Clay Travis and Buck Sexton talk about the falling homicide rates across the United States. Clay cites an Axios report showing murders on pace to drop nearly 20 percent in 2026 compared with 2025, which was already an all-time low. He reads off big declines in Tulsa, Aurora, Newark, Arlington, Raleigh, Sacramento, Suffolk County on Long Island, Prince George’s County, Nashville, and Omaha. Clay credits ICE deportations of violent criminals, while Buck praises the administration’s crime strategy in Washington, D.C. and Memphis and argues that critics have never admitted they were wrong. Buck also gives credit to FBI Director Kash Patel. Clay warns that these gains depend on executive orders Congress has not codified, and says reports of migrant caravans forming in Latin America show how quickly a future Democratic administration could reopen the border.

An interview with Congressman Jim Jordan, the new House Republican leader. Jordan reflects on the midterm losses and says his caucus is committed to a “more freedom, lower taxes, secure border” message. He explains that House Republicans got too focused on holding their majority and failed to deliver enough after passing the big bill. He lays out the lame duck agenda: the college sports bill, government funding, FISA reauthorization before it expires in March, the debt ceiling, and an energy permitting bill. Jordan predicts Democrats will pursue Medicare for All, higher taxes, military cuts, and a third impeachment of President Trump, along with investigations of cabinet members, private sector figures, and potential 2028 Republican candidates, including JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin, and Ted Cruz. Clay adds that executives who donated to the White House ballroom project say they have already been warned of subpoenas. Jordan also calls for housing affordability policies, including changes to capital gains taxes, to help young families buy their first home.

Clay and Buck talk with Ben Ferguson, host of The Verdict podcast and a former CNN contributor, who has been reported as a finalist for White House press secretary. Ferguson says he has not spoken with President Trump directly. He argues that Democrats have “declared war” on the president and his cabinet, and that the choice of Stephen Miller as chief of staff signals a war footing. He says he would bring the combative style he learned in his seven years at CNN to the briefing room. He and Clay also discuss falling murder rates, with Clay noting Nashville’s murder rate is down 37.5 percent and Ferguson saying Memphis is down more than 40 percent. Ferguson credits President Trump’s crime policy, deportations, and the National Guard deployment in Memphis, and he describes being a victim of gun crime in Memphis and shooting back.

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