Your News Talk America examines the latest developments surrounding Iran, energy markets, media coverage, religion and politics, and major historical claims tied to the Kennedy assassination. The program also features campaign analysis, military perspective, and the latest installment of “Countdown to 250.”
9:06 — Iran Ceasefire, Markets, and Energy Signals
Panelist: Ken Rapoza, analyst, Coalition for a Prosperous America
- Discussion of the Trump-Iran ceasefire and whether markets are pricing in stability too quickly.
- Review of how investors may respond if conflict risk remains elevated.
- Analysis of oil, large-cap stocks, and emerging-market fuel and food importers.
- Commentary from market analysts on volatility, risk, and the possibility of a continuing market rebound.
9:20 — Netanyahu, War Decisions, and Regime Change
Panelist: None
- What role did Benjamin Netanyahu have in President Trump’s decision to go to war?
- How realistic was regime change before Operation Epic Fury began?
- Audience comments from DIAL producers in the lounge.
9:35 — Monologue
Panelist: Jake Smith
- Monologue segment.
9:45 — Iran, Energy Security, and Tax Day
Panelist: Kent Strang, Managing Director, Americans for Prosperity
- Why the Strait of Hormuz remains a critical global energy chokepoint.
- How a tanker toll imposed by Iran could affect world oil prices.
- Whether global energy disruption could redirect demand toward U.S. energy.
- Why energy policy is also national security policy.
- How President Trump’s policies are framed as expanding American energy abundance.
- What is needed to continue energy independence.
- Whether taxpayers are seeing benefits from the BBB ahead of Tax Day.
10:08 — Oklahoma Race, Congress, and Constitutional Questions
Panelist: Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, Oklahoma congressional candidate; Founder, Pastors for Trump
- Jackson Lahmeyer discusses his campaign in Oklahoma’s 1st District and the 2026 midterms.
- His message emphasizes outsider leadership, support for President Trump, and opposition to federal overreach.
- Topics include DHS funding, congressional accountability, birthright citizenship, constitutional literacy, impeachment efforts, war powers, federal oversight, and insider trading in Congress.
10:20 — Iran Negotiations, Nuclear Questions, and U.S. Force Posture
Panelist: Colonel Wesley Martin, U.S. Army (Ret.)
- Whether Iran can be trusted in negotiations.
- Colonel Martin’s assessment of Operation Epic Fury.
- Whether Iran can resupply and retool during negotiations.
- Why regime change has faded from discussion in recent weeks.
- Questions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program and buried enriched material.
- Reaction to reports that U.S. troops could be repositioned from parts of Europe.
10:33 — JFK Assassination Claims and Deep Cover, Shallow Graves
Panelist: Robert “Tosh” Plumlee, co-author, Deep Cover, Shallow Graves
- Was there a CIA-linked team sent to Dallas to stop the assassination of President Kennedy?
- Plumlee says he was part of a covert mission tied to an abort effort on November 22, 1963.
- He claims there were shots from multiple directions, challenging the lone-gunman account.
- He says he briefed the FBI in 1964 and provided a map that later disappeared.
- He also says he trained with Lee Harvey Oswald years earlier.
- The interview explores why he is coming forward now and how his claims relate to past investigations.
11:06 — Media Coverage of Iran and News Platform Bias
Panelist: Michael Morris, Director, MRC Free Speech America
- How Google News may be shaping public opinion on the Iran war.
- Review of polling showing more opposition than support for U.S. war with Iran.
- MRC research on outlet distribution in Google News coverage.
- A second report argues Apple News was the most ideologically slanted of the major news apps in March.
11:20 — Pope Leo XIV and President Trump: Contrasting Easter Messages
Panelist: Dr. Paul Kengor, Senior Director and Chief Academic Fellow, The Institute for Faith & Freedom; Professor of Political Science, Grove City College
- A comparison of Pope Leo XIV’s Easter message and President Trump’s Easter commentary on Iran.
- Discussion of nonviolence, conflict, and the rhetoric of political leadership.
- Questions about Pope Leo’s approach to Catholic tradition and whether expectations for liturgical restoration are fading.
- Dr. Kengor discusses the contrast between the new pope’s tone and the president’s language.
11:33 — Countdown to 250
Panelist: Murray Sabrin, PhD, Mises Institute Associated Scholar; Emeritus Professor of Finance, Ramapo College of New Jersey
- The latest installment in Dr. Sabrin’s “Countdown to 250” series.
- A look ahead to America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
11:50 — Salute the Troops
Panelist: None
- Closing tribute.