Erick looks at the immigration and DHS funding issues before Congress this week. Will a DHS funding bill be resolved, or will Congress kick the can again? And the Epstein Files controversy continues - this time naming Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. What will the fallout be? Hear more on the Erick Erickson Show noon to 3pm daily!

DHS funding expires in just a few days - will Congress get together and extend funding? And what's happening with legislative efforts for first time home buyers?

A reported 5pm Monday deadline has come and gone in the Guthrie case - with no confirmation of payment, nor proof of life. Tonya Powers has the latest updates on the search for Nancy Guthrie.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suddenly found himself in the "hot seat," with calls for his resignation. What brought this on? How would this process work? And who else might be involved in this controversial development?

TUE – Energy costs are soaring, and in places where huge data centers are going in, the costs will go even higher. Clark shares who you need to contact, so the government subsidizes those data center power bills, not you and me!

The Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is launching a new seat and head-restraint evaluation that targets neck injuries stemming from rear-end crashes in small SUVs.

In the Congressional week ahead, Ghilaine Maxwell is expectd to plead the 5th Amendment when she is deposed, and a newly unredacted selection ofEpstein related documents is expected to draw scrutiny. Discussions of immigration policy at the heart of DHS funding is also on the agenda, along with the SAVE act and changes, as yet another congressional funding deadline looms.

The White House continues trying to spin and downplay a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and FIrst Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The offensive meme came at the end of a video alleging 2020 election interference, a claim that has been thoroughly debunked. Trump first claimed no mistake had been made, then denied seeing the video, but acknowledged the offensive post was taken down (12 hours later) after GOP objections began circulating. Whatever the intent, the result is sensationalized attention.

FOX News's Eben Brown follows up on the latest in the search for Nancy Guthrie. To date, no confirmation of a "proof of life" has been released to the public. There is allegedly a 5pm deadline today (Arizona local time) per the disclosed $6 million bitcoin ransom demand, that the Guthrie family has agreed to pay. WOKV will be following developments in this story.

Nuclear regulation talks continue in Oman this week, after last week's indirect interactions between US and Iranian negotiators. Ongoing diplomacy has had a positive impact of temporarily lowering oil prices.