The Kinzinger Report

The 9/11 Lie | Trump Turns the 9/11 Anniversary Into a Story About Himself — September 9, 2026

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:31:02 +0000

Trump told a fake story about firefighters carrying him to safety at Ground Zero on 9/11, days before the 25th anniversary. There's no record he was there until September 13th, and on the day of the attacks he called a news station to brag that his building was now the tallest in downtown Manhattan. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the lie, plus the GOP convention Republicans are skipping, Canada's retaliatory tariffs and Trump's new import bans, a federal appeals court ruling that the IRS broke the law sharing tax returns with ICE, and the secret DHS predictive policing unit using Americans' financial records to trigger traffic stops.

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The Shadow Secretary | The Unconfirmed Aide Who Ran DHS and Shopped It to Foreign Governments — September 8, 2026

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:58:18 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports that Corey Lewandowski secretly ran Trump's Department of Homeland Security as an unpaid, unconfirmed adviser, controlling billions in DHS contracts, then offered his services to Qatar and the UAE on the side. Adam breaks down the shadow secretary scandal and the criminal referral now on the table. Plus: the White House marks Labor Day with AI videos that contain no workers, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Putin in Moscow with nothing to show for it, the GOP's redistricting scheme starts backfiring in Texas and beyond, and Gallup gives Democrats their biggest party ID lead since 2008.

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Workers Organize Anyway | A Labor Day Reckoning With Trump's War on Unions — September 7, 2026

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:27:30 +0000

Adam Kinzinger marks Labor Day with a special episode on Trump's assault on organized labor, from stripping nearly a million federal workers of collective bargaining to firing career employees without due process. Then the 2026 midterm map, Democrats' path to the Senate, ICE at the polls, and what Adam learned running for Congress that every first time candidate needs to hear.

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A True Warrior | Trump Salutes the Fox Anchor Fired for Serving Him — September 4, 2026

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:50:37 +0000

Fox News fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal Fox guidance about Trump's 2020 election claims straight to the White House. Adam Kinzinger breaks down how she finally lost her job, and why Trump calling her "a true warrior" says it all. Plus: the DOJ fires the prosecutor who wanted to hold an ICE agent accountable for shooting a man in Minneapolis, the Missouri Supreme Court throws out Trump's gerrymander, construction begins on a 250-foot triumphal arch nobody approved, and House Republicans cancel the rest of September.

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The Exodus Begins | Republicans Flee Trump's Midterm Convention — September 3, 2026

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:24 +0000

Republicans are skipping Trump's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas. Politico surveyed more than 70 GOP candidates and most are staying away or won't answer, with swing-district Republicans leading the exodus sixty days before the 2026 midterms. Adam Kinzinger breaks down what it means for the election, plus DHS agents hunting voter fraud that doesn't exist, a whistleblower's report on ICE hiring failures, the federal judge who blocked Trump's birthright citizenship order, and the White House building an executive privilege strategy for a Democratic House.

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Nobody's Buying It | Trump's Numbers Collapse and the GOP Blames Biden Again — September 2, 2026

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:35:25 +0000

Trump's approval rating just hit 33 percent, a record low for his second term and his worst numbers since January 6th. Republican approval is down 14 points, 71 percent of Americans disapprove of his handling of the cost of living, and Democrats now lead on the economy for the first time in a decade. Adam breaks down the polls Trump calls "Demoralization Operations." Plus: Pete Hegseth's Pentagon purge and the Army leaders sounding the alarm, the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand after a record 286 days at sea, European allies refusing to pose with Russia's finance minister at Trump's G20 summit, and the Tarrant County, Texas voters fighting the closure of 92 polling places ahead of the midterms.

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The Pentagon Revolts | Army Secretary Resigns as Military Chiefs Warn Hegseth on Iran — September 1, 2026

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:20:41 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down the revolt inside the Pentagon. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned after telling President Trump how many generals Pete Hegseth has fired, and military chiefs are warning that the Iran war is unsustainable. The Army now has no Senate-confirmed civilian leader or top general. Plus, a USPS whistleblower says Trump's mail ballot system was built to fail ahead of the midterms, mass deportations are shrinking the American workforce, Republicans beg Trump to spend his $400 million super PAC war chest, and a GOP House candidate gets banned from Kalshi for betting on her own election.

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They've Had Enough | Trump's Own Voters Revolt in Farm Country — August 31, 2026

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:09:10 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down why Trump is losing farm country. Cattle ranchers and farmers are furious over tariff-free beef imports, soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, and the trade war with Canada, and Republicans like Senator Kevin Cramer now fear a 2006-style midterm wipeout. Plus: fired three-star admiral Nancy Lacore runs as a Democrat in South Carolina, DHS gets caught using a 1930 customs law to spy on journalists, Trump threatens NBC's Kristen Welker with the FCC, secret State Department deals cut global health funding by 59 percent, and the Pentagon takes a 35 percent stake in a Venezuelan oil venture.

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The Case That Wasn't | Rand Paul's Fauci Prosecution Stalls at the DOJ — August 28, 2026

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:17:05 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down why the case against Anthony Fauci is falling apart. Rand Paul's committee held Fauci in contempt of Congress, but Trump officials at the Justice Department doubt the referral would survive in court, and nobody wants to prosecute. Plus: Trump signs an executive order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," the Iran war hits six months with 18 Americans dead and no end in sight, corporate donors who bankrolled Trump start writing checks to Democrats before the midterms, and fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon.

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The Panic Begins | Republicans Race to Fix an Economy Trump Says Is Fine — August 27, 2026

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:53:06 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down the White House's quiet admission that the affordability crisis is real. After a year of Trump calling high grocery prices a Democrat scam, a JD Vance fundraising text told donors the truth, internal polling shows the issue could sink Republicans in the midterms, and Congress is now scrambling for a last-minute stimulus. Plus: ICE arrests surge for people with no criminal record, the CIA Director's secret Moscow trip to warn Putin against attacking NATO, a Trump-appointed judge refuses to erase Steve Bannon's contempt conviction, and a Florida grand jury traces ten million dollars in Medicaid money to DeSantis political causes.

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Not So Fast | Judges Throw Out the GOP's Plan to Flood the Airwaves — August 26, 2026

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:39:54 +0000

A federal appeals court just blocked the Republican plan to buy midterm TV ads at the discounted candidate rate, throwing out Trump's FCC guidance days before the 60-day election window opens. Adam breaks down what the ruling means for the midterms. Also on today's show: a Trump-endorsed Kentucky candidate scrubs Trump from his website after a bad poll, MAGA influencer DataRepublican is exposed as a paid Pentagon employee, DHS withholds police and counterterrorism grants to force Trump's election rules, and new reporting ties the firing of Army Chief of Staff Randy George to the Kid Rock helicopter flyover.

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Who Gets a Ballot? | Supreme Court Lets Trump's Mail Voting Order Take Effect — August 25, 2026

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:25:20 +0000

The Supreme Court just cleared the way for Trump's executive order restricting mail voting, lifting a freeze that covered 23 states, while the Postal Service says ballots should be handled like replica explosives. Adam breaks down what the order does, what the dissent warned, and what it means for the 2026 midterms. Plus: the US-Canada trade war and Trump's plan to rename Lake Ontario, America's refusal to sign a UN statement on Ukraine as CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes a secret trip to Moscow, the largest visa revocation in American history paired with a $100,000 H-1B fee, and a federal judge rejecting Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal while the DOJ fights to keep Epstein files redacted.

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Election Integrity? | The DOJ's New Election Monitor Was Convicted of Hacking Elections — August 24, 2026

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:49:56 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down the DOJ's apparent hire of a convicted election hacker into the office that polices voting rights, plus the White House sitting on the 2024 foreign election interference report that federal law required to be public over a year ago. Also on today's show: Trump's June financial disclosure reveals more than 1,000 stock trades, including Boeing and SpaceX purchases timed to government contracts. Canada trade talks collapse into a trade war with 50% tariffs. A federal judge rules Trump's visa ban on 75 countries illegal. And Democrats prepare investigations and subpoenas ahead of the midterms.

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He Made It Up | Trump's Census Bureau Caught Manufacturing Voter Fraud — August 21, 2026

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:43:09 +0000

Trump got caught manufacturing his own voter fraud. Adam Kinzinger exposes the Census Bureau's anonymous 2020 election report, built by partisan operatives, contradicted by Republican election officials, and debunked by DHS's own staff in Nevada. Also on today's show: the USS Doris Miller renaming controversy, the House Judiciary report on Trump's 1.7 billion dollar pardon giveaway, GOP hypocrisy on the 40 trillion dollar debt, and Trump's ground beef tariff suspension that leaves ranchers holding the bill before the midterms.

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Who's Watching Your Food? | Trump Hollows Out the FDA as Recalls Hit the Highest Risk Level — August 20, 2026

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:19:25 +0000

A record food outbreak has sickened more than 11,000 Americans, the FDA just upgraded a frozen blueberry recall to Class One over E. coli, and Trump's answer is to nominate Heidi Overton, a White House loyalist with no management experience, to run an FDA that's lost a fifth of its staff. Adam also covers the Moderna-Merck mRNA cancer vaccine breakthrough that RFK Jr.'s research cuts put at risk, the Army killing its Ukraine-inspired drone battalion, the NYT report on Jennifer Hegseth's role inside the Pentagon, and Trump admitting he's rooting for bad economic news.

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The Base Is Breaking | Republican Voters Hand Trump's Candidates a Brutal Night — August 19, 2026

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:46:21 +0000

Trump's handpicked candidates lost across the board last night. Catalina Lauf and Cory Mills went down in Florida, his pick for Wyoming governor lost her primary, and a Democrat flipped a Pennsylvania seat Trump carried by 18 points. Adam covers what it means for November, plus Darline Graham's Senate debate disaster, the court ruling unsealing Ghislaine Maxwell's Epstein files, the fake polling firm that fooled campaigns and newsrooms, and the $40 trillion national debt.

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The Meltdown | One Question About Trump's Aide Sends the White House Into a Rage — August 18, 2026

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:02 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down Trump's Oval Office meltdown at CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after a question about aide Natalie Harp, the story Jon Ossoff put on the map, and the official White House statement attacking her children. Plus: Attorney General Todd Blanche creates a new path for convicted felons to get their guns back, Trump votes by mail in Florida after years of calling it fraud, Pete Hegseth and the Cabinet campaign in Iowa as Trump's approval hits 33 percent, and Russia moves warships into the Baltic while arming Iran.

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A Fraud Unit Doing Fraud | Trump's Fraud Squad Caught Faking Its Own Numbers — August 17, 2026

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:17:02 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump's fraud enforcement operation is falling apart. DOJ officials are accusing each other of faking prosecution numbers, and court records show the unit took credit for cases charged before it even existed. Adam breaks it all down, plus a Trump-appointed regulator approving a bank charter for the Trump family's crypto company World Liberty Financial, the mystery of White House aide Natalie Harp, Trump canceling military drills with South Korea to please Kim Jong Un, and the Navy finally sending relief to the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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This Isn't What They Signed Up For | The Crisis Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln — August 14, 2026

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:32:20 +0000

The court tossed Trump's billion-dollar case against Harvard, and Adam explains why the antisemitism claim was a mask for a retaliation campaign. Also today: the Kennedy Center board voting to close the building and rename it for Trump while a judge has already ruled that unlawful, the USS Abraham Lincoln crisis with 250 days at sea and Pete Hegseth dismissing the families' warnings, DHS surveilling labor unions and climate groups and even a bike repair collective in Minnesota, and New York handing out thousands of free Broadway tickets to high school students.

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Thou Shall Not Lie | Karoline Leavitt Is Out, and the Names to Replace Her Are Worse — August 13, 2026

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:51:12 +0000

Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt is out, and Adam covers what her tenure really represented along with the troubling shortlist to replace her. Also today: a Wall Street Journal exclusive on Ukrainian drones destroying a U.S. armored brigade during the Combined Resolve exercise, Pete Hegseth shutting Democrats out of Pentagon briefings on the $1.5 trillion defense budget, the record-breaking sale of the Los Angeles Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, and the election deniers nominated for governor and secretary of state across Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada.

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It's All Lies | New Details on Trump's Decoy Plane — August 12, 2026

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:46:23 +0000

The Air Force One decoy backlash keeps growing, and Trump's excuse under questioning fell apart on camera. Adam also covers Trump signaling openness to a conspiracy theorist's plan to declare an election emergency and seize control of the midterms, the White House pressuring prosecutors to revive the Reflecting Pool case against Olympian David Hearn after a judge already threw it out, Treasury killing the corporate ownership rule meant to stop money laundering, and David Crowley's razor-thin win in the Wisconsin Democratic primary.

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He Got Played | Netanyahu Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Deal — August 10, 2026

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:49:53 +0000

Just over a week after Trump declared a historic breakthrough for peace in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in front of his own cabinet and rejected the entire 15-point plan, handing Trump a public embarrassment from the one ally he was sure was on his side. Adam breaks down why it happened and what it says about how Trump misunderstands foreign policy, plus Trump already souring on his new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, a heartbreaking update on Joe Biden's cancer, bulldozers tearing through Big Bend National Park for a border wall even local sheriffs call pointless, and the mystery of Trump's suddenly fuller head of hair.

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Busted Ballroom | A Court Halts Trump's White House Ballroom

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:12:46 +0000

A federal appeals court just ordered Donald Trump to stop building his $400 million White House ballroom, the one he tore down the East Wing to make room for, ruling that he needs congressional approval and can't use what the court called executive self-help. Adam breaks down that ruling and what it means for the fight over Trump's overreach, plus Democrat James Talarico surging ahead of Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, a brutal week for the GOP as Trump loses two House primaries and scandals pile up, a new U.S. intelligence warning that Russia could attack a NATO country this fall, and Bill Cassidy casting the deciding vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.

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They Booed a Fallen Cop | What a Name Now Means Inside MAGA — August 6, 2026

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:54:41 +0000

The missile shortage is real, the war in Iran has stalled because of it, and Trump's answer is to hunt down leakers and threaten prison. Adam covers the Camp David blowup with Hegseth, Trump naming JD Vance his successor for 2028, the MAGA defections led by Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene, two losses for RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement as the FDA approves an mRNA flu vaccine, a stunning Michigan primary upset driven by anti-Muslim bigotry, and the ballooning cost of Trump's vanity battleship fleet.

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Central Casting | Trump's Pentagon Picks Generals for Their Looks — August 5, 2026

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:46:33 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down NBC News reporting that the Pentagon is drafting a new nuclear weapons strategy for a possible war with China or Russia, one that embraces tactical nukes, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pick to lead the Army gets blocked by Senate Republicans. Plus Max Miller's disastrous CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Kansas and Missouri voters rejecting GOP power grabs, the DOJ dropping the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy case against Stewart Rhodes, and Senator Ron Wyden's report on Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and the money behind Jeffrey Epstein.

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Intentional Discrimination | A Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Attack on New Citizens' Voting Rights — August 4, 2026

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:59:11 +0000

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's ban on voter registration help for newly naturalized citizens, ruling it was motivated by intentional discrimination. Adam breaks down the ruling and what it means for voting rights. Plus: RFK Jr. and Rand Paul turn the Fauci circus into a book-selling operation, Senator Bernie Moreno says Max Miller is unfit to serve as Trump looks the other way, a court lets ICE agents keep their masks on in New York, and Trump blames Big Oil for the gas prices his Iran war created.

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Backfire | Capital One Cites Money Laundering in Trump Account Closures — August 3, 2026

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:26:27 +0000

Capital One told a federal court it closed hundreds of Trump Organization accounts for anti-money laundering reasons. The bank never said why until Trump sued them for debanking, and his own lawsuit forced the answer into the open. Adam breaks down the court filing, plus Senators Cornyn and Tillis caving to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General, RFK Jr.'s meltdown with Dana Bash on CNN, Trump blaming Minnesota instead of Iran for the water system cyberattacks, and the DOJ dropping the Reflecting Pool vandalism case.

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Shakedown | Inside Trump's $800 Million Money Machine — July 31, 2026

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:21:41 +0000

The Wall Street Journal exposes Donald Trump's $800 million fundraising operation, where his personal fundraiser tells corporate executives "the boss wants this money" and companies believe donations buy access to the White House. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the shakedown, plus the Commerce Department taking equity stakes in seven more private companies, Trump walking back Ukraine's Patriot missile deal, the White House's claimed Hamas disarmament agreement, and the global revolt against FIFA's $20 billion World Cup sell-off linked to Jared Kushner.

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Major Setback | GOP Holdouts Pull the Vote on Trump's Attorney General — July 30, 2026

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:18:51 +0000

Todd Blanche's confirmation vote for Attorney General was pulled after Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis demanded written assurances about the Trump-IRS settlement that shields the President's family from tax audits. Plus: Senate Republicans turn the Fauci COVID hearing into a spectacle, Alex Jones demands Trump's impeachment over the Iran war, Elon Musk brings back America PAC to spend big on the midterms, and the Secret Service admits it tracked James Comey over a seashell photo.

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Broken Promise | Trump Ends the Medicare Program Holding Down Costs — July 29, 2026

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:30:48 +0000

Medicare drug premiums are going up in 2027. The Trump administration is ending the Part D subsidy that held them down, and Dr. Oz is calling it the end of a bailout. Adam runs the real numbers for 25 million seniors. Also in this episode: Trump at Lindsey Graham's National Cathedral funeral, the Senate Russia sanctions vote, Jay Clayton's party-line confirmation as DNI, and the leaked GOP memo behind Trump's communist attacks.

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Underwater | Trump's Political Operatives Tell GOP Candidates to Keep Their Distance — July 28, 2026

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:46:13 +0000

With the 2026 midterms under 100 days out, Trump's own political operation is telling Republican candidates to keep their distance from him. Adam breaks down why the people running these campaigns already know they're in trouble, and why Speaker Mike Johnson is counting on prayer warriors at the Capitol instead. Also: new abuse allegations against Ohio Rep. Max Miller and the Republican silence around them, a new analysis showing Trump has made more money in two years than in the previous sixty, and Trump pressuring RFK Jr. to cut the childhood vaccine schedule. Adam closes on a personal note.

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Awkward Silence | Trump Embarrassed at the Correspondents' Dinner — July 27, 2026

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:51:39 +0000

Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner and bombed, rambling for an hour, insulting reporters by name, and mocking CNN's Kaitlan Collins. Then he watched Wall Street Journal reporters win the Katharine Graham Award for the Epstein birthday letter story he's suing them over. Also: fired 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega says CBS pressured her to report things that never happened, Trump goes quiet on the Iran war as Patriot missile stockpiles run low, a DEA assessment finds the drug boat strikes haven't slowed cocaine, and a new executive order puts warning signs outside the Smithsonian.

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Never Vance | The MAGA Revolt Against Trump's Own VP — July 24, 2026

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:17:41 +0000

The 2028 fight has already started. Terry Virts, filling in for Adam Kinzinger, covers the "Never Vance" campaign against Vice President JD Vance, the online revolt inside MAGA, and what it means for the race to succeed Trump. Also in this episode: the DOJ backs down on its New York Times reporter subpoenas after a judge threatens to quash them, new tariffs take effect on 80+ countries covering 99% of US imports, Laura Loomer's Ukraine reversal, and the Pentagon's edited Iran war casualty count.

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Running on Empty | Officials Flee Trump at a Record Pace — July 23, 2026

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:32:08 +0000

Senior officials are leaving the Trump administration faster than under any modern president, and Trump is replacing them with acting officials who skip Senate confirmation entirely. Adam Kinzinger explains why that loophole matters. Also on today's show: $13 billion in missing Venezuelan oil revenue, the US-Saudi nuclear agreement and the Trump family's Saudi money, the dignified transfer at Dover, and why the White House is panicking over Jon Ossoff.

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Special Episode: Introducing Astronaut Terry Virts — July 23, 2026

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:39:18 +0000

Adam sits down with astronaut and former ISS commander Terry Virts, who'll be filling in on the daily show when Adam's on the road. They talk about his run for office in Texas, his passion for Ukraine, and the open corruption of this administration.

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No Answers | Pete Hegseth's Brutal Day in the Senate — July 22, 2026

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:48:24 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down Pete Hegseth's disastrous Senate hearing on Iran war funding, where senators from both parties demanded answers on the $67 billion request and got none. Then: Republican midterm panic and the $530 million "hate election" plan, Trump's push to make FIFA president Gianni Infantino the UN Secretary-General, the court order opening Trump's financial records in the BBC lawsuit, and the Trump campaign's fake "failed application" donation scam.

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Follow the Lettuce | The Trump Donor at the Center of a Nationwide Parasite Outbreak — July 21, 2026

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:37:35 +0000

The worst cyclospora outbreak on record is spreading, and the lettuce supplier at the center of it, Taylor Farms, gave a million dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC and met with the White House days before the FDA reversed its only positive test. Adam also covers the 50 percent Canada tariff, Kash Patel's Russia trip hosted by the FSB, the Justice Department subpoenaing reporters' relatives over the Air Force One story, and electricity prices up 18 percent under Trump.

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Change the Subject | The Speech Republicans Are Pretending Never Happened — July 20, 2026

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:02:41 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down the Republican backlash to Trump's primetime address on the 2020 election. His own party wanted a midterms message, Fox and Friends went three hours without mentioning the speech, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is now threatening to prosecute state election officials. Adam also covers the three US soldiers who died at the hands of Iran this weekend and the attacks the Pentagon kept quiet, the FBI ending its investigations of ICE shootings, Trump inserting himself into Spain's World Cup celebration, and his tariff threat against Canada over wildfire smoke.

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The Big Lie Is Still a Lie | Trump's Primetime Election Speech Falls Apart — July 17, 2026

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:44:34 +0000

Trump went on primetime TV claiming China stole the 2020 election, but the declassified documents he released prove him wrong. Adam breaks down what the intelligence actually says. Plus, the White House teleprompter operator caught betting on Trump's speeches on Kalshi, Trump Media selling Wall Street early access to Truth Social posts, the Washington Post debunking Trump's Reflecting Pool vandalism story, and Epstein survivors calling acting Attorney General Todd Blanche condescending after a tense meeting.

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The Slip | Trump's Personal Lawyer Auditions for Attorney General and Tells On Himself — July 16, 2026

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:36:36 +0000

Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's former personal defense lawyer, faced the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing to become Attorney General. He dodged questions on DOJ independence, the January 6th pardons, and investigations of Trump's enemies, then slipped on one unguarded question that revealed who he really works for. Adam also covers Jay Clayton, Trump's Director of National Intelligence nominee, refusing to say who won the 2020 election, JD Vance admitting on Joe Rogan's podcast that the White House botched the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth's testosterone screening video and blocked Navy promotions, and Pentagon planning for a military invasion of Cuba during the Iran war.

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Keep Those Crime Stats Coming | Trump Orders ICE Traffic Stops to Resume After Two Deaths — July 15, 2026

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:15:38 +0000

Trump overrules his own administration and orders ICE to resume traffic stops just one day after the agency suspended them over two fatal shootings in Maine and Texas. Adam breaks down Trump's Truth Social post, the deaths of two men who weren't even targets, and what "keep those crime stats coming" says about this president. Plus: a judge reveals ICE has 11,000 pages on putting agents at polling places after claiming it had zero, Wisconsin's bipartisan elections commission finds probable cause Elon Musk committed election bribery, the UAE gets license-free access to advanced AI chips after secretly buying a $500 million stake in Trump's crypto company, and a federal judge blocks the State Department's visa ban on disinformation researchers as a First Amendment violation.

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The Slush Fund Is Dead | A Federal Judge Torches Trump's IRS Deal — July 14, 2026

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:57:46 +0000

A federal judge just nullified Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, ruling his IRS lawsuit was brought for an improper purpose and sanctioning his lawyers days before Todd Blanche's Attorney General confirmation hearing. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the ruling, plus ICE suspending vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in Maine and Houston, Trump's plan to release classified 2020 election documents ahead of a prime-time speech, the 20 percent Strait of Hormuz toll he abandoned in a day, and Marco Rubio's campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court.

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No Line He Won't Cross | Trump Uses Lindsey Graham's Death to Push the SAVE Act — July 13, 2026

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:49:44 +0000

Adam Kinzinger remembers Senator Lindsey Graham, then breaks down how Donald Trump marked his friend's death: by going on Meet the Press within hours and turning it into a pitch for the SAVE America Act, his stalled voting bill. Also on today's show: the Justice Department subpoenas four New York Times reporters over the Air Force One story, Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed as Trump claims a 20 percent toll on all cargo, a Trump-appointed judge dismisses the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case, and the FBI fires two analysts who refused to join the Georgia 2020 election investigation.

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Platner Drops Out | Trump Casts Doubt on the Woman Who Accused Him — July 9, 2026

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:41:21 +0000

On today's Kinzinger Report: Graham Platner is out of the Maine Senate race after a sexual assault accusation, and when Trump was asked about it, he didn't go after the Democrats. He went after the woman. Adam breaks down why he does this every single time in today's show. He also gets into why Trump refused to board his brand new Qatar-gifted Air Force One after the NATO summit, the Pentagon running out of money, the White House's new "Freedom Fuel" gas stations, and the President denying disaster relief to four states because they didn't vote for him.

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Back to War | Trump's Iran Ceasefire Collapses — July 8, 2026

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:22:08 +0000

The ceasefire Trump spent all summer bragging about is dead. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the overnight US strikes on Iran, the spike in oil prices Americans will feel at the pump, and a NATO summit where the President demanded Greenland, cut off trade with Spain, and confused Zelensky with Putin in front of the world. Plus some actual good news: courts protected your vote twice in one day, even with a Trump-appointed judge on the bench. And in Texas, the GOP's Senate nominee Ken Paxton, who built his career hunting voter fraud, now stands accused of committing it himself.

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Trump Loses in Court Again | Judge Orders Legal Immigration Applications to Restart — July 7, 2026

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:55:48 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down a federal judge's order forcing the Trump administration to unfreeze green card and work permit applications for immigrants who are already here legally, and why the ruling exposes the "legal immigration" talking point. Plus: Trump's oldest friend Peter Ticktin pushes a national emergency plan to take federal control of the midterm elections, Kevin McCarthy's response to the Maine Senate race scandal ignores his own party's record, a $13 million helipad goes up on the White House South Lawn, and Trump backs Turkey's return to the F-35 program at the NATO summit.

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Reclaim America? | White Nationalists March on DC and Trump's Cabinet Won't Condemn It — July 6, 2026

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:47:01 +0000

Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through Washington on July 4th, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wouldn't condemn them when asked directly. Adam breaks down the photo that defined the weekend, Trump overruling safety officials before falling asleep at his own fireworks, the President's communism rhetoric while his government owns a stake in Intel, the phone call to FIFA that erased Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension, and Russia's deadly strikes on Kyiv ahead of the NATO summit in Turkey.

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The Promise Is Still Ours | A Fourth of July Message — July 3, 2026

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:30:19 +0000

Adam Kinzinger spends a few minutes on the Fourth of July, 250 years after the Declaration was signed, and why he still thinks the promise is worth keeping. The regular show is back Monday. Happy Fourth.

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Cashing In | Trump's $1.4B Crypto Windfall — July 1, 2026

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:35:33 +0000

Trump's new financial disclosure runs 927 pages and shows he pulled in at least $1.4 billion from crypto in his first year back in office, most of it from a meme coin with his own face on it. Adam breaks down what it means for a sitting president to profit this openly from the office he holds. Plus: House Republicans tank the defense bill and leave town early for the Fourth, freezing a troop pay raise on their way out; Congressman Tom Kean Jr. returns after nearly four months away and explains why; the right scrambles for ways around its Supreme Court birthright citizenship loss; and a tightening Texas Senate race has Republicans convening in Dallas to save Ken Paxton.

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The Constitution Holds | SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump's Bid to End Birthright Citizenship — June 30, 2026

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:01:14 +0000

The Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, striking down Trump's executive order in a 6-3 ruling. Plus: Trump calls the bipartisan housing bill a "big yawn" while building a $500 million White House ballroom, a plan to issue 250 pardons for America's 250th birthday, confusion over US-Iran talks in Qatar and Trump's demand for $2.50 gas, and a federal judge calling the Gateway Tunnel funding freeze "flagrantly illegal."

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Trump Loses at the Supreme Court | Mail Ballots and the Carroll Verdict — June 29, 2026

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:13:46 +0000

Donald Trump had a rough morning at the Supreme Court. In a 5-4 ruling written by his own appointee Amy Coney Barrett, the justices upheld Mississippi's grace period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day, rejecting a challenge brought by the RNC and backed by Trump's Justice Department. The same morning, the Court refused to hear his appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case, leaving the jury's verdict — and the $5 million he owes her — in place.

Adam also digs into a New York Times investigation of the Trump family's stake in a Kazakhstan tungsten deal financed with taxpayer money, the election operative with no intelligence background now running staff at the nation's top spy agency, the fabricated CPS hoax that pulled Pete Buttigieg's children into a police interview, and the president's half-empty 250th birthday fair on the National Mall.

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The TPS Ruling | Supreme Court Clears the Way for Mass Deportations — June 26, 2026

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:21:11 +0000

The Supreme Court just stripped legal status from roughly 350,000 Haitians and thousands of Syrians who came here the legal way — registered, passed background checks, paid their fees — and cleared the way to deport them to a country our own State Department says is too dangerous to visit. We break down the 6-3 ruling, Stephen Miller's reaction, and why even Republican governors like Mike DeWine are calling it a mistake.

Then: JD Vance shrugs off Watergate at the Nixon Library and accidentally tells on himself about how far political accountability has fallen. RFK Jr. gets caught on tape leaning on a third-party candidate to drop out of an Iowa race. The White House and Pentagon start "Q posting" in a clumsy bid to win back a base that's already calling it cringe. And Ted Cruz takes the Senate floor to brand Tucker Carlson the most dangerous demagogue in America.

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Fall in Line | Trump's Capitol Hill Shouting Match — June 25, 2026

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:32:26 +0000

The President went to Capitol Hill for a show of unity and turned it into a shouting match, spending most of a private lunch railing against the Republicans in his own party. When Senator Bill Cassidy stood up to push back, Trump told him to sit down — and by midnight, Cassidy had folded and voted exactly the way the President wanted.

Adam also breaks down Trump admitting on camera that he leaned on a federal prosecutor over a California election still being counted, his Postmaster General threatening to hold back mail ballots until a federal judge blocked the order, and NATO chief Mark Rutte flattering the President to keep America in the alliance.

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Held Hostage | Trump Won't Sign Landmark Housing Bill — June 24, 2026

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:08:44 +0000

In a rare case of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats passed the biggest housing bill in 30 years. Then, hours before signing it, Trump torched the whole thing, refusing to put his name on it until Congress passes a voter bill aimed at fraud that doesn't exist. We get into how the President is holding struggling families hostage over a lie. Plus: the Senate's historic rebuke of the Iran war, the Pentagon falling apart under a cable-TV host, the COVID study the administration tried to bury and the mystery drug raising questions about Trump's own health, and the Reflecting Pool saga that just keeps getting worse.

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Losing Streak | The Courts Hand Trump Two Big Losses in One Day - June 23, 2026

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:30:26 +0000

The courts had a big day yesterday, and it did not go the administration's way. A George W. Bush appointee threw out the DOJ's grand jury subpoenas against Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and other Minnesota officials, calling it a blatantly unlawful use of the grand-jury process. Hours later, a D.C. judge struck down the administration's expanded SAVE database after it flagged natural-born citizens as noncitizens and knocked some off the voter rolls.

Plus: Trump threatens to sue ABC News over its reflecting pool coverage after correspondent Jonathan Karl held up a piece of peeling paint on camera. Tens of thousands protest a Kushner-backed luxury resort in Albania with ties to Qatari money. The latest Iran talks collapse into threats, cleanup, and a deal that already isn't what Vance claimed. And after 35 years, Tucker Carlson says he's done with the Republican Party — though not for the reasons you might hope.

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Who Is She? | Trump's Weird Post Raises New Questions About His Mental Acuity - June 22, 2026

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:09:08 +0000

On the eve of Father's Day, the President posted a tribute to his "great daughter" — and the woman in the photo was a stranger. Adam digs into what that moment says about the President's mental decline, his late-night posting, and why the people around him won't say what they're seeing.

Plus: a Washington Post investigation suggests Tulsi Gabbard spent years following the script of an alleged cult leader while in elected office. Trump blames "vandals" for the algae in his $14 million reflecting pool. The Iran deal collapses days after it was announced, with the Strait of Hormuz closed again. And Trump unveils his Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a "free" jet whose makeover is costing taxpayers close to a billion dollars.

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Empty Warehouses | ICE Abandons $700 Million Detention Center Plan - June 19, 2026

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:33:58 +0000

ICE spent $700 million on empty warehouses to lock people up — and now it's trying to give them back. Trump's brand new intelligence chief has zero experience, asked to take classified files home, and the White House already told CNN he's there to do whatever Trump wants. Trump's own government found no evidence of a stolen election, and now the White House is sitting on the report. Plus, Trump spent the week telling reporters he's greater than Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon, with help from a "presidential historian" who turned out to be a golf caddie. And four former presidents gathered in Chicago for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, for a night that felt like the country a lot of us still believe in.

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Trump Signs the Iran Deal | And His Party Is Already Bailing — June 18, 2026

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:06:14 +0000

Trump signed his Iran deal at the Palace of Versailles, and he's calling it historic. The problem is, his own party isn't. Adam also gets into Georgia Republicans backing away from their own redistricting fight, new reporting on Trump's obsession with "taking" Greenland, a DOJ inspector general nominee who won't call January 6th an attack, and the leaked story of Jeff Bezos trashing the Washington Post over dinner with Trump.

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Save the Receipts | Dems Probe Trump's Bid to Suspend Constitutional Rights — June 17, 2026

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:51:03 +0000

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are demanding answers about how close the White House came to suspending constitutional rights. It's a records request today, but they're laying the foundation for something bigger. Also on the show: JD Vance doing damage control on his own book tour, Trump holding intelligence powers hostage, confusion over the Iran deal, and Kash Patel's latest mess.

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Enemies List | Trump's DOJ Comes for Gavin Newsom — June 16, 2026

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:48:56 +0000

Gavin Newsom says he and his wife are under federal investigation, and the timing is hard to ignore — he's the Democrat most expected to run in 2028, and he joins a growing list of Trump rivals the Justice Department has gone after. Adam lays out what we know, what we don't, and why the burden is on the President to prove this is about the law and not a list. Plus: Trump's own CIA director doubts the Iran deal he's calling historic, new reporting on the President's staggering stock trades, the "free" White House ballroom that's already cost taxpayers, and Trump shrugging off Ukraine as America's allies scramble to keep him at the table.

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The Art of the Deal | Trump's Iran Deal Is Worse Than the One He Tore Up — June 15, 2026

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:33:11 +0000

The US and Iran say they have a deal, and the war could be over by Friday — but the fine print tells a different story. Adam breaks down why the agreement Trump is about to sign looks a lot like the one he tore up in 2018, except this time it comes with billions for Tehran and the same unanswered question about Iran's nuclear program. Plus: the FBI raids a voter registration group in Ohio, new reporting that the White House weighed suspending habeas corpus and invoking the Insurrection Act, fears that the Situation Room is bugged, and the UFC cage fight Trump threw himself on the South Lawn for his 80th birthday.

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Sounding the Alarm | The Iran War Comes for the World's Food Supply — June 12, 2026

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:16:40 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down how the Iran war is coming for the global food supply, with fertilizer shortages set to spike grain prices and deepen world hunger. Plus: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire as SpaceX hits the Nasdaq, Trump calls off strikes on Iran while claiming a deal is nearly done, the Pentagon pulls a third of U.S. fighter jets out of Europe, and a UFC cage goes up on the White House lawn for the President's 80th birthday.

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Going Dark | Trump Turmoil Could Kill a Critical Surveillance Tool — June 11, 2026

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:30:02 +0000

Adam breaks down the turmoil inside Trump's White House and the surveillance program set to expire Friday because of it. Also today: the Postal Service's new mail-in ballot rules, JD Vance's Epstein damage-control meeting revealed in a new book, Trump's plan to take Iran's oil, and fresh questions about the President's health.

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Trading Fire | U.S. Strikes Iran and Tehran Hits Back — June 10, 2026

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:08:57 +0000

U.S. airstrikes hit Iran overnight and Tehran fired back at American bases as inflation climbed to a three-year high of 4.2%. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the Social Security trustees report moving insolvency up to 2032, a GOP congressman faking a phone call to dodge questions about benefit cuts, the $70 billion ICE funding bill passing the same day a report revealed 500 detained babies and toddlers, Epstein assistant Lesley Groff's testimony about setting up his calls with Trump, and Nancy Mace's fifth-place finish in South Carolina.

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Escalation in the Strait | Trump Says Iran Shot Down a U.S. Helicopter — June 9, 2026

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:55:27 +0000

President Trump says Iran shot down a U.S. Army Apache near the Strait of Hormuz and that America will retaliate — and the two soldiers on board survived the first-ever rescue by an unmanned Navy drone boat. Plus: Trump booed and caught napping at the NBA Finals, Ken Paxton's impeachment lawyer endorses his Democratic opponent, Speaker Mike Johnson on cutting Social Security and Medicare, and Republicans cry fraud over a Los Angeles race.

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When the Questions Get Hard | Trump Walks Off NBC Interview — June 8, 2026

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:30:16 +0000

Trump sat down with NBC's Kristen Welker and walked off the set the moment she asked him to prove his election fraud claims. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the walkout, plus Israel striking Iran after Trump told Netanyahu to stand down, a federal prosecutor sent to Los Angeles as Trump-backed candidate Spencer Pratt loses ground, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche admitting the DOJ's job is shielding Trump, and Trump stalling on a Ukraine drone deal his own Pentagon wants.

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Fired for Telling the Truth | Trump's 8,000-Worker Purge — June 5, 2026

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:19:56 +0000

Adam Kinzinger breaks down Trump's new executive order stripping civil service protections from 8,000 senior federal workers. Plus: a new Lawfare study finds at least 97 pardoned January 6 defendants have been arrested or charged with new crimes, the flesh-eating screwworm reaches Texas for the first time since 1966, the Senate's all-nighter fails to kill the $1.8 billion "weaponization" slush fund as Bill Cassidy casts the deciding no vote, and Trump tells new spy chief Bill Pulte to chase "rigged elections" with the intelligence community.

The Blanche Loyalty Test | Trump's Lawyer Takes the DOJ — June 4, 2026

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:18:29 +0000

Trump is making his own defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, the permanent Attorney General. Adam Kinzinger breaks down what two months of loyalty bought at the DOJ, the House's historic 215-208 vote to end the Iran war, new Medicaid work requirements that could strip coverage from 5 million people, Spencer Pratt's stunning surge in the LA mayor's race, and how California's slow vote count is feeding the election deniers.

The Cost of Telling the Truth | CBS Fires Scott Pelley — June 3, 2026

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:09:51 +0000

CBS fires 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley after he refuses to put falsehoods on air — and goes public on Bari Weiss. Plus: Trump's pick Randy Feenstra loses the Iowa governor primary, the Pentagon hires a convicted January 6th rioter for a top-secret counterterrorism job, Rep. Andy Ogles' Pride Month post draws fire from his own party, and a new assessment says the Iran war left its nuclear program more dangerous, not less.