The Megyn Kelly Show
High Stakes Wisconsin Election, Le Pen Banned from French Office, Trump's First Trip: AM Update 4/1
01 Apr 2025
Wisconsin votes in a high-stakes state Supreme Court election that could upend the balance of power in the U.S. House. French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen is barred from office after a court finds her guilty of embezzling EU funds in a move critics call lawfare. An incendiary device is discovered at New Mexico’s GOP headquarters in what’s being investigated as a hate crime. President Trump announces Saudi Arabia will be his first international trip of the second term. President Trump teases the media with talk of a third term. Herald Group: Learn more at https://GuardYourCard.comWe Heart Nutrition: Go to https://WeHeartNutrition.com & use code MEGYN for 20% off
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, April 1st, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
What's happening on Tuesday is a vote for which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives.
Wisconsin voters turning out in the state Supreme Court election, an election with national ramifications. Front-running French presidential candidate Marie Le Pen barred from running for office following embezzlement charges. This has been deemed a hate crime. Law enforcement investigating a potential arson attack on the New Mexico state GOP headquarters.
And what's really behind President Trump's third term talk? A possible media troll? All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. As President Trump is settling into his new administration, one of the top Democrats in Congress aiming to undermine the Trump agenda is Democrat Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois.
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You can learn more for yourself at guardyourcard.org, and you could consider telling your senators to stop Dick Durbin's government takeover of your credit card before it's too late. Today in Wisconsin, voters turning out to decide whether the state Supreme Court will maintain its current 4-3 liberal majority or flip conservative.
Conservative attorney Brad Schimel running against liberal judge Susan Crawford. The race holding national implications at stake, the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives. If liberals retain control of the court, the current GOP-drawn congressional map could be thrown out, and with it, two Republican U.S. House seats.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries indicating Democrats are planning a challenge.
In Wisconsin, that's a 50-50 race because we know Wisconsin's a 50-50 state. Whoever wins is going to determine who has the majority in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Why is that important? Because There are gerrymandered congressional lines right now in Wisconsin. As soon as possible, we need to be able to revisit that.
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