The Tony Kinnett Cast

The Tony Kinnett Cast is The Daily Signal's flagship program, with a new episode weeknights at 7PM Eastern, featuring national news, politics, commentary, interviews, and analysis from a Hoosier's commonsense, middle-of-the-country perspective.

In under a year, Kinnett's equal parts broadcast and podcast has grown from a small radio show on 93WIBC Indianapolis to a nationally syndicated simulcast on radio, TV, and livestreaming services around the nation. Now you can enjoy the best The Daily Signal content from its senior investigative columnist every weeknight here, our livestreams on YouTube, X, and Facebook, or wherever one of our syndicated stations is on air!

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Ep. 610 - STRIKES UNDERWAY as US & Saudis Ramp ...
President Trump says "it's our turn" to hit Iran hard after Tehran fired five rockets at U.S. forces overnight — all intercepted — and a drone struck a U.S.-owned LNG tanker off Egypt's coast. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are now striking back together, expanding the war into new fronts. Meanwhile, Anthony Fauci walked into his Senate hearing today and refused to answer a single question, pleading the Fifth Amendment over 100 times straight — historian Victor Davis Hanson joins us LIVE with an exclusive take on what it means.
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Ep. 609 - Iran's Failed Surprise Attack, Fauci ...
Iran attempts to launch a surprise attack against Jordan and U.S. bases in the region. It fails spectacularly. Democrats continue to crumble under the socialist hopefuls, and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill flips off the DOJ.
90 min
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Ep. 608 - Ilhan Omar's Sister & $20 Million USA...
A major new investigation shows Ilhan Omar's sister tied to tons of fraudulent organization addresses and previous government grants in the millions, updates on the 2nd Gulf War, and a lot of backstabbing in the Democratic Party with special guest Brooke Brandtjen.
90 min
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Ep. 607 - Europeans Evacuated & Arrested as US ...
Gulf War updates from US strikes to Iran arresting French diplomats. Democrats fight with themselves over Voter ID and Michigan.
93 min
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Ep. 606 - Houthis Drag Saudi Arabia into War as...
The Houthis fire at Saudi Arabian tankers, Trump draws Iranian "red line" on Hormuz strikes by threatening to bomb Iran's power plants. Democrats completely fall apart months out from midterms.
88 min
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Ep. 605 - BREAKING: Fighter Jets Striking Tehra...
Fighter jets over Tehran, Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas joins to talk the Smithsonian and Voter ID, the Department of Justice investigates New Jersey over false voter registrations.
85 min
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Ep. 604 - Middle East Shuts Down as US "Day 10"...
The war with Iran grinds on as mediators pitch a 10-day ceasefire that the White House isn't rushing to accept, and airlines worldwide keep grounding flights across the entire Middle East as the region shuts down.
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Ep. 603 - Trump Threatens Canada & China, Iran ...
The U.S., Iran, and Gulf states are trading missiles and drones in the Middle East, President Trump is threatening China for interfering in U.S. affairs and Canada for wildfires. Maine Democrats show us they're really, really special.
101 min
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Ep. 602 - Democrat Scandals Torch Midterms, US ...
The U.S. has now struck Iran for six straight nights, and Tehran is warning it will "crush" regional infrastructure if Trump follows through on threats to hit bridges and power plants next. President Trump addresses the nation tonight as the war intensifies.
85 min
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Ep. 601 - Iran Unveils New Kamikaze Drones as U...
Iran is turning Kharg Island into a fortified drone kill-zone as the U.S. weighs a possible operation to seize the strategic oil hub — and Iran isn't the only regime in the crosshairs.
88 min
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Ep. 600 - BREAKING: US Fleet Moves in as Hormuz...
The U.S. Navy has reimposed its blockade on Iranian ports and continues its fourth consecutive night of strikes as Iran retaliates by hitting tankers and allies across the Gulf, including Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE. We're joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Jack Smith is caught committing perjury, and Secretary Marco Rubio targets the International Criminal Court.
91 min
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Ep. 599 - BREAKING: US Seizing Hormuz, New Stri...
President Trump has notified Congress that hostilities with Iran have officially resumed, and tells the press that the U.S. will be "controlling" Hormuz as U.S. strikes continue "today and tomorrow" at minimum.
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Ep. 598 - US Marines Ready in Strait of Hormuz,...
Two full Marine Expeditionary Units and their amphibious ready groups are now positioned in the Middle East as Washington's patience with Iran runs out. Graham Platner throws a tantrum while dropping out as the Socialists engage in internal fights.
94 min
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Ep. 597 - Iran Offers $100 Million for Assassin...
Day 3 of renewed U.S. strikes on Iran is underway, with American forces pushing further into Iranian territory as a massive banner offering a $100 million reward for President Trump's life went up in Qom this week — part of a broader wave of regime-linked threats against top U.S. and Israeli officials. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party's implosion is spreading well beyond Maine: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is stoking outrage over a fatal ICE encounter in Houston that's now become a genuine diplomatic standoff with Mexico, and in Michigan, Senate frontrunner Abdul El-Sayed is facing fresh scrutiny over his wealth and his past comments on police funding.
91 min
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Ep. 596 - BREAKING: Platner Suspends Campaign, ...
Graham Platner announces he is supending his campaign. The ceasefire with Iran is over. The U.S. launched a fresh wave of strikes tonight — hitting more than 80 targets including Kharg Island, Bandar Abbas, and Qeshm Island — after Iran attacked commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Ep. 595 - BREAKING: US Striking Iran, Explosion...
US fires a TON of rockets against Iran, Graham Platner's Senate campaign is collapsing in real time — even Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have now called for him to step aside, but Platner is reportedly refusing to go quietly and setting conditions of his own before he'll consider it.
88 min
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Ep. 594 - BREAKING: Graham Platner is DONE, Dem...
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is reportedly on the verge of dropping out of his race just days before the July 13 ballot deadline, as a bombshell new breaking & entering and deeply disturbing allegations from a woman who once dated him sends his campaign into freefall — canceled events, panicked allies, and Democrats scrambling to save a seat they thought was a lock
66 min
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Ep. 593 - Democrat-Run Cities Fly the Somali Fl...
Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani told 8 million sweltering New Yorkers to set their AC to 78 degrees to save the grid — and the internet responded with exactly the mockery you'd expect. Meanwhile in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison pardoned a man who repeatedly assaulted a 10-year-old girl, wiping his record clean just days before ICE was set to deport him. This is who Democrats are protecting.
83 min
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Ep. 592 - Obama CIA Director Brennan Sues Trump...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio just had a Cuban Communist influence operative and his family arrested and put into federal custody — one of several major counterterrorism moves today as the State Department and DOJ close in on sprawling terror finance networks tied to Iran and Cuba.
94 min
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Ep. 591 - Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship ...
The Supreme Court just wrapped up the most consequential term in years — and today's final decisions gave everyone something to be furious about.
77 min
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Ep. 590 - DOJ Targets Democrat-Network Billiona...
A federal grand jury in Manhattan has issued subpoenas as part of a DOJ probe into Neville Roy Singham — the China-based Marxist tech billionaire who funneled $285 million through Goldman Sachs into a sprawling network of far-left organizations including CodePink. His wife and CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans is also a target. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court dropped a massive batch of rulings today with something to make everyone mad, and Iran is playing games in Doha while the ceasefire hangs by a thread.
94 min
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Ep. 589 - US & Iran Fighting Again, Sen. Leader...
The U.S. is striking Iran again in the Strait of Hormuz — and they waited until after markets closed on a Friday to do it. The MOU is done. Meanwhile on the home front, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is staring down a censure vote from his own state party after South Dakota Republicans unanimously advanced it over his handling of the SAVE America Act. And in New York City, newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani just froze rent for two years. Communism is having a moment.
101 min
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Ep. 588 - Supreme Court TRIPLE Decision Has Dem...
The Supreme Court dropped three major rulings today — on concealed carry, temporary protected status, and illegal immigration — and Democrats are melting down at exactly the wrong moment. Their caucus is already fractured over the socialist surge in New York, and now the Court is dismantling the legal scaffolding the left has spent years building. Meanwhile, Iran is actively firing on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The MOU is dead.
98 min
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Ep. 587 - SAVE America Act SAVED?, Post Office ...
Trump's voter ID push is escalating and the SAVE America Act might be rescued. The U.S. Postal Service is drawing a line: states that refuse to comply with Trump's voter ID executive order could lose mail-in ballot delivery.
99 min
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Ep. 586 - Supreme Court Shreds Green Cards, Ro ...
Ro Khanna demanded Elon Musk debate him after getting publicly mocked for calling on the world's richest man to hand over 5% of his wealth. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that guts green card protections — and yes, it involves dreadlocks — and a bloc of senators is busy pretending the SAVE America Act is actually going to pass. It isn't.
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