Your Questions About the No Kings Protests Answered, Why Republicans Won't Invoke the Nuclear Option, Trump's IVF Announcement, Bolton Indicted, Santos' Sentence Commuted, and More.

Oct 20

Written By Jordan Berman

Episode Format:

Trump's Former National Security Adviser John Bolton Indicted (0:26)
Trump Makes IVF Announcement Aimed at Lowering Medication Costs and Expanding Access (10:54)
Senate Democrats Block Vote on Defense Department Appropriations Bill (14:56)
Why Senate Republicans Likely Won't Invoke the Nuclear Option to End the Government Shutdown (24:18)
Trump Commutes George Santos' Sentence (28:24)
Answering Your Questions About the No Kings Protests (34:43)
Quick Hitters: AWS Outage, Hunting Stand Found Near Palm Beach Airport, DHS to Hire More Healthcare Personnel (41:27)
Critical Thinking Segment (43:22)

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Trump's Former National Security Adviser John Bolton Indicted

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.592875/gov.uscourts.mdd.592875.1.0_3.pdf

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/17/john-bolton-pleads-not-guilty-criminal-charges-00613420

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-bolton-indicted-trump/

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/724363700/trump-fires-john-bolton-in-final-break-after-months-of-policy-divisions

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/john-bolton-book-trump-administration-lawsuit

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Room-Where-It-Happened/John-Bolton/9781982148041

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/politics/john-bolton-book-justice-department

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/john-bolton-indicted-trump-rcna236983

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1171452880055746560

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1171452881729228802

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-led-up-to-trumps-firing-of-john-bolton

Trump Makes IVF Announcement Aimed at Lowering Medication Costs and Expanding Access

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-lower-costs-and-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-and-high-quality-fertility-care/

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/GMA/Wellness/trumps-ivf-announcement-means-women-families/story?id=126608910

https://www.goodrx.com/gonal-f?srsltid=AfmBOopTsyjqAey6o-j7RClUfKOEzQ1p5n4O2ykvpOmMCr_p9EjEHqzX

https://trumprx.gov/

http://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2024/trump-calls-for-universal-coverage-of-ivf-treatment-with-no-specifics-on-how-his-plan-would-work/

Senate Democrats Block Vote on Defense Department Appropriations Bill/Why Senate Republicans Likely Won't Invoke the Nuclear Option to End the Government Shutdown

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4016

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/government-shutdown-military-pay.html

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/16/congress/senate-democrats-military-funding-bill-00611606

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-dems-tank-gop-plan-pay-troops-fund-pentagon-shutdown-hits-day-16

https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/EF2564A2-8199-4CC7-B9B7-58414B2C1E8D

https://sykes.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-republicans-block-vote-on-rep-sykes-pay-our-military-act-to-ensure-service-members-receive-paychecks-during-shutdown

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/10/congress/troop-pay-bill-blocked-in-house-00602093

https://www.military.com/feature/2025/10/15/research-money-military-pay-pentagons-shutdown-workaround.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5558801-defense-spending-bill-shutdown/

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/08/shutdown-senate-republicans-military-pay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hVJZ9VwP4