Laura Coates Live

The Justice Department on Friday released the long-awaited transcripts of a weeks-old interview it conducted with convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The Maxwell interview was one of two steps the White House took to try and quell outrage over its handling of the Epstein files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A California parole board has denied parole for Erik Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother Lyle of murdering their parents in 1989, delivering a crippling blow to the brothers’ yearslong fight for release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas House of Representatives has passed a redistricting bill, paving the way for Republican-drawn maps that could net the GOP as many as five US House seats to be finalized in the coming days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history, including “how bad slavery was.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russia’s latest strikes across Ukraine, which killed at least 10 people, saying the Kremlin intends to “humiliate diplomatic efforts” and underscores “why reliable security guarantees are required.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” but did not emerge from today’s summit with a deal on the war in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gov. Gavin Newsom formally kicked off his push Thursday to redraw California’s congressional maps in response to a Republican-led effort in Texas, setting up the next stage of his fight against both the Trump administration and a coalition of gerrymandering opponents within the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital after President Donald Trump announced he is deploying guard troops and placing Washington, DC’s police department “under direct federal control,” citing a public safety emergency after an assault on a former government worker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump announced that he is placing the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and is deploying the National Guard to deal with crime in the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse, not getting better.” But violence in the capital is actually falling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump said he’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska after earlier in the day previewing terms of a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include “some swapping of territories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump tries to shrug off a scandal he cannot seems to shake by dismissing the fallout over Jeffrey Epstein with one of his new favorite words. Plus, the redistricting war that started in Texas and spread to South Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas House speaker said he signed civil arrest warrants for Democrats who did not show up to the special session today. State House Democrats fled Sunday in a bid to block a redrawing of the state’s congressional map, which was orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Trump. Legal experts say the civil arrest warrants are likely unenforceable outside of state lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don’t know whether Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was moved by anything Ghislaine Maxwell had to say to him, but she sure was moved to a minimum security camp some call cushy. Plus, the President didn’t like the numbers and he fired the number cruncher. But, economists are warning the red flags are real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The family of Virginia Giuffre speak out about the Epstein scandal with questions for the president alongside one very direct message. Plus, an attorney general joins to answer why he believes he can end Trump’s tariffs via the courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a MAGA letdown in the Epstein saga, a look at what’s really in the grand jury testimony which has people asking if that’s really all the information available. Plus, Kamala Harris says she will not run for California governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive earthquake has triggered multiple tsunami alerts all across the Pacific region, including Alaska, Hawaii, and the entire United States West Coast. The 8.8 magnitude quake hit off Russia’s east coast just before 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. This is the strongest earthquake on the planet since 2011, when a 9.0 earthquake struck Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four people, including a New York Police Department officer, were killed in Midtown Manhattan, authorities said. The officer, Didarul Islam, 36, was a three-and-a-half-year veteran of the department and an immigrant from Bangladesh, Mayor Eric Adams said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices