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Get the latest articles from your favorite authors and trending topics.en-usTue, 29 Sep 2026 10:15:47 -0400<![CDATA[Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped down from her job to spend more time with her family and her new baby.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:10:12 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/29/watch-karoline-leavitt-nails-doomers-and-dems-especially-talarico-n2207508<![CDATA[Former Special Counsel Jack Smith appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, and Chairman Chuck Grassley wasted little time revealing new details about the extraordinary reach of the investigation that eventually became Smith's election case against President Donald Trump.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:52:45 -0400<![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]>https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/09/29/jack-smith-crossed-the-line-87-white-house-phones-and-major-news-outlets-swept-up-in-dragnet-n2207511<![CDATA[ShinyHunters’ alleged breach of the FBI looked bad when we first reported it last week. It has gotten worse.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:45:19 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/29/fbi-hack-gets-worse-shinyhunters-claims-medical-records-of-60000-current-and-former-personnel-n2207505<![CDATA[Tuesday, September 29, 2026]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:30:04 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/29/morning-minute-n2207510<![CDATA[Progressives for decades have accused American citizens of being "xenophobes" for wanting any checks at all on immigration to the United States.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:26:04 -0400<![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]>https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/09/29/mayor-wu-blasted-for-taxpayer-funded-program-that-discriminates-against-american-citizens-n2207509<![CDATA[One of the big positives of the Trump administration has been how much more secure the border is now than it ever was under Joe Biden.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:18:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/29/report-illegal-aliens-find-out-its-not-a-good-idea-to-come-in-on-jet-skis-n2207507<![CDATA[Young women are more likely than anyone else to say women face serious discrimination in America. The partisan breakdown inside that number is where things get ugly.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:05:21 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/29/the-left-spent-years-blaming-men-young-democratic-women-got-the-message-n2207504<![CDATA[A smaller IRS is&nbsp;putting more of the work on taxpayers' phones.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/29/irs-bets-on-new-app-to-do-more-with-thousands-fewer-employees-n2207501<![CDATA[OpenAI scrapped plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra after the model failed to meet the company's safety standards. The company had been preparing Astra as its next model release, but internal testing ended those plans.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/29/openai-pulls-new-ai-model-over-safety-concerns-theres-a-catch-n2207499<![CDATA[New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is walking away from a federal program that houses homeless veterans rather than accept grant terms the city says would mean “excluding transgender veterans” from VA-funded beds.]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:41:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/09/29/priorities-mamdani-abandons-homeless-vets-rather-than-excluding-transgender-veterans-n2207506<![CDATA[The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial is speaking out personally, without any lawyers or podcast hosts or pundits interpreting his words for him.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/29/say-their-names-cora-dawson-and-callan-clancy-jury-holdout-speaks-and-its-incredibly-powerful-n2207503<![CDATA[The other day (September 27, 2026), I published an interview here with Terry Scott Taylor, the leader of the pioneering Christian alt-rock band Daniel Amos and co-head of the Americana ensemble The Lost Dogs. During our interview, Taylor went into depth on several subjects that warrant this expanded look at an artist deserving of maximum attention. Not to downplay or demean any other Christian artists, but Taylor has definitely earned the title of Christian music’s thinking man whose observations on life and faith extend to all, believers or no. (Further recommended reading is our Sister Toldjah's observations on progressive Christianity.)]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:47:41 -0400<![CDATA[Jerry Wilson]]>https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2026/09/28/a-word-from-the-wise-continuing-the-conversation-with-terry-scott-taylor-n2207502<![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio has some stunning news to share about the RAF Fairford incident.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:40:21 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/28/rubio-reveals-stunning-news-about-people-who-may-be-behind-fairford-incident-n2207498<![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a highlight reel of former Philadelphia Eagles safety Brian Dawkins on Sunday. The NFL was not amused.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/09/28/no-dhs-taunts-nfl-with-bugs-bunny-meme-after-league-asks-to-pull-brian-dawkins-border-video-n2207496<![CDATA[Fox News has made a new hire that's already drawing some fire. The network has announced that it is picking up former Andrew Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa as a contributor.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:55:24 -0400<![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]>https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/09/28/fox-news-under-fire-for-hiring-cuomo-aide-who-admitted-to-covid-nursing-home-cover-up-n2207497<![CDATA[The Fox News faithful may be missing the "money honey" Maria Bartiromo, but the cable news network has found an interim replacement that should make Trump fans happy.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:16:42 -0400<![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]>https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/09/28/maria-bartiromos-replacement-is-in-at-fox-news-this-will-make-trump-fans-very-happy-n2207495<![CDATA[Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) has been out testing the waters to decide if she's going to make a Senate bid or a bid for the presidential nomination in 2028.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:00:11 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/28/aoc-remarks-on-ice-at-ny-town-hall-n2207491<![CDATA[Well, this is an interesting turn of events.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:45:04 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/28/boasberg-hands-trump-admin-a-win-in-fight-over-dhs-access-to-welfare-data-n2207492<![CDATA[We reported earlier on Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico, and how he bizarrely proclaimed in a video he posted on Sunday to X that many of the political positions he's taken were done so on "biblical grounds."]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:09:33 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/09/28/looks-like-kansas-democrats-have-a-james-talarico-esque-problem-themselves-n2207485<![CDATA[Corrupt politicians go back as far as politics. Now, in the latest apparent example of such, Florida's Republican candidate in the 2026 Senate election, Ashley Moody, may have just gotten a boost. How so? Because her opponent, the card-carrying "democratic socialist" Angie Nixon, is now facing a criminal referral to the Department of Justice over financial shenanigans.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:27:40 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/28/socialist-candidate-nixon-now-hit-with-criminal-referral-over-hidden-debts-n2207489