Trump Highlights National Crime Crackdown, SCOTUS Revisits Voting Rights Act: AM Update 10/16
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Thursday, October 16th, 2025, and this is your AM Update. We haven't really even gotten going yet. Trump administration officials highlighting the widespread success of a summer FBI operation geared toward cracking down on violent crime. while Mexican cartels target law enforcement in Chicago with bounties.
That is not what the Voting Rights Act was intended to do, to help one political party or not.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could reshape congressional districts nationwide. 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.
What is Operation Summer Heat and which agencies led the crackdown?
And according to our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, Senator Durbin has a new plan, a government takeover of your credit card. Today, Americans have thousands of choices in credit cards, but they say Senator Durbin's plan will result in less competition and less security, which means more risk for your credit and your identity. You can learn more for yourself at guardyourcard.com. And you could consider telling your senators to stop Dick Durbin's government takeover of your credit card before it's too late. President Trump, FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday highlighting the administration's success in Operation Summer Heat, a crime crackdown by the FBI conducted from June through September across all 50 states.
The focus? Violent criminals and gang members suspected of breaking federal laws. In the three-month span, Director Patel reporting 8,700 arrests of violent criminals, 2,200 illegal firearms seized, 421 kilograms of fentanyl taken off the streets, 5,400 children located, and four of the FBI's top 10 most wanted fugitives arrested. President Trump announcing a nearly 20% decline in crime nationwide compared to the same period last year. Director Patel comparing the FBI's arrest rate under the Trump administration to that during the Biden years.
When you look at the year for the entire seven-month period that we're talking about here, if you look at the past four years of the Biden administration, 16,000, 17,000, 15,000, 15,000, that's the number of arrests year over year of violent felons in this country for the Biden administration. Mr. President, In seven months, you have 27, 28,600 arrests of violent feminiles in just seven months alone.
Over the last several months, President Trump publicly battling with state and local leaders over law enforcement efforts in Chicago. Once again, calling out Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for refusing to request federal assistance.
We haven't really even gotten going yet. If we didn't have to fight all of these radical left governors, we could have had Chicago taken care of as an example. they had in a short period of time 4,000 murders in Chicago, and we have to listen to this man stand up and say that we're bad people. And the people of Chicago are walking around with MAGA hats. You have women, beautiful black women, walking around with MAGA hats. Please let the president in, and we don't care how he does it. Chicago recently had one deal where they had 11 murders in one weekend, and they said, well, yeah, but it was a holiday weekend. They actually told me that was the reason, like it was okay because it was a holiday. It was Labor Day.
These people are the worst. They really have to, they better, I tell you what, the people in Chicago and the people in places like that, that could be fixed.
Mr. Trump announcing the next possible Democrat-run city targeted for federal intervention.
So I'm going to be strongly recommending at the request of government officials, which is always nice, that you start looking at San Francisco. I think we can make San Francisco one of our great cities 10 years ago, 15 years ago, and now it's a mess. And we have great support in San Francisco.
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:54
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What is Operation Summer Heat and which agencies led the crackdown?
0:54–11:28
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How many arrests and seizures did the FBI report during the three-month operation?
11:28–15:34
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How is the Trump administration comparing arrest rates to the prior administration?
15:34–16:50
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