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President Donald J. Trump delivered an address to Congress unlike most others, the longest such speech in modern history that was pointedly partisan, loaded with brags about missions accomplished in his first few weeks, punches to Biden and resistant Democrats, and some made-for-TV moments. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat joins Newell to share his thoughts on Trump's speech.

Jill Dennis, Director/Owner of the Assured Supervision Accountability Program, joins Newell to discuss the latest with the electronic ankle monitoring program.

This hour, Newell has on William Preston Few Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Duke University to discuss a postwar plan for the Gaza Strip proposed by Egypt to counter the US's proposal. Then, Chris Edwards, policy scholar with the Cato Institute, joins the shoe to elaborate on his article, "Will Republicans Cut Corporate Welfare?"

Chris Edwards with the Cato Institute says in his recent article, Will Republicans Cut Corporate Welfare?, "President Trump and his DOGE team are busy cutting the federal bureaucracy. Meanwhile, the House Republicans’ recently passed budget resolution targets entitlement programs for savings. So far so good, but we also need action to cut the most wasteful spending of all—corporate welfare. My new Cato study finds $181 billion in annual spending on corporate welfare (a.k.a. business subsidies), including handouts for agriculture, broadband, semiconductors, energy, airports, automobiles, and many other industries." Newell has on Chris Edwards to sort it all out.

Arab leaders endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it as a beach destination. The $53 billion plan’s endorsement by Arab leaders at a summit in Cairo amounted to a rejection of Trump’s proposal. The summit conclusions were welcomed by Hamas, rejected by Israel, and given a lukewarm response by the Trump administration. Bruce Jentleson, William Preston Few Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Duke University, joins Newell to discuss the developments.

This hour, Newell talks about the California lawmaker, Carl MedMaio, receiving backlash for exposing the state's spending proposals, President Trump shifting to use Cabinet chiefs to make cuts instead of DOGE, the public's skepticism of the safety of vaccines, and more.

Newell talks about the California lawmaker, Carl DeMaio, receiving backlash for exposing the state's spending proposals.

On today's show, Newell talks about the sanctuary city mayors defending their policies before Congress.

Then, Newell speaks with:

Amy Dawson, Emergency Management Director for Port NOLA

John Malcolm, Vice President of the Institute for Constitutional Government, Director of the Meese Center and Simon Center, and Gilbertson Lindberg Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation,

Olin Parker, Orleans Parish School Board member, District 3,

and Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission.

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This hour, Newell speaks with Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, about the success in terms of safety and security of Mardi Gras 2025, the ability of Project NOLA cameras to pick up crimes in progress, and the St. Tammany Parish DA forming a new taskforce that focuses on the use of public funds.

Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, joins Newell to talk about the success in terms of safety and security of Mardi Gras 2025.