Chapter 1: What led to the partial government shutdown discussed in this episode?
The government partially shuts down. I'm Chris DiMeo, Fox News. But lawmakers are hopeful it will be brief after the Senate approved a Trump-backed spending bill.
The yeas are 71. The nays are 29. The bill, as amended, has passed.
The split spending package funds most of the government but delays money for homeland security for two weeks as Democrats demand changes to restrain ICE.
After not one but two American citizens were killed by federal agents in the last two weeks... the nation is reaching a breaking point.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the clock, however, ran out, and despite Senate passage, the government has partially shut down.
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Chapter 2: Who did President Trump nominate for the Federal Reserve chair position?
That's because the House isn't back in session until next week to take up the measure. House Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans he wants to fast-track the measure and end what he hopes will be a brief shutdown. President Trump picking a nominee to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Here's Fox's Jackie Heinrich from the White House.
President Trump nominating his new Fed chair, former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, without a commitment to cut interest rates, despite the pressure campaign to do just that on his soon-to-be predecessor, Jerome Powell. I don't want to ask him that question. I think it's inappropriate, probably. Probably would be allowed, but I want to keep it nice and pure. But he certainly wants to cut rates.
I've been watching him for a long time.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of the judge's decision in the Mangione case?
Warsh got the job despite his own hawkish history of rate hikes in the wake of the 2008 housing crisis. The president says it shouldn't be a problem.
Getting Warsh into position got one vote harder with Republican Senator Tom Tillis withholding his support, saying, quote, the Department of Justice continues to pursue a criminal investigation that no reasonable person could construe as possessing criminal intent.
That's Fox's Jackie Heinrich. Now, the Trump administration has faced criticism for the DOJ's criminal investigation of Jerome Powell, who President Trump has repeatedly sparred with over interest rates. Israel is reopening Gaza's border, crossing with Egypt on Sunday after a long closure. America's listening to Fox News.
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Chapter 4: What new evidence has been released in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?
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Luigi Mangione, who's awaiting trial on charges of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, won't face the death penalty. Fox's Nate Foy has details from the court hearing in New York City.
The biggest news here is that the judge has agreed with Mangione's defense team to throw out the most serious charge against him of murder through use of a firearm and another firearms weapons charge. This means that the death penalty is now off the table in this federal case in New York State as far as the state case doesn't do the death penalty.
The other big decision, the judge denied Mangione's defense team's request to suppress some of the evidence.
The judge left the stalking charges in place, which could get Mangione up to life in prison. He's pleaded not guilty. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says that the Department of Justice released millions of more files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
More than three million pages are now being posted to the Justice Department website.
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Chapter 5: Which notable names were mentioned in the released Epstein files?
This includes more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch took multiple questions on the files released today and said most of the videos are commercial pornography. Not all videos featuring Jeffrey Epstein or shot by Jeffrey Epstein.
Blanche says medical records, images that may show harm toward children and any sort of physical abuse were not released publicly. Some of the names mentioned in the files dumped today, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Steve Bannon. Again, not much context when names are released. Important to point that out. And we've not seen evidence that anything was criminal between those men.
That's Fox's David Spunt. The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.6 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion.
Chapter 6: What are the details of the new arms sales approved by the Trump administration?
This as tensions rise over the possibility of U.S. military strikes in Iran.