Laura Coates Live

Laura Coates Live

Laura Coates sparks unique conversations and covers the most interesting stories of the day through a news, legal and pop culture lens.

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December 11, 2025 46 mins
Millions of Americans face skyrocketing healthcare premiums come January 1. Now, Republicans on Capitol Hill are scrambling for a plan, any plan. Plus, U.S. forces repel from helicopters and seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Will Venezuela do anything about it? The prosecution has rested now in the murder trial of Brian Walshe. Now, the big question for the defense, is he going to testify in his own defense?  Lear...
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 President Trump tries to sell his economic message on the road while giving himself an A plus times five, Senator Amy Klobuchar has a lot to say about it and the social media ban in Australia that has many people asking, did that happen here? Plus, an update on the Brian Walshe case and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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US Rep. Jasmine Crockett filed Monday to run for US Senate from Texas in 2026, leaning into the criticisms of President Donald Trump that have built her national profile while also worrying Democrats hoping for a long-shot upset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen, providing perhaps the first indication of a possible motive for the bombs placed near the DNC and RNC headquarters, people briefed on the matter told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The FBI arrested a man from Woodbridge, Virginia, on Thursday who investigators believe planted pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the 2021 US Capitol riot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents of a classified Inspector General report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Republican Matt Van Epps will win the special US House election for Tennessee’s 7th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, preventing an upset but emboldening Democrats as they were on track to over-perform in a normally deep-red district. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The White House defended an admiral who it said ordered a follow-up strike that killed survivors on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean. Lawmakers from both parties have voiced concerns over the second strike’s legality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Two National Guardsmen are listed in critical condition after police say they were targeted and shot in broad daylight in Washington, DC. We are getting new footage from the scene and details about the suspect as we bring you all the latest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The FBI and the Pentagon get involved over the video of six Democratic lawmakers telling troops to refuse illegal orders. How is this actually going to go? Plus, the leaked transcript of a stunning call over the war in Ukraine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A major black eye for Trump’s DOJ after a judge tosses the cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James over an embarrassing mistake. Plus, the Pentagon singles out Sen. Mark Kelly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In a shock resignation, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling it quits just days after President Trump called her a traitor. Plus, in a stunning meeting at the White House, President Trump praises Zohran Mamdani.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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President Donald Trump has yet again suggested that his political opponents deserve to be executed. And yet again, he’s basing this argument on a rather novel legal theory and a dubious interpretation of the facts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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President Donald Trump said on social media tonight that he has signed the bill that directs the Department of Justice to publicly release all its Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Senate has unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber. Majority leader John Thune said that would happen tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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November 18, 2025 47 mins
Speaker Mike Johnson signaled he could support a bill on releasing the files if changes were made to some provisions in the Senate. GOP Senate leader John Thune is still mulling whether to schedule a vote, a source said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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President Donald Trump said Friday he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to many other high-profile figures, in an extraordinary step that comes just days after Democrats released emails from the late Epstein that mention him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released an additional 20,000 pages of documents the GOP-led panel received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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November 12, 2025 46 mins
Congress is moving quickly to pass a funding package that would end the longest federal shutdown in the nation’s history. Plus, Trump was discussing the issue of “affordability” after Democrats won state and local elections Tuesday in part by campaigning on the cost of living.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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