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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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Cashing In | Trump's $1.4B Crypto Windfall — July 1, 2026
Yesterday00:13:57Summary readyTrump'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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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The Constitution Holds | SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump's Bid to End Birthright Citizenship — June 30, 2026
2d ago00:13:41Summary readyThe 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."Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Trump Loses at the Supreme Court | Mail Ballots and the Carroll Verdict — June 29, 2026
3d ago00:13:46Summary readyDonald 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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The TPS Ruling | Supreme Court Clears the Way for Mass Deportations — June 26, 2026
6d ago00:13:52Summary readyThe 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Fall in Line | Trump's Capitol Hill Shouting Match — June 25, 2026
1w ago00:10:35Summary readyThe 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Held Hostage | Trump Won't Sign Landmark Housing Bill — June 24, 2026
1w ago00:13:06Summary readyIn 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Losing Streak | The Courts Hand Trump Two Big Losses in One Day - June 23, 2026
1w ago00:15:25Summary readyThe 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Who Is She? | Trump's Weird Post Raises New Questions About His Mental Acuity - June 22, 2026
1w ago00:13:00Summary readyOn 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Empty Warehouses | ICE Abandons $700 Million Detention Center Plan - June 19, 2026
2w ago00:10:45Summary readyICE 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Trump Signs the Iran Deal | And His Party Is Already Bailing — June 18, 2026
2w ago00:11:13Summary readyTrump 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.Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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