The Kinzinger Report

Epizodes

• The Art of the Deal | Trump's Iran Deal Is Worse Than the One He Tore Up — June 15, 2026 15.06.2026 12min

  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. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
• Sounding the Alarm | The Iran War Comes for the World's Food Supply — June 12, 2026 12.06.2026 10min

  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. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
• Going Dark | Trump Turmoil Could Kill a Critical Surveillance Tool — June 11, 2026 11.06.2026 12min

  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. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
• Trading Fire | U.S. Strikes Iran and Tehran Hits Back — June 10, 2026 10.06.2026 11min

  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.
• Escalation in the Strait | Trump Says Iran Shot Down a U.S. Helicopter — June 9, 2026 09.06.2026 12min

  A Navy drone boat just pulled two American soldiers out of the water near Iran — the first rescue of its kind, and a sign of where war is going. We also get into Trump getting booed and falling asleep at the NBA Finals, Ken Paxton's own impeachment lawyer endorsing the Democrat trying to beat him, Mike Johnson letting slip what's coming for Social Security and Medicare, and Republicans crying fraud after losing an L.A. race they were always going to lose. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
• When the Questions Get Hard | Trump Walks Off NBC Interview — June 8, 2026 08.06.2026 14min

  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.
• Fired for Telling the Truth | Trump's 8,000-Worker Purge — June 5, 2026 05.06.2026 12min

  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 04.06.2026 11min

  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 04.06.2026 13min

  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.