FULL SHOW: The Texas Legislature is back for a 30-day special session... and on the first day, lawmakers appeared to be focused on congressional redistricting and little else. Will that topic end up blowing up the session? PLUS: Hunter Biden is out on a f-----g offensive, looking to take out anyone who questioned the Big Guy's ability to run for re-election. AND: The Epstein files controversy continues to swirl, but now the Trump administration has thrown out a new shiny object... the MLK assassination files. Diversion tactic?

FULL SHOW: The recissions bill is headed toward President Trump's desk after a final late-night vote in the House, yanking more than a billion dollars in federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and effectively NPR and PBS. PLUS: Everybody's weighing in on the "hoax" Epstein files, with a growing chorus of Republicans calling for the files to be released. AND: Friday means a new edition of Winners & Losers with Sherry Sylvester.

Hour 3 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 18. The first batch of permanent DOGE cuts make their way through Congress and head towards President Trump's desk, meaning more than a billion gets pulled out of the CPB/NPR/PBS hole. PLUS: The Ragin' Cajun, James Carville, rants about the Epstein files controversy, while DOJ Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey - yes, that Comey - gets her walking papers.

Hour 2 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 18. More GOPers are calling for files to be released in the Epstein case, despite President Trump's protests that it's a "hoax". PLUS: Friday means a new edition of Winners & Losers with Sherry Sylvester.

Hour 1 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 18. CBS drops a bomb on Stephen Colbert, saying it will end the Late Show franchise at the end of the 2025-26 television season. PLUS: President Trump calls for the DOJ to seek the release of grand jury transcripts in the Epstein case, and Pam Bondi jumps to act.

FULL SHOW: Senate Republicans "ram through" (according to a published headline) President Trump's recissions package late Wednesday into Thursday morning, putting roughly $9 billion in federal spending cuts one step closer to reality. PLUS: The Epstein files controversy isn't coming to an end, with Trump calling his own supporters "stupid" and "foolish" for believing it.

Hour 3 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 17. Funding for CPB and USAID isn't all that Team Trump is clawing back... California's train boondoggle to nowhere is gone. Will a similar fate happen to Austin's Project Connect? PLUS: The 2025-26 Austin City budget proposal is out - and council members are starting to tear it apart. Does one member of that dais think about not spending money?

Hour 2 of Cardle & Woolley, for July 17. Political analyst Todd Baumann joins us from Florida with his thoughts on the ongoing row over the Epstein files and Trump's latest comments. PLUS: There's big money pouring into the Texas attorney general's race next year, with Ken Paxton stepping aside for a Senate run.

Hour 1 of Cardle & Woolley for July 17. New overnight, the Senate passes President Trump's recissions package cutting USAID and CPB funding, sending it back to the House for final approval. PLUS: The Biden autopen scandal continues to swirl, with another witness asserting his rights not to testify before Congress.

FULL SHOW: The companion to the One Big Beautiful Bill... Trump's first recissions package... barely makes it through a procedural vote in the Senate, with JD Vance having to break the tie. Why is it so hard for Congress - or our local lawmakers - to stop spending our money like drunken sailors? PLUS: The Epstein files controversy continues, with calls from Republicans starting to pile up in favor of a full release.