Stay ConnectedAdam 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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