The Source with Kaitlan Collins

Aftershocks on Capitol Hill after the director or the FBI says he’s resigning while the candidate that Trump wants to replace him with was interviewing with senators. CNN has new reporting on why Christopher Wray is making this move now. President Donald Trump is now one step closer to dramatically reshaping the FBI in his image.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

A look inside the defense of the CEO murder suspect. Luigi Mangione’s attorney joins as the suspect himself explodes before walking into court. Plus, President-elect Trump is set to huddle with top Republicans about his agenda as Democrats are plotting on how to fight it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to joins to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

President-elect Trump’s top cabinet picks have been making their cases to top Republican senators on Capitol Hill. One of them whom even Trump has acknowledged as controversial is gaining key support this evening. Plus, the suspect in the United Healthcare CEO’s murder was in court tonight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the massive manhunt for the killer of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, police appear to be closing in on the identity of the suspected CEO killer. Sources tell CNN investigators are using thousands of leads including facial recognition technology to try and track him down. Police say that will be critical in the killing that appeared to be so well planned.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Brand new images and breaking new details in the manhunt for the CEO’s murderer. Where the suspect is now believed to have traveled from and new clues that could point towards a motive. Plus, Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick is lashing out at the media over a whistleblower report amid new allegations about alcohol.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, is vowing to fight while his nomination is in peril in the Senate as Trump is weighing his options. For the first time publicly, Hegseth directly addressed some of the most serious allegations against him including sexual assault, excessive drinking, and mismanaging veterans organizations that he ran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

Right now Trump’s team is working to save his Pentagon pick as CNN is learning that Pete Hegseth’s nomination is in serious trouble amid allegations of misconduct. Hegseth was back on Capitol Hill today making a full court press to lead the Pentagon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Questions emerge about how Trump will utilize the political gift he was given by President Biden. With 50 days left in his presidency, Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter. Now questions and concerns grow about how Trump will use Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter to his advantage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fears spread across the United States government as Elon Musk publicly highlights little known government names and employees he wants to cut, terrifying federal workers. Plus, at least eight of Trump cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted with bomb threats or swatting.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Team Trump finally signs a long overdue agreement with the Biden White House to ensure a smooth transition of power. But, the president-elect is still shunning one agreement that involves the FBI. Plus, a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is now in effect. Will this U.S. brokered deal hold?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sweeping announcement out of Mar-a-Lago that will affect how much you pay from food to cars. We have breaking details on what Trump warns is coming starting day one when he is in office. Plus, President-elect Trump is free and clear in both of his federal criminal cases after special counsel Jack Smith dropped all charges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump’s latest cabinet picks are dropping by the minute. We look at who he is placing at critical posts and how one of the fiercest battles that was playing out at Palm Beach just came to an end. Plus, after tapping RFK Jr. to the top federal health role in the government, Trump has made his picks to run the FDA, CDC, and to serve as the United States surgeon general. We take a look at thei...

Donald Trump has announced his new pick for attorney general hours after Matt Gaetz’s sudden withdrawal. Plus, Trump has been planning for months to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray even though Wray’s term doesn’t end until 2027. Sources say one idea being floated now is Trump naming Mike Rogers, a former FBI special agent and former Michigan congressman who just narrowly lost a Senate race, as...

A source who was in the room when House Republicans blocked the release of the ethics report on Matt Gaetz joins to discuss. The report which is threatening to derail Gaetz’s confirmation remains under wraps.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New reporting on one of the president-elect’s most embattled cabinet picks. Plus, another familiar television personality has been tapped for a top cabinet position. The president-elect is going with Dr. Oz to oversee healthcare coverage for more than 150 million Americans, nominating him as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Coverage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

The conversations are buzzing about the latest fight to shape Donald Trump’s administration. We have new reporting about how the president-elect is struggling with one of the biggest decisions he has left. His treasury secretary will be in charge of spending your tax dollars and carrying out some of Trump’s most ambitious plans. Several sources say there is intense infighting behind the scenes as...

New reporting on concerns inside Trump’s team after they were caught off guard by a sexual assault allegation made against the president-elect’s pick to lead the Pentagon. Plus, we speak with a source who worked inside the first Trump administration. Also, Elon Musk is now hiring for the Department of Government Efficiency.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moments ago, President-elect Trump just wrapped up his remarks, speaking at his Mar-a-Lago club where the room is filled with several of the people just named to his incoming cabinet. This included one of his most controversial picks, RFK Jr. whom Trump has chosen to be the nation's health secretary despite how the vaccine skeptic has no medical degree or public health experience.  Learn more abou...

Trump is back and so is the shock and drama that follows him. His latest cabinet picks are sending shockwaves trough Capitol Hill. Trump is naming Matt Gaetz to be America’s next attorney general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his major picks for big cabinet positions including Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth to become the next secretary of defense. He has now been chosen to head one of the most sprawling and critical positions in the federal government yet he has no prior government experience according to sources.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

The announcements for who Trump will surround himself with in a second term are seemingly coming in by the minute. A source is confirming that Trump is likely to pick Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to be the next secretary of state. It is not clear if a formal offer has been extended to Rubio yet.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New reporting on the aggressive race to staff the new Trump administration and how Elon Musk is fitting into all of that. Plus, Nancy Pelosi is now openly pointing her finger at President Biden for her party’s crushing defeat Tuesday night. Also, Jack Smith is signaling the beginning of the end for his prosecutions of Donald Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

At Mar-a-Lago, Trump is preparing to regain power starting with who will be working for him. We have new reporting on the competition that is already playing out amongst people vying for the top jobs in Trump’s cabinet and inside the West Wing. One person likened it to the Hunger Games.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The nation’s capitol is on the brink of a second Trump presidency and a new era of uncertainty and dramatically changing priorities at the highest levels of power.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All across the United States, from Arizona to Pennsylvania, Michigan to Georgia, and battlegrounds in between, the final hours are underway in one of the closest and most consequential presidential races ever. We also bring you the latest in Senate, House, and gubernatorial races.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices