The Daily Dive

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta publicly defended his role in overseeing the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein for sex crimes committed in Florida.  Democrats have been calling for his resignation for accepting what was called a sweetheart deal that let Epstein off with very little consequences.  Acosta said that his office stepped in to make sure he served jail time when going to trial was a roll o...

The criminal groping case against actor Kevin Spacey shifted dramatically on Monday when the man accusing Spacey of groping him exercised his Fifth Amendment rights, a move that could lead to dismissal of the case.  There was also an admission from the accuser’s mother that she had deleted some material from her son’s cellphone, which has now gone missing.  Joey Garrison, national correspondent fo...

Federal prosecutors on Monday released an indictment against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein charging him with sex trafficking and creating a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit.  The indictment alleges that he would pay girls for massages that would then become sex acts and then paid the girls more money to recruit other girls.  This story has a lot of details and e...

New numbers are in for President Trump and he has hit his highest approval ratings for his presidency according to a Washington Post- ABC News poll.  While he continues to have strong numbers for his handling of the economy, a majority of people say that he continues to act un-presidential. Also developing over the weekend, Republican Rep, Justin Amash leaves the party and Nancy Pelosi spars with...

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Facebook and YouTube have been overrun with bogus cancer treatment claims and tech platforms are tweaking algorithms and cutting off advertising for pages and videos promoting dubious information.  The problem is that the amount of misleading info is so extensive and publishing on these platforms is so easy, it’s hard to get a handle on it.  Daniela Hernandez, digital science editor at the WSJ, jo...

Tanks, flyovers and fireworks!  President Trump is planning a Fourth of July Celebration that he says will be “like no other.”  Trump will deliver a speech at the Lincoln Memorial which is not a usual occurrence for an American president and critics will be watching to see if he politicizes the event.  My producer Miranda joins us for all the details you need to know. Next, along with all the fire...

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General has discovered extreme overcrowding, prolonged detention stays, and health risks at several Border Patrol stations in south Texas.  The Associated Press has also released a video of a 12 year-old girl describing the poor care at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas.  Stef Kight, reporter for Axios, joins us fo...

Genetic genealogy has been used to identify more than 40 murder and rape suspects in some cases at least 50 years old.  There was always questions as whether using this investigative technique would hold up in court and now we have an answer.  William Talbot II was tracked down through DNA that two cousins uploaded to a genealogy site, and was just found guilty of the murder of a young Canadian co...

President Trump had another history making moment over the weekend as he became the first sitting president to step into North Korea. Trump shook hands with Kim Jong Un and the two agreed to revive stalled talks about denuclearization.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for this, what happened at the G-20 and Sen. Kamala Harris surging in the polls. Next, after a yearlong inv...

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We got through it! 2 nights, 20 candidates, 4 hours, lots of Trump bashing, and lots of policy.  The first round of democratic debates has ended and there were some clear winners and losers.  All the front runners remain intact, Julian Castro raised his profile and Kamala Harris looked strong in a serious exchange with Biden, but how did the front runner Joe Biden fare at the end of it all?  There...

It’s the moment that Democrats have been waiting for… Robert Mueller will testify before two House committees in back to back open sessions.  It will be a must-see-TV event and it’s going down on July 17.  Darren Samuelsohn, senior reporter at Politico, joins us for how this will play out and the other cast of characters that Dems want to interview…all of the prosecutors that worked on Mueller’s t...

It all kicks off tonight in Miami!  The battle for the Democratic nomination for president and hope for the party to defeat President Trump.  The first debate of the season will feature 20 candidates across two days, with 4 of the top 5 candidates going at it on night 2, but some Democratic bigwigs are scared of what might happen if it turns into a slugfest. Holly Otterbein, national political rep...

After the president announced that there would be mass deportations coming over the weekend, he decided to delay planned immigration raids for two weeks to give Democrats time to change asylum laws.  This comes as we find out that the government has had to move almost 300 migrant children from a remote border patrol station in Texas due to poor conditions.  Alicia Caldwell, immigration reporter fo...

Let’s check in on the world of presidential politics.  As we await the first round of debates for the Democratic field to begin this week, the gloves have come off in the battle for the nomination. Former Vice President Joe Biden still leads the field in all the poll and he continues to take hits all around.  On the other side, President Trump has said he may not reach out to swing voters instead...

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President Trump warned that Iran “made a very big mistake” after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard shot down and American RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone.  Iran maintains that the drone crossed their airspace, but the US says that is just not true.  Bryan Bender, defense editor at Politico, joins us for more on the drone shoot down and continued tension with Iran. Next, in the aftermath of the...

NXIVM leader Keith Raniere has been found guilty on all charges related to the sex cult he started under the guise of a self-help group.  Among the charges he was found guilty of were forced labor conspiracy, sex trafficking, and child porn charges.  Pilar Melendez, reporter for the Daily Beast, was in the courtroom for the verdict and joins us for how it all went down and highlights from the tria...

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is out and will withdraw from the nomination process to be permanent Defense Secretary after it was reported by USA Today that the FBI is examining a 2010 domestic fight between Shanahan and his former wife, where accounts differ as to who the aggressor was. Army Secretary Mark Esper will take over for Shanahan.  Tom Vanden Brook, Pentagon correspondent fo...

Tensions in the Mideast have been escalating recently and got another push as Iran announced that it will break uranium stockpile limits set under the 2015 nuclear deal within the next 10 days.  This comes at a time when the U.S. has blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the US is weighing a range of options for how...

The 2020 campaign season officially kicks off on Tuesday when President Trump takes the stage in Orlando to announce his bid for re-election. But things are different this time… He’s the incumbent, he has millions of dollars in his war chest and a far more sophisticated campaign apparatus.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for this and winners and losers of the Democratic de...