WMAL GUEST: KT MCFARLAND (Former National Security Advisor)

• TOPIC: Maryland Sen. Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/realKTMcFarland

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 8 AM Hour

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WMAL GUEST: TOM HOMAN (U.S. Border Czar)

• FOX NEWS: Tom Homan 'disgusted' by Dem senator's trip to bring home alleged MS-13 gang member
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/RealTomHoman

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 8 AM Hour

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In the 5 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:

• White House to ask Congress to claw back funding from NPR and PBS

• Harvard students and faculty celebrate defiance of Trump's demands

• Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

• Visa cancellations spark fear for international students across Virginia, DC universities

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 5 AM Hour

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In the 6 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:

• SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN says he’ll travel to El Salvador to check on deported man

• WMAL GUEST: CAL THOMAS (syndicated columnist)

  • TOPIC: Katy Perry’s space flight & more

  • WEBSITE: CalThomas.com

• ‘HOME ALONE 2’ DIRECTOR CHRIS COLUMBUS “wishes” he could cut Trump’s cameo: “It’s become this curse”

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 6 AM Hour

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In the 7 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:

• WMAL GUEST: MIKE GONZALEZ (Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow)

  • TOPIC: White House plan to nix PBS, NPR funds

  • BACKGROUND (POLITICO): White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department 

  • SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/Gundisalvus

• KATY PERRY says she hopes her 11 minute trip to space will help unite Americans 

• WMAL GUEST: CHUCK THIES (Political Analyst)

  • TOPIC: DC government finally plans to clean up nation's capital city
  • BACKGROUND (WTOP): DC dedicates more resources to potholes, other ‘spring cleaning’ efforts
  • SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/ChuckThies

• ABIGAIL SPANBERGER on X: "Happy Tax Day. Just a reminder that while Virginians are filing their taxes, the Trump Administration is cutting IRS staff and making it harder for people across the Commonwealth to get the help they need.

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 7 AM Hour

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In the 8 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:

• FOX NEWS: Biden recalls seeing 'colored kids' on segregated bus during his youth in post-presidency speech

• WMAL GUEST: WILL CHAMBERLAIN (Senior Counsel at Article III Project and Internet Accountability Project)

  • TOPIC: The latest on "Maryland father"  Kilmar Abrego Garcia

  • BACKGROUND: https://x.com/willchamberlain/status/1911964151854809171

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 8 AM Hour

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WMAL GUEST: CAL THOMAS (Syndicated Columnist)

• TOPIC: "Chicks in Space" & More
• WEBSITE: CalThomas.com

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 6 AM Hour

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WMAL GUEST: MIKE GONZALEZ (Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow)

• White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/Gundisalvus

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 7 AM Hour

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WMAL GUEST: CHUCK THIES (DC Political Analyst)

•  DC dedicates more resources to potholes, other ‘spring cleaning’ efforts
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/ChuckThies

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 7 AM Hour

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WMAL GUEST: WILL CHAMBERLAIN (Senior Counsel at The Article III Project and Internet Accountability Project)

• TOPIC: The latest on "Maryland father" Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/WillChamberlain

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Episode: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 / 8 AM Hour

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