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You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Thank you, Bill. It is Friday, October 17, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Bolton indicted Trump and Putin meeting illegal alien, police officer and the first antifa terrorist charge. That's all coming up. The bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, the former national security adviser John Bolton has been indicted with improper handling of classified documents, 18 counts by a federal grand jury, eight counts of transmission of national defense information, 10 counts of retention of national defense information from April of 2018 through August of 2025. The indictment says that Bolton abused his position as national security adviser by sharing more than a thousand pages of information about his day to day activities as national security advisor, including information related to national defense, which was classified up to top secret with two unauthorized individuals. The indictment goes through what type of top secret documents from human intelligence to covert action programs. Pam Bondi said anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable. No one is above the law. A dozen items were seized from his home in Maryland. President Trump announced that he and Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet in Budapest. Trump said they are meeting to see, quote, if they can bring this inglorious war between Russia and Ukraine to an end. The call that took place yesterday between Trump and Putin comes as Trump is pressuring the Indian president to stop buying Russian oil. ICE has arrested an illegal alien who is also a police officer. He was an officer at the Hanover Park Police Department just outside of Chicago and he was encountered during a targeted enforcement action as a part of Operation Midway Blitz. It seems as if he wasn't the target, but they picked him up as a part of the overall operation. Bo has overstayed his tourist visa for 10 years. He was required to leave the United states March of 2015. Homeland Security also made note that it is a felony for someone in the United States illegally to carry a firearm. DHS said Governor Pritzker doesn't just allow violent illegals to terrorize Illinois's communities. He also allows illegal aliens to work as sworn police officers. Kristi Noem said radical sanctuary politicians have allowed criminal illegal aliens to infiltrate our school districts, communities and even police departments. A federal grand jury indicted two alleged antifa members with terrorism related charges. This is after a attack on an ICE facility in Texas on the 4th of July. Cash Patel said for the first time ever the FBI has arrested anarchist violent extremist and charged these antifa aligned individuals with material support for terrorism. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by faith. Bill O'Reilly, he is your message of the day. Next.
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It's got good restaurants, it's fairly easy to navigate with the National Guard and the FBI running around. It's no longer dangerous and it's got a lot of things to see. But the culture is not conducive to the O'Reilly method. How about that? The O'Reilly method. Why? Too many meetings. They meet about everything. They want to discuss everything to death. And when you deal with the bureaucracy in D.C. as I have the last four days, you got to be patient. I'm not a patient man. I go in, I say, here's what we'd like to do or not do or whatever it may be, and let's make a decision. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Get a five guys, a couple of gals, and they're ruminating and maybe we do this. It drives me nuts and I think it drives President Trump nuts, too. But I don't know that I'm not there every day in the Oval Office. I am at O'Reilly headquarters. And we do look at the data. We do take opposing points of view into context. But we make fast decisions, unlike our nation's capital. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billorilly.com, billorilly.com, name in town if you wish to opine. Now, let's go to the mail. Tom Beach, Durham, North Carolina, Watching Talking Points Memo what are your thoughts? That both Biden and Blinken are trying to take some of the credit for the peace deal between Israel and Palestine. They tried to get the hostages out, and at the end, very end of the Biden administration, they made some strides. They cooperated with the incoming president, Donald Trump. So I don't, I don't have any beef there. But they couldn't get them out, could they? KATHLEEN CONCIERGE MEMBER I agree with Pete Hegseth, and if people knew the actual reason for his ruling, you, O'Reilly, would support his decision. Media cannot be trusted in telling half a story he's running. The Pentagon is a military institution, not a friend of the media. If you're down with Hegseth, then you don't believe in freedom of the press, KATHLEEN simple as that. I'm not scolding you. There are a lot of Americans that don't believe in freedom of the press, but you don't believe in it. You don't have the government censoring what you hear and read what they do in China. ETHAN Bill, you're right. Pete Igseth is acting like a fascist. Now, I didn't call him a fascist. I did not. But totalitarianism, first step, neutralize the press. Bruce Cattle, Rio Del California Bill, you said the economy is a critical factor in midterm elections, that if high prices don't come down, it'll be bad for the Republicans. How is it they can be held accountable for the cost of things? Because the voters don't care about politics. They care about their wallet. If the party in power isn't bringing prices down, when people are suffering, they're going to vote for the other party. That's it. Most people are not ideological. They're not. So that is something that Trump administration got pay attention to. In a moment, something you might not know. Ever heard of Gold Belly? It's an amazing site that delivers the best of America's iconic foods right to your door anywhere in the USA craving New York's famous cheesecake from juniors or the legendary Franklin barbecue from Texas. Gold Belly delivers. Don't miss the world famous stone crab from Joe's in Miami or meals from chefs like Ina Garten and more. The shipping, very easy and the food quality is outstanding. I know I'll be using Gold Belly for my next craving. So if you are looking for that perfect gift or want to impress your friends and and family with an epic meal, as the kids might say, the next time you host, go to goldbelly.com get 20% off your first order with promo code BILL. That's goldbelly.com code BILL 20% off your first order. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 91 years ago today, an American baseball team began a 12 city tour of Japan. The roster featured Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and an undercover spy. Here is the story. In the early 1930s, a relationship between the United States and the Empire of Japan was deteriorating quickly. In order to ease tension, both nations agreed to a friendly tournament between the American All Stars and their Japanese counterparts. In October 1934, more than 500,000 residents lined the streets of Tokyo to welcome the American players. Unknown to the emperor, the goodwill mission also carried a secret agent. His name was Mo Berg. The catcher from New York City began his major league career with the Chicago White Sox. Off the field, he was a graduate of Princeton university who spoke seven languages, including Japanese. On November 29, 1934, as the rest of his team were playing at a stadium five miles north of Tokyo, Mo Berg quietly traveled to St. Luke's Hospital, the tallest building in the city. Allegedly, he went there to visit the sick daughter of an American diplomat. But he secretly accessed the rooftop. Mo then retrieved a smuggled movie camera from his equipment bag. From his high point, Mo Berg filmed downtown Tokyo, its warehouse district, weapons factories and the inner Harbor. In 1942, that footage was used by the US military to plan bombing raids against the Japanese capital. Moberg continued to work as an American spy throughout the war. The All Star died after falling in his home in 1972. He was 70 years old. And here's something else you might not know. Moberg's efforts against the Japanese were formally recognized by President Harry Truman. He awarded the former spy the Medal of freedom in 1946. Back after this. 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