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The Kinzinger Report
Hosted by Adam Kinzinger · EN
Adam Kinzinger — former U.S. Congressman and Air Force veteran — breaks down the day's biggest stories with the clarity and candor Washington doesn't always welcome. No spin. Just honest analysis of the people, decisions, and moments shaping America.
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Going Dark | Trump Turmoil Could Kill a Critical Surveillance Tool — June 11, 2026
Yesterday00:12:54Summary readyAdam 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Trading Fire | U.S. Strikes Iran and Tehran Hits Back — June 10, 2026
2d ago00:11:11Summary readyU.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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Escalation in the Strait | Trump Says Iran Shot Down a U.S. Helicopter — June 9, 2026
3d ago00:12:08Summary readyPresident 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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When the Questions Get Hard | Trump Walks Off NBC Interview — June 8, 2026
3d ago00:14:16Summary readyTrump 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Fired for Telling the Truth | Trump's 8,000-Worker Purge — June 5, 2026
6d ago00:12:41Summary readyAdam 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.
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The Blanche Loyalty Test | Trump's Lawyer Takes the DOJ — June 4, 2026
1w ago00:11:17Summary readyTrump 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.
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The Cost of Telling the Truth | CBS Fires Scott Pelley — June 3, 2026
1w ago00:13:30Summary readyCBS 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.
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