JORGE RAMOS: Chicago Congresswoman Delia Ramírez has had to explain her origins. Delia, of course, was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Guatemalan parents, and she could perfectly be from the United States and from Guatemala. And in another time, this would have been cause for celebration, But at this time, in 2025, things change. Congresswoman Delia Ramírez now joins us on this program.…
RACHEL SCOTT: Today, I asked The White House why the president is convinced that Putin actually wants to come to the table.
What indications is the president getting from Putin that he wants to have this meeting with Zelenskyy soon?
KAROLINE LEAVITT: Because he spoke to him directly yesterday.
SCOTT: Reporters then pressing about that phone call.
REPORTER: Did he agree to have a sitdown…
SCOTT MacFARLANE: The number of National Guard troops on the streets and in the neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. is poised to more than double. The Republican governors have at least a half dozen states have deployed hundreds more. West Virginia governor Patrick Morrissey saying he wants to help restore cleanliness and safety in the nation's capital.
MURIEL BOWSER: This doesn’t make sense. You…
BRET BAIER: Texas’ state house was able to achieve a quorum today following a two-week walkout by Democrats trying to derail a Republican redistricting effort. Correspondent Garrett Tenney shows us tonight from Austin, Texas.
DUSTIN BURROWS: A quorum is present and it’s time to resume the work the people of Texas sent us here to do.
GARETT TENNEY: After more than two weeks, the Texas House…
MAURICE DuBOIS: Today was the first day of a new school year in Los Angeles. The nation's second largest school system. It has more than 500,000 students in a county where more than a third of the residents are immigrants. This year, Carter Evans reports, teachers are keeping an eye out for potential ICE Reads.
CARTER EVANS: As students headed back to school across Los Angeles, little about…
GARRETT HAAKE: Presidents Trump and Putin have spoken several times by phone this year but haven't met in person since 2019. At a 2018 summit in Helsinki, Finland, the two met for more than two hours behind closed doors. President Trump, pressed about U.S. Intelligence agencies’ assessment of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, criticized later for seeming to accept Putin's denials.
DONALD…
TOM LLAMAS: Let's head to Washington. President Trump today announcing he’s putting his stamp on another American cultural institution, the Kennedy Center Honors. The president says he will host this year's event and hand-picked the honorees this year. Here’s Gabe Gutierrez.
GABE GUTIERREZ: Already a near constant presence at wrestling matches and NFL games, tonight President Trump is…
ABBY PHILLIP: Well, those guns -- those laws being violated suggest that it's D.C.'s gun laws that are making those guns illegal, because you actually are not allowed to have -- for the most part, most people are not allowed to have guns in the District of Columbia.
SCOTT JENNINGS: That's true.
MAXWELL FROST: Well, I'm just a little confused though because, Scott, you're saying that, you know,…
MAURICE DuBOIS: The police department in Washington says violent crime in the city this year is down 26%. Homicide alone, down 11%. And robberies down 28%.
JOHN DICKERSON: One number that is rising is the crime-fighting force, with the president sending in federal agents to help the police, and today, 800 National Guard troops started taking up positions.
DuBOIS: Despite the falling crime rate…
KRISTEN WELKER: I do want to look at the map of Illinois. Let's take a look at this: despite President Trump winning 44% of the statewide vote in 2024, Republicans hold only three of Illinois's 17 districts. These districts seem to be to maximize Democratic advantage. What do you say to those who argue that it's hypocritical for you to criticize Texas for partisanship when your state also drew…