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The A.M. Update

Hosted by Aaron McIntire · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 301 episodes

★★★★★4.9(50 ratings · Apple Podcasts)

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About this podcast

Aaron McIntire provides the morning news update you don't necessarily want but absolutely need. Aaron delivers the most relevant stories with his signature sarcasm and even adds a little "Aaron-analysis" to wrap things up.

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Aaron McIntire hosts The A.M. Update, a news show with 301 episodes published.

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Spinning In Iranian Circles | DeSantis Wants to Kill Property Tax | 6/2/26

Jun 2, 202619m

Tyler Robinson, Markwayne Mullin, Ron DeSantis, and Graham Platner headline today's A.M. Update. Judge Tony Graf rules the public and press cannot be barred from Tyler Robinson's upcoming preliminary hearing, meaning pot

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Trump vs. Turning Point in Iowa | Burning Down PARIS? | Iran Waits | 6/1/26

Jun 1, 202627m

Randy Feenstra, Zach Lahn, Graham Platner, Trevor Williams, and Jill Biden headline today's A.M. Update. Trump tells Lara Trump the Iran deal is close but if it falls apart the Department of War starts back up, while Sco

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Carroll Under Investigation? DOJ Denies | MORE Threats Against Kirk | AOTMA Friday | 5/29/26

May 29, 202631m

JD Vance, Jacob Wenske, Tickle v. Giggle, and Michigan SNAP fraud headline today's A.M. Update. Vance delivers a just war theory address at the Air Force Academy warning graduates that as AI takes over warfare, the moral

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Going to Plan in Venezuela? | Talarico Already Backpedaling? | 5/28/26

May 28, 202627m

Scott Bessent, Pete Hegseth, James Talarico, Mike Pence, and the Delaney Hall ICE protests headline today's A.M. Update. Trump's cabinet meeting covers Iran negotiations, Scott Bessent calling ongoing price increases tra

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Paxton Beats Cornyn | How Deep Does the Fraud Go? | Pratt Wants ICE Out | 5/27/26

May 27, 202625m

Ken Paxton, James Talarico, JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Spencer Pratt, and Zohran Mamdani headline today's A.M. Update. Ken Paxton defeats incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate runoff, setting up a Nove

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Iran Deal Forming? | Massie's Epstein Bombshell Threat | Aaron Comes Out on AI (Kind Of) | 5/26/26

May 26, 202629m

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, demandi

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Potty Mouth Democrats | Raúl Castro Indicted | What Is Jeff Bezos Up To? | 5/21/26

May 21, 202623m

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 u

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Massie Is OUT | Paxton Gets the Nod | Senate GOP, You Don't Get to Cry | 5/20/26

May 20, 202625m

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

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Trump Calls Off Iran Strike Again | Growlers Collide at Idaho Air Show | Rededicate 250 | 5/19/26

May 19, 202618m

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 hi

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Bomb in the Water Supply | Trump's China Win? | AOTMA | 5/15/26

May 15, 202631m

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 A

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COVID Coverup Confirmed | California's BILLION Dollar Problem | 5/14/26

May 14, 202623m

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 whistleblo

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Inflation Hits Hard | Makary Out at FDA | Mail-Order Abortion Pill Fight | 5/13/26

May 13, 202617m

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 f

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Iran Ceasefire on Life Support | China Spy Mayor | Cignetti at the White House | 5/12/26

May 12, 202624m

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, Califo

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Iran Nuclear Standoff | UAP Files Drop | Nobody Stopped to Help | 5/11/26

May 11, 202628m

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.

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Iran Chaos and Rubio's Vatican Visit | Friday Five | 5/8/26

May 8, 202633m

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 we

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Iran Deal Rumors | Aliens, NYC's Mayor & Clavicular Goes to Court | 5/7/26

May 7, 202619m

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

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Rubio's Iran Reality Check | Palisades Fire's Disturbing Motive | 5/6/26

May 6, 202624m

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 a

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Judge Apologizes to Trump's Would-Be Assassin | Ohio Medicaid Fraud Exposed | 5/5/26

May 5, 202625m

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

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Groundhog Day With Iran | Tucker Won't Go to Church | 5/4/26

May 4, 202626m

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

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DHS Funded, Iran Stalling, Millennial Dads Crushing It | 5/1/26

May 1, 202620m

Trump signs the DHS funding bill after a 75-day lapse, but ICE and Border Patrol remain carved out. Iran negotiations stall as oil stays above $100 a barrel, and a new study shows millennial dads are spending four times

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