https://redstate.com/amymiller/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 17 Jun 2026 16:26:16 -0400<![CDATA[CNN had an interesting poll about how patriotic the two main political parties were.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:23:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/17/more-bad-polling-news-for-dems-n2203438<![CDATA[Kevin Warsh is now the Chairman of the Federal Reserve after he was sworn in by President Trump in late May. He replaces Jerome Powell, who Trump had grown frustrated with for massive cost overruns on a renovation project and for refusing to lower interest rates as quickly as the president would have liked.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:45:19 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Jerome Powell]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/17/new-fed-chair-oversees-first-major-policy-decision-as-board-decides-on-interest-rates-n2203451<![CDATA[Republicans are proving they have the political instincts of a tree stump and all the savvy maneuvering of a lemming in a tracksuit. More specifically, I'm referring to the Georgia GOP.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/06/17/republicans-just-love-committing-political-suicide-georgia-redistricting-edition-n2203449<![CDATA[China, we are reminded continually, is not a friend to the United States. The Middle Kingdom may be a trading partner, even a valuable one, but that doesn't make them our friend. They are, at best, a rival; at worst, an enemy. Right now they would seem to be certainly an adversary, not in the least because of their continued efforts to influence American education, to make large land purchases which always seem to be near major American military installations, and perhaps most of all, to infiltrate their people illegally into the United States.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:23:12 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/17/new-coast-guard-opens-fire-disables-chinese-smuggling-boat-n2203450<![CDATA[The White House released the details of Trump's agreement with Iran on Wednesday.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:50:21 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[United Nations]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/17/first-look-white-house-reveals-key-terms-of-trumps-iran-framework-n2203446<![CDATA[President Donald Trump has long vowed to eliminate or at least vastly downsize the Department of Education, saying we should “shut [it] down” and “move education back to the states where it belongs.”]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:26:29 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[HHS]]><![CDATA[Linda McMahon]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/17/trump-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-department-of-education-transfers-key-functions-to-other-agencies-n2203441<![CDATA[President Trump is nothing if not forthright. In this week's G7 summit, we have seen that facet of his personality time and again, from the moment he walked into a room full of national leaders and announced: "I'm the boss," as my colleague Ben Smith reported earlier.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:40:15 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/17/trump-without-the-new-iran-deal-hormuz-closed-for-years-and-markets-crash-n2203436<![CDATA[Billionaire financier George Soros has been linked to leftist causes in this country for years, bankrolling virtually every woke organization out there and doing his best to install soft-on-crime, criminal-loving district attorneys in cities across the nation. If you live in a big metro and don’t feel safe walking the streets after sundown, there’s a good chance Soros is to blame.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:32:53 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[George Soros]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/17/raided-fbi-swoops-in-on-soros-backed-ohio-voting-rights-group-seizes-electronic-devices-in-fraud-probe-n2203437<![CDATA[As someone once famously said, in politics, most especially in elections, "It's the economy, stupid." There are other factors, of course, but most people vote with their wallets, and there are signs that the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns are having some economic benefits. Key among those benefits? Housing costs were inflated by the presence of illegal aliens, and should now be starting to moderate.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:50:27 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/17/american-workers-now-winning-as-illegal-immigration-slows-n2203435<![CDATA[President Donald Trump denied reports that the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and Iran will result in hundreds of billions of dollars being handed to the Islamic Republic.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:54 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/17/trump-shuts-down-300b-iran-rumor-were-not-putting-up-10-cents-n2203434<![CDATA[When you import the Third World, you become the Third World.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:23:36 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/17/from-rotherham-nationwide-uk-grooming-gangs-institutional-failures-now-exposed-n2203431<![CDATA[It's certainly been fun seeing how much our World Cup guests are enjoying America. &nbsp;]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[World Cup]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/17/world-cup-fun-n2203424<![CDATA[On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a 94-page indictment against 15 members of the Minneapolis-based Antifa group "Direct Action Minnesota" (DAMN). Originally filed under seal on June 11, the indictment describes a detailed conspiracy to coordinate, obstruct, and carry out violent acts against DHS and ICE employees to prevent them from carrying out their sworn duties.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[The Original John Doe]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]>https://redstate.com/john-doe/2026/06/17/doj-indictment-details-coordinated-antifa-operations-in-minneapolis-n2203426<![CDATA[President Donald Trump walked into the G7 summit on Wednesday and made one thing crystal clear in just six words.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:20:10 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[France]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Trade]]><![CDATA[Ukraine]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/17/trump-walks-into-g7-says-im-the-boss-the-rooms-reaction-was-instant-n2203429<![CDATA[Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan national accused of ambushing National Guard members near the White House last November, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a new 17-count federal superseding indictment, one that makes him death penalty eligible.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:52 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Department of Veterans Affairs]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[West Virginia]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/17/pirro-pursues-death-penalty-against-afghan-national-accused-of-ambush-killing-near-white-house-n2203427<![CDATA[Wednesday, June 17, 2026]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:30:24 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Morning Minute]]><![CDATA[White House]]><![CDATA[World Cup]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/17/morning-minute-n2203428<![CDATA[The federal government says New York rigged a $10 billion Medicaid contract,&nbsp;hid the fallout from the public, and let a favored company pocket millions in unauthorized taxpayer money.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:50:10 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Medicaid]]><![CDATA[New York]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/17/doj-drops-bombshell-lawsuit-alleging-hochul-team-rigged-10-billion-medicaid-contract-n2203422<![CDATA[President Donald Trump blew up Jay Clayton's Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing early Wednesday morning, saying Republicans got played, handing Democrats a major concession on the acting DNI post before Democrats ever delivered their end of the bargain on FISA reauthorization.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:50:26 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/17/trump-says-republicans-got-played-then-he-pulled-the-plug-on-claytons-hearing-n2203425<![CDATA[Some of you may be wondering why we've included the qualifier 'VP to Joe Biden' in the headline to describe the world's most famous low-IQ wine mom, Kamala Harris. Why it is necessary to reiterate such a basic fact will become clear shortly.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/06/17/kamala-harris-vp-to-joe-biden-delivers-case-study-in-projection-with-epic-trump-meltdown-in-austria-n2203423<![CDATA[Vice President JD Vance appeared on multiple television talk shows Tuesday to promote his new book, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” which describes his 2019 conversion to Catholicism. Many pundits also viewed the appearances as his opening salvo for a possible 2028 presidential campaign.]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[The View]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/17/after-facing-off-the-joyless-hosts-of-the-view-jd-vance-takes-powerful-american-message-to-gutfeld-n2203421