FULL SHOW: Weeks after the election, President-elect Donald Trump - who was vilified by the media - is now TIME's Person Of The Year and will ring the bell to open the New York Stock Exchange. PLUS: Joe Biden adds to his clemency total, with 1500 commutations and 39 pardons in a single day - the largest ever.

Brian Phillips from the Texas Public Policy Foundation fills in for Jim Cardle.

President and CEO of the Texas Association of Business, Glenn Hamer, joins Cardle & Woolley for a look at the economy and what's to come under President-elect Donald Trump, as well as Texas' efforts to establish its own DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency - in the wake of the federal effort coming under the Trump administration.

FULL SHOW: There's more leftist fallout from a jury's acquittal of Daniel Penny in New York, while new details about the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer are starting to come to light. PLUS: Texas Association of Business President and CEO Glenn Hamer joins us to talk about Texas' efforts to establish a DOGE of its own, borrowing some momentum from Trump's efforts.

Sen. Steve Daines joins Cardle & Woolley to talk about the DOGE effort in the new Trump administration, the upcoming Congress, and the path forward for some of Trump's nominees and priorities.

FULL SHOW: It's evident that the family of Jordan Neely and Black Lives Matter protesters outside the courtroom thought they were entitled to a guilty verdict on Daniel Penny - and now that he's been acquitted, what's next? PLUS: After nearly a week on the run, police in Altoona PA take down the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer, sitting at a McDonald's. AND: Sen. Steve Daines joins us with a preview of Trump's DOGE efforts, the federal budget, and Trump nominations.

FULL SHOW: An ongoing collapse in Syria leads to new questions about who's running the country - and whether Team Biden will get us into another mess that President-elect Trump will have to clean up. PLUS: The Texas House GOP tried and failed to unify behind a new speaker candidate... meaning that debate will go on into the new year. AND: The first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set, with the Texas Longhorns hosting a first-round game at home.

Sherry Sylvester joins Cardle & Woolley to hand out the week's Winners & Losers.

Rep. Wesley Hunt joins Cardle & Woolley to talk about President-elect Trump's latest nominees, and the Trump agenda as we move towards January 20th.

FULL SHOW: A shakeup is likely to happen in the Texas House - in fact, mid-show, we found out that Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan was abandoning his bid for a third term with the gavel. What is next for the Texas Lege? PLUS: Congressman Wesley Hunt joins us to talk about the incoming Trump administration and his nominees. AND: Friday means another edition of Winners & Losers with TPPF's Sherry Sylvester.

Austin Police Association president Michael Bullock joins Cardle & Woolley in the wake of Tuesday's sentencing of former APD Officer Christopher Taylor on a deadly conduct charge following the 2019 on-duty fatal shooting of Mauris DeSilva in a downtown Austin condo complex.