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Reform UK has suspended activist Jason Powell after ITV's undercover documentary filmed him saying Muslims cannot be British and calling for 'concentration camps' for migrants arriving by small boat. Alex and Jordan break down the fallout, the party's legal action against ITV, and what Robert Jenrick's 'bad apples' defence means for Reform's vetting claims.

The Bank of England is examining whether Barclays traders misrepresented illiquid private credit loans to understate their risk, after an insider's complaint reached the Prudential Regulation Authority over how the bank booked derivatives tied to the loans. Alex and Jordan unpack what the probe means for Barclays' £15 billion private credit exposure and the $2 trillion shadow banking market.

In a late-Friday executive order, Donald Trump waived most of the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by last month's bipartisan Graham sanctions bill, sparking widening anger among Republican lawmakers. Alex and Jordan explain the waiver, Treasury's 'no sanctions lifted' defense, the diesel deal behind it, and how it collided with the weekend's Trump-Zelensky rupture.

AI lab Anthropic announced over the weekend it will commit 5 percent of its shares to a new public benefit fund, with more shares added as the company's value grows. Alex and Jordan explain the pledge, Elon Musk's pointed response, and why tech giants are suddenly giving equity away amid backlash over AI data centres.

Nine days before Israel's October 27 election, Donald Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu his 'Complete and Total Endorsement' and warned Tehran that America will 'soon finish the job' unless it changes its ways. Alex and Jordan break down the endorsement, the Iran threat, Netanyahu's grateful response, and the tight polling ahead of Israel's first vote since October 7.

After Ukraine's record 1,015-drone overnight barrage on Russian energy sites, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Volodymyr Zelensky 'doesn't want to end this war, and probably never did'. Alex and Jordan unpack the drone assault, Trump's warning about world diesel markets, Zelensky's 'historic mistake' response, and Marco Rubio's denial on intelligence sharing.

A fall nor'easter is forming off the North Carolina coast, set to hammer the East Coast with three days of coastal flooding, 60 mph gusts and pounding surf, with a mandatory evacuation on Hatteras Island. Alex and Jordan run through the forecast, the flood threat from the Outer Banks to New Jersey, and the 40 percent chance the storm becomes subtropical storm Josephine.

Elon Musk announced on X that next year he will give one SpaceX share to every child in America — a roughly $10.5 billion giveaway covering some 73 million kids. Alex and Jordan dig into the numbers, the mystery of how it would even be distributed, and why it landed hours after rival Anthropic's own share pledge.

Federal agents fanned out across Los Angeles on Monday in 'Operation Protect the Vote', arresting a 72-year-old Belizean national and hunting more than two dozen additional suspects on noncitizen voter fraud charges. Alex and Jordan break down the raid, the prosecutor's warning, and the escalating lawsuit between Washington and California over 20,000 names on the state's voter rolls.

Donald and Melania Trump signed an executive order in the Rose Garden creating a White House task force and a new NIH division dedicated to women's health, with the first meeting set for this afternoon. Alex and Jordan walk through who leads it, why the First Lady called it a transformative moment, and what it could mean for health policy.