The Lead with Jake Tapper

As the violence erupts in Sudan, the U.S. and other nations evacuate their embassies. But, what about other Americans on the ground? Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) of the Foreign Affairs Committee joins to discuss Biden’s response in Sudan and the prospects of negotiating peace between Ukraine and Russia. Plus, a Kentucky sheriffs office explains why it hired the cop who killed Breonna Taylor. To l...

Republican state lawmakers are refusing to let a democratic state representative who is transgender speak after she made a passionate plea against a bill that would ban hormone treatments and surgery for transgender minors in Montana. That state lawmaker joins to discuss. Plus, an IRS agent tries to get whistleblower protection in the Hunter Biden probe, claiming to have information that contradic...

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin is soon to be cleared of involuntary manslaughter charges after a gun on a movie set killed his colleague. But, is Baldwin legally cleared for good? Plus, a father and daughter are shot after the six-year-old’s basketball rolled into a neighbor’s yard. Also, the most powerful unmanned rocket ever created exploded mid air. Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX says it triggered the fi...

The U.S. Supreme Court pauses until Friday restrictions on access to an abortion pill which were put in place by a Texas judge. But, what might happen after this two day stay? Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) joins to provide her analysis and concerns. Plus, two cheerleaders were shot after they mistakenly opened the door to the wrong vehicle. Also, the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems joins to answer w...

Moments ago, a settlement has been reached in the high stakes trial between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News. The settlement totals $787,500,000, according to Dominion attorney Justin Nelson. Fox released a statement saying “[Fox] acknowledge[s] the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” Plus, actor Jake Gyllenhaal joins to discuss a film about the plight of Afghan...

The FBI has arrested two alleged Chinese agents and federal prosecutors have charged dozens of others with working to silence and harass dissidents within the United States. Plus, outrage in Kansas City after a teenage black boy is shot after showing up at the wrong house to pick up his brothers. The gunman was an elderly white man and was released after less than two hours in custody.  Also, the...

The U.S. Supreme Court has extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug in order to give the justices more time to examine the issue. Plus, the suspect in the leak of highly classified Pentagon memos has been charged under the Espionage Act. Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper joins discuss the scope of the problem facing the Pentagon....

The FBI has arrested the suspect behind the leak of highly classified and damaging Pentagon memos. 21-year-old Massachusetts Air Force guardsman Jack Teixeira was identified as the suspect. The documents included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries alike, including on the state of the war in Ukraine. Plus, one of the Tennessee lawmakers expelled from the statehouse joins to...

Flames engulf an Indiana recycling plant and the large smoke plumes stretch for miles as the toxic fire is expected to burn for days. Plus, the judge hearing the billion dollar Dominion versus Fox News lawsuit today sanctioned Fox’s lawyers, accusing the lawyers of withholding evidence and not telling the court the truth. Also, evictions surge amid rising inflation and pandemic eviction moratorium...

New details about the bank employee turned killer in Kentucky and the five people he murdered. Why did he target his colleagues? Why did he live stream the attack? Plus, Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts joins to discuss the abortion drug ruling in Texas and why she is stockpiling abortion pills. Also, the United States is in damage control after a classified documents leak. To learn more about h...

A mass shooting occurred today in Louisville, Kentucky after a lone gunman opened fire in his workplace, a bank. At least four people have been killed with at least nine others injured. Plus, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) joins to discuss the potential damage of leaked classified documents from the Pentagon. Some of the documents, which U.S. officials say a...

Tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East as the Israel Foreign Ministry says two separate terror attacks in Tel Aviv leave one dead and six wounded. Plus, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas tries to explain after a bombshell report revealed his many family trips onboard a private jet, all paid for by a billionaire Republican mega donor. Also, Vice President Kamala Harris is dispatched t...

Debates and voting are underway right now as Tennessee state House Republicans try to expel three statehouse Democrats for protesting on the statehouse floor in the wake of the Nashville school shooting. Should they be kicked out of office? Plus, airspace over northern Israel shut down after rockets were intercepted, fired from Lebanon. This is just one day after Israeli police raided a mosque in...

In the face of threats, Speaker McCarthy and the president of Taiwan defiantly meet as Beijing warns the Chinese government will fight back. Plus, one day after Donald Trump’s arrest and arraignment in New York, there are new developments in the federal case investigating him. Also, Mike Pence has decided not to appeal his a federal court ruling ordering him to testify, potentially setting up a hi...

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In the historic and unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump, the former president landed in New York and is expected to voluntarily surrender. Sources tell CNN that the former president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud. Plus, growing concerns about a popular shopping app which some experts say spies on the users’ phone, reading private messages and monitoring o...

Donald Trump says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. According to sources, Trump’s arraignment is set for Tuesday and now a look at the security required for this unprecedented event. Plus, 30 news organizations come to the defense of an American journalist detained in Russia. A friend of that reporter joins. Also, from the midwest to the south are confirmed tornados with the governor...

For the first time since the Cold War, Russia arrests an American journalist, accusing him of being a spy trying to steal state secrets.  Plus: The tragic news that nine servicemembers are killed when two Blackhawk helicopters crash during a training mission.  And: From paper tossing to hallway shouting, in-your-face debates are getting heated on the Hill.  To learn more about how CNN protects lis...

Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake says they have yet to uncover any specific problems at the Nashville school shooter’s school, work, or home. This as we learned investigators believe Audrey Hale had some kind of weapons training before gunning down three nine-year-olds and three adults. Plus, a stunning new filing in the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News. Newly revealed emails show Fox News...

Newly released footage shows the moments when police enter the Nashville school where three children and three adults were killed. This as we learn that the attacker purchased seven different guns from five different gun shops. What will it take for lawmakers to address the number one killer of American children? Plus, executive privilege cannot shield former Vice President Mike Pence as he is ord...

3 children and 3 adult victims have been killed in a mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Plus, uproar in Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to a protest that brought his country to a standstill, postponing a major vote to overhaul the judicial system. Also, bottled is hard to come by in Philadelphia after city officials send mixed messages about the safety of their tap water....

A judge has rejected claims of executive privilege in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Now at least eight former top Trump White House aides including Mark Meadows, Stephen Miller, and Dan Scavino all must testify. Plus, a barrage of rockets target a U.S. base in Syria. Plus, Russian troops regroup after steep losses in a key city in Ukraine. Then, a live pres...

As New York prosecutors weigh indicting Donald Trump, the former president belittles keeping protests peaceful. Then, Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces a subpoena threat as lawmakers order him to turn over documents related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) of the Foreign Relations Committee joins to discuss Xi-Putin talks producing no meaning...

Jake sits down with Sen. Elizabeth Warren of the Finance Committee to discuss why she believes FED Chair Jerome Powell is a dangerous person to lead the Federal Reserve and why the U.S. could be headed towards a recession. Plus, a federal court ruled that Donald Trump’s defense lawyer has to be called back to answer more questions and turn over more documents as part of the criminal investigation...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attended a state dinner, capping off two days of talks where they vowed more collaboration in oil production which gives the Chinese government an opportunity to further prop up Russia’s sanctioned, suffering economy. Plus, Republican officials are rushing to defend Donald Trump as the former president faces a possible indictment. Cons...