https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 08 Apr 2026 16:32:39 -0400<![CDATA[It's almost incestuous, the way the left shuttles people around from gig to gig. Oh, politicians on the right tend to bring the same people around as well, but it sure looks like those decisions are made more based on trust, proven ability, and merit; just look at the majority of President Trump's cabinet, for example.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:11:25 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Columbia University]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/08/hoo-boy-former-biden-ftc-chair-mamdani-advisor-now-preaching-economics-at-columbia-n2201098<![CDATA[The Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party are claiming victory after they came to an agreement with the NC State Board of Elections on Tuesday that would require officials to use information gleaned from juror questionnaires to weed out noncitizens and remove them from the voting rolls. &nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:50:55 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/08/north-carolina-elections-boards-settles-with-rnc-over-noncitizen-voting-in-a-win-for-election-integrity-n2201097<![CDATA[We all remember, all too clearly, how we recoiled in horror at the senseless killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, North Carolina commuter train. This horrific attack was entirely unprovoked, and if you have never watched the full video of the attack, I recommend you do not. I watched it once, and that was one time too many. It's an event that will burn its way into your brain.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:35:26 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/08/iryna-zarutskas-accused-killer-found-incapable-to-proceed-to-trial-n2201096<![CDATA[The Trump administration is eliminating Obama-era off-cycle credits that incentivized automakers to install automatic start-stop technology in vehicles, effectively killing what many drivers consider one of the most annoying features of newer models.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:04:29 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]><![CDATA[EPA]]><![CDATA[Lee Zeldin]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/08/trump-administration-kills-the-most-annoying-car-feature-obama-forced-on-drivers-n2201095<![CDATA[We just had the ceasefire agreement on Tuesday night, and already Iran is, of course, being Iran.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:45:09 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt]]><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]><![CDATA[Oman]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/08/iran-stopping-shipping-in-strait-despite-ceasefire-agreement-n2201088<![CDATA[We have all been told how midterm elections turn out. The party in the White House usually loses seats. There have been a few exceptions, like George W. Bush in 2002. But as November looms larger, are Republicans' chances of bucking the traditional trend becoming more remote?&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:40:45 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/04/08/republicans-need-to-win-76-percent-of-toss-up-seats-in-nov-how-do-they-make-that-happen-n2201087<![CDATA[Remember that “star witness” who appeared before the hopelessly biased J6 Committee, Cassidy Hutchinson, a senior aide to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during Trump's first term?&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:33:06 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Harmeet K. Dhillon]]><![CDATA[January 6]]><![CDATA[Liz Cheney]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/08/report-doj-investigating-j6-committee-star-witness-cassidy-hutchinson-for-perjury-n2201094<![CDATA[This just in: Antifa (goblin-speak for "anti-fascist") isn't just an idea. They are a subversive group of domestic terrorists, insidious and determined.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:53:48 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/08/new-antifa-linked-plot-calls-for-political-revolution-and-green-new-deal-n2201090<![CDATA[As we previously reported, fresh polling out of Virginia shows that an increasing number of voters in the Commonwealth have become dissatisfied with Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) after her first 90 days in office.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:26:54 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[Abigail Spanberger]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Glenn Youngkin]]><![CDATA[Jobs]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/04/08/glenn-youngkin-gets-last-laugh-after-abigail-spanberger-jobs-announcement-doesnt-go-according-to-plan-n2201085<![CDATA[This morning, for the first time since March 1, there were no airstrikes, and the Basij manning security checkpoints in Tehran didn't have to change man-dresses at the sound of buzzing because Israeli drones weren't on the hunt. The negotiations came about rather abruptly.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:21:00 -0400<![CDATA[streiff]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/08/is-a-ceasefire-possible-n2201082<![CDATA[While all eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz, where 20 percent of the world’s oil passes through, other energy developments are occurring down south — in Venezuela, to be exact, where the U.S. nabbed former president and dictator Nicolás Maduro in January with Operation Absolute Resolve.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Venezuela]]><![CDATA[Nicolás Maduro]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/08/let-it-flow-us-oil-companies-closing-in-on-big-deals-with-post-maduro-venezuela-n2201089<![CDATA[The economic feedback continues to roll in following Tuesday evening's announcement of a cease-fire between the United States and Iran in Operation Epic Fury. Iran has reportedly agreed to cease trying to interfere with shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and both American stock markets and the energy sector are already reflecting the easing of tensions.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:47:22 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Trade]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/08/trump-scores-big-dow-soars-oil-craters-on-new-iran-ceasefire-n2201086<![CDATA[Could California get any more ridiculous? Wait, wait - I take that back. I don't want the people now running the once-Golden State to take that as a challenge.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:17:06 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/08/new-dem-bill-would-force-californians-to-fund-lawyers-for-every-illegal-alien-facing-removal-n2201084<![CDATA[Now that we’re in a ceasefire with Iran — which, as RedState’s Bonchie wrote earlier Wednesday, the Islamic Republic is already breaking — President Trump announced Wednesday morning that any country supplying weapons to them will face immediate punishment in the form of tariffs.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:53:48 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Tariffs]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/08/trump-to-our-trading-partners-sell-arms-to-iran-face-a-massive-tariff-n2201083<![CDATA[After the Tuesday announcement by President Donald Trump of a two-week ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and U.S. forces, on Wednesday morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine provided an update on the aims and successes of Operation Epic Fury, including the two rescues of the downed Air Force F-15E pilots in the midst of it.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:30:08 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/08/secwar-and-joint-chief-talk-about-how-operation-epic-fury-led-to-the-cease-fire-n2201079<![CDATA[The Justice Department and FBI said Tuesday they carried out a court-authorized operation to shut down a Russian military intelligence network that had been using compromised internet routers inside the United States as a platform to intercept sensitive data.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:55:21 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Cyberattack]]><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Russia]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/08/russian-spies-used-americans-routers-to-intercept-data-fbi-just-cut-them-off-n2201077<![CDATA[Federal prosecutors say an Orange County man used California’s Medi-Cal system to run nearly $270 million in fraudulent billings through the state's Medicaid program, collecting more than $178 million before he was&nbsp;caught.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:40:44 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Medicaid]]><![CDATA[Medicare]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/08/doj-reveals-270m-medi-cal-fraud-scheme-that-exploited-oversight-gaps-under-newsom-n2201074<![CDATA[Wednesday, April 8, 2026]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:30:36 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Morning Minute]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/08/morning-minute-n2201078<![CDATA[The first conviction under First Lady Melania Trump’s ‘Take It Down Act’ has landed, with federal prosecutors using the law for the first time against AI-generated sexual abuse material.]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:12 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Melania Trump]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/08/new-ai-abuse-law-gets-its-first-conviction-in-ohio-guilty-plea-n2201073<![CDATA[Chaos erupted on Friday at a Pennsylvania DMV when ICE agents were tipped off to an unusually large gathering of tractor-trailer drivers gathering outside. Those drivers were suspected illegal immigrants seeking to renew their commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs).]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/08/chaos-at-pa-dmv-illegals-abandon-vehicles-flee-after-tip-brings-ice13-nabbed-trying-to-renew-cdls-n2201076