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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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- Yesterday12 min
"We'll See" | Trump Won't Rule Out Troops at the Polls — October 2, 2026
Trump told TIME he won't rule out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a state of emergency around the 2026 midterms. Adam Kinzinger breaks down what the Insurrection Act actually is, why federal law bans troops at polling places, and why a losing president five weeks out is talking about the military at all. Also today: the Justice Department reopens Watergate to review Richard Nixon's prosecutors, Trump says he regrets picking Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, FHFA Director Bill Pulte slashes the inspector general investigating him, and Congress leaves town with no affordability bill while Democrats gain ground on voter registration in swing states. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 2 days ago11 min
Rescue Mission | Trump Spends Final Month Defending Red States As Approval Hits 30 Percent — October 1, 2026
Trump is spending the final month before the midterms campaigning in Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Alabama, some of the reddest states in the country, while a new AP poll puts his approval at 30 percent and his economic approval at a record low 26 percent. Two thirds of Americans say Trump's policies are driving higher prices. Adam Kinzinger explains why the 2026 midterms have turned into a rescue mission. Adam also gets into Trump's plan to let AI companies regulate themselves, the $500 HealthCare.gov checks that come with a letter from Trump, Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich leading the Pentagon's Project Meridian weapons study, and the U.S. withdrawal from the GRECO anti-corruption panel. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 3 days ago11 min
Caught on Tape | Ken Paxton Privately Admits Trump Is Sinking His Campaign — September 30, 2026
Ken Paxton was secretly recorded at a private Washington fundraiser admitting Trump's Republican convention in Dallas dropped his poll numbers and hurt the whole GOP ticket. The tape went to the New York Times, Paxton's campaign is calling it manipulated, and James Talarico leads every independent poll in the Texas Senate race while Paxton dodges a Fox News debate. Plus, Republicans hype a migrant caravan a thousand miles from the border just ahead of the midterms, a new poll shows Hispanic voters swinging hard toward Democrats and flipping Republican-drawn districts in Texas and Florida, Speaker Mike Johnson calls Democratic investigations of Trump a nightmare and promises more of the same if the GOP keeps the House, and the White House censors its America.gov chatbot after it contradicted Trump on the 2020 election, tariffs, and the Big Beautiful Bill. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 4 days ago13 min
A Scam From the Beginning | Trump's Grand Conspiracy Probe Loses Top Prosecutor — September 29, 2026
Trump's grand conspiracy investigation loses a second prosecutor in a month. Kurt Olsen, the election denier sanctioned in Arizona for false statements in Kari Lake's case, walks away from the DOJ probe into Obama officials. Fourteen months, three lead prosecutors, zero indictments. Adam Kinzinger explains why this was never a real investigation. Also on the show, FBI deputy director Andrew Bailey resigns after clashing with Kash Patel as a massive FBI data breach exposes employee records, Trump falls asleep in the Oval Office during his Iowa steel mill announcement, Trump's AI "Golden Age" event and the America.gov chatbot, and a federal judge blocks DHS from tying counterterrorism grants to election demands. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 5 days ago15 min
Walking Away | Farmers and Superfans Abandon Trump Before the Midterms — September 28, 2026
Farmers, truckers, and Trump's own rally superfans are turning on him. Soybean prices collapsed after China stopped buying, diesel hit a record six and a half dollars a gallon in the middle of harvest, and farm bankruptcies tripled in Iowa. One superfan who followed Trump in an RV for years now calls him a fraud. Adam Kinzinger explains what the MAGA defection means for the midterms. Plus: taxpayers pay over a million dollars for a Trump campaign ad, Trump's illegal offer to sell weapons to China, Trump turns down an Iran peace deal as 37 more wounded troops go unannounced, and Vance's fraud task force caught padding its numbers. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 1 weeks ago14 min
Follow the Money | Government Watchdog Finds ICE Wasted Millions on Detention Nobody Used — September 25, 2026
A government watchdog says ICE wasted tens of millions on detention space it never used, including tents and empty warehouses, after Congress gave the agency 45 billion dollars. Meanwhile new reporting shows ICE arrests are surging, spread out across the country and away from the cameras after the January backlash. Plus, Trump hosts Xi Jinping at the White House, the West Wing lets GOP candidates distance themselves from Trump ahead of the midterms, Senate Republicans block a resolution to end the Iran war, and a taxpayer-funded ad praising Trump airs on Fox News. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 1 weeks ago13 min
You Can't Do This | A Trump-Appointed Judge Orders the White House to Restore Press Passes — September 24, 2026
A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked Trump's press ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, ruling it likely unconstitutional and ordering the White House to restore their press passes. Reporters were still turned away at the White House gates the next morning. Plus: Trump invites Putin to the G20 at his golf club, MAGA podcasters stop talking about Trump, F-35 parts turn up in China, and Cook Political Report shifts three Senate races toward Democrats. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
- 1 weeks ago12 min
Right Before They Vote | Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Starts Hurting His Own Voters — September 23, 2026
Republicans timed the One Big Beautiful Bill's Medicaid and SNAP cuts to land after the 2026 midterms. They're hitting early instead. Food stamp work requirements, expired health insurance subsidies, and rural hospital cuts are landing hardest in Trump country. Plus Trump's UN speech falls flat, Sen. John Curtis wants Don Jr. subpoenaed, the GOP spends big to defend safe seats, and JD Vance defends Trump's press ban. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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