Rational Radio Daily With Steele And Ungar

Rick Ungar and guest co-host Rick Tyler talked with Kansas State Representative Melissa Rooker about the Kansas legislature overriding Governor Sam Brownback's veto on raising taxes. The guys discuss the emoluments lawsuit that the Attorneys General of Maryland and D.C. have brought against President Trump.

Michael and Rick look at the problems the Senate is having in its attempt to repeal Obamacare. The guys also examine four female Democratic senators (Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar) that are gaining traction for potential presidential runs in 2020.

Counterintelligence veteran Malcolm Nance joins Rick and Michael to share his thoughts on former FBI Director James Comey's testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Amber Phillips of the Washington Post also joins the guys to share her seven biggest takeaways from the hearing.

Michael Warren, senior writer for The Weekly Standard, discusses President Trump's dissolving relationship with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Forbes' Dan Alexander talks about his recent bombshell story: "How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business".

Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX 19), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity for the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, breaks down why we need the recently-passed VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. Ambassador Gerald Feierstein updates us on the diplomatic crisis brewing in the Middle East after five Arab nations cut ties with Qatar.

On the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, Michael Oren, Israel's Deputy Minister for Diplomacy, describes how the war helped shape the modern Middle East.

Ambassador Dan Fried, a 40-year veteran of the foreign service and architect of the U.S. sanctions against Russia, talks to Michael and Rick about the breaking news that the Trump administration may have secretly tried to ease and lift those sanctions.

RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel joins Rick and Michael to talk about the political impact and benefits of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean discusses former FBI Director Jim Comey's upcoming testimony, the issue of exercising executive privilege, impeachment and other parallels between Presidents Donald Trump and Richard Nixon.

Robert Costa, national political reporter at the Washington Post, joins Rick and Michael to discuss the latest news in the Russia probe, including Jim Comey's agreement to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. We also talk to Alison Cassady of the Center for American Progress about the potential impact of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord.

Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI 05) joins Michael and Rick to review President Trump's foreign trip and how his proposed budget would impact the Great Lakes region. Jeremy Peters, a politics reporter with the New York Times, discusses his recent piece: "How Much Trump Is Good For GOP Candidates?"

Daniel Allott, deputy commentary editor for the Washington Examiner, is heading up a four-year reporting project called 'Trump's America' that will do deep, personal, long-form reporting in nine key counties around the country that helped Trump win the presidency. Daniel joined Michael Steele to discuss the ambitious new project.

Kevin Robillard, campaign reporter for Politico Pro, joins us to talk about the special House race in Montana and GOP candidate Greg Gianforte allegedly assaulting a reporter from The Guardian. Ron Reagan, MSNBC contributor and son of President Ronald Reagan, joins Ron Christie to discuss what the Democrats' election strategy should be for the 2018 midterms.

Congressmen Dr. Phil Roe (R-TN 1), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Tim Walz (D-MN 1), the committee's ranking member, discuss some of their recent initiatives and successes as we approach Memorial Day. Rick and Michael review the most recent CBO score for the American Health Care Act.

Career counterintelligence and counterterrorism officer Malcolm Nance joins us to recap the major points from today's congressional hearings with former CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers. Dave Weigel of the Washington Post talks about how some media outlets turned the tragic death of Seth Rich into "fake news".

RedState.com's Joe Cunningham joins Rick and Michael to talk about whether or not Republicans will be able to recover from last week's deluge of bad news in time for the 2018 midterms.

Rick and Michael discuss President's Trump proposed budget plan and whether cuts to programs like Medicaid and food stamps will come back to haunt the GOP.

Ambassador Dennis Ross, the point man for the Middle East peace process under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, joins Rick and guest co-host Ned Ryun to talk about what we can expect to see on President Trump's first foreign trip.

Ken Vogel, POLITICO's chief investigative reporter, joins the show to update Rick and guest co-host Robert Traynham on the Trump-Russia probe investigating potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy gives us a comprehensive introduction to Robert Mueller, the new special counsel who will be leading the investigation.

Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY 14), Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, gives us his thoughts on the breaking news that former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been appointed as special counsel for the Trump-Russia investigation. Jim Robenalt, an expert on the legal ethics and history of Watergate, says President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director Comey could be the beginning of the end for his presidency.

Career counterintelligence officer Malcolm Nance joins us to describe how the intelligence community is reacting to the news that President Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats. Former U.S. Ambassador Gerald Feierstein gives us the perspective of the diplomatic community and what it thinks about Trump disclosing sensitive and highly classified information with the Russians.