https://redstate.com/coldwarrior/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 15 May 2026 17:33:21 -0400<![CDATA[The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, on Friday announced that henceforth not only will the perpetrators of teen flash mobs and street takeovers will face legal consequences, but their parents will as well.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:37:02 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]><![CDATA[Riots]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/15/about-time-parents-who-drop-kids-off-for-teen-mobs-now-face-fines-classes-or-prison-n2202374<![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury has certainly smoked out how feckless some of our NATO allies can be, with their lack of support for our actions against the Iranian regime.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:35:02 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Germany]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/15/trump-does-it-again-as-allys-has-change-of-language-on-iran-n2202370<![CDATA[File this under "not the best news ever": An Iraqi militia commander, part of an Iranian-backed terrorist group called the Kataib Hezbollah, is on his way to the United States, having been arrested in Turkey. This goblin will be facing charges of&nbsp;plotting to attack targets, mostly Jewish targets, in the United States.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:55:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Iraq]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Turkey]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/15/new-hezbollah-chief-busted-for-manhattan-synagogue-attack-plot-n2202372<![CDATA[America is in a race against China for AI dominance, and right now, the biggest obstacle might not be Beijing. It might be local zoning boards.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:20:28 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Big Tech]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Jobs]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/15/trumps-ai-push-runs-into-a-major-problem-americans-dont-want-the-data-centers-n2202371<![CDATA[Sometimes (in fact, most of the time) you just can't hate the legacy media enough. Case in point: MSNOW, the reincarnated MSNBC, and their talking head, former Biden administration spokesdroid Jen Psaki. In her latest escapade, noting that presidential son Eric Trump had accompanied his father on the recent China visit, she launched into a tirade of accusations that a cursory web search would have told her just weren't so.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:52:16 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[MSNBC]]><![CDATA[Protection Racket Media]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/15/eric-trump-slams-psakis-monolog-of-lies-threatens-massive-new-msnow-lawsuit-n2202367<![CDATA[As RedState reported, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, manufacturers of the abortion pill Mifepristone and its generic equivalent, petitioned the United States Supreme Court to block a ruling in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that restricted distribution of the abortion pill through the mail and telehealth, forcing a requirement of in-person dispensing of the drug.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:50:24 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Abortion]]><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]><![CDATA[FDA]]><![CDATA[Justice Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/15/scotus-maintains-abortion-pill-access-through-mail-telehealth-as-lawsuits-and-fda-review-continue-n2202364<![CDATA[Since 1945, there has been a pax Americana on the world's oceans, in the shipping lanes, enforced largely by the United States Navy. We've kept the sea lanes open, for the most part, but in recent years, our navy has slipped some; we still have our fleet of vaunted nuclear aircraft carriers, which are unmatched by anything afloat, but shipbuilding hasn't been all it should have been. Now, the War Department and the Trump administration have revealed some details of their 2027 budget request, which is intended to fix this problem.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:26:34 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Department of War]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/15/golden-fleet-incoming-us-navy-requests-34-new-ships-for-fy2027-n2202366<![CDATA[The redistricting battle being fought across the nation has caused a sea change, and now, it's having a notable effect in Tennessee.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:25:48 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/15/steve-cohen-not-running-again-n2202363<![CDATA[During last Wednesday's Los Angeles mayoral debate, bad-a** candidate Spencer Pratt destroyed his opponent, LA City Councilwoman Nithya Raman (D-District 4), with his response to Raman's gaslighting about Pratt and incumbent mayor Karen Bass (D) teaming up against her. Raman made the incredible claim that they would have an easier chance running against each other than running against her.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:33:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/15/file-it-under-d-for-dumb-la-mayor-candidate-nithya-raman-moves-to-ban-backyard-bbqs-to-fight-wildfires-n2202352<![CDATA[The Democrats' arguments in favor of race-based gerrymandering typically center around how such districts, including what they call "majority-minority' ones like the one currently represented by Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), are critical because they allegedly give black voters more voting power.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/15/new-poll-on-democrats-and-gerrymandering-n2202353<![CDATA[On Friday, speaking to the media on Air Force One, President Trump delivered a stern message to Iran regarding their peace proposals: If they mention nuclear capacity in any form, he throws the letter away.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:22:42 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/15/trumps-ironclad-iran-message-first-sentence-bad-proposal-gone-n2202362<![CDATA[We've brought you a couple of interesting stories about what's been going on with Cuba over the past day, including the news about pursuing a possible indictment against 94-year-old Raúl Castro and CIA Director John Ratclifffe's surprising meeting with his grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, in Havana, with a message for the Cuban officials from President Donald Trump.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:15:37 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[CIA]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Cuba]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Energy]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/15/cuba-may-be-falling-as-the-fuel-runs-out-and-protesters-are-in-the-streets-n2202360<![CDATA[President Biden tried to kill the National Garden of American Heroes by revoking the project through an executive order in 2021, but President Trump is delivering anyway.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/05/15/biden-tried-to-kill-ittrump-delivers-national-garden-of-heroes-rising-in-prime-dc-spot-n2202361<![CDATA[Friday, May 15, 2026]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Cuba]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Morning Minute]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/05/15/morning-minute-n2202321<![CDATA[Senate Democrats spent Wednesday on the Senate floor demanding votes they knew they would lose, on rules that in some cases courts had already thrown out, in defense of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency that by the government's own math has cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars. Republicans obliged them and won every single one.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[Raphael Warnock]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Tim Scott]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/15/democrats-forced-show-votes-to-save-the-cfpb-republicans-called-their-bluff-n2202354<![CDATA[I have to admit I was a bit shocked when scrolling through X to discover this post from the CIA. There were pictures, but without explanation.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[CIA]]><![CDATA[Cuba]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[John Ratcliffe]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/15/what-the-cia-director-was-doing-in-cuba-n2202358<![CDATA[Democrats and Leftists have an exhausting habit of turning debates, hearings, and arguments into emotional spectacles where disagreeing with them is the proof they need that you don't care about people.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:01 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Kirsten Gillibrand]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/15/gillibrand-tried-lecturing-scott-turner-on-homelessness-then-he-said-five-devastating-words-n2202356<![CDATA[Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano looked visibly uncomfortable on Wednesday when a reporter confronted him and his staff by asking point-blank why it took a congressional hearing to issue an apology to Angel Mom Cheryl Minter.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 07:41:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/05/15/sanctuary-city-da-squirms-when-confronted-on-delayed-apology-to-family-of-mom-murdered-by-an-illegal-n2202359<![CDATA[In a rare moment of unanimity, the Senate voted Thursday to withhold its members’ pay during future government shutdowns. The resolution, sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, marks a modest but overdue step toward accountability in a body that has watched two painfully long funding lapses in the past year.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 06:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Brad Essex]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[John Kennedy]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[TSA]]>https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2026/05/15/the-essex-files-senators-finally-agree-to-share-the-pain-of-shutdowns-n2202345<![CDATA[As predictable as the sun rises, it’s another breathless headline warning that Antarctic ice shelves are melting faster than we thought, that sea levels are going to swamp our coastlines, and that millions face an underwater future. The Daily Mail's recent coverage of Norwegian researchers studying the Fimbulisen Ice Shelf is a case study in how legitimate, and genuinely interesting, science gets processed through the media's climate catastrophe machine until the nuance is ground out entirely and only the alarmism remains.]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 06:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[The Heartland Institute]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Norway]]><![CDATA[Science]]>https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2026/05/15/when-antarctic-headlines-melt-faster-than-the-ice-n2202319