Twice-daily newscasts from Keli and Hast — sourced reporting, structural framing, calm delivery. Morning drop at 6 AM Central, evening drop at 4 PM Central. Lead segments draw from The Rest of the Story (Ground News). Every drop archived with script, audio, and sources. Listen live →
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From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Friday, May twenty-ninth. The time is four p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're leading with what happens when a statement is a joke and an…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Friday, May twenty-ninth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're leading on tax returns and a immunity story that got buried under…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Thursday, May twenty-eighth. The time is four p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're leading with something from our Ground News desk — a moment in…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Thursday, May twenty-eighth. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Morning. We're leading with a structural story — how a legal requirement, a patent…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Wednesday, May twenty-seventh. The time is four p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're leading with Cuba policy today — there's a gap between what…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Wednesday, May twenty-seventh. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're leading with what happened at a private equity summit this week…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Tuesday, May twenty-sixth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, and Hast is with me. Heavy one leading today. The dispatch at Inkwell comes from Ground News on…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Tuesday, May twenty-sixth. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Morning. We're tracking escalation in the Middle East and some state-level ballot…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Monday, May twenty-fifth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're leading with something from our Ground News desk — a moment from…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Monday, May twenty-fifth. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. Trump's Iran deal is fracturing the GOP this morning—we'll start there.…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Sunday, May twenty-fourth. The time is four p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. The Iran story is moving again — we'll get into that in a minute, but…
Listen + read script →Morning. We're leading on voting rights and a bit of legal contradiction out of Texas. Let's go. We're back on the question of the Voting Rights Act and what its erosion means beyond racial politics specifically. The…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May twenty-third. The time is four p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're opening on voting rights and what's happening in the states…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May twenty-third. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. Slovenia's making a European shift this morning—we'll start there.…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Friday, May twenty-second. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're leading on the death of Carlo Petrini, but before we get there —…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Friday, May twenty-second. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're leading with the Trump litigation numbers — they're back in focus…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Thursday, May twenty-first. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking spending in the 2026 midterms, border wall contracts…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Thursday, May twenty-first. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Morning. Let's start overseas — the Castro case is moving again. The U.S. has now…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Wednesday, May twentieth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking a Spanish legal case that's getting new attention, a…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Wednesday, May twentieth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. The abortion fight's moving into new legal terrain this morning. Justice…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Tuesday, May nineteenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. The abortion fight's moving to new legal ground. Justice Clarence Thomas…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Tuesday, May nineteenth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking an Ebola outbreak that's raising some timing questions, a…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Monday, May eighteenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking military operations in West Africa, a flotilla boarding in…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Monday, May eighteenth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Morning. We're leading on health guidance that matters to millions of women right now,…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Sunday, May seventeenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. Premier League title race tightens as we head into the final stretch.…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Sunday, May seventeenth. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, and Hast is with me. Good morning. The Xi-Trump summit wrapping up in Beijing — we've got the read…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May sixteenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking the Supreme Court's next move on abortion access,…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May sixteenth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking Taiwan policy, a cruise ship quarantine entering a new…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Friday, May fifteenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking money in Texas politics, a potential shift in U.S. support…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Friday, May fifteenth. The time is six A.M. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're leading with health politics and a Senate seat in play. Marty Makary is…
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