The A.M. Update

Iran deal rumors, Thomas Massie, Camille Kiefel, Bryan Walsh at Vox, and Chris Olah of Anthropic headline today's A.M. Update. Trump's Memorial Day Truth Social post lays out his framework for an Iran settlement, demanding Saudi Arabia and Qatar sign the Abraham Accords first, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian goes on state television to say Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons, and Marco Rubio cautions that paper agreements still have to be implemented. A gunman opens fire at a Secret Service checkpoint outside the White House on Saturday and is killed, with a bystander also hit by gunfire. Freshly ousted Rep. Thomas Massie goes on the media circuit promising to read the full Epstein client list on the House floor before he leaves Congress, and Aaron calls it not finishing well. Detransitioner Camille Kiefel reaches a reported $3.5 million settlement against the two Oregon therapists who approved her double mastectomy after brief Zoom calls. A veteran Vox climate journalist named Bryan Walsh admits that over a decade of apocalyptic climate coverage was built on an imaginary worst-case model called RCP8.5, not actual forecasting. Aaron closes with Chris Olah's remarks at the Vatican on AI's unsettling inner workings, and Aaron's own personal story: 82 app builds, two hours saved every day, and a pregnancy app for his wife now pending Apple review.

Graham Platner, Maureen Galindo, Raúl Castro, Jeff Bezos, and Pete Hegseth headline today's A.M. Update. Trump calls out Senate Republicans for keeping Obama-era parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough in place, and Aaron uses John Cornyn's non-answer about his Senate record to lay out exactly why he deserved the Paxton endorsement — the list of accomplishments is a long silence. Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner takes another hit as a resurfaced Reddit post shows him mocking a Purple Heart recipient who was shot four times by the Taliban, while Texas 35th district Democrat Maureen Galindo faces backlash even from her own party after pledging to turn the Karnes ICE detention center into a prison for American Zionists, and a castration facility. The DOJ unseals a 1996 indictment against Raúl Castro for the shootdown of two unarmed Brothers to the Rescue aircraft, with acting AG Todd Blanche announcing the charges to an enthusiastic Miami crowd. Jeff Bezos does a wide-ranging CNBC interview calling for zero income taxes on the bottom 50% of earners and criticizing corporate welfare — and Aaron unpacks why the taxation idea would actually increase class resentment. Aaron closes with Pete Hegseth's Rededicate 250 remarks on George Washington kneeling in the snow at Valley Forge.

Thomas Massie, Ken Paxton, Karoline Leavitt, Canada's euthanasia laws, and Marco Rubio headline today's A.M. Update. Trump scores another primary scalp as Ed Gallrein defeats Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th district — the most expensive House primary on record — while Trump simultaneously endorses Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in next week's Texas Senate runoff, leaving Senate Majority Leader John Thune visibly rattled. JD Vance steps in for Karoline Leavitt at the White House briefing and defends Trump's "I don't think about Americans' finances" comment for over an hour, and the NAACP calls for a student athlete boycott of Southern state universities over redistricting. A resurfaced comment from a Quebec College of Physicians member proposing euthanasia for disabled infants up to one year old prompts Aaron's broader warning about Canada's medically assisted dying laws and the slippery slope from allowance to coercion. Aaron closes with Marco Rubio's Rededicate 250 address tracing America's Christian foundation from the Puritans to the moon landing, and a sharp response to various voices crying about an ungovernable Senate: all you had to do was pass the SAVE Act.

Trump calls off Iran strike again, the Mangione murder weapon ruling, Gavin Newsom's "break the glass" threat, and Rededicate 250 headline today's A.M. Update. Trump posts on Truth Social that Gulf state leaders asked him to hold off on a planned attack on Iran — again — as Aaron flatly says he no longer thinks there's a plan. Luigi Mangione loses his bid to suppress the murder weapon at trial but wins a small evidence ruling, while three women from his fan club show up at the courthouse to celebrate and say things Aaron calls "wack." A security guard is killed in a shooting at San Diego's largest mosque as two apparent suspects are found dead nearby, and a fast-moving wind-driven wildfire scorches more than 500 acres in Simi Valley. Gavin Newsom hints at a "break the glass" scenario if Democrats get frozen out of California's gubernatorial jungle primary. Zohran Mamdani tries to riff on Reagan's famous government quote and Aaron isn't impressed. All four crew members eject safely after two Navy EA-18G Growlers collide at the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, Texas Children's Hospital agrees to a $10 million settlement and opens the nation's first detransition clinic, and Aaron closes with JD Vance's Rededicate 250 speech and a challenge to listeners not to take religious freedom for granted.

Trump's China visit, Boeing jets, an IED found at an Alabama dam, Abdul El-Sayed, Hasan Piker, the Temple Israel attack, and an abortion pill at a gender reveal party headline today's A.M. Update. Aaron also covers the Air Force rescue of 11 Bahamian plane crash survivors, Watertown Wisconsin's school board walkout over a trans-themed concert piece, the CIA-DNI standoff, data centers, foreign land ownership, and a late-night theology question about Satan in the garden.

Trump lands in China with Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in tow, as the State Department simultaneously sanctions four Chinese companies for giving Iran satellite imagery to attack U.S. bases, and a CIA whistleblower testifies publicly before Rand Paul's committee that the intelligence community deliberately covered up the COVID lab leak — and that Fauci's role was intentional. JD Vance announces $1.3 billion in withheld Medicaid payments to California over rampant fraud, with Mehmet Oz revealing that 780 out of 800 booted fraudulent providers never even called to dispute it. Rand Paul's son William Paul goes on a drunken antisemitic tirade at a DC bar directed at Rep. Mike Lawler, King Charles pushes a digital ID decree that Aaron says is a perfect reminder of why America fought the Revolution, the Pope's apparent diplomatic honor to Iran's ambassador turns out to be a routine Vatican practice that Iranian state media ran with anyway, and Hannah Harper, a Missouri stay-at-home mom of three, wins American Idol with a song about postpartum depression.

The latest CPI report shows inflation at its highest point since May 2023, with fuel oil up 54% and gasoline up 28%, as Trump deflects a question about Americans' financial pain by saying his only focus is keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns under pressure from pro-life groups and the White House over his handling of mifepristone, while 23 states file a Supreme Court brief to block mail-order distribution of the drug, and General Dan Caine tells the Senate that maximum pressure on Iran is holding but the timeline is a political decision. FBI Director Kash Patel fires back at a senator grilling him with personal allegations, Rand Paul announces a CIA whistleblower will testify publicly on COVID origins, a Russian ship suspected of carrying nuclear technology to North Korea mysteriously sank in the Mediterranean, a 78-year-old Northern Ireland pastor is convicted for preaching near a hospital, and the U.S. withdraws from the UN Global Compact on Migration.

Trump says the Iran ceasefire is "on life support" after the latest round of failed negotiations, while praising Xi Jinping ahead of their China meeting and hinting bombs could drop again within days. The Arcadia, California mayor Eileen Wang has been charged as an illegal agent of the Chinese Communist Party, and reports surface that Trump may be considering allowing China to invest $1 trillion on American soil. Dr. Deborah Birx reappears on cable news calling for more PCR testing over the hantavirus outbreak, Democrats threaten judicial reform after losing the Virginia redistricting battle, Netanyahu says he wants to draw down U.S. military aid to zero over the next decade, Coach Curt Cignetti and the national champion Indiana Hoosiers are honored at the White House, and Aaron closes with a deeper look at Spencer Pratt's political instincts and what he reminds him of.

Iran responds to the U.S. peace proposal with no mention of its nuclear program, as Netanyahu draws a hard red line on enriched uranium and Trump shrugs off the Fort Knox audit question in his Sharyl Attkisson interview. Spencer Pratt keeps gaining ground in the LA mayor's race as Karen Bass ducks a second debate, redistricting continues breaking Republicans' way in Virginia and Tennessee, and Wes Moore refuses to give a straight answer when asked about gender ideology and his own son. Southern Baptist baptism numbers are up for the fifth straight year, Erika Kirk spoke at Hillsdale's commencement, and Aaron closes with the Seattle story he can't get out of his head: a 77-year-old Army veteran beaten on the sidewalk while bystander after bystander just kept walking.

The Iran situation keeps spinning with Project Freedom on again, off again, and Saudi Arabia flip-flopping on U.S. air base access, while Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and received an unusually warm welcome that has Aaron's "spidey senses tingling." The episode also covers Tennessee Democrats melting down over congressional redistricting, Neil Gorsuch sparking debate with his "creedal nation" comments, a moving update from the mother of wounded National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, a sharp satirical blog post on right-wing online catastrophizing, and listener questions on Trump's endorsement strategy and the 2026 midterms.

President Trump pauses Project Freedom amid reports a deal with Iran may be closer than ever, while Israel strikes Beirut and the US military fires on an Iranian oil tanker trying to break the blockade. The episode also covers the massive MacArthur Park fentanyl bust, pro-Hamas protesters forcing a Jewish daycare to close in New York City, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's silence on a removed page promoting Israeli businesses, Kash Patel clamming up on UAPs, looksmaxxing streamer Clavicular charged for shooting an alligator in the Everglades, the death of CNN founder Ted Turner, Marco Rubio on American exceptionalism, and the poll results on whether Trump assassination suspect Cole Allen will face life in prison.

Marco Rubio delivers a stark warning about why a nuclear-armed Iran would be able to control the Strait of Hormuz unchecked, while Pete Hegseth says Project Freedom is proving Iran doesn't own the waterway. The episode also covers the disturbing motive behind the suspected arsonist in the Palisades Fire, the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, JD Vance campaigning in Iowa, Karen Bass posting anti-ICE signs across Los Angeles, Walgreens abandoning Chicago neighborhoods, and Trump reviving the Presidential Fitness Award.

A federal judge apologizes to Cole Allen in open court and compares his treatment to January 6 defendants, while the Supreme Court temporarily restores mail-order abortion drugs over Louisiana's objections. Plus, a Daily Wire investigation reveals an entire street of fake Medicaid companies in Ohio funneling tens of millions in taxpayer money.

Iran keeps sending proposals that go nowhere, Scott Bessent says the economic blockade is suffocating the regime, and prediction markets now show southern states above 50% to redistrict before the midterms. Plus, Tucker Carlson gives a baffling New York Times interview, and hard data shows taking your kids to church is one of the most powerful predictors of success in life.

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The Supreme Court drops a bombshell 6-3 ruling striking down racial gerrymandering under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, potentially handing Republicans a dozen or more House seats. Pete Hegseth unloads on a congressman who called Iran a quagmire, and Erika Kirk delivers a powerful message on dehumanization in American culture. Supreme Court Voting Rights Act, Louisiana v Clay, racial gerrymandering, redistricting 2026, Pete Hegseth testimony, John Garamendi, Iran quagmire, Erika Kirk, Turning Point USA, Ostroushko indictment, Savannah Hernandez, oil prices, Strait of Hormuz, JD Vance fraud czar, Minnesota fraud, Todd Blanche, AM Update, Aaron McIntire, today's news, morning news, news commentary, current events, daily news podcast

The Trump DOJ drops indictments on James Comey and Fauci advisor David Morens while raiding fraudulent daycares in Minnesota, all in a single day. Plus, ships may be slipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and Rep. Brandon Gill delivers three unforgettable minutes grilling an abortion advocate on the House floor. James Comey indicted, David Morens indicted, Fauci advisor, Covid origins, Brandon Gill abortion hearing, FACE Act, Jessica Waters, Todd Blanche, DOJ, Minnesota daycare fraud, Strait of Hormuz, UAE leaves OPEC, Iran update, Trump King Charles, Save America Act, Harvard Harris poll, AM Update, Aaron McIntire, today's news, morning news, news commentary, current events, daily news podcast

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