In this hour, Rita explores the collision of international diplomacy and local radicalism. From President Trump’s high-stakes meetings at Mar-a-Lago with Zelensky and Netanyahu to the looming inauguration of NYC’s first Democratic Socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, the political landscape is shifting rapidly. Rita breaks down Trump’s ultimatum to Hamas, Mamdani’s controversial threat to arrest the Israeli Prime Minister, and a massive daycare fraud scandal in Minnesota that has investigators on high alert. Plus, callers debate the legalities of denaturalization.

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