Clay Travis and Buck Sexton look at the 2026 midterm elections, including the fight for control of the Senate and House, President Donald Trump campaigning in Texas, and the increasingly competitive Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico. Clay argues that Republican voters in Texas cannot take the race for granted and urges Texans to treat the contest as a serious battleground heading toward Election Day.  They also discuss the controversy surrounding Cornell University and seven former fraternity members accused of sexual assault, following New York Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to initiate a special investigation led by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Clay and Buck review the allegations and the history of the case as presented in the transcript, including the accuser's statements about consent, the previous criminal investigation, multiple Cornell campus proceedings, and the subsequent civil litigation. They strongly question the decision to reopen scrutiny of the case and argue that James's involvement raises concerns about political bias and due process. They also react to comments from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, disputing her characterization of the allegations and discussing whether public statements made about the accused men could have legal or reputational consequences.

The discussion with Ann Coulter expands into a broader cultural debate over gender equality, feminism, personal responsibility, sexual morality, hookup culture and differing societal expectations for men and women. Coulter and the hosts challenge what they view as inconsistent standards surrounding intoxication, consent and accountability, and Clay presents a gender-reversed hypothetical to question whether allegations involving a male accuser would receive comparable cultural and legal treatment. They also discuss Lindsay Clancy and a separate Tennessee death-row case as part of their larger argument about responsibility and the extent to which gender or personal circumstances should influence judgments about individual conduct. Coulter contends that contemporary progressive attitudes about sex, abortion, monogamy and feminism have helped create contradictions between personal agency and demands for legal or social protection from the consequences of personal choices.

Steven Crowder, host of Louder with Crowder, then joins the program and offers his perspective on the Cornell allegations, discussing the available accounts of consent and comparing the controversy with previous nationally prominent cases including the Duke lacrosse case, Columbia University “Mattress Girl” controversy, the University of Virginia Rolling Stone controversy, Tawana Brawley, Trevor Bauer and Christine Blasey Ford. Clay, Buck and Crowder again use a gender-reversed hypothetical to debate whether the law and American culture apply equivalent standards of consent and personal responsibility to men and women.  Crowder then shifts to his recent Harvard University debate with Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy, focused on DEI, affirmative action, racial preferences, discrimination, higher education and political ideology on elite college campuses. Crowder recounts his long-running effort to persuade university professors to debate him following the popularity of his “Change My Mind” campus events. 

Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News Channel senior medical analyst, then joins Hour 3 to discuss his book The Angels Among Us: How God’s Messengers Play a Role in Healing and the intersection of medicine, science, faith, miracles, angels and spirituality. Siegel argues that meaningful coincidences can sometimes be understood through faith and recounts stories involving miraculous survival and unexpected intervention. He discusses Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall’s survival after being badly injured during an attack in Ukraine, including Hall’s visions of family members and the chain of circumstances that ultimately led rescuers to him. Siegel also recounts President Ronald Reagan’s survival after the 1981 assassination attempt, describing the Secret Service decision to take Reagan to George Washington University Hospital, the medical team’s discovery of the gunshot wound, emergency treatment and the people Siegel views as “angels” who helped save Reagan’s life.

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