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President Trump Announces New DNI Nominee After Acting Pick Bill Pulte Threw Congress into Chaos

President Trump Announces New DNI Nominee After Acting Pick Bill Pulte Threw Congress into Chaos

President Donald Trump announced a new nominee to replace outgoing Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after his temporary pick threw Congress into chaos. The Controversial Pick As reported on Friday’s AM Update, President Trump moved to defuse growing backlash over his temporary pick to lead the Intelligence Community on Thursday, nominating U.S. …

6/12 AM Update: Trump Picks New DNI After Pulte Backlash, Dem Party Platner Panic, UFC WH Preview

6/12 AM Update: Trump Picks New DNI After Pulte Backlash, Dem Party Platner Panic, UFC WH Preview

AM Update for 6/12/26: President Donald Trump nominates Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence as a fight over temporary pick Bill Pulte derails a FISA surveillance vote hours before the deadline. Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faces new pressure from inside his own party as damaging revelations raise questions about whether Democrats will …

Ep. 1333 Shady CA Vote Counting, and Dems’ Platner Hypocrisy, Plus James Patterson on Patriotism

Ep. 1333 Shady CA Vote Counting, and Dems’ Platner Hypocrisy, Plus James Patterson on Patriotism

Megyn is joined by Sohrab Ahmari, U.S. editor of Unherd, and Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist, to discuss shocking delays in California’s vote-counting process that could still last weeks, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton and L.A. mayor hopeful Spencer Pratt slowly losing ground as more late votes come in, concerns about election integrity and …

Trump Administration Scraps Plan for Controversial $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

Trump Administration Scraps Plan for Controversial $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

The Trump administration’s controversial plan to compensate people who were victims of government “weaponization” is over before it ever really began. No More Fund As reported on Thursday’s AM Update, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers during a Tuesday appearance before a House Appropriations subcommittee that the so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund” would not be moving …

6/4 AM Update: Major IA and NJ Primary News, ‘Weaponization’ Fund Scrapped, Trump and Bibi Talk Call

6/4 AM Update: Major IA and NJ Primary News, ‘Weaponization’ Fund Scrapped, Trump and Bibi Talk Call

AM Update for 6/4/26: As primary results continue to come in, significant primary elections in Iowa and New Jersey set up crucial November contests. A “weaponization” fund intended to compensate Americans unfairly targeted by the government has been abandoned by the Trump administration, surprising lawmakers. President Donald Trump confirmed reports about the strong language he …

Ep. 1329 Platner’s ‘Sexting’ Scandal Lies, Jill Biden’s Book Tour Panic, and CBS Host Attacks Bari Weiss

Ep. 1329 Platner’s ‘Sexting’ Scandal Lies, Jill Biden’s Book Tour Panic, and CBS Host Attacks Bari Weiss

Megyn is joined by Emily Jashinsky, host of MK Media’s After Party, to talk about the shocking “sexting” scandal now exposed about Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, the way his wife is responding to it now, the lies from Platner in response to the “sexting” reporting, whether this will affect his chance of winning in …

6/1 AM Update: Platner Sexting Scandal Explodes, LA Mayor’s Race Tightens, Meteor Crashes in MA

6/1 AM Update: Platner Sexting Scandal Explodes, LA Mayor’s Race Tightens, Meteor Crashes in MA

AM Update for 6/1/26: Democrat Graham Platner, U.S. Senate candidate from Maine, is facing a new round of damaging reports, now involving “sexting” exchanges with multiple women while he was married. President Trump wants changes to the Iran deal as discussions continue over the nuclear stockpile, future enrichment, unfrozen funds, and guarantees surrounding the Strait …

5/27 AM Update: Paxton Crushes Cornyn in Texas, Pope Leo’s AI Warning, UFC White House Fight Preview

5/27 AM Update: Paxton Crushes Cornyn in Texas, Pope Leo’s AI Warning, UFC White House Fight Preview

AM Update for 5/27/26: A bruising, record-setting Republican U.S. Senate runoff in Texas comes to an end, as state Attorney General Ken Paxton cruises to an easy victory over incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn. Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical, warning that artificial intelligence must be governed by moral responsibility and made to serve …

5/22 AM Update: DNC ’24 Autopsy Drops, AI EO Postponed, U.S.-Bound Flight Diverted Over Ebola

5/22 AM Update: DNC ’24 Autopsy Drops, AI EO Postponed, U.S.-Bound Flight Diverted Over Ebola

AM Update for 5/22/26: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) releases its long-awaited 2024 election autopsy, faulting Democrats for major messaging failures around affordability, identity politics, and defining Kamala Harris, while avoiding some of the biggest questions surrounding former President Joe Biden, Gaza, and Harris’s path to the nomination. President Donald Trump abruptly postpones a White …

Ep. 1322 Colbert’s Painful Goodbye, Lemon’s Whining About White Men, and Trump’s Hilarious Rant

Ep. 1322 Colbert’s Painful Goodbye, Lemon’s Whining About White Men, and Trump’s Hilarious Rant

Megyn begins the show saying goodbye to Stephen Colbert as his Late Show is finally canceled on CBS, Jimmy Kimmel’s pathetic support for Colbert, Bruce Springsteen and Robert De Niro blaming President Donald Trump for the cancellation and sounding small, and more. Then, Stu Burguiere, host of Predictable with Stu, joins to discuss what is …