Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in the middle of another scandal over using Signal, again, for the same sensitive or classified information he exposed last time. Just like last time, he's fighting back, but is more out of control than he was before. Grant talks about this latest scandal and what's been happening behind the scenes at the White House.

Then, Trump calls his own bluff again. This time, after weeks of calling for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to resign or working to find ways to fire him, he says he won't do that. Grant breaks down how that happens and what it means for the economy.

Finally, Elon Musk says he's on his way out, but not for good. After Tesla's stock dropped this week and Musk is getting increasingly more sensitive about the things his critics are saying, he's going to take a back seat for the rest of the administration.

All of it comes together under the new White House mantra, No Scalps. Grant breaks it all down.

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It's been a busy week for the US Courts starting with the high profile case of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, the man mistakenly sent to El Salvador and who the Trump Administration refuses to return. Grant breaks down a scathing new ruling in that case and talks about Sen. Chris Van Hollen's visit to the Central American country to find Abrego-Garcia.

Plus, the US Supreme Court says it's going to take on Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship, setting up a fight over who gets to be an American, who doesn't, and what that could mean for the rest of us.

To help break it all down, Grant talks to Andrew Torrez, co-host of the Law and Chaos podcast who gives his thoughts on each case plus whether we're already in a constitutional crisis.

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It's been a whirlwind way to start the week in the world of immigration. A huge ruling was made by a judge in the case to stop deportations to El Salvador. The judge says he's ready to charge the Trump Administration with contempt of court for disobeying his orders. Grant has some breaking news in that story.

Then, he talks about the Kilmar Abrego-Garcia case and how the government is disobeying a judge there, how the administration is changing its reasons for sending him to an El Salvadorian prison, and where that case stands.

Plus, the biggest news this week, (so far) President Donald Trump says he wants to deport US citizens to one of the world's deadliest prisons. A likely illegal plan that sent shockwaves through the US legal world on Monday.

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