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DATE: MONDAY, 05.19.25
LAST UPDATE: 08:55 AM ET
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Here are some highlights from this day on previous shows:

May 19, 2011 - Stu's uncomfortable morning train ride... Was the president of the IMF set up?... Obama says immigration is a moral imperative... End of the world this Saturday... Schwarzenegger's infidelity with a maid... The 'Kennedy tooth gene'...

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News...

FBI Director Kash Patel announces DC office shutdown, agents to be relocated
Calling the Hoover Building unsafe and D.C. overstaffed, Patel said the FBI will move 1,500 employees to field offices across the country to refocus on fighting violent crime nationwide. D.C. Mayor Bowser opposed the move.

FBI’s Patel promises ‘wave of transparency’ on Russiagate as declassified docs start rolling out
The new director says prior FBI leadership rigged the election and hid evidence but vows public will soon see unredacted Crossfire Hurricane files.

Dan Bongino gives his verdict on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death after reviewing FBI files
Top brass at the FBI has emphatically declared that notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019 was a suicide and that there is no evidence to suggest otherwise.

Secret Service pays a visit to James Comey about the '8647' seashell threat
Comey was escorted by Secret Service agents to their Washington field office in Washington, D.C., on Friday for an interview.

Mexican navy ship smashes into Brooklyn Bridge, shears off masts after losing power, 2 dead, 17 hurt
The majestic Cuauhtémoc — which has a crew of 277, mostly cadets — apparently lost power as it was sailing out of New York on its way to Iceland.

NTSB launches 'go-team' of specialized investigators after Brooklyn Bridge struck by Mexican navy ship
The U.S. government agency tasked with investigating major transportation accidents did not initially offer more information about the "go-team" deploying to Saturday's bridge strike but said updates would soon follow.

Schumer claims DOGE may have been to blame for Mexican ship’s crash
“There are indications that this service [Vehicle Traffic System] may not be fully or adequately functional in light of a hiring freeze,” he said.

Comey’s '8647' post defended as protected speech under First Amendment precedent
Free speech advocates point to a 1969 SCOTUS ruling to argue James Comey’s cryptic anti-Trump post doesn’t meet the legal threshold for a true threat, despite outrage over its perceived meaning.

California IVF clinic bombing suspect called for ‘war against pro-lifers’
The suspect ran a website calling for humanity’s extinction and accused God of being “evil.” He died in the bombing he hoped would “sterilize this planet of the disease of life.”

Former Michigan Army National Guard member charged with planning mass shooting on behalf of ISIS at military base
Ammar Said, 19, allegedly planned an ISIS-inspired attack on a U.S. Army facility using drones, ammo, and tactical support before being arrested on the day of the intended assault.

Sentence Is In For American Who Stabbed Novelist Salman Rushdie
The 27-year-old New Jersey man who was convicted in February of stabbing and partially blinding famed novelist Salman Rushdie was hit with the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison on Friday.

Los Angeles approves $30 minimum wage for airport, hotel workers
If $30 is good, why not $100? Don’t lowball your virtue, L.A. — go big.

Trump...

Trump unleashes on justices after Supreme Court blocks Tren de Aragua deportations
Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court after it blocked him from using antiterrorism powers under the Alien Enemies Act to make further deportations. He pleaded with the justices to “come to the rescue of America.”

Trump slams Walmart over price hikes, tells company, China to 'eat the tariffs'
“Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, ‘EAT THE TARIFFS,’ and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!”

Bronze statue of Melania Trump stolen after being sawed off at the ankles
A life-size bronze statue of first lady Melania Trump in her native Slovenia has gone missing after someone apparently hacked it off at the ankles and took it away.

Biden...

Audio Of Biden’s Special Counsel Interview Is Out, And It’s Painful To Listen To
The president's long pauses in his struggle to recall basic facts are accentuated by the tick-tock of a grandfather clock in the background.

Devine: Hur tapes show Biden lied, dodged, and lawyered up — not just stumbled
Full interview reveals Biden selectively sharp, coached by lawyers, and caught in falsehoods about his classified documents — but prosecutors claimed he was too senile to charge.

Biden interview audio reveals who brought up Beau's death — and it wasn't Hur
Newly released recordings debunk Biden’s outrage over the special counsel’s report, confirming it was the former president himself who raised the topic he claimed was unfairly used against him.

Former Kamala Aide Says Biden-Hur Interview Audio Is ... Good For Democrats?
"President Trump released the tape because he’s trying to distract from his disastrous — unprecedented — disastrous first 100 days."

Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.

President Trump, Melania Issue Statement On Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis
"Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery."

Politics...

Bedford: Why the GOP is so frustrated trying to negotiate with the ‘SALT Caucus’
Blue-state Republicans are throwing tantrums over a $30,000 cap on tax deductions for their wealthy donors — without offering a serious alternative or agreeing among themselves on what they even want.

Democrat Reintroduces Reparations Bill That Could Cost More Than Annual US Budget
The bill is estimated to cost more than double the entire 2023 federal budget in race-based giveaways.

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has sued Trump 23 times while violent crime soars in state
The sheer volume of cases has led some in the state to believe that Ellison is putting a partisan agenda above helping local prosecutors curb violent crime.

Ohio AG Drops Out Of Governor’s Race, Giving Vivek Ramaswamy Clear Path To GOP Nomination
Dave Yost said his chances went from a "steep climb" to "a vertical cliff" after the Ohio GOP threw its support behind Ramaswamy last week.

Economy...

Moody's downgrades United States credit rating, citing growth in government debt
The decision to lower the United States credit profile would be expected, at the margin, to lift the yield that investors demand in order to buy U.S. Treasury debt to reflect more risk and could dampen sentiment toward owning U.S. assets, including stocks.

US States Likely to Defy US Downgrade to Keep Top Credit Ratings
U.S. states from Florida to North Carolina and Texas would likely hold onto top-notch credit scores from Moody’s Ratings, mostly because they’re in better fiscal shape than the federal government itself.

Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite
As bitcoin soars, investors and executives are taking their swollen digital wallets offline for safety. Criminals are coming after them, violently.

DEI...

Major companies are anxiously awaiting to see whether or not they will be targeted by the federal government for a DEI investigation
With Trump’s DEI executive order deadline approaching, corporations are lawyering up and preparing for a wave of potential scrutiny and public exposure.

Verizon Ends All DEI Programs in Win for Trump's FCC
Verizon general counsel says the changes are "effective immediately."

The end is near for on-the-job reverse discrimination — another blow to DEI
In Ames v. Ohio, justices appear ready to scrap a rule that forces heterosexuals and other “majority” plaintiffs to meet a higher burden in discrimination claims, a move that could cripple DEI-based bias across workplaces.

Immigration...

Tim Walz Says ICE Is ‘Trump’s Modern-Day Gestapo’ In Commencement Speech
“Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets. They’re in unmarked vans, wearing masks, being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons — no chance to mount a defense, not even a chance to kiss a loved one goodbye, just grabbed up by masked agents, shoved into those vans, and disappeared.”

Hillary Clinton Thinks US Women Shouldn't Be So Focused On Having Babies — That's What Immigrants Are For
"This very blatant effort to basically send a message most exemplified by Vance and Musk, and others, that, you know, what we really need from you women are more children. And what that really means is you should go back to doing what you were born to do, which is to produce more children."

DOJ to bring charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver over Newark ICE facility incident: Report
The Department of Justice reportedly has plans to bring charges against one of the three Democrat lawmakers who were seen breaching a New Jersey ICE facility earlier in May.

Middle East...

US said pushing 2-month ceasefire deal for 9-10 hostages; Hamas denies this is agreed
Washington’s envoy is pressing Israel and Hamas to accept a truce-for-hostages swap, but Hamas insists no deal exists unless Israel ends the war entirely.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Accuses Trump Of ‘Lying’ While Crowd Chants ‘Death To America’
Iran's supreme leader called on the United States to leave the Middle East.

ICC Prosecutor Who Sought To Arrest Netanyahu Takes Leave Amid Sexual Assault Charges
Accuser says prosecutor Karim Khan "invoked the court's investigation of Israel's war conduct to get her to disavow her allegations," according to the Wall Street Journal.

China...

Justin Haskins: Poll shows more Democrats want China to win trade war than America
A national survey I co-authored for the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports found that 32% of likely Democratic voters want China to prevail, while just 30% say they support the Trump administration in the conflict. Another 38% say they’re unsure.

Chinese cartel-linked cash couriers used US banks to launder millions from drug sales
A Chinese-run network laundered over $50 million in Sinaloa cartel drug profits through major U.S. banks, exploiting banking loopholes and low enforcement rates while brazenly depositing six-figure sums in person — often under fake identities.

Europe...

Romanian populist Simion loses presidency after EU-backed election annulment
Nationalist George Simion fell to centrist Nicusor Dan in a runoff after the EU upheld the nullification of 2024's right-wing upset, sparking claims of anti-democratic interference.

Huge protest in The Hague demands Dutch government draw ‘red line’ on Gaza war
Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters marched through the Dutch capital on Sunday to demand that their government do more to halt Israel’s campaign in Gaza, in what organizers called the country’s biggest demonstration in two decades.

Turkey’s Erdogan Grabs France’s Macron and Won’t Let Go at European Summit
A viral video of Turkey’s Erdoğan gripping French President Macron’s finger at the EPC Summit in Albania has sparked debate over body language and power plays.

Entertainment...

Sarah Silverman Says She Was 'Ignorant' for Using Slurs in Stand-Up
The left-wing comedian says she once believed using slurs was fine because her “intentions were good,” but she now says that was “f***ing ignorant.”

Kid Rock says low US birth rate makes sense after seeing leftist women at rallies
After torching Bruce Springsteen as a sellout, Kid Rock blamed America's collapsing fertility rate on unattractive, "deranged" leftist women and men who prefer each other over them.

Media...

Pulitzer board melts down over exposure of Hamas-apologist prizewinner
After giving a top journalism award to a poet who mocked Israeli hostages, Pulitzer officials lashed out at a juror turned reporter for daring to investigate who voted and why.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Florida Sheriff roasts ‘ugly woman’ arrested in trafficking sting
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd ripped into Jason Balthis, a man posing as a woman, calling him an “ugly woman” who “looks like he should have been in a 'Scarface' movie,” after Balthis was arrested in a massive human trafficking and child predator crackdown.

Education...

NYU withholds diploma from graduation speaker who called Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’
“He lied about the speech he was going to deliver and violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules."

Health...

Undermining American Pharmaceutical Companies Won’t Make Drugs Cheaper
America leads the world in medical breakthroughs for a reason.

Religion...

How Pope Leo XIV is exposing the left's greatest fear
Pope Leo XIV is refusing to bend the knee to the left’s demands for a woke, rainbow-branded Church. Instead of rewriting doctrine, he’s standing on biblical truth — and progressives are already seething.

Only a handful of women allowed to wear white to Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration — everyone else must dress in black
Only seven Catholic royal women hold the “privilège du blanc” allowing them to wear white before the pope — a sign of royal status in Christendom.

AI...

How Students Are Fending Off Accusations That They Used AI to Cheat
Students are resorting to extreme measures to fend off accusations of cheating, including hours-long screen recordings of their homework sessions.

Grok AI went rogue pushing 'white genocide' narrative in South Africa
A bizarre glitch — or “unauthorized modification” — made Elon Musk’s chatbot obsessively inject the term "white genocide" into random answers, exposing how little control even creators have over their own AIs.

Science...

UFO hits US fighter jet as Arizona swarm raises alarm over cartel drone tech
A mysterious object struck an F-16 midair near the Mexican border, part of a surge in high-altitude drone-like sightings possibly linked to cartel smuggling operations.

Travel...

Plane flew for 10 minutes with no one at the controls after co-pilot fainted
A Lufthansa flight to Spain continued on autopilot with 199 passengers aboard after the co-pilot passed out while alone in the cockpit and the captain was locked out.

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