https://redstate.com/coldwarrior/feed/Stay updated with breaking conservative news and political insights on RedState. Get the latest articles from your favorite authors and trending topics.en-usSun, 04 Oct 2026 18:37:40 -0400<![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been making the media rounds.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:00:39 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/04/alito-interview-on-fox-n2207732<![CDATA[Over the weekend, the United States Department of War yanked all 12 of the B-1B (Bone) Lancer strategic bombers that had been based at the RAF Fairford base. This is the base that was the apparent target of a possible terror attack earlier in the week. The bombers were removed, according to U.S. officials as reported in a New York Times story, because of an unspecified threat from Iran.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:55:56 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/04/us-pulls-all-12-b-1-bombers-from-british-base-after-new-iran-threat-n2207735<![CDATA[This coming week marks the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 atrocity, when Hamas members invaded southern Israel and committed horrors that decorum prevents us from describing here. Anniversaries often seem to look like opportunities to the kinds of goblins who committed the October 7 attacks. In anticipation of this possibility, as the United States Embassy in Jerusalem warns us, several West Bank checkpoints will be closed on October 5 and October 7.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:02:31 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/04/new-west-bank-checkpoints-to-close-on-107-anniversary-n2207733<![CDATA[You don't generally think of a Treasury Secretary as someone who is going to attract a lot of attention.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:20:01 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/04/bessent-interview-with-axios-iran-and-melanias-friends-n2207727<![CDATA[Israeli journalist Amit Segal is reporting that Hamam Al Hammami, the Omani pilot who brutally attacked the captain of a flydubai plane he was co-piloting in an attempted hijacking "said during his interrogation that he had planned to crash the plane" into the terminal at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Israeli investigators were sent to the United Arab Emirates, where Al Hammami is "currently undergoing a second round of interrogation," to participate in the investigation, CBS News reported Sunday morning.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:15:46 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Van Laar]]>https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/10/04/report-flydubai-co-pilot-planned-to-crash-into-terminal-n2207729<![CDATA[We are now less than a month away from the 2026 midterm elections, and, just like in any modern election, incumbents and those looking to unseat them are looking at the economic indicators with a mixture of concern and apprehension — and, in some cases, thinly disguised glee. And, in this 2026 midterm election, the confidence of the voting public in the economy has been widely reported to be lacking.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:05:20 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/04/nec-chief-i-just-dont-buy-it-on-gloomy-economy-polls-n2207728<![CDATA[The Trump administration's efforts to keep America ahead of the artificial intelligence (AI) game are proceeding apace. Following last week's big AI summit with a gallery of big tech moguls, on Sunday, President Trump announced the formation of his&nbsp;"Super Intelligence" Task Force.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:57:27 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/04/trump-unveils-new-super-intelligence-force-after-white-house-accord-n2207726<![CDATA[Freddy, our German tourist friend, and his crew are back, checking out some American sports and other traditions. He's been hitting some great college football games along the way.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:07:01 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/04/freddy-in-mississippi-and-alabama-n2207721<![CDATA[Haven't the taxpayers of the United Kingdom taken enough of a beating already? They are being required to feed, house and otherwise support a horde of illegal "asylum seekers," people who are coming to the UK precisely because of this, the perverse incentives offered by the British government. But now, we see, a Daily Mail report is pointing out that the British taxpayers are even going to be soaked for the cost of hijabs for these "migrants," or, as sensible people would describe them, illegal aliens.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:01:28 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/04/stunning-uk-taxpayers-now-funding-1000-hijabs-for-illegal-channel-crossers-n2207724<![CDATA[It's the time of year when bears are packing away the calories to prepare for hibernation, which means that people living in bear country should exercise a little extra caution. This is even more so in some semi-rural and even suburban areas, where bears are losing their normal caution around humans, and if you're a bear, anything in your environment that isn't a danger is a possible meal.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:16:22 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/04/young-bear-injures-two-outside-home-near-salmon-idaho-n2207723<![CDATA[Happy Sunday, and welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing — where we take a quick look at the week’s most-viewed stories in case you missed any of them. What do you suppose caught people's attention as we settle into fall and head into the midterms? Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you're so inclined) and sit down with this 21st century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:28:08 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/10/04/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2207722<![CDATA[Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and MI Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed are not the only ones attempting to hijack the MAHA movement. Health insurance providers UnitedHealth Group, Elevance Health, and AHIP ponied up as sponsors for Tuesday's MAHA Summit, in order to have a seat at the table.]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/04/the-maha-summit-invites-health-insurers-to-the-discussion-and-the-faithful-arent-happy-about-it-n2207719<![CDATA[It's sort of funny to see Kamala Harris running around like she has some kind of relevance.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:31:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/03/media-blocked-at-event-with-kamala-ca-congressional-candidate-n2207715<![CDATA[A limited number of members of the Iranian regime were in the U.S. to attend the United Nations General Assembly.&nbsp;But when it ended on September 28, a small delegation remained, supposedly to engage in more negotiations. But then, as we reported, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that they had "overstayed their welcome" and ordered them out of the country. The entire delegation was told they had to leave on Monday.&nbsp;But then, reportedly,&nbsp;two diplomats remained in New York.So the U.S. told Iran’s mission to the U.N. that the U.S. was aware the diplomats had not left and dropped the hammer on them, saying they had to get out immediately.&nbsp;An official indicated to Fox News Digital that the Iranians were read the riot act.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:44:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/03/iranian-delegation-find-out-rubio-doesnt-play-n2207714<![CDATA[Things seem to keep spiraling out of control in Minnesota.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:07:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/10/03/report-somali-gang-shooting-outside-mn-homecoming-hs-football-game-has-domino-effect-on-events-n2207711<![CDATA[It's a little baffling, this notion that seems so prevalent on the Left that just because a person broke one law and (so far) no other, that they should somehow get a pass on the one law they broke. That sounds amazing, but that is the stance the Left takes in illegal immigration; if a person breaks the law entering the country illegally, they are somehow excused unless they commit some additional crime.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:57:40 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/03/tom-homan-lands-one-on-cbs-if-youre-illegal-you-got-a-problem-n2207713<![CDATA[The state of education in the United States today is, frankly, a mess. We've seen too many teachers who replace education with activism; we've seen too many schools failing to do the one thing it are primarily charged with, namely, producing young adults with marketable skills.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:24:10 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/03/ex-principal-nashville-school-invented-fake-classes-for-diplomas-n2207712<![CDATA[Texas Republican state Senator Angela Paxton (D08), the ex-wife of U.S. Senate Republican nominee for Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, is exhibiting her quality and her consistency, where the local and national Republican Party have been exhibiting far too much inconsistency.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:18:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/03/angela-paxton-is-more-useful-than-most-republicans-n2207707<![CDATA[Two Iranian nationals are now in custody in the United Kingdom, suspected of plotting an attack with a homemade chlorine bomb on the Jewish community of Manchester. It comes as no surprise that the two accused arrived in Britain in one of the notorious "small boat" incursions, and were allowed to remain.]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:59:52 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/03/uk-charges-2-iranians-in-jewish-community-bomb-plot-n2207709<![CDATA[Iran is basically hanging on by a thread at this point, and all the regime has going for them are their loud mouths because everything else is in collapse.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:53:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/03/trump-response-to-the-regime-is-priceless-n2207703