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New details in the just released House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz including texts and other evidence that the former Republican congressman paid tens of thousands of dollars for drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl. Plus, Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to New York State terror and murder charges in the killing of the Unitedhealthcare CEO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States House of Representatives appears to be on the verge of approving a bill to avert a federal shutdown. President Biden was essentially nowhere to be found publicly during this debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are standing by for a vote on a new deal to avoid a government shutdown. A plan was quickly cobbled together by Republicans after Trump blew up the previous bill. The new bill is expected to fail amid a conservative revolt and a Democratic opposition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to rescue his must past government funding plan from angry conservatives. Now Johnson’s fight just got more difficult with Donald Trump publicly trashing the bill. Plus, multiple sources now tell CNN the House Ethics Committee has secretly voted to release its investigation into former Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A New York grand jury has just indicted CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione on multiple charges including murder in the first degree and murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism. Also, police in Madison, Wisconsin are pleading with the public for information about the 15-year-old female suspect behind yesterday’s deadly school shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least two people are dead after a shooter opened fire at a K-12 school in Madison, Wisconsin. Police say the suspect, a 17-year-old female student, is also dead. Plus, sources now tell CNN the United States government is sending drone detection systems to New Jersey after a series of unexplained sightings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The search intensifies for the source of unexplained drones rattling nerves in the Northeast United States. Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on what federal officials are doing to find answers. Plus, the FBI now says it received a tip from police in San Francisco about suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources are telling CNN authorities have executed as many as three search warrants in the CEO killing investigation and ABC News is reporting a New York grand jury is already hearing evidence in the case against the suspect, Luigi Mangione. Plus, fear and frustration are mounting in New Jersey as mysterious drone sightings terrify residents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Police are claiming two major forensic breakthroughs in the CEO murder investigation. The NYPD now says Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints match those found on evidence near the crime scene and that the gun found on Mangione matches shell casings found at the shooting. Plus, the FBI director, Christopher Wray, announces his resignation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is now in custody. We are standing by for the 26-year-old to be arraigned in Pennsylvania after being arrested in a McDonald’s following a tip by an employee. Plus, CNN is on the ground in the Syrian capital of Damascus one day after the shocking fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Police now believe the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has left New York City. Plus, the jury in the trial of a man who killed a fellow New York subway rider with a chokehold deadlocks leading the judge to drop the top charge in the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Intriguing new clues in the search for the gunman who fatally shot a healthcare CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk. Sources say police are looking carefully at words written on ammunition tied to the killing and whether they offer hints about a motive. Plus, Pete Hegseth holds a fresh round of meetings on Capitol Hill as some key Republican senators still won’t commit to backing him for defense secretary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive manhunt is underway for a suspect on the run after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed outside a hotel in New York City. We break down why the police say the attack was targeted. Plus, Pete Hegseth is ready to fight to salvage his imperiled nomination as sources tell CNN the Trump transition team could replace him with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An ominous sign for Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Senator Lindsey Graham just now calling the allegations against Hegseth disturbing and telling reporters that his confirmation fight will be difficult. Plus, major political turmoil is shaking a major United States ally as South Korea’s president declares and then rescinds martial law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New fallout from President Biden’s controversial pardon of his son Hunter. That decision is sparking bipartisan backlash as sources tell CNN the president bypassed the United States Justice Department when he made the call. Plus, Donald Trump’s picks for attorney general Pam Bondi and defense secretary Pete Hegseth hold meetings with Capitol Hill senators today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stunning developments out of Syria where rebels have just entered the major Syrian city of Aleppo for the first time in eight years. The surprise offensive is catching Bashar al-Assad’s government forces off guard in a drastic escalation in the country’s civil war. Plus, we are tracking new threats of political violence, this time against Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some residents are returning to their homes in Lebanon as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah seems to be holding nearly 24 hours after taking effect. Plus, the Trump transition team says some of the president-elect’s cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted with bomb threats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an 11th hour round of attacks, a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is expected to take effect in Lebanon within just hours. President Biden is touting the United States backed deal and promising a new push for a pause in the fighting in Gaza as well. Also, fears of a global trade war are rising as Trump vows to slap big tariffs on goods from Mexico, China, and Canada as soon as he’s back in the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A judge has just granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to dismiss the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump. Smith is also seeking an end to the classified documents case. Also, the Israeli cabinet is preparing to vote on a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New reporting on Trump’s choice to be the nation’s next top intelligence official. Plus, Trump’s second choice for attorney general is winning praise from key Senate Republicans who will consider her confirmation. We take a closer look at Pam Bondi and what the former Florida attorney general would bring to the Justice Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices