A New Qatari Air Force Facility, the Legality of Mass Layoffs Amid Shutdown, Effects to Special Education, RFK's Autism/Circumcision Claim, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Court Says National Guard in Chicago Can Remain Federalized But Not Deployed (0:33)

2. Trump Administration Issues Mass Layoffs Amid Shutdown; Are They Legal? How Will Special Education Be Affected? (6:30)

3. Hegseth Announces New Qatari Air Force Facility in Idaho; Here's What You Need to Know (19:16)

4. RFK Jr. Claims Possible Link Between Circumcision and Autism; Here's What the Studies Say (24:51)

5. Israel and Gaza See Hostages Released and Prisoners Returned (30:49)

6. United States and Argentina Finalize $20B Currency Swap (33:24)

7. Quick Hitters: Trump Orders Military to Be Paid Despite Shutdown, Letitia James Indicted, South Carolina Shooting (36:22)

8. GOOD NEWS (38:00)

9. Critical Thinking Segment (38:59)

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Court Says National Guard in Chicago Can Remain Federalized But Not Deployed

https://san.com/cc/national-guard-in-illinois-can-stay-under-federal-control-cant-be-deployed-court/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca7.54985/gov.uscourts.ca7.54985.8.0.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/appeals-court-blocks-trump-deploy-national-guard-illinois-rcna237065

https://san.com/cc/judge-temporarily-blocks-national-guard-deployment-in-chicago/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/department-of-war-security-for-the-protection-of-federal-personnel-and-property-in-illinois/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5e5eg86mvo

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559895/1/state-of-illinois-v-trump/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/protesters-clash-police-outside-chicago-162603891.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALirS5p1nA7-b_kUBI7K4Z7fTac0aK1OJpaCuVdCCMBBF_Mp5eL1mQ1Iz5qns7COeQo97D-rfEpjHGphOuuyUK_gKOMgs-j329QuWTCFzbDjCVfWihorwzlpqWBG71uVjdaluQseCpjt87ZEq5ndA5BBDR91zifv6dDv1w9mdXI7 

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382638547112

Trump Administration Issues Mass Layoffs Amid Shutdown; Are They Legal? How Will Special Education Be Affected?

https://san.com/cc/federal-layoffs-begin-amid-government-shutdown-standoff/ 

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-government-workforce-cuts-have-begun-omb-chief-says-2025-10-10/ 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-lays-off-dozens-cdc-officials-nyt-reports-2025-10-11/ 

https://www.wral.com/story/budget-office-says-substantial-firings-of-federal-workers-have-started-in-government-shutdown/22193877/ 

https://www.mspb.gov/ppp/ppp.htm 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/schumer-democrats-find-new-role-shutdown-looms-analysis/story?id=126038340& 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-discuss-agency-cuts-with-ombs-vought-thursday-2025-10-02/ 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.457131/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.39.0_1.pdf

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3502

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-351/subpart-B/section-351.201 

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/omb-says-substantial-federal-employee-layoffs-have-begun/

https://www.mspb.gov/ppp/ppp.htm

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-reverses-layoffs-cdc-staff-rcna237136

https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-overview/an-overview-of-the-us-department-of-education--pg-5

https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/10/11/education-department-special-ed-office-layoffs-shutdown/86646104007/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-education-staff-decimated-after-trump-administration-shutdown/story?id=126432474

Hegseth Announces New Qatari Air Force Facility in Idaho; Here's What You Need to Know

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/politics/qatar-air-force-facility-idaho 

https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1976769302867898706 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/10/pentagon-chief-hegseth-announces-qatari-air-force-facility-at-idaho-base 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/10/10/idaho-qatar-us-air-force-base/f3dcf368-a630-11f0-8f8b-d9483809ee65_story.html 

https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/things-to-know-about-the-qatar-training-facility-21095304.php 

https://www.mountainhome.af.mil/About-MHAFB/ 

https://www.ramstein.af.mil/About/ 

https://www.mountainhome.af.mil/About-MHAFB/Environmental-Info/

https://www.mountainhome.af.mil/Portals/102/Documents/environmental/MHAFB%20Qatar%20F-15%20Final%20EA%20(Mar%202022).pdf?ver=S7_zjH2EO16XmsasGLPV1Q%3d%3d 

https://www.newsweek.com/qatari-air-force-facility-update-official-clarifies-status-and-plans-10865937

RFK Jr. Claims Possible Link Between Circumcision and Autism; Here's What the Studies Say

https://san.com/cc/rfk-adds-another-cause-of-autism-in-youth-circumcision/

https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/health/rfk-jr-says-circumcisions-lead-to-autism-heres-the-truth/

https://www.cato.org/blog/circumcision-tylenol-autism-rfk-jr-misses-cut

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4530408/

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-12-41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwzJxEe1WXo

Israel and Gaza See Hostages Released and Prisoners Returned

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-peace-deal-trump-hostages-aid-3d994f7d482783da6fe7e18460ef06ab

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-hostages-ceasefire-10-13-25

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/gaza-ceasefire-israel-hamas-hostage-release-october-13-2025

United States and Argentina Finalize $20B Currency Swap

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/economy/argentina-america-bailout-currency 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/the-us-has-stepped-in-with-an-extraordinary-bailout-of-argentina-heres-what-it-means.html

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/currencyswap.asp

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_liquidityswaps.htm

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-are-federal-reserve-swap-lines/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200319b.htm

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal-of-financial-crises/vol5/iss1/21/

https://www.cfr.org/tracker/central-bank-currency-swaps-tracker

Quick Hitters

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/10/13/is-the-military-getting-paid-on-the-15th-trump-pay-troops-legal-government-shutdown-updates-senate/86671839007/#:~:text=How%20are%20troops%20getting%20paid,does%20not%20reopen%20by%20then.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-his-administration-identified-funds-pay-troops-during-shutdown-2025-10-11/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ny-attorney-general-letitia-james-trump-opponent-indicted-grand-jury-b-rcna236737

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2025/10/13/st-helena-island-south-carolina-shooting/86668989007/