Donald Trump faces a rough week as his endorsed candidate loses a Republican primary election and the Supreme Court denies his appeal.

Thom talks with investigative reporter, Heidi Siegmund Cuda, about how Donald Trump and his aides rarely go easy on their perceived enemies. Their attacks; however, on the International Criminal Court — describing it as, among other things, filled with “lunatics” and pledging to destroy it — are hyperbolic enough that you have to wonder: Are they afraid the court will prosecute them?

Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency’s demand for early review of its broadcast licenses posed an “existential threat” to the network.

Donald Trump posted a map on Truth Social Tuesday morning labeling the Strait of Hormuz a new U.S. territory.

Over the past year and a half, at least 28 federal datasets have been deleted outright.

Yesterday at the White House, Trump held a photo op with a 16-year-old lifeguard, Ryder Williams, who’d pulled a drowning ten-year-old out of a dangerous surf in Santa Cruz.

Thom talks with Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, about Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.)’s loss in Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary and how it could affect the political debate over Social Security as Congress faces a projected 2032 funding shortfall.

During a Sunday appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Blanche was pressed by host Kristen Welker on whether the Trump administration would pay Jan. 6 rioters. Blanche has repeatedly said that the anti-weaponization fund, which critics worried would pay Jan. 6 rioters, is dead, but Welker asked if they could still get payments.

America’s emergency oil supply just fell below 300 million barrels for the first time since it was filled in the early 1980s.

President Trump told Fox News on Monday he's ready to attack Oman, a country that's been a US ally for nearly two centuries.

-- Republicans Rigged America’s Debt: Now You’re Paying Billionaires Forever

In today’s Daily Take, there’s a reason everything is getting so expensive and inflation seems intractable, and it goes way beyond just Trump’s stupid war-of-choice in Iran.

Thom talks with veteran war correspondent, Phil Ittner, about how Russian President Vladimir Putin just issued a fresh warning to NATO, accusing the alliance of expanding its military presence in the Asia-Pacific and creating new threats for Moscow...

Thom talks with lawyer and political writer, Sabrina Haake, about how Trump is tearing up pristine habitats in Big Bend to reward a big political donor. Under a $1.7 billion federal contract, which was strongly opposed by Texas locals regardless of party affiliation, Southwest Valley started bulldozing for profit.

Thom talks with former youth pastor and author, John Pavlovitz, about how he believes that the only way we can help retain our sanity and stay tethered to our humanity is to not let this parasitic regime destroy us and to refuse to be swallowed up by the cancer of cruelty our leadership has released into our bloodstream.