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 Thursday, May fourteenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We've got the Texas Senate race moving again, plus some air-quality…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Thursday, May fourteenth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. The Senate vote on Iran war powers is still moving through the analysis…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Wednesday, May thirteenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking a gene therapy safety question that's got the whole…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Wednesday, May thirteenth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Morning. We've got movement on the right-to-try front this morning — that's the story…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Tuesday, May twelfth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking hospital AI adoption, a major state lawsuit against Netflix,…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Tuesday, May twelfth. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Morning. We're tracking Iran's latest move on the negotiating front, a major ruling…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Monday, May eleventh. The time is four p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking negotiations in the Persian Gulf, redistricting fallout, and…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Monday, May eleventh. The time is six a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments overseas on Iran, a water crisis in Texas, and a…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Sunday, May tenth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. The Iran situation's moving — we're tracking new positions from both sides on…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is eleven p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the Persian Gulf situation as it stands tonight, the fire…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is ten p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the Middle East tonight — Iran, Israel, the waters between them…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is nine p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. The Middle East is the lead tonight—the ceasefire holding, but both sides…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is eight p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're following developments out of the Middle East tonight, and also…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is seven p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the EEOC's case against the New York Times, updates from…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is six p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the EEOC's case against the Times, an update on those missing…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is five p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good evening. We're tracking the EEOC's case against the Times, developments in the Pacific…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is four p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking press freedom in West Africa, a mayor's fate in Japan, and a…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is three o'clock p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking press freedom in West Africa, a municipal leadership…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is two p.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We're tracking press freedom in West Africa, a mayor's removal in Japan, and…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is one p.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good afternoon. We've got media restrictions in West Africa, a mayor losing his seat in…
Listen + read script →Good afternoon. We're looking at Moscow's Victory Day parade, a media crackdown in Niger, and some economic desperation playing out in an online game. Let's start. The Russian military held its annual Victory Day parade…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is eleven a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments in Moscow, a shift in Hungary's government, and…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is ten a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking developments in Eastern Europe, a Gulf security roundup, and…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is eight a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got economic survival stories leading today — people finding ways to…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is six a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're tracking the NBA playoffs, a shifting military picture in the Middle…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is five a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got playoff basketball moving, a new wrinkle on the Iran question, and…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is four a.m. central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got movement on the Justice Department front, some international…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is three a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We've got the ceasefire language under pressure again, playoff basketball…
Listen + read script →From Inkwell, this is the Independent News Drop. It's Saturday, May ninth. The time is two a.m. Central. I'm Keli, with Hast. Good morning. We're leading with border policy, then Hungary's transition, sports, and a…
Listen + read script →Good morning. We've got movement on the border wall front — that Big Bend story — plus Hungary's new prime minister getting sworn in today, and some friction between the White House and the media apparatus. Let's start.…
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