Billionaire CRISIS:
Welfare cheats, crime cover-ups
and a debt bomb
Breaking: ABC SUES Trump over free speech
after Kimmel’s WIN – See Melber’s legal report
LIVE: Katie Phang Gives UPDATES on
BREAKING NEWS – 8/18/2026
Today on Sidebar with Katie Phang, Katie breaks down the latest developments in the Epstein files, including the bombshell revelation that Hugh Hefner tried to contact the FBI in 2005 about Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of a then-Playboy Playmate.
In another major development, a federal judge has ordered the release of files in Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 lawsuit. Katie also dives into the chaos engulfing Florida politics, from January 6 rioters running for Congress to a Palm Beach clerk suspended after being arrested on child sexual abuse charges. Plus, Katie breaks down ABC’s bombshell lawsuit against the FCC.
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TOP State AG BLOCKS Trump with
HISTORIC Lawsuit | PoliticsGirl
LIVE: TANKERS ATTACKED in RED SEA…
Putin THREATENS UK!!!
“A hot mess: Nicolle reacts to Trump Cabinet scrambling
to distract from Trump’s tanking polls
Trump RUNS SCARED as BBC PROBES
Family and SECRET SERVICE!!!
‘Doing everything except his job’:
Expert says Hegseth ‘would be gone’ in any normal admin
In the middle of a war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hit the campaign trail for a GOP candidate in lowa.
MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar has more details. Staff Writer for The Atlantic Tom Nichols joins Alicia Menendez to share his thoughts on Hegseth’s leadership.
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US Military SOUNDS ALARM over
TRUMP-KUSHNER!!
The staggering INCOMPETENCE of Jeanine Pirro!
All the “King’s” Men: Trump’s lackeys a
When DC US Attorney is not trying to prosecute an innocent man for touching some peeling reflecting pool liner, she’s trying to put a woman who spray-painted a DC memorial in protest of our corrupt executive branch in jail pending trial without even knowing how the law of pretrial detention works. Incompetence, thy name is Jeanine Pirro.
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Trump FACES LEGAL NIGHTMARE Over
SHOCKING Truth Social SCHEME!?!
Convicted Felon Donald Trump is running another grift: this time he’s selling early access to his
“market-moving” Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month!
Lawyer Brendan Ballou is suing to stop Trump, and he joins Katie Phang with the lawsuit’s details.
They also discuss Katie’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche & certain angles that aren’t getting coverage. Learn more about Brendan’s other work here: https:// publicintegrit…
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Trump MELTS DOWN as His OWN Words Used Against Him
in EMERGENCY Suit Over “Un-American” Conduct!
The Intersection with Michael Popok
Popok reports on the Breaking News, that ABC, threatened with the loss of its 8 tv station licenses by Trump in retaliation for their coverage of him, have finally found their backbone and sued the Trump Administration first!
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“Regime Change” Author Maggie
Haberman on Trump’s Imperial Presidency,
Epstein Files & War on Iran
TRUMP SWEATS As His Relationship With
Female Staffer CALLED OUT
By Press and Senators!
Donald Trump is lashing out at the press as questions grow over his relationship with longtime aide Natalie Harp and Melania Trump’s absence from major public events.
The scrutiny intensified after Sen. Jon Ossoff publicly questioned
Harp’s unusually close role in Trump’s inner circle. Trump is now attacking CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes after she questioned him. Popok reports.
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Trump’s WHITE HOUSE in COLLAPSE
as Resignations and Firings MOUNT!!!
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down a new Partnership for Public Service analysis finding 27 Senate-confirmed officials have departed the Trump administration in just 18 months – more than six times the pace of the Bush, Obama, and Biden administrations at the same point, and more than double Trump’s own first-term turnover of 11 departures.
Brian and Shant run through the highest-profile exits:
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, fired; Attorney General Pam Bondi, fired; Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, resigned amid a dispute; and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who cited a family health issue after clashing with Trump over Iran policy. Her deputy, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, resigned in
protest over the Iran conflict – a decision Brian and Shant note carries extra weight given his wife, a fellow military veteran, was killed in action in the Middle East.
Other departures include FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, who resigned after Trump rolled back flavored-vape regulations following a Mar-a-Lago meeting with tobacco lobbyists; CDC
Director Susan Monarez, removed after resisting RFK Jr.’s pressure on vaccine policy; Navy Secretary John Phelan; and IRS
Commissioner Billy Long, reassigned to an ambassadorship in Iceland.
Brian and Shant flag a related trend: Trump increasingly leans on acting officials to sidestep Senate confirmation entirely, a workaround with essentially no legal limit on duration.
Brian’s bottom line: this level of turnover isn’t politics as usual —
it’s a warning sign of an administration hemorrhaging experienced officials, whether by choice or by force.
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WARNING: Something Disturbing is
Coming to the Midterms
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon just announced the Justice Department will deploy 1,000 election observers for the midterms. The DOJ wants you to think this is business as usual, but Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down why this deployment is anything but and how it’s laying the groundwork for what comes after Election Day.
Meanwhile, it’s no surprise the announcement comes the same day the DOJ lost its 23rd straight court case over access to sensitive voter data. Plus, where are these 1,000 monitors actually coming from?
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James Talarico Has a Powerful Message for America’s Veterans
“Our service members, our veterans, our military families –
they love this country. It is time for this country to love them back.”
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