Full Episode: Friday, September 5, 2025

Mary Bruce has the latest on Pres. Trump and Pres. Xi Jinping’s more than two hour meeting in Beijing during their high-stakes summit, where Xi delivered a stark warning about Taiwan and Trump praised Xi calling him a “great leader” and urged him to help push Iran to reopen the S ...  Show more

Mary Bruce reports from Beijing, where Pres. Trump was greeted with pomp and pageantry in China ahead of the high-stakes summit with Pres. Xi to discuss the war in Iran and trade; Steve Osunsami has details on the South Carolina Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to overturn the ...  Show more

In a blow to free speech, TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was suspended from ABC’s lineup after the comedian made jokes about President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.The 22-year-old suspect in Kirk’s killing was charged on Tue ...  Show more

Illinois’ Governor is telling President Donald Trump to stay away, as the president expands his so-called crackdown on crime. News organizations have condemned a Gaza hospital attack by Israel that killed five journalists. Trump says he’s firing a Federal Reserve governor, but ca ...  Show more

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested and questioned by authorities over his failed attempt to impose martial law. Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, endured a tough confirmation hearing grilling from Democrats over his inexperience, alle ...  Show more

Tommy and Ben are on the Trump corruption beat, including Vietnam’s fast-tracking of a Trump golf project for favorable treatment, the administration pushing Elon Musk’s Starlink on foreign countries, the president’s grotesque dinner for buyers of his memecoin, and Cory Booker’s ...  Show more