State of the Day

POTUS Goes to SCOTUS, TMZ Takes Washington, and Congress Moves to End the Shutdown

In this episode, Amber Duke covers President Trump becoming the first sitting POTUS to attend Supreme Court oral arguments on his birthright citizenship executive order, highlighting the justices' skeptical reactions and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's memorable analogy about allegiance. She then details the bipartisan negotiations to end the partial government shutdown, noting Speaker Mike Johnson's shift to support the Senate's DHS funding plan. The show also recaps Trump's brief update on the ongoing Iran conflict, emphasizing his claims of progress without new details, and reports on the Restoring Energy Dominance Coalition's ad push for Ohio Senator John Husted's special election bid. Finally, Duke notes TMZ's new focus on Washington politics amid shutdown-related rumors.