The Rubin Report

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including chaos erupting across New York City after the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973, with 63 arrests, multiple stabbings, a shooting, vandalized buses, damaged NYPD vehicles, and widespread unrest overshadowing a historic victory; Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul condemning the violence while millions of Knicks fans celebrated peacefully; and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard releasing newly declassified documents detailing more than 40 U.S.-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine, reigniting debate over government transparency, dangerous pathogen research, Pentagon-funded biosecurity programs, and claims that concerns once dismissed as conspiracy theories deserved greater scrutiny, and much more.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Batya Ungar-Sargon about her new book The Jews and the Left; why American Jews historically aligned with the Democratic Party through labor activism, the New Deal, and the civil rights movement; the rise of anti-Zionism as a litmus test on the modern left and its impact on Jewish voters; Zionism, antisemitism, Israel, and the growing divide between progressive activists and mainstream Americans; Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie, and the debate over anti-Israel sentiment on both the left and right; America's unique relationship with Jewish history; populism, Trump, working-class politics, and why she remains optimistic about America's future, and much more.
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including President Trump unloading on newly nominated Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, calling him a "low-level thug" while reaffirming his support for Senator Susan Collins as Republicans prepare to make Platner's Nazi tattoo controversy, personal scandals, and past conduct a central issue in the race; Pete Hegseth issuing a stark warning to Cuba after reports that Havana has acquired hundreds of military drones from Russia and Iran capable of threatening American territory and Guantanamo Bay; and the Trump administration defending World Cup visa restrictions after several Iranian officials, journalists, referees, and other visitors were denied entry over national security, terrorism, and public health concerns, and much more.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about the extreme reactions to Karmelo Anthony being found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf from his insane supporters to Democrats like Jasmine Crockett that you won't see on mainstream media; Fox News' Greg Gutfeld seeing some benefits to Democrats openly supporting nazi tattoo-sporting Graham Platner; Shermichael Singleton successfully getting CNN's Kaitlan Collins to go silent as he explained how Democrats' support of Graham Platner exposed that their moral high ground of calling Trump supports nazis and supporting the Me Too movement was always a facade; Elon Musk exposing a little known California elections law about voter ID that makes fraud more likely in contested elections like that of Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton; a shocking interview with a homeless Skid Row inhabitant who admits on record that the Karen Bass campaign paid her money to buy her vote; CNN's Harry Enten sharing new polling data that should scare Democrats who mistakenly think that voters don't support Donald Trump's immigration policies; and much more.
 
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including the conviction of Karmelo Anthony for the murder of Frisco track star Austin Metcalf after jurors rejected Anthony's self-defense claim and found him guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing that shocked Texas; growing backlash after some activists attempted to frame the case as a racial issue despite the jury focusing on the facts of the confrontation itself; "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart unexpectedly mocking NBC's Kristen Welker over her reaction to President Trump's viral "Meet the Press" walkout; and NASA unveiling the Artemis III crew, Randy Bresnik, Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, and Luca Parmitano, who will help lead America's next major step toward returning astronauts to the Moon, and much more.