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The Epstein Files Continue To Make Messy Drama

Mike reacts to the confusing mess that is the Epstein files.

Trump floats intriguing new mortgage ideas

President Trump is thinking outside the box to help the solve affordability crisis. Trup is floating a 50 year mortgage and also a 'portable' mortgage.

Nightmare for NYC

Netanyahu To Erin Molan: "I Will Consider Accepting Trump's Pardon Request"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts for the first time to President Donald Trump’s official pardon request — a letter sent just days ago to Israeli President Isaac Herzog. In this exclusive highlight from The Erin Molan Show, Netanyahu breaks his silence on the issue, calling his trial “absurd,” “politicized,” and a “witch hunt,” and explains why it harms both Israeli and American interests. In this clip, Netanyahu also reveals: What he thinks about the idea of accepting a pardon Why he says the charges against him are collapsing How this trial has affected Israel during wartime Why he believes Trump “tells it like it is” Why he says he’ll “think about it” — but won’t admit guilt This is Netanyahu’s first public reaction since Trump’s letter went live — and he delivers it exclusively on The Erin Molan Show.

California to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants

California officials say they plan to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants after discovering the licenses’ expiration dates extended beyond the period the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S. The decision comes amid criticism from the Trump administration and other states over allowing individuals in the country illegally to obtain commercial licenses. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the revocations “an admission that California acted improperly,” adding that his team will continue to hold the state accountable.

Trump foes ask judge to dismiss cases over prosecutor appointment

Lawyers for two of President Donald Trump’s longtime opponents are asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges against their clients, arguing that the prosecutor who filed the cases was illegally appointed. The challenge focuses on Lindsey Halligan’s role as interim U.S. Attorney and is part of a broader effort by former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to have the cases dismissed before trial. A federal court is set to hear arguments Thursday on whether Halligan’s appointment complied with constitutional and statutory requirements governing U.S. attorneys.

White House Blasts House Democrats Over Epstein Email Release

The White House is expressing anger over a batch of emails from the late Jeffrey Epstein that were recently released by House Democrats. The emails, made public by members of the House Oversight Committee, include messages in which Epstein allegedly claims that former President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” and references time spent with a sex trafficking victim. President Trump and his team have accused House Democrats of selectively leaking the messages to smear the former president. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the release “politically motivated” and said it is an attempt to distract from Democrats’ failures.

The Government Has Re-Opened

The Government Has Re-Opened With Rep. Scott Perry, Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District.

A government re-opened...Obamacare expose

Trans Siberian Orchestra Guitarist On Upcoming Tour

Trans Siberian Orchestra Guitarist On Upcoming Tour With AL PITRELLI - Lead Guitarist and Musical Director for the Trans Siberian Orchestra.

House & Senate Approve Ending Gov't Shutdown

House passes bill to end nation's longest government shutdown on Day 43, sending measure to Trump for his signature.

Democrats Made the Unaffordable Care Act

130,000 Pages Of Evidence Presented In Assassination Of Minnesota Lawmaker

Attorneys in the case of a man charged with killing a top Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband said Wednesday that prosecutors have turned over a massive amount of evidence to the defense, and that his lawyers need more time to review it. Federal prosecutor Harry Jacobs told the court that investigators have provided substantially all of the evidence they have collected against Vance Boelter. He's pleaded not guilty to murder in the killing of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and to attempted murder in the shootings of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Some evidence, such as lab reports, continues to come in. Federal defender Manny Atwal said at the status conference that the evidence includes over 130,000 pages of PDF documents, over 800 hours of audio and video recordings, and over 2,000 photographs from what authorities have called the largest hunt for a suspect in Minnesota history. Atwal said her team has spent close to 110 hours just downloading the material — not reviewing it — and that they're still evaluating the evidence, a process she said has gone slowly due to the federal government shutdown. “That's not unusual for a complex case but it is lot of information for us to review,” Atwal told Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster. Jacobs said he didn't have a timeline for when the Department of Justice would decide whether to seek the death penalty against Boelter. The decision will be up to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Foster scheduled the next status conference for Feb. 12 and asked prosecutors to keep the defense and court updated in the meantime about their death penalty decision. She did not set a trial date. Hortman and her husband, Mark, and Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot by a man who came to their suburban homes in the early hours of June 14, disguised as a police officer and driving a fake squad car. Boelter, 58, was captured near his home in rural Green Isle late the next day. He faces federal and state charges including murder and attempted murder in what prosecutors have called a political assassination. Boelter, who was wearing orange and yellow jail clothing, said nothing during the nine-minute hearing. Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911 and has never had a federal death penalty case. But the Trump administration is pushing for greater use of capital punishment. Boelter’s attorney has not commented on the substance of the allegations. His motivations remain murky and statements he has made to some media haven’t been fully clear. Friends have described him as a politically conservative evangelical Christian, and occasional preacher and missionary. Boelter claimed to the conservative outlet Blaze News in August that he never intended to shoot anyone that night but that his plans went horribly wrong. He told Blaze in a series of hundreds of texts via his jail’s messaging system that he went to the Hoffmans’ home to make citizens’ arrests over what he called his two-year undercover investigation into 400 deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine that he believed were being covered up by the state. But he told Blaze he opened fire when the Hoffmans and their adult daughter tried to push him out the door and spoiled his plan. He did not explain why went on to allegedly shoot the Hortmans and their golden retriever, Gilbert, who had to be euthanized. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said when she announced Boelter’s indictment on state charges in August that she gave no credence to the claims Boelter had made from jail. In other recent developments, a Sibley County judge last month granted Boelter’s wife a divorce.

Patel says China agrees to stop fentanyl-related chemicals

China agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl-related chemicals as part of its deal with the Trump administration to crack down on the lethal opioid, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Wednesday. Patel said the agreement resulted from his trip to Beijing last week, a visit that followed U.S. President Donald Trump's summit last month with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. "The People's Republic of China has fully designated and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentanyl," Patel said at a news briefing. "Furthermore, they have agreed to control seven chemical subsidiaries that are also utilized to produce this lethal drug." He did not provide additional details. The Chinese embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters previously reported Patel's trip to China, which took place last weekend. The trip was not previously officially announced by either the United States or China. China's Commerce Ministry announced on Monday that the country will make adjustments to the catalog of drug-related precursor chemicals and will require licenses for export of certain chemicals to the United States, Canada and Mexico. The anti-drug authority also tightened oversight of production and export of drug-making chemicals not on its control list to keep them out of illegal channels, it said in a notice. It underscored criminal risks exporters could face when shipping chemicals to certain "high-risk" countries such as the United States. Trump halved the tariffs on Chinese goods imposed as a punishment over the flow of fentanyl to 10% after reaching the agreement during last month's talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Xi will work "very hard to stop the flow" of fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that is the leading cause of American overdose deaths, Trump told reporters after the talks. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the details of the fresh consensus would be hashed out through a new bilateral working group. The deal signaled a shift for Trump officials, who had insisted that punitive measures would remain in place until China proved it was cracking down on fentanyl supply chains. Chinese officials vehemently defend their record on fentanyl, saying they have already taken extensive action to regulate precursor chemicals used to make the drug and accuse Washington of using the issue as "blackmail."