The Bill Handel Show

(March 28, 2025) Chris Merrill fills in for Bill this week. Vance , the second lady and a delegation are set to arrive in Greenland for a limited national security-focused mission and visit with military personnel stationed in Pituffik Space Base. LA Mayor Bass' texts provide glimpse into early response to Palisades Fire. Love is never simple. Add politics to the mix, and you may find yourself in...

(March 28, 2025) Chris Merrill fills in for Bill this week. Signal chat records must be preserved, federal judge tells Trump administration. California high-speed rail project needs $7 billion by next summer. Trump's "pro-Hamas" purge could block foreign students from colleges. Canada and Mexico are both planning on retaliation for the latest round of tariffs planned. The last two threats went awa...

(March 28, 2025) Amy King and joins Chris Merrill who is hosting Handel on the News all week. Senior Trump officials ordered to preserve Signal group chat. Bangkok declared ‘emergency zone’ as powerful 7.7 magnitude quake hits Myanmar with tremors felt across the region. Trump says US will ‘go as far as we have to’ to get control of Greenland. Concerns about Hegseth’s judgement come roaring back a...

(March 27, 2025) Chris Merrill is in for Bill Handel while he is out on vacation. Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss rate caps on credit cards, Tesla owners are likely going to be paying more for insurance, and should you buy a new car RIGHT NOW. As the Signal chat amongst President Trump's National Security team takes on a life of its own and is going nowhere fast, th...

(March 27, 2025) Chris Merrill is in for Bill Handel while he is out on vacation. The Atlantic on Wednesday published a new article detailing purported information about recent American strikes in Yemen. Under current law, swatting threats are only considered to be a crime when they are made against an individual — not an institution, such as a school or hospital. Now, state legislators are backin...

(March 27, 2025) Amy King joins Chris Merrill, who is filling in for Bill while he is on vacation, for Handel on the News. Trump announces new auto tariffs in major trade war escalation. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelan criminals are being held. HHS scraps studies of vaccines and treatments for future pandemics. LA County Sheriff’s Departm...

(March 26, 2025) The Atlantic posts the 'attack plans' that were shared on the Signal app proving these were ,meant to be highly classifed. Americans are increasingly anxious about their financial prospects, with a closely watched gauge of consumer confidence slumping to a 12-year low amid growing concerns about tariffs and inflation. A light blue swirl puzzled skywatchers from Britain to Croatia...

(March 26, 2025) Chris Merril is in for Bill while he is out on vacation.  Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty again in Los Angeles, undoing one of the signature policies of his predecessor, George Gascón. Four Southern states rank in the top five nationally for their dependence on federal dollars, according to a new report. And a very northern state, Alaska...

(March 26, 2025) Amy King joins Chris Merril who is filling in for Bill for Handel on the News. Mike Walz claims ‘fill responsibility; for Signal chat group leaked to journalist. Trump stands by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, saying he’s ‘learned a lesson.’ D.A Hochman officially brings death penalty back to Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass, City Council members request nearly $2BIL from state...

(March 25, 2025) Chris Merrill fills in for Bill this week. KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.’ Today, Rich talks about what the Signal app is. The Trump administration's Signal fiasco has given Democrats an unexpected shot to go on offense, with a pair of hearings in the next two days. When social media company Meta sued to have a former employee's memoir p...

(March 25, 2025) Trump Administration accidentally included reporter in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps this morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much that computat...

(March 25, 2025)  Amy King and joins Chris Merrill who is hosting Handel on the News all week. Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans. Live Nation settles lawsuit over claims it misled investors about legal risks. US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns. Yosemite National Park summer reservations open after delay. Trump says any countr...

(March 24, 2025) Chris Merrill fills in for Bill this week. As some Eaton residents are running out of money to stay in temporary housing, they are returning to their unsafe living conditions The Internal Revenue Service is nearing an agreement to allow immigration officials to use tax data to confirm the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, according to four...

(March 25, 2025) Chris Merrill fills in for Bill this week. The parents of the one person in Texas who has died during the current measles outbreak are standing by their decision not to vaccinate their late daughter or her four siblings. In an interview posted on the website of the Children’s Health Defense, the un-named mother and father insisted that measles is “good for the body” by reinforcing...

(March 24, 2025) Amy King and joins Chris Merrill who is hosting Handel on the News all week. First deportation flight lands in Venezuela from US, after deal to resume repatriations. Chuck Schumer rejects call to step down as Senate Democratic Leader. Canada calls snap election for April 28. US looks to make headway on Trump’s ceasefire hopes as Russia talks open in Saudi Arabia. California looks...

(Friday 03/21/25) Mo Kelly is in for Bill Handel while he is out on vacation. Pam Bondi’s campaign against domestic terrorism starts with anti-Elon Musk Tesla vandals. Nick Cannon wants more babies. Cruise passengers were told to draw curtains and turn off lights as they passed through a pirate hot spot. New research uncovers alarming heart risks for marijuana users. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

(Friday 03/21/25) Mo Kelly is in for Bill Handel while he is out on vacation. ‘America Will Be Open’: Casey Wasserman assures IOC VISA issues won’t be a problem for the 2028 L.A Olympics. Los Angeles has a parking enforcement problem… a BIG one! Judge says Mariah Carey didn’t steal ‘All I Want For Christmas is You’ from other writers. NewsNation reporter Alicia Nieves joins the show to speak on de...

(Friday 03/21/25) Amy King joins Mo Kelly, who is filling in for Bill while he is on vacation, for Handel on the News. President Trump signs order to begin dismantling the Education Department. London’s Heathrow Airport closes for the day after power failure. DWP has fixed the vast majority of fire hydrants flagged for repairs last year. In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybert...

Mo Kelly is in for Bill Handel while he is out on vacation. Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss more people thinking with their portfolios given the volatility in the stock market, whether using federal land to add housing stock could reduce prices, and Harvard announcing tuition will be free for families making less than $200k a year. There are two kinds of credit card...

Mo Kelly is in for Bill Handel while he is out on vacation. Homeless population in LA County down for second year in a row, preliminary data shows. ABC News crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett speaks on the newly uncovered JFK assassination documents and what, if any, new information has been found. NewsNation reporter Tom Dempsey joins the program to talk about Trump potentially signing an e...

(March 20, 2025) Amy King joins Mo Kelly, who is filling in for Bill while he is on vacation, for Handel on the News. Fed holds interest rates steady. Trump to sign order aimed at closing Education Department. Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660MIL for defaming oil firm in protests. 911 outage impacts all Los Angeles County Sheriff’s stations. Trump freezes $175MIL to Penn over transgender at...

(March 19, 2025) Chris Merril is in for Bill while he is out on vacation. JFK files released by Trump administration. After Trump DEI order, Navajo code talkers disappear from military websites. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Chris about measles outbreak, sleepmaxxing,...

(March 19, 2025) Chris Merril is in for Bill while he is out on vacation. When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth. Chief Justice Roberts disagrees with Trump; Trump asks for his impeachment. NewsNation guest Tom Dempsey joins the show to speak on the issue. Why are young adults vulnerable to phishing scams. blame it on FOMO. FBI issues spring break travel warnings. Places y...

(March 19, 2025) Amy King joins Chris Merril who is filling in for Bill for Handel on the News. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space. Ukraine and Russia exchange attacks overnight, hours after Trump-Putin call. Zelensky announces talk with Trump on March 19; says Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid despite claimed pause. See omnystudio.com/...

(Tuesday 03/18/25) In January, Meta announced that it would be replacing fact-checkers with a new system. Meanwhile, Apple executives are meeting this week for their annual offsite, which is a closed-door event. The primary topic of discussion will reportedly be the company's ongoing challenges with Apple Intelligence. Additionally, Trump has announced that he will release the remaining classified...