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Podcast: The Beat with Ari Melber
Episode: Trump Faces GOP Defections Over Epstein and Boat Strikes
Description: December 2, 2025; 6pm: Trump faces a political tipping point as hundreds of DC Republicans voted to release the Epstein files and demand answers on whether his Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, committed a war crime with a boat strike in the Caribbean. James Carville, Democratic Congressman Adam Smith, and Ankush Khardori join. Plus, Trump held a Cabinet meeting where he talked about inflation and affordability as polls still find him hitting a second-term approval rating low. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports.
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