WMAL GUEST: RAYMOND ARROYO (Author & Host of the Arroyo Grande Podcast)

• NY POST: Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse — driven by pandemic, internet, ‘lax’ alternatives
• WEBSITE: RaymondArroyo.com
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/RaymondArroyo

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Episode: Friday, April 18, 2025 / 8 AM Hour

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In the 5 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Mercedes Schlapp discussed:

• UK Supreme Court issues landmark ruling on legal definition of woman

• DOJ slaps Title IX lawsuit on Maine over refusal to ban trans athletes in women’s sports

• Education Sec. Linda McMahon schools Kasie Hunt

• A HUGE Win for Free Speech: Rubio shuts down controversial State Department office

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 5 AM Hour

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In the 6 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Mercedes Schlapp discussed:

• AP: Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release
• NBC NEWS: El Salvador denies Maryland senator's request to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• NY POST: Rachel Morin’s mom rips Sen. Chris Van Hollen for traveling to El Salvador to free alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘Barely acknowledged my daughter’s death’

• WMAL GUEST: MAINE STATE REP. LAUREL LIBBY

  • TOPIC: Biological males in women's sports
  • SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/Lauren_Libby
• NBC 4: DC, Commanders close to $3B deal for new stadium at RFK site

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 6 AM Hour

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In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Mercedes Schlapp discussed:

• X: Wes Moore Praises Van Hollen’s Leadership
• WASHINGTON EXAMINER: George Clooney praises Gov. Wes Moore as rising Democratic star

• WMAL GUEST: REP. ANDY HARRIS (R-MD)

  • WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Andy Harris questions Van Hollen’s taxpayer-funded effort to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘Shameful’
  • SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/RepAndyHarrisMD

• WASHINGTON EXAMINER: ADHD, an excuse to medicate the masses

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 7 AM Hour

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In the 8 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Mercedes Schlapp discussed:

• WMAL GUEST: KT MCFARLAND (Former National Security Advisor) 

  • TOPIC: Van Hollen’s El Salvador trip 

  • SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/RealKTMcFarland

• WASHINGTON POST: Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

• 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

• CRITTER NEWS: Rabbit sucked into United Airlines’ plane engine causes ‘giant fireball,’ forces flight to make emergency landing

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

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WMAL GUEST: MAINE STATE REP. LAUREL LIBBY

• NY POST: DOJ slaps Title IX lawsuit on Maine over refusal to ban trans athletes in women’s sports
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/Laurel_Libby

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 6 AM Hour

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WMAL GUEST: REP. ANDY HARRIS (R-MD)

• WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Andy Harris questions Van Hollen’s taxpayer-funded effort to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘Shameful’
• SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/RepAndyHarrisMD

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Episode: Thursday, April 17, 2025 / 7 AM Hour

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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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