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The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN's lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this two-hour long weekday afternoon program, with headlines from around the country and the world, the top stories in national and international news, politics, health, money, the environment, sports and popular culture. The Lead also concentrates on bringing stories that aren't found on front pages—buried leads—to the forefront.
Episodes
- The Lead with Jake Tapper
Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested After Epstein Files Revelations
New images of former Prince Andrew appear to show him duck from cameras. The journalist who conducted the damning 2019 interview with Andrew about his alleged…
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Europe Struggles To Define What Comes After Trump
Les Wexner, the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret, once named as a secondary unindicted co-conspirator in the Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case with…
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Remembering Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson
New tributes for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, a two time presidential candidate who paved the way for so many progressives and African Americans who…
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DOJ Letter To Congress Lists Hundreds Of Prominent People Named In Epstein Files
More members of the royal family are wrapped up in the Epstein files. Plus, the glove that could give investigators a new break into the disappearance of Nancy…
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Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty To Charges From Church Protest
Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon plead not guilty this afternoon to federal charges filed after he live streamed a demonstration inside a…
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Sheriff: Evidence Found In Guthrie Search, “Including Gloves”
A federal judge shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amidst his attempts to retaliate against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, one of six lawmakers who made…
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Sheriff’s Dept: Nearly 18,000 Calls Since Guthrie Disappeared
A flood of tips and even more after key photos and video show a masked individual armed outside Nancy Guthrie’s door. Today, the new note demanding bitcoin in…
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FBI: Person Appeared To Have “Tampered” With Guthrie Door Camera
The FBI released six still images and three videos showing a masked armed intruder outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of ‘Today’ show host Savannah…
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Epstein Files Fallout
Today, Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in prison, appeared virtually before the House Oversight Committee where she pleaded…
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WH Downplayed Racist Video Trump Shared, Then Blamed Staffer
What many are calling a new low for Trump, and those are the Republicans, after a video post that included racist imagery of the Obamas as apes. Plus, the FBI…
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FBI: Ransom Note In Guthrie Case Has First Deadline Of “5PM Today”
Law enforcement authorities reveal new details in their search of the mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie. Plus, the new jobs report in America…
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Trump Warns Iran’s Supreme Leader Should Be “Very Worried”
The FBI is facing a new lawsuit from Fulton County Georgia one week after its raid, seizing boxes of ballots and other information from the 2020 election…
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FBI Pleads For New Leads In Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance
What happened to the mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie? Investigators say they believe she was taken from her home against her will. Plus, facing…
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Revelations From The Latest Batch Of Epstein Files
President Trump attempted earlier today to distance himself from the dead pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A look at the revelations inside the…
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Some Survivors’ Names Are Unredacted In Files
New Epstein files were released today which include new unverified sexual assault allegations that list President Trump and former President Bill Clinton…
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Border Czar: ICE & CBP Working On Minneapolis “Drawdown Plan”
Hundreds of 2020 ballot boxes are seized by the FBI. But, why and why was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, on the ground there? Plus, an…
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Trump Ups Rhetoric On Minneapolis, Despite Calls For De-Escalation
One day after calling for a little bit of a de-escalation, President Trump is now accusing the Minneapolis mayor of playing with fire, bucking calls to fire…
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Trump On Alex Pretti: “You Can’t Walk In With Guns”
President Trump says he is going to personally oversee an honorable investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse shot and killed by federal…
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Sources: Border Patrol Chief To Leave Minneapolis Tomorrow
The top Border Patrol official and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as CNN learns the Trump administration is deeply frustrated with how…
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Millions Brace For Catastrophic Ice, Heavy Snow
The first phase of the most extreme widespread winter storm the United States has seen in years is starting now. We break down the forecast. Plus, protests…
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Source: 5-Year-Old & His Father Held In Texas ICE Facility
Did he try to unfairly take down Trump or was he standing up for democracy and the rule of law? The extreme partisan divide as lawmakers question former…
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Trump Questions NATO Commitment To Defending U.S.
Trump now claims he’s one step closer of the United States acquiring the arctic island of Greenland, which belongs to Denmark. Congressman Dan Crenshaw…
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Trump Touts First-Year Accomplishments In Rambling News Briefing
President Trump sends world leaders scrambling as he speaks on Gaza, Greenland, NATO, Venezuela, and more. Plus, a major winter storm is brewing and is…
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Trump Escalates Push To Acquire Greenland
President Trump sends an extraordinary message to the prime minister of Norway saying that since he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize he no longer needs to…
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Hearing In Charlie Kirk Assassination
A new CNN poll on the economy and foreign policy and everything in between showing that most Americans believe Trump’s job so far has been a failure. Plus, a…
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Federal Agent Shoots Man After “Ambush” In Minneapolis
President Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to put military troops in Minnesota. How far will he go in his immigration crackdown? Plus, what…
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ICE Appears To Escalate Aggressive Tactics Amid Controversy
A majority of Americans are revealing they do no approve of the way the Trump administration and ICE are currently operating. Plus, President Trump is refusing…
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Resignations and Protests: Minnesota's DOJ Ice Shooting Fallout
Jake provides in-depth coverage of the recent resignations at the US Attorney's Office in Minnesota, following the Justice Department's handling of an ICE…
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Minnesota Sues Trump Admin Over Twin Cities Immigration Operation
Minnesota officials just announced they are suing the Trump administration over its ramped up immigration operations in the state. Plus, a growing number of…
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ICE Agent’s Cellphone Captures Fatal Confrontation In Minneapolis
Another day of tension two days after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in her car. CNN has now obtained the video captured by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on…
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Minnesota Officials Say FBI Blocked Them From ICE Shooting Probe
Growing tensions in Minneapolis after yesterday’s shooting by an ICE officer that killed a 37-year-old woman. Minneapolis officials now say that federal…
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U.S. Citizen Shot, Killed By ICE Officer
Crowds are gathering in south Minneapolis after an ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car as Trump officials and Minnesota officials clash…
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WH Discussing Options For Greenland, Military Not Off The Table
The world reacts to Stephen Miller telling Jake that the United States is going to take Greenland. Plus, a new Capitol rally after the deadly riots there five…
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Colombia Increases Military Presence Along Venezuela Border
A classified urgent briefing to top lawmakers is taking place on Capitol Hill over the extraordinary situation in Venezuela. The briefing comes after President…
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HHS Freezes Child Care Payments To MN After Viral Fraud Allegations
The fraud allegations are starting to mount as the Trump administration turns its attention to Minnesota. Hear from one lawmaker who says Republicans have a…
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U.S. Says New Year’s Eve Strike On Alleged Drug Boats Killed 5
Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City. What will his first action be? Plus, a New Year’s tragedy occurs at a ski resort in Switzerland leaving…
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Sources: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike On Port In Venezuela
The countdown to January 1st is on and we look at what authorities will be watching one year after a deadly attack. Plus, an iconic bourbon brand stops…
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Trump Meets With Netanyahu In Florida On Day 2 Of Peace Push
Global diplomacy is on the menu at Mar-a-Lago but is President Trump making progress toward ending foreign conflicts? Plus, more than 20 million Americans are…
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DOJ Says It Found 1M+ More Docs Potentially Related To Epstein
One week after what was mandated to be the total release of the Epstein files, we are now learning that task is proving far more ambitious by the day amid…
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FBI Emails From 2019 Refer To Epstein’s “10 Co-Conspirators”
Many mentions of President Trump in the latest DOJ release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, what the Justice Department says about the letter signed…
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Trump To Announce Shipbuilding Effort As Venezuela Tensions Flare
The President and top Pentagon brass reportedly are about announce the US Navy will build more warships as the US ramps up aggressive action to seize oil…
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Garcia: Epstein Doc Redactions “Absolutely Breaking The Law”
The United States Justice Department released at least some of the many files it has on dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. CNN teams are going through the release…
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Kennedy Center Board Votes To Rename It “Trump Kennedy Center”
Investigators believe they have identified the suspect in the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others. Plus, the day before…
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Trump Orders “Complete Blockade” Of Oil Tankers Into Venezuela
The House speaker is on defense as four Republicans break with his party and side with Democrats to force a vote on a healthcare deal. Plus, a Senate…
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Authorities Give Update In Brown University Killings
Four days after the deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island police release a new photograph, giving the closest look yet of the person of interest…
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Authorities Give Updates In Brown University Killings
Democratic Congressman Seth Magaziner from Rhode Island joins to discuss the Brown University mass shooting that left two students dead and injured nine others…
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New Photos From Epstein Estate Show Trump, Bill Clinton & Others
Trump, Bannon, Clinton, and Gates are just some of the men seen in new photos linked to the dead pedophile Jeffery Epstein. A look at why Democrats on the…
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Senate Rejects Health Care Bills As Obamacare Deadline Looms
Can a majority in a deeply divided Congress agree on a health care fix before the deadline in less than three weeks when premiums for millions of Americans…
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Trump: U.S. Seized Oil Tanker Off Coast Of Venezuela
Two healthcare votes are set to fail tomorrow as the deadline to save Americans from skyrocketing premiums tics even closer. Is there any hope for a bipartisan…
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Australia Social Media Ban Takes Effect For Teens Under 16
Children in Australia are waking up now blocked from their social media accounts after the country passed a world first social media ban for kids under…
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Trump On Paramount’s Hostile Bid: “I Don’t Know Enough About It”
One of the biggest brands in media is making an aggressive pitch to own Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. A look at why this mattes with tech journalist Kara…
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FIFA Awards Trump Its New “FIFA Peace Prize”
President Trump is setting the stage for the one of the biggest sporting events on the globe — the 2026 World Cup. Somehow, he has earned himself a peace prize…
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2021 DC Pipe Bomb Suspects Arrested, Facing Explosives Charges
It was the grainy video that spurred conspiracy theories for years and now the FBI says they finally know who put those pipe bombs outside the Republican and…
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Sen. Paul: “Buck Stops” With Hegseth On Follow-Up Boat Strike
A Pentagon watchdog points fingers at Pete Hegseth and sources say that the inspector general report finds that he risked endangering the lives of US troops by…
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Trump Says Strikes On Land To Start In Venezuela “Soon”
President Trump appears to doze off during his own cabinet meeting while just minutes earlier we learn new details about that second follow-up strike on the…
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WH Confirms Follow-Up Strike On Alleged Drug Boat
President Trump and his top national security officials meet behind closed doors about the next steps for Venezuela. This comes as lawmakers from both parties…
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Trump Says He’s Canceling Anything Biden Signed Via Autopen
President Trump is escalating his already aggressive immigration crackdown in the wake of the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC. He’s taking…
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Police: Suspect Apparently Targeted National Guard Troops
Two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot in downtown Washington, DC just blocks away from the White House. Both guardsmen are in critical condition and…
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Americans In Limbo As WH Delays Health Care Announcement
Signals emerge that the United States and Ukraine are closer to a plan that could be the first step toward negotiating an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Plus…
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Judge: Trump Prosecutor Lindsey Halligan Appointed Unlawfully
A federal judge tosses the indictments against two perceived Trump opponents, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. A…