Texas Rep. Brian Babin (R-Houston) joins Cardle & Woolley to discuss the government shutdown.

FULL SHOW: 7 out of 9 universities across the country have rejected the Trump administration's compact for higher education... Vanderbilt and Texas. Will the 40 acres go along or tell Team Trump to get lost? PLUS: We're entering Day 22 of the partial government shutdown with no end in sight - Texas Rep. Brian Babin joins us to discuss. AND: Travis County is hurting for money, so much they had to pass an 8 percent increase in property tax revenue this fall.... but apparently there's enough to spend on a feasibility study for a high-speed passenger rail line connecting Austin and San Antonio together along SH 130 and I-10.

FULL SHOW: With the government shutdown nearing its fourth week, one Texas Republican - Rep. Chip Roy - is urging GOP senators to consider deploying the nuclear option to change the voting threshold in the Senate. Is it time for a drastic solution? PLUS: The "No Kings" protests may have largely been non-violent, but that doesn't mean there wasn't violent rhetoric spewing from microphones. AND: Developing news through the morning... Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed the Guard and Texas DPS officers to help clean up homeless encampments across the city of Austin.

FULL SHOW: Saturday's "No Kings" protests came and went... while there were no reports of arrests or incidents in Central Texas, and very few reports from across the country, did the protesters accomplish anything? PLUS: Overnight, Amazon's cloud offerings took a big hit, but mostly while people were sleeping. Did it impact you? AND: Early voting kicks off for the November 4 elections, featuring 17 amendments to the Texas Constitution as well as Austin's Prop Q property tax rate increase. Matt Mackowiak with Save Austin Now joins us to discuss.

FULL SHOW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is surging Department of Public Safety troopers and Texas National Guard members to Austin ahead of Saturday's planned "No Kings" protests at the state capitol... city leaders aren't happy, but continue to urge protesters to remain peaceful. PLUS: The government shutdown continues into its third week... will the Dems' tune change after this weekend's protest show? AND: Friday means a new edition of Winners & Losers with Sherry Sylvester.

FULL SHOW: Prop Q's tax rate election in the City of Austin can't even gain the support of the Austin American-Statesman, whose Editorial Board came out it against it Thursday. PLUS: Hakeem "Empty Suit" Jeffries wants a debate on C-SPAN with House Speaker Mike Johnson as the government shutdown drags on... would it be Must See TV? AND: Rep. Pete Sessions joins us with the latest on the shutdown and other headlines from Washington.

FULL SHOW: There's already signs of issues with the holding-for-now peace deal in the Mideast, with Hamas struggling to turn over remains of Israeli hostages... and questions of whether Hamas will actually disarm or not. President Trump says they'll disarm or be disarmed. PLUS: Former Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell joins us with his thoughts on the city's upcoming Tax Rate Election otherwise known as Prop Q, along with other topics including the Convention Center redevelopment. AND: JD Vance and George Stephanopoulos had another dustup on Sunday... will ABC take its Democratic hack off the air?

FULL SHOW: So far, the peace seems to be holding in Gaza... but will it last? Will Hamas actually disarm? Many questions with few answers... PLUS: As the government shutdown continues to drag on, will Congress ever consider tackling the national debt instead of just piling on more spending? AND: Alex Jones loses an appeal at the Supreme Court... is free speech dead, or just a known provocateur finally running out of ways to dodge accountability?

FULL SHOW: President Trump is over in Israel and heading to Egypt this morning, where the first step of a ceasefire and peace plan between Israel and Hamas has taken effect with the return of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Chuck Devore joins us with his analysis on the day's historic events. PLUS: Even the left-wing media is having to accept that Trump achieved something Biden and Obama could not... AND: Members of the Texas National Guard remain deployed in Illinois, but they're stuck behind a court ruling, unable to do anything for the time being.

FULL SHOW: As the Schumer Shutdown drags into a second week, Democrats keep insisting that the shutdown is the fault of Republicans... even though Senate Democrats continue to vote against a clean CR. PLUS: Greg Casar, Austin's own savior, has now set his sights on the government shutdown, and held a strongly worded press conference Thursday. AND: Friday means a new edition of Winners & Losers with Sherry Sylvester.