Pleading The Fifth - February 9, 2026

A bill to designate domestic terrorist organizations advances in the Florida House, raising civil liberties concerns as lawmakers push expanded state powers. New reporting claims Jeffrey Epstein recruited NSA codebreakers for a genome “Manhattan Project,” while Epstein survivors ...  Show more

Republican lawmakers call for an investigation into Bad Bunny, escalating culture-war politics into Congress. Benjamin Netanyahu heads to an urgent meeting with Donald Trump as Iran negotiations intensify. Attorney General Pam Bondi faces bipartisan fury in a combative hearing ov ...  Show more

Michael Wolff’s dishy account of Donald Trump’s incredible return to power, “All of Nothing,” is already grabbing headlines and drawing rebukes from the president and his allies. On this episode, host Radhika Jones, along with Claire Howorth and Michael Calderone, chat with Wolff ...  Show more

A white Yale student calls the cops on a napping black schoolmate, Michael Cohen is accused of selling access to President Trump, and Trevor interviews Rep. Joaquin Castro. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for ...  Show more

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among two dozen detainees released as part of the biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Donald Trump hits back at Democrats labelling him as "weird." Top vice p ...  Show more

Trump's been cutting trade deals left and right, saying they're the key to unlocking an era of economic prosperity. New data does not back him up. This episode was produced by Rebeca Ibarra, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir ...  Show more