STUTTERING JOHN MELENDEZ HOSTS THE STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW WITH COMIC SENSATION MONIQUE MARVEZ.

EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER & COMEDIAN DAVID FELDMAN CALLS IN AT 10 AM EST / 7 AM PST.

CNN/ORC poll: More Americans say terrorists are winning than ever before-Americans are more likely to say that terrorists are winning the war against the United States than they have been at any point since the September 11 attacks.

Trump (nose) picks latest Tweet war with Bush–Donald Trump picked another fight with his Republican primary rival Monday night, retweeting an image showing Jeb Bush with his finger apparently in his nose.

According to a new CNN/ORC Poll, 75% of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed, and 69% are at least somewhat angry with the way things are going in the U.S., both metrics about as negative as they were in fall 2014.

Brutal storm barrels through the east.-The epic storm system that has claimed dozens of lives is barreling east, ready to drop ice and heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast as well as massive rain in the Southeast.All this comes as Missouri grapples with deadly flooding and North Texas tries to clean up from both tornadoes and snow.

 Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela” 

• Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has fired its national data director after he improperly accessed proprietary data from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

• Buffett endorses Clinton, likens Republican debate to Vaudeville” I’ve listened to all the Republican debates,” he said. “I mean I used to love Abbott and Costello, people like that. This is really, I’m reliving my youth, I mean, vaudeville was never this good.”He also singled out Republican front-runner Donald Trump for bragging “every five minutes” about how smart he is.

• US arrests man, Enrique Marquez, who supplied guns to California shooters. Federal authorities are preparing criminal charges against a man who investigators say supplied guns to the married couple who killed 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, this month, two government sources said on Thursday.

• S., Cuba Agree To Restore Scheduled Commercial Airline Service. The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore scheduled commercial airline service between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the Cold War foes’ decision to normalize relations.

Actor, Comedian, & Author of the new book, “Ghetto Klown.” John Leguizamo calls in at 9:50 EST / 6:50 PST.

Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” Podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PST.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am EST / 8am PST for “Coffee With Carlos.”

Kevin Costner & Author Jon Baird calls in at 11:10 EST / 8:10 PST to promote their new book, “The Explorer’s Guild.”

• The last of the Republican Debates took place last night in Las Vegas with the focus on ISIS. Fireworks ensue as the Candidates fight, name call, & trash President Obama & Hillary Clinton.

• President Obama speaks at a Naturalization Ceremony & speaks poignantly about Immigrants & how we all came from the families of Immigrants.

• Warren Buffett takes to the stump as Clinton looks to shore up Iowa–Warren Buffett has long resisted calls to throw his massive wealth behind a campaign and even eschewed public rallies that would lend his vaunted reputation to a candidate.

• A. schools to reopen Wednesday; threat against schools was ‘not credible,’ officials say. A crudely written email threat to members of the Los Angeles Board of Education prompted officials to close all 900 schools in the nation’s second-largest school system Tuesday while New York law enforcement dismissed a nearly identical threat from the same sender as an obvious hoax.

Comedian David Feldman, Host of The David Feldman Show, a podcast available at Davidfeldman.com, calls in at 9:30 EST / 6:30 PST.

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 10:300 EST / 7:30 PST.

Jodi Hamilton host of the, “From The Bunker” Podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:00 EST 8:00 PST.

• President Obama announced Monday he is sending his defense secretary to Iraq to review the ongoing fight against ISIS. Obama tried once again to reassure nervous Americans that ISIS would be defeated, saying they are taking out the group’s leaders “one by one.” “We are hitting ISIL harder than ever,” Obama said.

• Congress Has Passed Since Newtown: Oh, never mind.              Congress hasn’t passed a single piece of gun control legislation, beyond voting in 2013 to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms, which could potentially bypass security checkpoints at airports and other locations.

• Trump has hit a new milestone in national polling, garnering 41% of the Republican vote in a new national poll. Trump is at 41% in a Monmouth University poll out Monday, holding a wide advantage over his GOP challengers. His support was up from 28% in October.

•  Poll: Clinton beating Trump, Cruz but not Rubio-According to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are losing to Hillary Clinton. Clinton however is behind Marco Rubio and Ben Carson in general election polling.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10:00 est. 7:00 pst.

Comedian Dana Goldberg. joins us in the 8’oclock hour.

• Trump retaliates against ‘dopey’ Saudi prince-Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is returning fire against the Saudi prince who told him to drop out of the White House race.
• Saudi prince slams Trump as ‘disgrace’ to America–Donald Trump has hit back at Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal who said the controversial business magnate should withdraw from the presidential race.
• Malls in 3 US states evacuated on busy holiday shopping day-Thousands of shoppers were evacuated from malls in at least three states on Saturday as bomb threats or scares disrupted one of the busiest days of year for holiday shopping.
• Trump: Roberts ‘disgraceful’ on high court; Thomas favorite Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is “disgraceful” and a “disappointment” to conservatives, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Saturday, while praising Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is his favorite member of the high court.
• Obama calls Paris climate pact ‘best chance’ to save the planet–S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the landmark climate accord reached in Paris as strong and historic, calling it the best chance to save the planet from the effects of global climate change.

John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT.

Alison Palmer from the band, Betty-10:30 EST / 7:30 EST.

Comedian and actor Rick Overton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour.

• Donald Trump just took his most commanding lead yet in a new poll-Real-estate mogul Donald Trump has opened up his lead among Republican primary voters to nearly 20 points, according to a new New York Times/CBS poll out Thursday., at 9%.

• The Citadel military college in South Carolina said on Thursday it was suspending eight cadets after photographs were posted on social media showing many of them wearing pointed white pillowcases that resembled hoods worn by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.

• Donald Trump continues to intimate that if he’s not treated fairly by his Republican counterparts he will run as an Independent.

• President Barack Obama’s advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.

• Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOP “PATRIOTISM” IS A SICK JOKE.

• LEAH REMINI STAR OF KING OF “KING OF QUEENS” CALLS IN TO PROMOTE HER BOOK, “TROUBLEMAKER”, WHICH IS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH SCIENTOLOGY,  CALLS IN AT 10:30 PT/ 7:30 ET

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 11 am ET / 8am PT TO DISCUSS HOW COMMENTS MADE BY DONALD TRUMP ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

• Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

The Philadelphia Daily News depicts Trump on their cover with a picture of his hand up with the headline, “My Furor”.

Trump compares himself to FDR-FDR did internment camps. We have a serious problem.

JebBush.com Now Takes You to Trump’s Campaign Site. Bush’s actual campaign site is Jeb2016.com

Charlie Pierce from Esquire.com calls in at 7:30.

Podcaster host of From The Bunker, Jody Hamilton joins us in studio in the 8’o’clock hour.

Majority says Trump is hurting GOP brand

A majority of Americans – and an even greater majority of Latinos say that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is hurting the Republican Party’s image, and half of Americans believe that his rhetoric is “insulting and offensive

Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.

Dick Cheney comes out against Donald trump’s views on not letting Muslims enter our country. He says that s goes against everything that we stand for.

Donald Trump is saying that we can’t let any Muslims into the country until this problem is fixed. Many critics say this kind of rhetoric is bad.

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10:00 est. 7:00 pst.

Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 8’oclock hour.

 PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS OUT ABOUT ISIL.

 TRUMP INSULTS HILLARY

 OBAMA ON THE ENVIROMENT

 NEWT GINGRICH PUTS DOWN OBAMA

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT.

ERIC BOEHLERT from Media Matters calls in at 10:00 est. 7:00 pst.

 Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 8’oclock hour.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS OUTS ABOUT ISIL.

TRUMP INSULTS HILLARY

OBAMA ON THE ENVIROMENT

NEWT GINGRICH PUTS DOWN OBAMA

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• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am EST / 6am PST for “Fridays With Fugelsang.”

Comedian & Podcaster Marc Maron calls in at 10 EST / 7 PST.

Comedian Nick Guerra from, “Last Comic Standing” joins us in studio at 11 EST / 8 PST.

Obama gives press conference about the San Bernandino Attacks.

GOP’s New Plan To Repeal Obamacare Is Missing One Obvious Thing.

Bernie Sanders Pushes For Gun Control After San Bernardino Shooting

Senate Republicans Just Voted To Defund Planned Parenthood

Senate Republicans Just Blocked A Bunch Of Gun Control Measures

Once Embraced by Chris Christie, New Jersey’s Muslims Feel Betrayed

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos

• Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that while there was some celebrating by American Muslims in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump is “exaggerating” when he said thousands of Muslims were cheering the attacks.

• Supreme Court Hands Obama Small But Important Win In Immigration FightIt just became much more likely that the president will get his immigration plan reviewed by the justices.

• Donald Trump on Monday night threatened to boycott the next Republican presidential debate unless hosting network CNN donates $5 million to charity.

• GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie agrees that humans are contributing to climate change, but doesn’t think that makes it an international crisis.

Dean Obeidallah on SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about why the republicans won’t acknowledge radical white supremacists?”

Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the human impulse to live beyond the law & how Donald Trump is winning because he tells the best ghost stories..

Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesday.

• Obama To World Leaders In Paris at the climate convention: We Must Preserve A World ‘Worthy Of Our Children.” “The knowledge that the next generation will be better off for what we do here — can we imagine a more worthy reward than that?”

• Ted Cruz is condemning the deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic, but is refusing to blame the attack on the anti-abortion rhetoric that has consumed stretches of the Republican primary campaign.

• Hillary Clinton Proposes $275 Billion In New Infrastructure Spending. “To build a strong economy for our future, we must start by building strong infrastructure today.”

• Hillary Secret Gitmo Memo To Obama. “We must signal to our old and emerging allies alike that we remain serious about turning the page of GTMO and the practices ofthe prior decade.”

The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:00am ET / 6:30am PST.

Eric Boehlert from Media Matters calls in at 10am ET / 7AM PST.

Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the 11am EST / 8am PST o’clock hour.

• Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has denied mocking a disabled New York Times reporter during a campaign address earlier this week.

•  Carson after tour: Syrian refugees don’t want to come to USA after touring Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Saturday suggested that camps should serve as a long-term solution for millions, while other refugees could be absorbed by Middle Eastern countries.

• Obama On Planned Parenthood Shooting: ‘We Can’t Let It Become Normal'”Enough is enough.” President Barack Obama released a statement Saturday morning addressing Friday’s mass shooting at a Colorado Springs branch of Planned Parenthood, which left three dead, including a police officer, and nine injured.

• Chris Christie’s struggling presidential campaign got a much-needed boost Saturday night when the influential New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed the New Jersey governor.

On behalf of all of us at The Stephanie Miller Show, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Ben Carson’s horrifying Iowa surge

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”.

• Obama: We are all French now: French President François Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to intensify their nations’ military attacks on ISIS in Syria and Iraq at a White House meeting lent urgency and deep symbolic significance by the terrorist attacks on Paris 10 days ago that opened a new phase of the war on terror.
•  Ted Cruz just rocketed upward in a new Iowa poll. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking more and more like a top-tier contender in Iowa.The Republican presidential candidate surged to a close No. 2. Real-estate mogul Donald Trump held onto his first-place status, with 25% support among likely Iowa caucus-goers. But Cruz was close behind with 23% — within the poll’s margin of error.
•  Obama: Paris Climate Summit Will Be ‘Powerful Rebuke’ To Terrorists: President Obama calls the upcoming climate summit with world leaders in Paris a “powerful rebuke” to Islamic State terrorists who attacked the city earlier this month.
•  Jeb: Obama ‘completely lost’ on ISIS. Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that President Obama lacks a vision for defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT TO DISCUSS HOW COMMENTS MADE BY DONALD TRUMP ARE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOP “PATRIOTISM” IS A SICK JOKE.

• COMEDIAN & EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER & HOST OF, “THE DAVID FELDMAN” SHOW PODCAST” DAVID FELDMAN CALLS IN AT 10:30 PT/ 7:30 ET TO DISCUSS THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF THE GOP.

Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Obama: We are all French now: French President François Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to intensify their nations’ military attacks on ISIS in Syria and Iraq at a White House meeting lent urgency and deep symbolic significance by the terrorist attacks on Paris 10 days ago that opened a new phase of the war on terror.

• Ted Cruz just rocketed upward in a new Iowa poll
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking more and more like a top-tier contender in Iowa.The Republican presidential candidate surged to a close No. 2. Real-estate mogul Donald Trump held onto his first-place status, with 25% support among likely Iowa caucus-goers. But Cruz was close behind with 23% — within the poll’s margin of error.

• Obama: Paris Climate Summit Will Be ‘Powerful Rebuke’ To Terrorists: President Obama calls the upcoming climate summit with world leaders in Paris a “powerful rebuke” to Islamic State terrorists who attacked the city earlier this month.

• Jeb: Obama ‘completely lost’ on ISIS
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that President Obama lacks a vision for defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about who will win the post-debate spin

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politlcs Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton host of “From The Bunker”, which airs every Wednesday, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesday

• Turkey downs warplane near Syria border, Russia denies airspace violation. Soldiers patrol Brussels, guard EU buildings, as five held in raids

• Soldiers patrolled the streets of Brussels and police detained five more people on the third day of a security lockdown on Monday, as Belgium hunted a suspected Islamist militant who has been on the run since the attacks in Paris.

• Dem Sen Warner: Trump’s ‘Irresponsible’ Rhetoric Could Activate Lone Wolf in America

• Canada To Exclude Single Men From Syrian Refugee Plan
The decision follows heightened security concerns.

• Single men need not apply: When it comes to Canada’s Syrian refugee plan, it’s women, children and families only. security concerns.

• WH Spox: GOP More Scared of the NRA than Protecting America from Terror

• Monday at the White House press briefing, while pushing the administration’s support for banning anyone on the terror watch list from purchasing a firearm, press secretary Josh Earnest accused Republucans of being “more scared of the NRA” than national security.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 12pm ET / 9am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• The Debate continues over Syrian Refugees. Paul Ryan & the House passes a bill to thwart the movement of the refugees into America.

• Jared Fogle, former Subway Spokesman gets 15 ½ years in Prison for child pornography & having sex with a minor.

• Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage. Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has been battling rebels allied with al Qaeda for several years.

• Seoul South Korea has accepted an offer from Pyongyang for talks in its truce village of Panmunjeom, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said. The talks will be held next Thursday, November 26, and will be the first since August, when the two sides met to agree to ease escalating tensions.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT.

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:45am ET / 7:45am PT to talk about being in Paris during the attacks.

• • Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Dean Obeidallah from The Daily Beast & from The Dean Obeidallah show on Sirius/XM’s channel 121 every Saturday morning from 10 am-noon will join us on the phone in the 6 O’clock hour.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about last night’s GOP debate

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

Rude Pundit calls in at 6:30 am to discuss the Paris attacks & the democratic debates.

Eric Boehlert calls in at 7:00 am to discuss the Paris attacks & Donald Trump.

Stephanie talks about the Paris attacks.

We analyze Donald Trump’s insane rant on Ben Carson.

We talk about gun control.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Travis Bone, Executive Producer of “Conversations with Maria Menounos” on SiriusXM Stars, returns to The Stephanie Miller Show studios at 10am ET / 7am PT to say goodbye to Chris.

• Comedy legend Margaret Cho calls in at 10:40am ET / 7:40am PT to talk about her guest-starring role on ABC’s “Dr. Ken”

• Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The Washington Post is reporting that there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them.

• U.S. officials reportedly told ABC News that the ISIS militant known as “Jihadi John,” seen in gruesome videos showing the beheading of US and British hostages, was believed to be killed as he left a building in Syria. One official called it a “flawless” and “clean hit” with no collateral damage.

• Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced Thursday she will not seek re-election and former Vice President Dick Cheney’s elder daughter, Liz Cheney, said she was seriously considering running for the seat.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about this week’s GOP debate

• Comedy legend Judy Tenuta joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to tell us where she will be this weekend

• Congress’s approval rating has slipped to the lowest level this year, according to a poll released Wednesday by Gallup. The poll found 11 percent of people in the United States approve of Congress, which is its lowest job approval rating this year.

• Charles Koch, one half of the pair of billionaire industrialist brothers that loom large over Republican politics, said Wednesday it’s not likely he’ll back a candidate in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.

• Bernie Sanders has landed his biggest labor endorsement to date: the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU. The group represents 200,000 United States Postal Service employees and retirees from across all fifty states.

• Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain is threatening a court battle if President Obama tries to go around Congress in a last-ditch attempt to achieve his campaign pledge of closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about last night’s GOP debate

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos

• After three previous debates that focused largely on the personalities in the Republican presidential field, the candidates in Wednesday night’s debate had an opportunity to stake out some clear policy positions. Policy differences emerged on a range of issues, from taxes to foreign policy.

• The University of Missouri said it is has increased security and is investigating online threats, an announcement that again heightened racial tensions on the campus after days of turmoil. One social media user threatened to “shoot every black person I see.”

• The White House said Tuesday that it expects President Obama to sign a $607 billion defense policy bill despite provisions that would ban the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S.

• The Obama administration plans to appeal a federal court’s ruling late Monday that upholds the stay on President Obama’s 2014 immigration executive actions, directing the case to the Supreme Court.

• Dean Obeidallah on SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump as “Manipulator in Chief”

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politlcs Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the GOP lunacy on the Sunday morning shows

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesday

• Donald Trump and Ben Carson are neck and neck in the key early voting state of South Carolina, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Since Monmouth’s last poll in South Carolina from August, Carson has nearly doubled his support.

• A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to keep on hold President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration — nearly a year after he announced it as a backstop measure to Congress’ failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform.

• University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe announced Monday that he would resign, amid calls from students, faculty and lawmakers for him to step down. Wolfe faced pressure to resign because of how he has handled racial tensions on campus.

• Less than two weeks after the much-criticized CNBC debate, the GOP contenders will meet again tonight, this time in Milwaukee, for a second debate focused on economic, business and jobs issues.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about how awful Donald Trump’s new radio ads are

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP crying “unfair” about the media

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate, said Sunday that he has received increased scrutiny in recent days over inconsistencies in his backstory and his book because “a lot of people are very threatened” by his candidacy.

• Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declared her support Saturday for loosening regulations on marijuana and reclassifying the drug as a Schedule 2 substance, citing the benefits it could pose for medical research.

• Donald Trump’s return to “Saturday Night Live” brought dozens of protesters marching to SNL’s studios, chanting in English and Spanish and carrying signs in response to comments Trump made when he described some Mexican immigrants in the U.S. illegally as rapists and criminals.

• ISIS’ affiliate in Egypt says it brought down Metrojet Flight 9268. And U.S. officials are more confident that terrorists bombed the Russian plane. Investigators are still trying to determine how the terrorists might have been able to plant a bomb on the plane.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Kris Perry, plaintiff in the Prop 8 case, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about yesterday’s Hillary Clinton fundraiser

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Chris Christie didn’t make the cut for Republican main stage presidential debate hosted by the Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal next week. Mike Huckabee will also be bumped from the main stage to the “undercard” debate with Rick Santorum and Bobby Jindal.

• Former President George H.W. Bush is publicly criticizing for the first time key members of his son’s administration. A biography of the nation’s 41st president to be published next week contains his sharply critical assessments of Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

• Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation this week to end the federal prohibition on marijuana, going far beyond Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in his acceptance of the drug. Sanders has tied the issue of marijuana legalization to criminal justice reform.

• President Obama says he thinks there is a “possibility that there was a bomb on board” the Russian jet that broke up in mid-air over Egypt this weekend, killing more than 200 people. Security has been increased on overseas flights.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about winners and losers in this week’s elections

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about her final push to fund her podcast “Cultish”

• “I know I can get better each and every day,” Jeb Bush pledged, as he stood at a town hall meeting. “I pray each and every day to get better as a husband, as a father, as a leader. I know I can get better, and I believe that this country is going to get better,” Bush declared Wednesday evening.

• Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday admitted that if he could go back, he would have handled his finances differently when he was the speaker of the House in Florida. For several years, he used a Republican Party-issued American Express for both work and personal expenses.

• Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are the latest Republican candidates to declare they wouldn’t sign a letter of demands, drafted by a group of 14 campaigns, for networks hosting future primary debates. The two join the ranks of Trump, Fiorina, Kasich, and Christie, who have all said they would not sign on.

• There is a “significant possibility” that the Russian jet that crashed in Egypt this weekend was brought down by an explosive device, the British Foreign Secretary said today.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP jumping the shark

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• A year out from Election Day, Ben Carson is virtually tied with Donald Trump among Republicans, with Trump attracting 24 percent of the vote, compared to Carson’s 23 percent, according to Quinnipiac University’s latest poll, released this morning. Jeb Bush is at 4 percent.

• In the highest profile race in an off-year election, Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to the governor’s office, in a race many pundits said hinged largely on President Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.

• Ohio voters have rejected a ballot measure seeking to legalize recreational and medical marijuana use in the state. Failure of the proposed constitutional amendment follows an expensive campaign, a legal fight over its ballot wording, and an investigation into the proposal’s petition signatures.

• Work has begun in Egypt to decode information from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders — the so-called “black boxes” — from the Russian jetliner that came apart in the sky and then crashed down into Egypt on Saturday.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Paul Ryan’s new reign as Speaker

• Attorney Lisa Bloom of Avvo.com calls in at 10:45am ET / 7:45am PT to talk about Bill Cosby’s Victims’ victory in court yesterday

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• President Obama says the U.S. is not putting its troops on the front lines in Syria to fight the Islamic State, despite his decision to deploy special operations troops on the ground. The president says it’s merely an extension of what the U.S. was already doing.

• Hillary Clinton held a private meeting in Chicago on Monday with the family members of victims of gun violence, including Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice. Clinton and the family members discussed their personal stories of loss and the need for gun safety reform.

• GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will continue his individual negotiations with TV networks over his demands for the upcoming GOP debates. Meanwhile, a few other candidates said Monday they will not sign the letter of debate demands: Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, and John Kasich.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP whining and crying about the formats of their debates

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how bad Rep. Paul Ryan will be as Speaker

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• After a meeting last night, nearly all of the GOP campaigns came to a decision about debates going forward. In a union-like move they plan to take a substantial portion of control over debate negotiation away from the RNC in order to deal with networks on issues of debate formats and rules.

• Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush pressed his attack on rival Marco Rubio’s record of missed Senate votes, saying it showed Rubio had “given up” on breaking through the political gridlock in Washington.

• Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on “Law & Order,” died Sunday, his family said. He was 73.

• The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Mets 7-2 to win the World Series early Monday. This is the team’s first World Series title since 1985.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The House on Thursday morning elected Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, as the next speaker of the House. “I never thought I’d be speaker, but early in my life, I wanted to serve this House,” Ryan said in a speech from the floor. “We are wiping the slate clean.”

• The Senate passed a comprehensive budget deal early this morning that lifts the debt ceiling into March 2017 and spending levels for two years. It now heads to President Obama’s desk. On Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly passed the legislation, 266-167.

• Hillary Clinton will roll out two proposals to reform the criminal justice system Friday in Atlanta, where she is set to launch “African Americans for Hillary” with two campaign events.

• Yesterday, in his first post-debate appearance, Jeb Bush maintained that his campaign is not on its last leg. “It’s not on life support,” he said of his campaign. “We have the most money, we have the greatest organization. We’re doing fine.”

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to discuss last night’s GOP debate

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about last night’s contentious GOP debate

• Tina Dupuy, syndicated columnist and host of the upcoming podcast “Cultish”, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to discuss last night’s GOP debate

• Republican presidential candidates tore into CNBC’s moderators at last night’s GOP debate, issuing the sharpest attacks on the mainstream media of the 2016 election cycle. Sen. Ted Cruz accused the moderators of trying to instigate a cage match.

• Although the four GOP presidential candidates in last night’s “undercard” debate are lagging behind 10 of their fellow GOP contenders in the race for the nomination, they largely skipped criticizing opponents in their own party. Instead, they went after Hillary Clinton.

• The Richland County South Carolina Sheriff yesterday fired the deputy seen on video violently arresting a high school girl in her math class Monday. An attorney for the deputy released a statement saying he believed that his client’s actions were justified and lawful.

• Actress and model Brooke Shields calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about her memoir, “There Was A Little Girl”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Ben Carson’s horrifying Iowa surge

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday said that the process behind striking the budget deal between Congress and the White House “stinks.” “This is not the way to do the people’s business, and under new management, we are not going to do the people’s business this way.”

• Ben Carson has surpassed Donald Trump and now narrowly leads the Republican field in the race for the nomination in the latest national CBS News/New York Times Poll. Twenty-six percent of GOP primary voters back Carson, giving him a four-point edge over Trump.

• Jobs and the economy will be the focus of tonight’s “Your Money, Your Decision” GOP presidential debate hosted by CNBC. The candidates will likely be quizzed about their positions on a variety of issues, from taxes to trade.

• The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 5-4 in the 14th inning early this morning to claim the first game of the World Series.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about what the gobshites are saying these days

• Elvira Mistress of the Dark calls in at 10:50am ET / 7:50am PT to talk about all of her Halloween activities this year

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Kathleen Matthews calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about her campaign for Congress from Maryland

• Congressional leaders and the White House have reached a tentative agreement that would lift the debt ceiling through March 2017 and increase spending caps for the next two fiscal years, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

• Ben Carson now has a 14-point lead over Donald Trump among likely GOP caucus-goers in Iowa, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Thirty-two percent said they back Carson compared to 18 percent for Trump.

• After 2,430 regular season games and 31 postseason playoff games, Major League Baseball’s 30 teams have been narrowed down to two: the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals. They’ll meet in Game 1 of the World Series tonight in Kansas City.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his thoughts regarding the Benghazi hearings

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about media coverage of the Benghazi hearings

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Vice President Joe Biden emphasized that family, not politics, loomed large in his decision not to pursue a third presidential run. In an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday, he noted that the grief over the death of his son Beau earlier this year continues to affect him and his family.

• Ben Carson said he would “love” to see Roe v. Wade overturned during an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday. He opposes abortions for cases involving rape and incest but could make an exception to allow for the health and safety of the mother.

• News site Gawker reported witnesses said that GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie was kicked off an Amtrak train’s quiet car traveling to New York early Sunday morning for being loud and disruptive. The Christie campaign says he left the car voluntarily.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent 11 hours answering questions from the House Benghazi Committee Thursday. At one point, the hearing devolved into a yelling match between Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and Democrats on the committee.

• Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, sent a letter to members of the House Republican Conference on Thursday evening declaring he is ready and willing to serve as Speaker of the House. In the letter, Ryan says together they can make the House a more open and inclusive body.

• President Obama vetoed the $612 billion 2016 defense policy bill Thursday afternoon on camera in the Oval Office. It was Obama’s fifth veto since taking office. The bill would have made it more difficult for Mr. Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• As the U.S. and Russia continue to disagree on how best to return stability to Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Vienna today to discuss the deteriorating situation.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony today

• Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Vice President Joe Biden has decided to forgo a 2016 presidential bid, he announced Wednesday. “I believe we’re out of time — the time necessary to mount a winning campaign,” the vice president said from the White House Rose Garden with his wife Jill Biden and President Obama by his side.

• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Capitol Hill at 10am ET today to testify about the 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead. This will be the second time Clinton goes to the hill to field lawmakers’ questions about that night.

• Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is now a step closer to trading the job he has and loves for one he had never sought — that of speaker of the House. Members of the Far Right Freedom Caucus now say that Ryan now clearly has at least the 218 votes from the Republican conference he needs to become speaker.

• The Chicago Cubs lost to the New York Mets by a score of 8 to 3 last night at Wrigley Field and were swept 4-0 out of the National League Championship Series. The Mets now go on to the World Series for the 5th time.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Benghazi witch hunt farce

• Paul Ryan told House Republicans Tuesday night that if some conditions were met, he would “gladly serve” as Speaker, even though, as he told reporters later, “This is not a job I ever wanted or sought. I’m in the job I wanted here in Congress.”

• Speaking yesterday at a forum honoring former Vice President Walter Mondale, Biden said he privately advised the president to go forward with the 2011 Osama Bin Laden raid, a decision he previously has said he opposed.

• Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announced Tuesday that he is dropping his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and will consider running as an independent in the coming weeks. He said his views are “not compatible” with the power structure and nominating base of the Democratic Party.

• A group of conservative House GOPers yesterday unveiled a proposal to raise the debt limit through March 2017 that also calls for mandatory spending cuts. The Republican Study Committee’s “Terms of Credit Act” would raise the debt ceiling by roughly $1.5 trillion through March 2017.

• Dr. Dan Ivankovich of OnePatient Global Health Initiative calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his CNN Heroes nomination

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about whether Joe Biden should enter the race

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has indicated that he will give “a major speech in the not-too-distant future” to explain what it means to be a democratic socialist, as he defines himself.

• Ahead of Hillary Clinton’s appearance before the Select Committee on Benghazi later this week, House Democrats released a report Monday concluding that interviews conducted by the panel discredit GOP claims about Clinton’s actions during the 2012 attacks.

• With little luck in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination so far, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is considering an independent bid in 2016, his campaign said Monday.

• Canadian voters emphatically reclaimed their country’s liberal identity, putting Justin Trudeau in the prime minister’s office, and ending 10 years of leadership by Stephen Harper, whose dream was to recast Canada as a more conservative country.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about how Bernie and Hillary supporters are behaving toward each other

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s love for the Benghazi committee

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that he supports President Obama’s decision to keep troops in Afghanistan, prolonging the war beyond 2016. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton also said Friday that she thought Obama had made “the right decision.”

• On Sunday, Donald Trump continued to hammer former Jeb Bush for repeatedly saying that his brother George W. Bush “kept us safe” despite 9/11 happening on his watch. Others have pointed out that wars and the response to Hurricane Katrina, also did not keep the country safe.

• House Republicans return to Washington this week to confront a nearly unprecedented leadership crisis, looming budget deadlines and a deeply uncertain future. Attention is focused on Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) who is under pressure from party leaders to run for House speaker.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Assuring the nation he is “absolutely confident this is the right thing to do,” President Obama on Thursday explained why he has decided to maintain the United States’ current posture of 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through most of 2016 — slowing the pace of the planned troop drawdown.

• Former Sen. Ted Kaufman, who has known Joe Biden since 1972 and is advising him on a potential presidential run, sent a letter last night to many of Biden’s former staffers about Biden and the decision before him, saying a Biden campaign would be an optimistic and unscripted campaign.

• Donald Trump and Ben Carson are threatening to boycott the next GOP debate, sponsored by CNBC, if the network doesn’t agree to change its debate format. They won’t participate if it is longer than 120 minutes including commercials and does not include opening and closing statements.

• Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to plead guilty to charges related to his alleged efforts to conceal sexual misconduct related to his wrestling coach career. If the deal is finalized, Hastert’s potentially dark secrets from his past could remain secret.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about this week’s big Democratic debate

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about who will win the post-debate spin

• Syndicated columnist and “Cultish” podcast host Tina Dupuy calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to recap this week’s Dem debate

• A second congressman has admitted that the Benghazi committee is solely “designed to go after” Hillary Clinton. “This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton,” Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) said on a New York radio show.

• Fresh off Tuesday night’s successful debate, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has begun aggressively pushing Vice President Joe Biden to make a decision one way or another about entering the presidential race.

• President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about last nights Dem debate in Las Vegas

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to recap last night’s Dem debate in Vegas

• Actor and Comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in last night’s Dem debate sought to highlight differences on issues like gun control and Wall Street reform, but there’s one issue where they agree: Hillary Clinton’s email. “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!” Sanders said.

• In last night’s Dem debate, Hillary Clinton blasted opponent Bernie Sanders for his positions on gun control. When asked if she believed the Vermont senator was tough enough on the issue, she responded, “No, not at all.” Sanders defended his positions as coming “from a rural state.”

• Donald Trump live-tweeted his reactions to the first Dem debate, re-tweeting supporters and adding his own commentary. But while many expected him to be active on social media, Trump was tame by his usual standards , responding more to supporters’ hopes that he “make America great again.”

• Dean Obeidallah, host on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about why the GOP should apologize to Benghazi familes

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Citizens United and this presidential race

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• The 2016 Democratic presidential candidates will take the debate stage for the first time tonight, at 8:30pm ET in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hosted by CNN and Facebook and sanctioned by the DNC, the debate will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas, and Anderson Cooper will moderate.

• On the eve of the first Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton showed up unannounced to a union protest in the shadow of Donald Trump’s Las Vegas building, telling the real estate mogul to “represent all of the people of the United States.”

• Sheldon Adelson, one of the GOP’S most sought-after contributors, is leaning increasingly toward supporting Marco Rubio — and the Florida senator is racing to win the backing of other uncommitted megadonors.

• If Rep. Paul Ryan doesn’t run for House speaker, it could cause a free-for-all as about a dozen members maybe considering jumping into the race.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the horrific mess the House GOP has gotten itself into

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP’s one-sided gun “debate”

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• Just as the House Select Committee on Benghazi readies for Hillary Clinton’s testimony this month, a former staffer is coming out with a scathing indictment of the panel, charging its GOP leaders of carrying out a partisan investigation aimed unfairly at the Dem presidential candidate.

• The pressure on House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan to run for speaker reached a fever pitch this weekend, days after front-runner Kevin McCarthy unexpectedly dropped out. Ryan has made it clear he does not want the job.

• Just days before the first Dem candidate debate, Hillary Clinton is ahead of Bernie Sanders by 19 points in the Dem race nationally. 46% would vote for her. Potential candidate Vice President Joe Biden comes in third, with 16% in the CBS poll.

• On “60 Minutes” last night, President Obama said Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email was a mistake, but no national security was compromised.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about her new podcast project called “Cultish”

• John Fuglesang of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121 joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly pulled out of the race for Speaker of the House yesterday. He was widely expected to be nominated for the position. “If we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that,” McCarthy told reporters after news broke of his decision.

• Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he was partly responsible for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s decision to drop his bid to become speaker. “They’re giving me a lot of credit for that because I said you really need someone very, very, tough and very smart,” Trump said.

• Martin O’Malley will announce a new set of standards for trade agreements negotiated by the United States on Friday, which he would uphold if elected President and would encourage other nations to adopt.

• A number of cruise missiles launched from a Russian ship and aimed at targets in Syria have crashed in Iran, two U.S. officials said Thursday. Monitoring by U.S. military and intelligence assets has concluded that at least four missiles crashed as they flew over Iran.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director or Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the GOP fight over House Speaker

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Hillary Clinton is introducing a spate of proposals intended to prevent another taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout, according to a Clinton campaign aide. Under her plan, Clinton would impose a tax on high-frequency trading, and she intends to close the hedge fund loophole in the Volcker Rule.

• Senate Democrats are preparing a legislative push to curb guns, a week after a mass shooting at an Oregon community college refocused attention on the nation’s toll of firearms deaths. Democrats said their effort would include broadening background checks to cover all sales at gun shows and online.

• The House Freedom Caucus, a group of about 40 anti-establishment conservatives, have announced that they are endorsing Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) to serve as the next speaker of the House. This presents another challenged to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

• Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she is “not in favor” of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade deal that she had lauded while serving as President Obama’s secretary of state.

• Actor and comedian Chris Parnell calls in at 9:50am ET / 6:50am PT to talk about his new Netflix series, “The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Trump’s cold-blooded genius

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have guns and acknowledged in online posts that he struggled with autism, but she didn’t seem to know he was potentially violent.

• GOP candidate Ben Carson pushed his anti-gun control stance in the wake of the Oregon shooting on Fox & Friends yesterday morning. “I would not just stand there and let him shoot me,” he said. “I would say, ‘Hey guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can’t get us all.’”

• Along South Carolina’s coast, residents were preparing for a second round of flooding as rivers swollen from days of devastating rains make their way toward the Atlantic, and racing to minimize effects of the first round. Tuesday was the state’s first dry one since the deluge that began late last week.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about why Kevin McCarthy will be worse than Boehner as Speaker

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Jeb Bush using his brother as a campaign tool

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• While promoting her new proposals to limit the availability of firearms, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested at a town hall in New Hampshire Monday that “responsible gun owners” should join together to create an alternative to the National Rifle Association.

• U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he was disappointed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Pacific trade deal reached on Monday, saying the pact would cost U.S. jobs and hurt consumers.

• The gunman who executed nine people at an Oregon community college before killing himself ranted in a manifesto he left behind about not having a girlfriend and thinking everyone else was “crazy,” a law enforcement official said Monday.

• Floodwaters inundating South Carolina after unprecedented rainfall have resulted in nine deaths, more than 500 road and bridge closures and hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars by the rising water.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the continuing madness of gun violence in America

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about more troubles for Jeb Bush

• Simon Sidi of “Politicon” calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about this weekend’s fan-fast for political junkies

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• In the wake of a fatal shooting at a community college in Oregon, Hillary Clinton plans to propose four measures to tighten regulations on those who manufacture, sell and purchase guns. She will outline her new proposals in two town halls today in New Hampshire.

• Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said Sunday that he is officially running for speaker of the House of Representatives, meaning he will challenge Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Chaffetz argues he could win broader support than McCarthy among the fractious House GOP conference.

• CBS News is reporting that Vice President Joe Biden is nearing a decision on whether to run for president, and it could come as early as within the next seven to 10 days, according to three people familiar with his deliberations.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the most racist presidential campaign ever

• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about GOP extremists trying to take over Congress

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• The gunman who authorities say mercilessly opened fire inside a classroom at a small Oregon college Thursday shared a documentary about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting tragedy on a web forum just days ago and appeared to be a loner. He shot and killed nine people before dying in a police shootout.

• In the wake of the tragic Oregon shootings, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton called for “sensible gun control measures,” while Republican presidential contender Ben Carson said more gun control is not the answer. A visibly upset President Obama said these incidents are becoming all too regular.

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tried again to clean up remarks he made that seemed to suggest the work of the select committee investigating Benghazi was political. “I did not intend to imply in any way that that work was political. Of course it is not, look at the way they have carried themselves out,” he said an interview Thursday.

• Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about fights for power within the GOP

• Michael D’Antonio, author of “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about his book

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Gary Snyder of our affiliate Indiana Talks calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the latest GOP sex scandal in Indiana

• The House of Representatives passed a short-term measure to fund the government Wednesday afternoon, and President Obama signed it, averting the immediate threat of a government shutdown – for now. The bill only funds the government through Dec. 11.

• Hackers linked to Russia tried at least five times to pry into Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email account while she was secretary of state, emails released Wednesday show. The emails were disguised as speeding tickets from New York.

• Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday that Russian airstrikes in Syria appear to have targeted areas that do not include fighters with ISIS, a development which Secretary of State John Kerry said would cause “grave concern” for the U.S.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Far Right rage

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Actress Ana Ortiz (“Ugly Betty”, “Devious Maids”) calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about what she’s doing now

• Throughout a contentious House Oversight Committee hearing, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said she is proud of her organization’s work supporting fetal tissue research and said secretly recorded videos of employees discussing the practice are part of a “smear campaign.”

• President Obama said Tuesday that the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would be a “long-term campaign” for the world, but he is “ultimately optimistic” that the group’s opponents would prevail against its message of death and suffering.

• The attorney for Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says Davis met with Pope Francis last week during his visit to the U.S. The Vatican would not confirm such a meeting took place.

• Attorney Lisa Bloom of Avvo.com calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about which GOP candidates are running against the Constitution

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the loopy GOP investigation into the Planned Parenthood videos

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply disagreed Monday at the UN over the chaos in Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace the Syrian president but Putin warning it would be a mistake to abandon the current government.

• In Planned Parenthood’s first congressional appearance since surreptitiously recorded videos appeared, President Cecile Richards is expected to say today she is “proud” of its provision of fetal tissue for research, but will also seek to minimize the organ donations as a small part of its work.

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Monday that he is officially running to succeed House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, when Boehner retires next month.

• Vice President Joe Biden will be able to participate in the first Democratic presidential debate October 13th, even if he waits until the very day of the debate to announce he’s running for president, CNN said in a release Monday.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the sudden resignation of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media rooting against Dems

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Days after abruptly announcing that he would resign from the House, Rep. John Boehner reflected on some of the “unrealistic” promises made by his colleagues. “The Bible says beware of false prophets. And there are people out there spreading noise about how much can get done,” Boehner said.

• Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered Sunday for the biggest event of his U.S. visit to be open to “miracles of love,” closing out his six-day tour with a message of hope for families, consolation for victims of child sexual abuse and a warning to America’s bishops.

• President Barack Obama and the leaders of some of America’s closest allies addressed a major United Nations summit on its last day Sunday as Syria’s conflict threatens to push the stated topic, global development, onto the sidelines.

• NASA said it will announce Monday that a Mars mystery has been “solved,” but did not say what the mystery was, only that it “detail a major science finding.”

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Pope Francis arrived in New York City yesterday greeted by Catholic Church dignitaries and a cheering crowd, waving papal flags and snapping photos. The pope was all smiles as he arrived in New York, which marks the second U.S. city he has traveled to, and the third day of his U.S. tour.

• In the first address by the head of the Catholic Church to a joint meeting of Congress, Pope Francis called on lawmakers Thursday to address a long list of challenges ranging from climate change to Syrian migrant crisis and the decline of the American family.

• Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, moved swiftly to avoid a government shutdown in six days, pushing legislation that would keep agencies operating without a contentious fight over money for Planned Parenthood.

• A few hours after the celebratory atmosphere that surrounded the visit from Pope Francis, President Obama welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House to tackle a much thornier set of issues ranging from cybersecurity to China’s island-building in the South China Sea.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Trump’s strange grudge against Fox News

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Loni Love calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about her new documentary, “Being: Loni Love”

• Fresh from enrapturing crowds all over Washington DC, Pope Francis is bringing his resonant message of humility and hope to Capitol Hill as he becomes the first pontiff in history to speak to a joint meeting of Congress today at 10am ET.

• The war of words between Donald Trump and Fox News turned nasty last night. On Megyn Kelly’s Fox show, conservative pundit Rich Lowry said that Carly Fiorina castrated Trump during the debate last week. Trump then announced he is boycotting Fox News.

• Senate Democrats thwarted a Republican effort to ban late-term abortions on Tuesday as GOP leaders strained to avoid a government shutdown in eight days over the dispute – all against a tangled backdrop of presidential politics.

• Donald Trump remains the Republican front-runner — but a new Quinnipiac poll confirms that he’s losing some support. Hillary Clinton also maintains her advantage on the Democratic side, even if the undeclared Joe Biden jumps into the mix.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” and Salon calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about GOP attacks on The Pope

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• President Obama will deploy the full pageantry of the White House as Pope Francis speaks directly to Americans for the first time today. Thousands will gather in the shadow of the Washington Monument for a glimpse of the man whose humility and love for the poor has electrified the Catholic Church.

• Hillary Clinton yesterday rolled out a plan to crack down on high prescription drug costs. Clinton’s plan is premised on leveraging the nation’s bargaining power to get better deals for patients on Medicare and implementing new rules to ensure consumers aren’t exploited.

• Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders received a warm welcome from federal contractors striking on Capitol Hill today, telling them at a rally before Pope Francis’ arrival in the United States that they have the right to earn $15 an hour and to form a union.

• Yogi Berra, the baseball legend who crouched behind homeplate for the New York Yankees over the span of almost two decades, died Tuesday at the age of 90. He coined the trademark phrase, “it’s not over till it’s over” — probably the most familiar of what have become known collectively as Yogi-isms.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Scott Walker dropping out of the GOP race

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• After a dramatic fall from the top tier of Republican presidential candidates over the last several weeks, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ended his bid for the White House Monday. Walker’s run started on July 13 and lasted 71 days.

• Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said she’s been called Hitler, a hypocrite and a homophobe, she told ABC News today in an interview in Morehead, Kentucky.

• After a lifetime of watching the world’s most affluent and powerful nation from afar, Pope Francis will walk on U.S. soil for the first time, at the age of 78, when he arrives in Washington from Cuba this afternoon. He’s assured of a warm welcome from millions of U.S. Catholics and the non-devout.

• As Jeb Bush expanded on his support for a path to citizenship for some immigrants in a speech before the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Houston yesterday, immigration protesters cut him off with chants of “No hope without our vote!”

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Jeb Bush’s spectacular fall in the polls

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Carly Fiorina’s lies during the GOP debate

• Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Bill Maher mentioning his Muslim clock column

• Neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation” in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

• On his first full day in Havana, Pope Francis took time from his packed schedule to visit Cuba’s retired leader Fidel Castro at his home. According to Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, the encounter was “familial and informal.” The pope gave Castro five books on religion and spiritual life.

• After last week’s Republican presidential debate, former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina has risen to second place, while Donald Trump’s support has softened, according to a new national poll by CNN/ORC. Fiorina replaced retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson for second place nationally.

• Hillary Clinton’s lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown — and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay out of the race, her numbers would rise even higher, a new CNN/ORC poll shows.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s war on what’s inside of women

• National Education Association president Lily Eskelsen Garcia calls in at 10:50am ET / 7:50am PT to talk about the issues for the new academic year

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump declined Thursday to correct a questioner at a 3,000 person rally who incorrectly stated that President Obama is Muslim and said he’d be “looking at” claims of terrorist training camps on American soil.

• Republican leaders hope House passage of bills targeting Planned Parenthood and curbing some abortion procedures will mollify fractious conservatives demanding a face-off with President Obama that could trigger a federal shutdown. The bills are expected to be passed today.

• Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis has lost another legal bid to delay issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, marking the latest in a mounting stack of rejected appeals.

• One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed and suspended a 14-year-old Muslim boy after he brought a homemade clock to class that they mistook for a possible bomb.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about last night’s GOP debate

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Over three hours on the debate stage last night, the 11 presidential candidates in the GOP debate bickered with one another and talked over each other. The real standout moments came when the candidates attempted to rise above the fray. In most cases, that meant attempting to show an even temperament in a tiff with frontrunner Donald Trump.

• In CNN’s second-tier debate, Twitter users couldn’t stop talking about one candidate: Lindsey Graham. Graham was mentioned in more than 10,000 tweets from beginning to end of the debate, according to a social media analytics site. Rick Santorum was next, with almost 6,000 tweets.

• President Obama has tweeted from his official personal account, inviting Texas teenager Ahmed Mohamed to the White House to show him the clock invention that was mistaken for a bomb.

• A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Chile Wednesday, killing at least eight people forcing 1 million to evacuate. The 8.3 magnitude tremor also prompted officials to issue tsunami advisories in Hawaii and California.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast and Salon.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about hate speech against Planned Parenthood

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump appealed to veterans on Tuesday by saying a Trump administration would let them go to private hospitals and see private doctors if the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to provide decent care. Once again, Trump provided no specifics regarding his plan.

• More than half of the tax cuts proposed in former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s (R) tax plan would flow to America’s wealthiest citizens, according to a report released by the nonpartisan group Citizens for Tax Justice, which advocates for “requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share.”

• Rowan County clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky suffered another legal setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court denied her request to be exempted from a gubernatorial directive to comply with the Supreme Court’s June decision on same-sex marriage.

• Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) presented Senate Dems with an ultimatum last night: Allow a simple majority vote on a resolution meant to sink the Iran nuclear deal, or face another vote tying the Iran deal to Iran’s recognition of Israel and the release of four Americans held in Iran.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Bernie Sanders’ Liberty University speech

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Renewing his charge against illegal immigration, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday called the U.S. “a dumping ground for the rest of the world” as he rallied thousands of Texas supporters behind his fiery candidacy and promised GOP leaders he’s just getting started.

• Bernie Sanders brought his message of political revolution to the unlikeliest of places Monday: a gathering of more than ten thousand students at the Christian, conservative Liberty University. He was characteristically blunt, acknowledging up front the differences in their worldviews.

• Polls “ebb and flow,” Hillary Clinton said, and she remains “confident” about her campaign, she told reporters after a Women for Hillary event in northern Iowa – in spite of a new national poll that said that her support among women is down 29 points since July.

• The hours-long hunt for a double murder suspect in the Mississippi Delta ended last night as Shannon Lamb apparently turned his gun on himself with police closing in. Lamb was suspected of shooting professor Ethan Schmidt, with whom he worked, and also of killing a woman he lived with.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP and their problems governing a sinful country like the U.S.

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about GOP’s fantasies regarding Hillary’ Clinton

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• An attorney for Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, says his client “wants to treat everyone equally, however her conscience does not allow her to.” She may begin refusing marriage licenses to all couples today.

• Democratic presidential candidate Bernie But Sanders has now surged ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire by an average of more than 10 points. In recent weeks, several polls in Iowa also show him leading Clinton in the Hawkeye State.

• President Barack Obama today will announce steps to bolster access to financial aid for students as part of efforts to make college more affordable, the White House said on Sunday.

• Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had the right to delete personal emails from her private server, the Justice Department has told a federal court.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The 11 GOP candidates leading the field will participate in the second GOP debate on Sept. 16 at 8pm, CNN announced yesterday. This time Carly Fiorina joins Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, John Kasich and Chris Christie.

• Federal officials say they have arrested a Florida man and broken up a plot for a terror attack planned for a Sept. 11 memorial event in Kansas City. Investigators say they have arrested the man for distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.

• The Iran nuclear deal survived, as a result of the Senate vote Thursday, when Dems blocked the Republicans’ resolution of disapproval. Fifty-eight GOP voted to move ahead with the resolution, and 42 Dems voted “no.” The bill needed 60 “yes” votes to get a final vote in the Senate.

• President Obama said the U.S. should prepare to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, a significant increase from the 1,500 it is on track to accept in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the Kim Davis saga in Kentucky

• Lisa Bloom, attorney and legal analyst for Avvo.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Kim Davis and religious freedom limits

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for Jacki’s Healthcare Corner

• Podcaster Jodi Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Thotal Throllop Thursday

• Donald Trump brought the Donald Trump Show™ to the United States Capitol on Wednesday to protest a multinational nuclear agreement with Iran that Republicans already know they do not have the votes in Congress to block.

• Donald Trump gained 8 points since August to land at 32% support in a new CNN Poll, and has nearly tripled his support since just after he launched his campaign in June. The new poll finds former neurosurgeon Ben Carson rising 10 points to land in second place with 19%.

• In a speech Wednesday, Hillary Clinton warned Iran that the U.S. will be prepared to act if it cheats on a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. And, she said, she expects them to try. As president, Clinton said she would “not hesitate to take military action” if needed to stop that from happening.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Planned Parenthood false scandal

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump and foreign policy

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton, asked again about her use of a private server for her email while she was secretary of state, told ABC News’ David Muir, “That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility, and I’m trying to be as transparent as I possibly can.”

• Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was ordered released from jail Tuesday by the judge who locked her up for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Hundreds of supporters sang “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” as her lawyer spoke to the crowd gathered.

• Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls in New Hampshire and gaining ground in Iowa, but he’s not stopping there. The Vermont senator’s presidential campaign is looking ahead and building an organization in South Carolina, making two hires on Tuesday to add to its Charleston-based team.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Kim Davis cashing in on her martyrdom

• Comedian Kelly Carlin joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about her new memoir, “A Carlin Home Companion”

• Attorneys for the Kentucky clerk who was jailed last week because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said today they have filed an emergency motion with a federal court that they hope will result in Kim Davis’ freedom.

• Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will announce her campaign finance reform plan today, proposing a small donor matching system with an eye toward encouraging small donors to get involved and give to both presidential and congressional candidates.

• European leaders are proposing extra funding to help relocate thousands of people from the Middle East amid the continent’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II. German Chancellor Angela Merkel today announced an extra $6.7 billion in spending on refugees in Germany next year.

• The latest New Hampshire poll finds Sanders pulling away from Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, 49 percent to her 38 percent. In a statement, the Sanders campaign said, “The more voters get to know Bernie, the better they like him.”

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the possibility of Hillary vs. Biden

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for Fridays With Fugelsang

• The disgruntled former reporter who killed a WDBJ-TV cameraman and another reporter had been referred by WDBJ to an employee assistance program that provides counseling during the time he worked there, according to the station.

• While campaigning in Ohio Thursday, Hillary Clinton seemed to compare Republican presidential candidates’ “extreme views” on women to those held by “terrorist groups.” Republicans were quick to fire back and demand an apology.

• Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Thursday endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for president. Cantor, who represented Virginia’s seventh congressional district from 2001 to 2014, was ousted from office after losing the 2014 Republican primary to an upstart tea party candidate.

• Years after then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama declared “America failed the people of New Orleans,” he returned to the city yesterday to hail Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts and highlight the region’s resilience in the face of massive devastation.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Donald Trump vs. Jorge Ramos

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• “Stuttering John” Melendez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• The suspect in the deadly shooting of a Roanoke television reporter and cameraman during a live report Wednesday sent a 23-page document to ABC News in the hours before the crime, saying he was driven by the Charleston church shooting.

• During a campaign press conference in Iowa on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton spoke about the deadly on-air shooting of a reporter and cameraman in Virginia and vowed to address the gun violence problem in America if she is elected president.

• Amid rising speculation that he plans to jump into the 2016 presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden said to Democratic National Committee members Wednesday that he’s not sure he has the “emotional fuel” for another political campaign.

• In a speech in Iowa, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump — who has regularly promoted his negotiating skills as a selling point for his presidency — used broken English to briefly impersonate Asian negotiators.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s fear parade

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Donald Trump found himself in a confrontation Tuesday with Spanish media’s most well-known journalist, Jorge Ramos of Univision. Trump told Ramos to “go back to Univision” when the journalist stood up and attempted to ask a question, then had Ramos escorted out of the room.

• Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday and Shanghai’s index fell despite Beijing’s decision to cut a key interest rate to help stabilize gyrating financial markets and counter short liquidity. Most other Asian markets initially wavered but had appeared to regain buying momentum by early afternoon.

• Jeb Bush is trying to take a more forceful stand against GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump. Bush declared again, “it’s going to be really hard for me to be lectured to by anybody about the politics of immigration” when asked about his use of the term “anchor baby”.

• Donald Trump’s second public attack against Fox News host Megyn Kelly earned him sharp and public reubke from Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Tuesday. “Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing,” Ailes said.

• SiriusXM Radio host Karen Hunter calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about this weekend’s Hillary Clinton fundraiser

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about a possible Biden-Warren ticket

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the infantile rage of the GOP

• Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday, with the main stock market index plunging 7.6 percent in the fourth straight day of declines marking the biggest losses in eight years, while some other Asian and European markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses.

• President Obama has given Vice President Joe Biden the greenlight to mull a White House run. The two had lunch together Monday afternoon at the White House before Mr. Obama left for Las Vegas.

• The Iowa chairman of Rick Perry’s presidential campaign, Sam Clovis, has stepped down. The news marks another strike against Perry’s faltering 2016 presidential bid. Clovis told the AP he didn’t want his decision to step down to be seen as “anything negative at all.”

• Donald Trump has a poor reputation among U.S. Hispanics with just 14% having a favorable opinion of him, according to a new Gallup poll, but the poll suggests there’s still an opportunity for the other gop 2016 candidates to make a positive impression.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the popularity of Donald Trump’s lies

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about why we should stop calling the GOP race a “Clown Car”

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Vice President Joe Biden met privately with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at his Washington, D.C., residence Saturday. Biden’s meeting with the prominent Dem is the strongest sign yet that the vice president is becoming more serious as he considers a potential bid for the White House in 2016.

• French President Francois Hollande presented three young Americans with the prestigious French Legion of Honor on Monday for their quick reaction to a lone-wolf terrorist attack on an Amsterdam to Paris high-speed train Friday that likely saved many lives.

• Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal Sunday and promised to do “everything in my power to ensure that it stands.”

• World stocks and oil prices are plunging today as a global sell off accelerats on worries about the health of China’s huge economy.

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• U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay membership fees to the cheating website Ashley Madison, The Associated Press has learned.

• President Barack Obama is promising Democratic lawmakers that the U.S. will continue to keep economic pressure on Iran – and keep military options open – if his administration’s nuclear deal with Tehran goes through.

• Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that the cancer spreading through his body is a form of melanoma, and he’ll begin undergoing radiation treatment immediately. Carter says that doctors found four spots of melanoma on his brain.

• Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, like Donald Trump, is calling for ending birth right citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. He also plans to limit the number of illegal and legal immigrants allowed into the country.

• Caitlyn Jenner could face a manslaughter charge in a fatal February car crash in California after investigators determined she was driving too fast, officials and law-enforcement sources said on Thursday. The four-vehicle crash left a woman dead on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Feb 7.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the war between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• In the world of New Hampshire politics, Donald Trump crashed the proverbial party Wednesday, elbowing his way into Derry and stealing a little of Jeb Bush’s thunder by scheduling his own campaign event at precisely the same time as Bush’s, just 20 minutes away.

• Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls on Wednesday endorsed school vouchers as a means of driving competition and innovation in the nation’s school systems.

• Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle faces a possible five to 12 years in federal prison after agreeing to plead guilty to Justice Department charges that he paid for sex with minors and received child pornography.

• Hillary Rodham Clinton’s personal lawyer has told a Senate committee that emails and all other data stored on her computer server were erased before the device was turned over to federal authorities. In a press conference earlier this week, Clinton said she was not aware if her server was erased.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton again vigorously defended herself yesterday at a press conference in Las Vegas, repeating twice that she did not send classified material or receive material “marked or designated” as classified through her private email account, and again said her use of private email was legal.

• Former Florida Gov. and current GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that birthright citizenship is a “constitutional right,” casting doubt on fellow 2016 candidate Donald Trump’s plan to do away with it.

• The FDA has approved the first prescription drug treatment to boost low sexual desire in women. The decision to approve the drug came late Tuesday after months of lobbying and debate over the drug’s effectiveness and side effects. It’s expected to hit the market in October.

• Longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to child-pornography charges. The development comes six weeks after authorities seized electronics and other items from Fogle’s home in suburban Indianapolis.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Trump’s helicopter rides at the fair

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the GOP’s apocalyptic Obama fantasies

• Bob Corker, GOP Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has announced in a “Washington Post” op-ed his opposition to the Iran nuclear accord, dealing what’s seen as a big blow to the Obama administration as it fights to win congressional approval of the agreement.

• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker heard some cheers and jeers from Midwesterners at the Iowa State Fair on Monday, as he gave them the 20-minute pitch for his White House bid. “I am not intimidated by you, sir, or anyone!” Walker said to a pro-union heckler.

• Intelligence community officials involved in the review of Hillary Clinton’s emails have flagged 305 messages for further inspection, new court documents released Monday say. The emails were found in a sampling of 20 percent of the total 30,000 emails.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about how poorly the Far Right is treating Jimmy Carter

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s lopsided treatment of the GOP candidates

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Yesterday, Donald Trump’s campaign released its first official position paper, a three-pronged plan to reform the legal immigration system should he make it to the White House. Trump reiterated his intention to build a wall across the southern border and to have Mexico pay for that wall.

• Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be endorsed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, sources have confirmed. The Republican’s presidential campaign has been hinting at a major announcement in Alabama, and he’s stumping for support in the South Monday.

• A trio of Republican establishment favorites — Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Marco Rubio — are all losing ground in the party’s 2016 presidential field, a new Fox News poll shows. Donald Trump, meanwhile, continues to dominate the race — earning 25% support nationally.

• Julian Bond, a lifelong civil rights leader and former board chairman of the NAACP, has died. He was 75.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to compare Donald Trump to the Kardashians

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the monster that Fox News created

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday defended his brother’s handling of the Iraq War and blamed President Obama for the rise of Islamic extremists in the Middle East, suggesting the decision to take out former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein “turned out to be a pretty good deal.”

• Nearly a million people signed up for health insurance under President Obama’s law even after the official enrollment season ended, helping push the share of uninsured Americans below 10 percent and underscoring how hard it could be for Republicans to dismantle the program.

• The U.S. has found it credible that ISIS used a “blistering agent” earlier this week against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, according to officials. But no determination has been made as to what type of chemical agent may have been used in the attack, which affected a small number of Kurdish fighters.

• Secretary of State John Kerry and several other U.S. officials will be in Havana today to officially raise the flag at the American embassy in Cuba.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Donald Trump’s misogyny

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Actress and activist Tichina Arnold (and her Uncle Joe) joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT

• Bernie Sanders has leapfrogged Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, according to a poll released Wednesday by Franklin Pierce University and the Boston Herald. 44% say their first choice is Sanders, while 37% chose Clinton.

• Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday that he has cancer and that it has spread. The 90-year-old said he will be getting treatment at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. Mr. Carter has a strong family history of pancreatic cancer. His three siblings and father died from it.

• Two explosions rocked the northern Chinese city of Tianjin late Wednesday, local time, killing dozens of people, according to authorities. At least 44 people were killed, including 12 firefighters, with more than 500 others taken to nearby hospitals.

• Jeb Bush continued his harsh critique of Hillary Clinton and picked up endorsements from Republican Sens. Dean Heller of Nevada and Orrin Hatch of Utah during a campaign stop in Reno on Wednesday.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Bernie Sanders’ media coverage

• Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton has directed her staff to give the Department of Justice the private email server that she used during her tenure as Secretary of State, a spokesman said. Clinton’s team has also turned over a thumb drive containing emails that has already provided to the state department.

• Police outnumbered protesters along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Tuesday night, perhaps signaling the demonstrations around the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death are starting to fade. The crowd of around 100 demonstrators was mostly calm and peaceful.

• Donald Trump says his campaign is prepared to lay out specific policy plans. He’s just not ready yet. And in the meantime, he’s selling his strong personality and criticizing his rivals, particularly Jeb Bush for a lack of vigor.

• Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is inviting 16 Republican presidential candidates to participate in the CNN/Reagan Library presidential debate on September 16. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, who participated in the debate of lower-tier candidates last week, has not yet been invited.

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s coverage of Donald Trump

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about BlackLivesMatters and Bernie Sanders

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump as president

• Police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson last night during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger declared a state of emergency.

• An estimated 27,000 people crowded in and around the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on Monday night to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders denounce big money politics and pledge to fight institutional racism.

• Former Texas governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is no longer paying its staff in Austin, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina because fundraising has dried up.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the mess that Donald Trump has made for himself

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how the media are covering Donald Trump

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Pro-Lifers and gun laws

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to redirect incoming fire regarding his comments about Fox News’ Megyn Kelly to rival Republican Jeb Bush, saying that Bush has a “huge” problem with women and he is by far the better candidate with that demographic.

• A man who opened fire on officers last night in Ferguson, Missouri, on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was critically wounded when the officers shot back, St. Louis County’s police chief said early Monday.

• Hillary Clinton will roll out her college affordability plan today, pledging to voters in New Hampshire that “costs won’t be a barrier” to secondary. She’s expected to promise that students will be able to attend in-state public colleges or universities “without ever having to take out a loan for tuition.”

• Joan Cusack, star of the new film “The End Of The Tour”, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about her role as Patty The Tour Guide

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The top 10 candidates for the GOP presidential nomination only had a few minutes each last night to capture the attention of voters tuning in to the first big-league Republican presidential debate. Donald Trump may have grabbed the most headlines, but the prime-time debate didn’t yield a clear victor.

• Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina came out swinging during the pre-debate Republican forum and generated a buzz on social media with her digs at Hillary Clinton among others.

• Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Thursday night that he will vote against the Iran nuclear agreement. He laid out the reasons he decided not to support the deal negotiated by Secretary of State John Kerry and strongly advocated for by President Obama in a post on Medium.

• Jon Stewart said goodbye to “The Daily Show” last night, America’s foremost satirist of politicians and the media ushered out by Bruce Springsteen and a reunion of the many colleagues that he worked with during 16 years as host. “Guess what? Stewart said. “I’ve got big news. This is it.”

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to preview tonight’s Fox News GOP debate

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and radio host Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• A man armed with a hatchet and a pellet gun unleashed a volley of pepper spray at audience members inside a Tennessee movie theater Wednesday before being fired at by a police officer and shot dead by a SWAT team as he tried to escape out a back door, police said.

• Malaysia’s transport minister said Thursday that a Malaysian team in the French territory of Reunion Island had collected other plane debris, including a window and some aluminum foil. But Liow Tiong Lai says he cannot confirm they belong to Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

• President Obama defended the nuclear deal with Iran Wednesday, arguing that it continues a successful legacy of “strong, principled diplomacy” put forth by former President John F. Kennedy in 1963 that helped win the Cold War.

• The first televised debate between the top 10 GOP contenders for president will air tonight at 9pm ET / 6pm PT on Fox News. The remaining contenders will debate at 5pm ET / 2pm PT.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the last days of Jon Stewart

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to preview tomorrow’s GOP debates

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Fox News has determined which Republican presidential candidates will participate in the GOP’s first primetime primary debate tomorrow. The candidates who made the cut include Donald Trump (with a polling average of 23.4 percent), Jeb Bush (12.0 percent), and John Kasich (3.2 percent).

• President Obama is casting a looming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear deal as the nation’s most consequential foreign policy debate since the authorization of the Iraq war, a now unpopular decision that still reverberates through American politics.

• Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who has been criticized recently by some conservatives for serving on the board of a charity that gave money to Planned Parenthood, called for the organization’s defunding during an interview Tuesday with the leader of the Southern Baptist convention.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to preview Thursday’s GOP debates

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the Planned Parenthood video hoax

• Senate Democrats on Monday blocked an effort to revoke federal funding for Planned Parenthood, following hours of debate and commentary from members of the Senate and 2016 candidates about women’s health care.

• Calling climate change “one of the key challenges of our lifetimes and of future generations,” President Obama on Monday unveiled his unprecedented — and already controversial — plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

• House Republicans said Monday that they have the GOP votes to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal as Democrats stepped up their support of the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran.

• Former President Jimmy Carter, 90, is expected to make a full recovery after having an operation Monday to remove a small mass in his liver, according to a spokeswoman.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s cruel attempt to destroy Planned Parenthood

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about The New York Times and Hillary Clinton

• Actor and comedian Michael McDonald joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• President Obama today will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.

• Hillary Clinton’s first television ads will hit the airwaves this week, presenting the Democratic candidate for president as a lifelong fighter for children and families. The 60-second spots will run in Iowa and New Hampshire for five weeks starting tomorrow.

• Vice President Joe Biden is still thinking about whether he will run for president and challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, according to people familiar with his thinking. He’s expected to finalize his decision by September.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy Duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• A wing part that washed up on the French island of La Reunion is “very likely” part of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to the Australian official leading the investigation. Searchers continued to scour the coastline of the remote island in hopes of finding more debris.

• A judge on Wednesday scolded the state department for its slow release of Hillary Clinton’s records from her tenure as secretary of state, but Clinton on Thursday insisted that she is personally releasing the emails in question in a “timely fashion.”

• Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and shot with a bow and a gun, and the process has already begun, a Cabinet minister said Friday.

• Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he is confident he would “get along very well with Vladimir Putin,” despite the contentious relationship the Russian president has had with the United States in recent years.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the latest Trump breast feeding fiasco

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and actor Rick Overton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• A police officer who killed a man in Cincinnati during a traffic stop has been indicted for murder, the Hamilton County prosecutor said today, noting, “This was the purposeful killing of another person.” The prosecutor called what sparked the shooting a “chicken-crap stop.”

• Plane debris found on the shore of the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean has fueled speculation that it could be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which mysteriously vanished more than a year ago with 239 people on board.

• The Republican presidential contest has grown to 17 candidates with Wednesday’s entry of Jim Gilmore. Yesterday, the former Virginia governor On Wednesday, he filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.

• Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that the recently signed nuclear deal works to keep Iran from having an atomic weapon, but does not address other concerns about Tehran’s malign activities in the region.

• Michael Tomasky, columnist for “The Daily Beast”, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the latest on Donald Trump

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Donald Trump distanced himself Tuesday from comments one of his top advisers made in an explosive interview while defending the Republican presidential candidate from a decades-old rape accusation.

• President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he could win a third term in office if he ran again but that he is barred by the Constitution. “I actually think I’m a pretty good President. I think if I ran, I could win. But I can’t,” Obama ad-libbed during a speech in Ethiopia.

• Authorities in Waller County, Texas, released hours of jail video on Tuesday in an effort to knock down the idea that Sandra Bland was dead before she was brought to jail. The video, which does not have sound, shows Bland being brought into the jail.

• Two Zimbabwean men were expected to appear in court Wednesday over the killing of Cecil the lion, one of Africa’s best known big cats. But most of the attention — and the anger — is focused on Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota whom Zimbabwean authorities say they are seeking for their investigation.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about how the GOP will deal with Donald Trump

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Scientology and Texas’ far right governor

• President Obama criticized recent comments made by 2016 Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee, saying their statements come out of “a culture where those kind of outrageous attacks have become far too commonplace.”

• Mike Huckabee defended himself Monday after President Obama slammed his comments linking the Iran deal to the Holocaust as “ridiculous” and “sad.” “What’s ‘ridiculous and sad’ is that President Obama does not take Iran’s repeated threats seriously,” Huckabee said.

• President Barack Obama highlighted his administration’s efforts to combat hunger worldwide on Tuesday as he prepared to end a historic return to the land of his father’s birth with a speech to the African Union.

• Dozens of women have publicly accused Bill Cosby of assault since late last year. In its new issue, New York magazine photographed 35 of them for a stunning cover story.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the movie theater shooting in his hometown of Lafayette, LA

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s coverage of the GOP race

• Stuttering John Melendez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to hang with us for the rest of the show

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• President Barack Obama told Kenyans on Sunday that their country is at a crossroads and urged them to “choose the path to progress” by continuing to root out corruption, confront terrorism and be more inclusive of women and girls.

• Hillary Clinton announced Sunday that her plans to combat climate change as president include installing more than half a billion solar panels across the U.S. by the end of her first term and generating enough clean renewable energy to power every home in America within 10 years of taking office.

• Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown died Sunday at a hospice, her family confirmed, several months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub.

• Attorney Lisa Bloom (Avvo.com) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the Sandra Bland case in Texas

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Police said three people, including the shooter, were killed last night in a movie theater in Lafayette, LA. Two died at the scene, including the gunman, and the third in a hospital, Police Chief Jim Kraft said. Authorities said nine other people were wounded.

• Donald Trump yesterday landed in the border town of Laredo, Texas to meet with local officials, speak with law enforcement and tour the border between the U.S. and Mexico that has become a contentious symbol in his campaign for president.

• President Obama today will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya, the birthplace of his father and a country he views as a strategic economic and security partner for the United States. Obama plans to talk to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta about security and counterterrorism.

• Waller County investigators say no injuries consistent with a violent homicide were found during an autopsy of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail 11 days ago.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about our country’s obsession with going to war

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and radio host Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Sandra Bland, whose death in a Texas jail has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself, told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said Wednesday.

• Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry came out swinging at his fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Wednesday in a speech that called Trump’s candidacy “a cancer on conservatism.”

• The Federal Election Commission has released Donald Trump’s personal financial disclosure, the mandatory form for presidential candidates that details their assets and liabilities. Trump has said that he is worth $10 billion. An analysis estimates his assets to be worth at least $1.4 billion.

• The suspect in the Charleston church massacre planned to kill blacks with the goal of “fanning racial flames” around the country and as retribution for perceived slights against whites, according to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

• Director Judd Apatow calls in at 9:20am ET / 6:20am PT to talk about “The Trainwreck Comedy Tour”

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:45am ET / 6:45am PT to talk about “Muslim Funny Fest”

• Author David Bender joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for “Playing Gay”

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• It’s officially war between GOP Presidential contenders Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham. Just hours after Lindsey Graham called Donald Trump a “jackass,” Trump retaliated by reading Lindsey Graham’s cell phone number into the microphone during a speech in South Carolina on Tuesday.

• The Texas officer who pulled over Chicago native Sandra Bland just days before her death in jail told her that he “will light you up,” apparently with a stun gun, one of the dramatic moments caught on newly released dash cam footage.

• Bill Cosby’s attorneys said in a motion filed Tuesday that the alleged victim in a federal lawsuit against the embattled comedian has “made a mockery” of a confidentiality agreement that was part of a settlement in the 2006 case.

• Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Iran nuclear deal

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about John McCain vs. Donald Trump

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the Far Right’s Planned Parenthood hoax

• Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the GOP primary field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, while also garnering enough support as a hypothetical independent candidate in the general election to potentially damage his party’s chances.

• The Waller, TX County Sheriff’s Office yesterday held a press conference about 28-year-old Chicago native Sandra Bland’s death during which they released jailhouse surveillance video and said dash cam footage of her arrest would be released today.

• John Kasich enters a crowded field of Republican candidates today, as he becomes the 16th person to declare he is running for president. It will be an uphill climb for the Ohio governor, who’s in the three percent range in national polls.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about what’s wrong with Oklahoma

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Donald Trump vs. John McCain

• Stuttering John Melendez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to hang with us for the rest of the show

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Does Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump owe Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) an apology for demeaning McCain’s war record at an event in Iowa Saturday? “No, not at all,” was Trump’s answer Sunday in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”

• Bill Cosby said he had sexual relationships with at least five women outside his marriage, gave prescription sedatives to women he wanted to have sex with and tried to hide the affairs from his wife, according to a court deposition obtained by The New York Times.

• The family of the gunman who killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga says he had suffered from depression for many years and “was not the son we knew and loved.” Officials caution it’s too early to say if he was inspired by ISIS.

• John Fuglesang of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121 joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• An Tennessee resident born in Kuwait unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Chattanooga killing four Marines and wounding two other service members and a police officer. Muhammad Abulazeez was not on law enforcement radar concerning possible terror links.

• After deliberating for a day and a half, a jury has convicted James Holmes on first-degree murder charges for killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others when he opened fire at a Colorado movie theater in 2012. Holmes could get the death penalty for the massacre.

• President Obama made history Thursday when he toured the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma, becoming the first sitting president to visit a federal penitentiary. He said the U.S. “can’t close our eyes anymore” to inequities in the criminal justice system.

• Vice President Biden is taking a lead role in building Democratic support for the nuclear deal with Iran, meeting with lawmakers in the House and Senate to answer questions and press the administration’s arguments.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET/ 6am PT to talk about how insufferable Jeb Bush is

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• President Obama on Wednesday challenged critics of the agreement with Iran to curb its nuclear program to present a viable alternative. “This is the most vigorous inspection and verification regime by far that has ever been negotiated,” the president declared in a press conference.

• The president was asked whether he’d revoke the Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill Cosby during a press conference Wednesday. He said, “If you give a woman – or a man, for that matter – without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that’s rape.”

• Former President George H.W. Bush broke a vertebrae in his neck when he fell at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, a spokesperson tweeted Wednesday night. The 91-year-old is in stable condition and “fine,” but would need to wear a neck brace.

• Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs on Wednesday night while urging acceptance for others who are transgender. She received a standing ovation from some of the sporting world’s biggest stars after her 10-minute speech during the annual sports awards.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for all three hours

• Wayne Besen, host of “I’ve Got Issues” on Chicago’s Progressive Talk WCPT, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his gay activism

• Congress now has 60 days to review the Iran nuclear deal, and has the power to kill it. But if they do, President Obama has vowed a veto. Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, argue that lifting economic sanctions will only make Iran richer, stronger and more dangerous.

• “Mass incarceration makes our communities worse off, and we need to do something about it,” President Obama declared at the 106th NAACP Convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday, before laying out the steps he’d like to see Washington take to address the problem.

• Donald Trump leads a new GOP presidential nationwide poll released Tuesday, marking the first time he’s held the top spot since announcing his candidacy. Trump secured 17% support, according to the Suffolk University/USA Today survey. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush garnered 14%.

• “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg has been outspoken in her support of comedian Bill Cosby. On Tuesday, she said on the show that she can no longer say “innocent until proven guilty.”

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump and the GOP

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Jeb Bush wanting you to work more

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the Trump presidency hellscape

• A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles. A senior diplomat says it includes a compromise between Washington and Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties.

• Following in the footsteps of 14 Republican candidates who came before him, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker entered the presidential race Monday promising fresh leadership, reform, economic growth and safety for the American people.

• Pentagon leaders are finalizing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender individuals in the military, with the goal of formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service, senior U.S. officials told The Associated Press.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the power that Trump has over the Republicans

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Hillary email coverage and the press

• Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.

• A summit of eurozone leaders reached a tentative agreement with Greece on Monday for a bailout program that includes “serious reforms” and aid, removing an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro.

• The end is finally in sight for the growing field of GOP presidential candidates, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker officially stepping into the race today. He’ll be the 15th GOP-er competing for the nomination in 2016, and one of the last, with only Ohio Gov. John Kasich to follow soon.

• Monday was the 17th straight day of the Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna, and diplomats were anxious to wrap them up with the latest deadline looming at midnight when a temporary pause in Iran’s nuclear work was to expire. Sources say a deal is very close.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• With protracted emotional debates and raucous protests behind them, South Carolina officials are preparing today to quietly and quickly remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse where it has flown for more than a half-century.

• Alex Nogales, president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, has called on more organizations to follow NBC’s example and cut business ties with Donald Trump. Trump’s representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

• Left-wing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was seeking backing for a harsh new austerity package from his party Friday to keep his country in the euro – less than a week after urging Greeks to reject milder cuts in a referendum.

• Jeb Bush and his super PAC raised $114 million to support his campaign, a massive fundraising haul made possible by rewriting the rules of how campaigns raise money. And on the Dem side, a set of groups backing Hillary Clinton have raised $24 million and her campaign has raised $45 million.

• Democratic Strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the continuing troubles of Trump and the GOP

• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Trump and about the SCOTUS decisions

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about racism at the DC Senate office buildings

• Despite earlier inflammatory comments about Mexican “rapists” illegally crossing the U.S. border, business mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will win the Latino vote if he earns the GOP nomination in 2016.

• The South Carolina House gave final legislative approval to a bill taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860 and raised the flag again at its Statehouse more than 50 years ago to protest the civil rights movement.

• The Baltimore mayor fired the troubled city’s police commissioner Wednesday, saying that a recent spike in homicide rates weeks after a black black man died of injuries in police custody required a change in leadership.