo Petro to accept deported Colombian migrants, who Petro had turned away from his borders only a day earlier.

After Trump threatened a 25% tariff on Colombian imports to the U.S., Back in Congress, the Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth to be the U.S. Secretary of Defense in a dramatic, tie-breaking vote cast by the Vice President, J.D. Vance. He started on the job on Monday. And RFK Jr.

After Trump threatened a 25% tariff on Colombian imports to the U.S., Back in Congress, the Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth to be the U.S. Secretary of Defense in a dramatic, tie-breaking vote cast by the Vice President, J.D. Vance. He started on the job on Monday. And RFK Jr.

After Trump threatened a 25% tariff on Colombian imports to the U.S., Back in Congress, the Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth to be the U.S. Secretary of Defense in a dramatic, tie-breaking vote cast by the Vice President, J.D. Vance. He started on the job on Monday. And RFK Jr.

is currently having his highly anticipated and controversial confirmation hearing today, that's Wednesday, January 29th, and tomorrow to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of JFK, came out Tuesday with a bombshell public denunciation of RFK, calling him unqualified, a predator, and a hypocrite.

is currently having his highly anticipated and controversial confirmation hearing today, that's Wednesday, January 29th, and tomorrow to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of JFK, came out Tuesday with a bombshell public denunciation of RFK, calling him unqualified, a predator, and a hypocrite.

is currently having his highly anticipated and controversial confirmation hearing today, that's Wednesday, January 29th, and tomorrow to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of JFK, came out Tuesday with a bombshell public denunciation of RFK, calling him unqualified, a predator, and a hypocrite.

Xi also said that he used to, quote, put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks, close quote. Cannot say I had that on my 2025 bingo card. Finally, if that's not enough craziness for you, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek sent U.S. tech stocks plummeting to the tune of more than $1 trillion after it rolled out a new app on the U.S.

Xi also said that he used to, quote, put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks, close quote. Cannot say I had that on my 2025 bingo card. Finally, if that's not enough craziness for you, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek sent U.S. tech stocks plummeting to the tune of more than $1 trillion after it rolled out a new app on the U.S.

Xi also said that he used to, quote, put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks, close quote. Cannot say I had that on my 2025 bingo card. Finally, if that's not enough craziness for you, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek sent U.S. tech stocks plummeting to the tune of more than $1 trillion after it rolled out a new app on the U.S.

market that is a fraction of the cost of American AI competitors, all of which brought up questions about our AI war with China. To talk about it all, I'm joined by Brianna Wu, plus special guest and Free Press reporter Maddy Raleigh. Stay with us.

market that is a fraction of the cost of American AI competitors, all of which brought up questions about our AI war with China. To talk about it all, I'm joined by Brianna Wu, plus special guest and Free Press reporter Maddy Raleigh. Stay with us.