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Grant breaks down the latest chapter in the Epstein saga as one that Trump has been unable to shake. No matter how hard he's tried, it's stuck with the media, Democrats... and his supporters.

The House passed Trump's take-backsies bill, which included $9 billion in funding approved back in March, but to get it over the line, they had to include the Epstein files.

And then a new Wall Street Journal piece detailed a part of how close Trump and Epstein were with a cryptic and very weird birthday card from Trump, which has many speculating what they could have been discussing. Trump is promising to sue over it.

Plus, how the Epstein files are a study on leadership for the Trump admin, and what we can learn from how he's responding.

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Republicans in Congress, at President Trump's request, are calling take-backsies on $9 billion in funding for PBS, NPR, and foreign aid.

Despite all three of those things remaining wildly popular, Congress is preparing to pass a bill to claw back money it has already approved. It's a move we haven't seen done successfully in 33 years.

Grant breaks down why defunding public media could mean putting lives at risk and why not funding foreign aid will put lives at risk.

Plus, how this bill might be cover for an illegal act by the White House, and why it could end up driving a wedge between Democrats.

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The Make America Great Again movement is splitting at the seams after the Department of Justice said there wasn't a "client list," something Trump's base supporters had been calling for to be released for years.

Fueled by the belief that Epstein was the key to uncovering a cabal of child abusers or worse, they helped Trump retake the White House, believing he was their benevolent, billionaire savior from the "deep state."

But after he said it was no big deal, the base started to revolt, and Trump hasn't been able to get a handle on this scandal. Grant talks about how the Epstein conspiracy became what it is, what the latest controversy is and how it could mean trouble for Trump in the not-so-distant future.

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