Last night both houses of Congress overwhelmingly voted to force the justice department to release the Epstein files. We could see the contents made public within days. But the vote itself, long resisted by Trump, has left the President looking weaker and more friendless amongst the MAGA base than he’s ever been. Is he starting to look like a lame duck President? And are Republicans imagining a MAGA world that comes after Trump? Or will they quickly revert to fealty?

Later, the college professor in exile from America after being targeted by death threats for his academic work on Antifa.

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Donald Trump has told Fox News he has an "obligation" to sue the BBC - claiming the broadcaster "defrauded the public" in the way a Panorama episode misleadingly edited a clip of his January 6th speech.

The dispute has made it on to Joe Rogan's podcast, and the BBC is being hauled into the 'fake news' category by MAGA commentators.

How serious is President Trump in his threats? And could he bankrupt the BBC?

Jon and Emily speak to Andrew Weissmann, law professor and former FBI general counsel.

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After a year in the wilderness for the Democrats, last nights electoral victories have given many a taste of winning again. Races in Democratic strongholds like New York, California, New Jersey and Virginia may not have been a shock - but the scale of the victories and the size of the turnouts has put a spring back into the step of those who’d given up hope.

Today we discuss what Zohran Mamdani Gavin Newsom, Abigail Spanberger and others are getting right. And whether it’s a useful predictor for what happens next?

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