We kick off Monday with male birth-control pills, implants and gels before the nor’easter takes over the morning. Dawn Stensland runs through flooding and beach erosion at the Jersey Shore, the continuing investigation at the West Chew Avenue “House of Horrors,” Pennsylvania’s withdrawn 502-page health proposal and the $671,000 New Jersey religious-exemption verdict involving Teddy DeBlasio. We also celebrate the Phillies clinching the final National League wild-card spot, preview Eagles-Bears with Case Keenum starting for Chicago and react to Penn State blowing a 17-point lead against Wisconsin.
Politics drives our middle hours as we discuss the Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration’s expanded voter-verification database to operate while litigation continues, the war with Iran, the RAF Fairford terror investigation and the issues shaping the midterm conversation. We examine Axios reporting that some battleground Democrats do not want Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigning with them, the growth of Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates, affordability concerns and JD Vance’s messaging. Harry Mayes joins us for the cut sheet, where John Fetterman’s accidental “lifelong Republican” line at the Texas Tribune Festival gives us exactly the clip he predicted it would.
The final stretch brings Trump and Zohran Mamdani’s unusually cordial rapport, Kamala Harris saying she remains undecided about 2028, the debate over a taxpayer-funded Trump television spot and President Trump’s meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Dawn’s Big Three returns in the 10 AM hour with the newest West Chew Avenue developments, a federal crackdown involving violent offenders in public housing and the fight over the future of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences. We close with Jersey Shore storm cleanup and attorney John D. Coyle discussing the DeBlasio religious-exemption verdict.
