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S2 · E117
Tuesday · 14 min
Is Trump’s New Press Secretary LYING About Being a Lawyer?
Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, stumbled through her first briefing—but her résumé may raise even bigger questions. Wren unpacks the allegations that she’s lying about being a lawyer, her puzzling answer about passing the bar, her wild conspiracy posts, and her six-week DHS stint amid claims she was a Corey Lewandowski loyalist. Plus: the calculated TV strategy and powerful connections that reportedly helped her land the job. How did this woman become the voice of the White House—and what still doesn’t add up?
S2 · E116
Friday · 15 min
Trump’s Execution Plan Has a HUGE Problem
The Pentagon wants to livestream an execution — except TikTok and Kick already said NO, YouTube won’t say if it’ll air it, JD Vance says he won’t watch, and Trump hasn’t even publicly backed the livestream. Mabel investigates the increasingly bizarre details behind Trump’s execution plan — and why the whole thing may be a lot messier than it sounds. #news #trump #politics #military #investigation #tech
S2 · E115
October 8 · 12 min
Why Pro-Palestinian Protesters Are Calling Mamdani a “Traitor”
Zohran Mamdani condemned Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide—and hours later, pro-Palestinian protesters were calling him a “traitor.” What happened? Wren unpacks his October 7 statement, the backlash from Democrats and Republicans, the disrupted vigil mourning Israeli and Palestinian victims, and the confrontation outside a Palestinian restaurant. Plus: the demands behind the chants, a protester who says she once interned for him, and the tension between the advocacy that helped him win and the decisions he’s making as mayor.
S2 · E114
October 7 · 12 min
Trump is Building a New Camp David NEXT to His Golf Course
Trump wants to build a new Camp David next to his own golf course — and the money trail makes the plan a lot more interesting. Mabel digs into Trump’s history of mixing presidential power with his private properties, what this could mean for the Trump Organization, and why Camp David may be the latest institution he wants to remake in his image. Plus, the bizarre Mar-a-Lago history that makes the whole story come full circle. #news #trump #politics #golf #money #corruption #campdavid
S2 · E113
October 6 · 18 min
What Trump Could Get From the $110 Billion Warner Bros - Paramount Merger
The $110 BILLION Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is officially done—but some of the wildest details have barely been talked about. We break down what Trump could get out of CNN’s new ownership, the $24 billion in Saudi, Qatari and UAE-linked money helping finance the deal, and why Paramount has reportedly considered turning to Elon Musk for even more cash. Plus: what happens to Bari Weiss, CNN, CBS News and 60 Minutes now that they’re all part of the same massive media empire? #news #media #cbs #cnn #merger #trump #billionaires
S2 · E112
October 5 · 13 min
Jane Doe’s Secret Cornell 7 Recordings EXPOSE Them
Jane Doe SECRETLY recorded conversations with some of the men she later accused — including Matthew Ingalls — and those calls can now be compared directly with the fraternity’s private Snapchat messages from the night in question. Wren breaks down the biggest new revelations, the alleged “damage control” afterward, what prosecutors did and didn’t review the first time around, and why this case is suddenly under even more scrutiny.
S2 · E111
October 2 · 41 min
Hunter Biden: “I’m Exhausted By The Left”
Hunter Biden like you haven’t heard him before. In this unfiltered conversation, he goes off on the Trump family, says there’s “literally no comparison” between his business dealings and theirs, explains why he’d gladly testify alongside Don Jr., reveals why he’s “exhausted” by parts of the left, defends sitting down with Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, opens up about Joe Biden’s pardon and cancer diagnosis, and gives his candid takes on AOC, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris and the 2028 field. No talking points — just Hunter Biden saying exactly what he thinks.
S2 · E110
October 1 · 14 min
Netanyahu Warned an Attack Was Coming. 24 Hours Later, This Happened.
A pilot allegedly tried to crash a plane full of Israelis — and the details emerging behind the attack are raising even bigger questions. Mabel investigates who the pilot was, how this happened, and the political chaos unfolding around it.
S2 · E109
September 30 · 9 min
BREAKING: TRUMP RULES PROTECTED THE CORNELL 7
Cornell says it investigated the seven accused fraternity members under the same Trump-era Title IX framework that the administration has now formally restored nationwide, a system that gives ACCUSED students significant procedural protections like access to evidence, live hearings, advisers and cross-examination. As outrage grows over whether Cornell did enough — including a disputed claim that some of the men were allowed to submit essays as part of the disciplinary process — we break down what happened, how Cornell handled the case, why prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation, and how Trump’s Title IX rules shaped the university process.
September 30 · 14 min
Bombshell New Texts in the Cornell 7 Case: Was There a Cover-Up?
Bombshell new texts just dropped in the Cornell 7 case—and somehow this story is getting even crazier. Mabel investigates the new evidence, what the accused men are saying, and the seriously weird way this case was handled when it first happened. For nearly two years, this stayed largely inside Cornell… so was the university trying to keep a massive scandal quiet? #news #cornell #crime #education #university #women #students #schools #health #police #investigation
S2 · E107
September 23 · 9 min
Melania DEFIES Trump — Then Reveals What He Doesn’t Want to Hear
Melania Trump is suddenly everywhere — and this week, she took a noticeably different approach from her husband. After Donald Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Melania’s office credentialed CNN and Politico to cover her own event at the United Nations. Then, less than 24 hours later, she went on Fox & Friends and admitted that Trump asks for her opinion — and “sometimes he doesn’t want to hear it.” We break down what Melania has been doing behind the scenes, including her rapidly expanding international AI initiative for children, her new women’s economic summit at the New York Stock Exchange, her upcoming two-part docuseries promising answers to “private questions,” and the long history of issues where she has publicly taken a different position or approach from her husband. So what exactly is Melania building — and what does this unusually public week tell us about how she operates inside Trump’s orbit? #MelaniaTrump #DonaldTrump #Politics #WhiteHouse
S2 · E106
September 22 · 19 min
LEAKED: Trump’s UN Backroom Deals
Trump just addressed the UN and threatened Iran with “annihilation” — but some of the biggest stories of UN week are happening behind the scenes. We’re breaking down Trump’s secretive meetings, a possible $4 BILLION Venezuelan gold transfer, the Greenland military deal, pressure on Zelenskyy to stop striking Russian oil refineries, and why the U.S. quietly paid hundreds of millions to the UN right before UNGA. PLUS: Iran diplomacy, Netanyahu in New York, and the race to choose the next UN Secretary-General #news #politics #world #UN #israel #iran
S2 · E105
September 21 · 13 min
Investigating Why Jake & Logan Paul REALLY Went to the Pentagon
Jake and Logan Paul randomly showed up at the Pentagon, met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and nobody seems to know why. Mabel investigates what the Paul brothers were really doing in Washington and uncovers some pretty wild clues about what may have been happening behind the scenes. From their brand-new Hulu/ESPN fighting show and a mysterious Pentagon “PSA” to Jake’s surprise meeting at the Treasury Department, the timing raises a lot of questions. Are the Paul brothers quietly working on something with the Trump administration?
S2 · E104
September 19 · 10 min
The Secret Status Symbols of Trump’s Inner Circle
A secret “White House” Rolex. A private club that costs $500,000 to join. Private jet hierarchy?! Wren digs into a fascinating new Vanity Fair investigation on how people in Trump’s orbit are signaling money, access, and proximity to power — and some of these details are truly bizarre.
S2 · E103
September 17 · 20 min
Did 60 Minutes Air a Fake Story?
Is 60 Minutes’ huge season-premiere story FAKE? The NEWSGIRLS investigate after former top military officials raised serious questions about whether some of the wildest claims in the report could even be true. Then, a former 60 Minutes insider tells them some wild, behind the scenes chaos that haven’t been reported anywhere else—from Bari Weiss’s secret plans for Elon Musk and Jerry Seinfeld to what’s really going on inside the newly revamped show.
S2 · E102
September 16 · 14 min
Canada Joins Europe?! Meanwhile China, Russia & India Make a Pact.
Canada is flirting with Europe, while Putin, Xi and Modi are suddenly looking a whole lot cozier—and Trump is right in the middle of it all. Mabel analyzes the alliances being built without Washington, the unlikely countries joining forces, and why America’s grip on the global order may be starting to loosen. From Canada’s unprecedented EU proposal to Russia, China and India publicly closing ranks, something strange is happening to the world America built.
S2 · E101
September 15 · 10 min
Meet The AI Actress Who Wants an Oscar (UNSETTLING)
We sit down with AI actress Tilly Norwood for an interview that quickly turns into a bit of a mess, complete with plenty of technical difficulties. Between glitches, delays, and some very strange moments, Tilly tells us why she wants to win an Oscar, which A-list actors she dreams of working with—including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling—and why she insists AI performers aren’t coming for human actors’ jobs. We also press her on who is really doing the acting, whether an AI can have genuine ambitions or opinions, and what performers like Tilly could mean for the future of Hollywood.
S2 · E100
September 11 · 14 min
BIG GROCERY IS WATCHING YOU: Creepy Tech That Jacks Up Your Food Bill
What if Walmart could raise the price of ice cream the second it gets hot outside... or charge YOU more because it thinks you’ll pay it? Mabel investigates the creepy new technology spreading across America’s biggest grocery stores that lets them change prices in seconds, track shoppers and potentially figure out exactly how much we’re willing to pay. From 5 different prices for the same carton of eggs to “surveillance pricing,” Big Grocery is getting a terrifying new set of tools to squeeze your wallet. And billionaires are profiting. #news #money #finance #corruption #groceries #billionaires #food #tech
S2 · E99
September 10 · 6 min
We Went to the Charlie Kirk Statue Unveiling. It Got SCARY.
We went to Times Square for the unveiling of a massive Charlie Kirk statue exactly one year after his assassination—and things got chaotic fast. We saw fights break out, inflammatory comments about race, furious anti-Mamdani protesters and a huge crowd chanting for Kirk before the statue was unveiled at the exact moment he was shot. And somehow the story behind the statue is even stranger: its artist says he spent around $100,000 of his own money on it, sold his apartment to help finance the project, broke his foot while building it—and now wants to make a “bulletproof” version. #news #charliekirk #politics #crime #trump
S2 · E98
September 8 · 12 min
60 Minutes Wants Seinfeld, Cuomo, Bartiromo & More to Join the Show
Wren breaks down the wild names 60 Minutes has reportedly considered bringing into the fold — from Jerry Seinfeld and Stephen A. Smith to Maria Bartiromo, Scott Galloway and even Joe Rogan rumors — plus the latest behind-the-scenes drama involving Bari Weiss, Bill Whitaker, Nick Bilton, the show’s AI overhaul, hundreds of killed story pitches, and the high-pressure September 13 premiere.

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