The News Agents - USA

Star quality doesn’t come much higher than an Obama. And last night at the DNC there were two. Michelle preceded her husband, the 44th US president, as they told the crowd to “Do Something “ to get Kamala Harris elected. This convention, these speeches, are all about the power of women. And there’s a reason that’s playing so strongly in this particular election. What will Trumps response be to wha...

Since Kamala Harris took over the 2024 Democratic race Trump has been visibly suffering. He can’t work out her name, how to attack her, or even whether she reminds him of his own wife. Trump has barely been out on the campaign stump since his attempted assassination. Has he got PTSD or has he just lost his mojo? And what will happen to the democrats when he gets it back? Editor: Tom Hughes Produce...

What does Kamala Harris see in Tim Walz that has propelled him to be her VP pick? And what lines of attack will Trump and Vance use against the pairing now? Walz is little known in much of America - the Minnesota governor, former veteran and school coach has got progressive left policies but he is a gun owner with a love of hunting and fishing. Can he win over the men who once voted Trump? Editor:...

Kamala Harris has challenged Trump to a debate in the most ‘brat‘ way possible. She’s also introduced a new vibe into the Democrat campaign which involves calling the former president ‘a bit weird’. Is it unsettling Trump? Is it emasculating him? And what form will his response take? Later we discuss the potential VP picks - Kamala Harris will pick her running mate by this time next week. And an u...

Kamala Harris has received the backing of Nancy Pelosi, George Clooney and Beyonce to name but three. She's found a million new small figure donors and got the female power of Silicon Valley behind her. Meanwhile, Trump is having to think about how the campaign has changed overnight. Is the choice of his VP JD Vance still feeling like the right one? And who will Kamala pick to fight the campaign b...

Chaos reigns in the Democratic party. In a virtually unprecedented move President Joe Biden has stepped aside from the presidential race weeks before he was due to become the Democrats’ candidate at their national convention in Chicago. Biden has endorsed his VP Kamala Harris. But is she assured of the crown? In a hastily assembled emergency podcast Jon, Emily and Lewis discuss the implications fo...

We're live in Wisconsin, talking to a number of key Republican players as the party unites around Trump as Joe Biden's health and viability for office is increasingly under the spotlight. Editor: Gabriel Radus Video Production: Rory Symon The News Agents USA is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/ You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play T...

Hours after Presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, Jon and Lewis take a look at how the assassination attempt will impact the election in November. Will it strengthen Trump's campaign? And does it mean Joe Biden will now definitely stand against him? Editor: Tom Hughes Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Gl...

George Clooney leads a growing list of people who have called on Joe Biden not to stand again in 2024. Will this shift the White House thinking on this thorny matter? Or will it take former Democratic presidents to weigh in before anything changes. Last night House Democrats seemed resigned to the status quo after their caucus behind closed doors. Biden is currently meeting Keir Starmer and others...

The majority decision by America's Supreme Court to grant Trump almost complete immunity from actions taken whilst in office make him - in the words of one dissenting justice, "a king above the law". What are the implications of this ruling on Trump's future trials? On his behaviour if he wins a second term? And on America's trust in the highest court in the land? Later, the Democrats find themsel...

This was a TV debate unlike any other. Excruciating doesn’t even cover it. Whilst Trump confidently lied his way through the facts, Biden barely reached the end of his sentences without meandering off into a far distant phrase. It was painful to watch and it will raise serious questions now amongst senior Democrats. Can they, must they replace Joe Biden as their presidential candidate? And if so w...

Biden's appearances at the G7 photo call and the Democrat fundraiser have raised eyebrows because of video circulating that appears to show him freezing at certain moments. The White House says don't fall for the clips- they're edited videos or 'cheap fakes'. What's going on? Why are Dems so defensive? And why is Trump mixing up his own doctor's name when he talks about his superior cognitive abil...

What does the Hunter Biden conviction do to the Presidential race? When will there be a female president? What's the campaign you wished you'd covered and why and who will be the next front runners for either party? Your questions answered - and we have one for you. Help us spot the audio deepfake. Editor: Tom Hughes Video Production: Shane Fennelly You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just s...

Donald Trump is wondering aloud what prison would be like. He probably doesn't have to -it's extremely unlikely that the sentence eventually handed down to him in July will be custodial. But his MAGA henchmen are already talking about what happens if he wins in November, and what their revenge on the prosecutors who tried him will be. Has belief in the rule of law amongst MAGA voters broken down?...

Trump is found guilty in New York. Just before 5pm on Thursday New York time the airwaves started cracking with news of an imminent verdict. Twenty minutes later the jury in a Manhattan court returned. And pronounced Donald Trump guilty on each one of the 34 counts. Donald Trump can still run for president. So in one respect this may change nothing. But let’s not let this moment of history escape...

The Trump first trial, over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, is over. The real question is, as the jury deliberate - will he be found guilty? All this, while the Biden campaign sweats over stuttering polling data and a president who is apparently obstinate and determined to run the campaign his way. How can they turn the tide? Editor: Gabriel Radus Production: Abigail Brierley Social M...

American legislators in the House are hurling personal insults at each other - meanwhile Biden and Trump have committed to debate each other on TV and Trump is using an attack ad - a riff off of a Tom Petty song- to accuse Biden of “free falling“. What has happened to rational discourse in America? Editor: Gabriel Radus Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell Video Production: Shane Fennelly & Ar...

If the adult porn director Stormy Daniels was the star witness of the Trump trial last week, this week it got even hotter. Trump's former fixer, friend and lawyer took the stand. Except now, Michael Cohen is no friend of Trump. What's more, he's a convicted felon, a liar and a perjurer. Will his presence as a key witness help or hinder the prosecution? And does it matter that he's told a jury he'd...

In a surprise move, the sex worker and pornstar Stormy Daniels appeared as a witness yesterday in the trial of Donald Trump to reveal details of the night they spent together in a Nevada hotel room. The details were specific, and to some ears rather lurid - and included a description of her beating him on the backside with a rolled up magazine. None of this is illegal - but what might be is the mo...

Is Trump above the law and should he have immunity from a case involving his actions around the January 6th insurrection? That's what the Supreme Court has spent the last week arguing about. Amazingly, they might be making a case for why he checks notes... IS immune. We hear from The New York Times Supreme Court supremo Adam Liptak. Later is Joe Biden wise to joke about his age at the White House...

Later in the show...Why are teachers now being given guns in Tennessee schools? We start this episode with the astonishing testimony of former Trump ally David Pecker - who ran the National Enquirer tabloids - and freuquently bought up the embarassing stories about Trump to save him face when he was running for president in 2016. Was this against the law? Does it hurt Trump's defence? And why does...

How do you pick a jury of right-minded individuals to pass a fair verdict on Donald Trump? His lawyers say it's impossible, that this trial is a witch hunt, that he's been gagged AND denied the chance to go to his son's graduation. Meanwhile, the judge has just carried on. They're selecting a jury which will witness the first ever criminal trial of a former US president. We talk to criminal defenc...

David Cameron flew to Washington to try and seek more funding for Ukraine. But he's been snubbed by the House Speaker Mike Johnson. Was it hubristic to think he could change minds in America? What happens to Ukraine now? But we start with what happened dramatically, overnight in America where the state of Arizona has just brought BACK an abortion ban dating from 1864. How popular will this antebel...

Trump‘s Truth Social company has plunged in value on the stock market after losses of more than 58 million were revealed. Luckily, though, he still has his bible business in which he tries to flog a double whammy bible constitution combo for a neat 60 dollars. Trump is trying to win few more Christians whilst simultaneously trying not to endorse an abortion ban that could see the Republicans lose...

Trump will face a criminal trial in front of a jury before the presidential election. He'll be the first ex-president to do so - all while he has to stump up the not so measly 175 million dollars to write off his fraudulent asset evaluations. At least it's not the original $464 million - which was knocked down at the eleventh hour on Monday. Truth Social, his social media site, looks to be earning...