https://redstate.com/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 15 Aug 2026 10:23:30 -0400<![CDATA[The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed&nbsp;an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday asking it to overturn a lower court ruling that halted construction on the new White House ballroom.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:20:11 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/15/doj-emergency-filing-with-scotus-over-ballroom-n2205629<![CDATA[Having failed to gain enough traction on the Air Force One rope-a-dope story from earlier in the week, the legacy media – &nbsp;in its never ending quest for a "gotcha story" on President Trump – has made a hard pivot and is now focused on the conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. (A topic they didn't care one iota about until it occurred to them that possibly unhappy sailors could reflect poorly on the Commander in Chief.)]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fake News]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[Military]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/15/hung-cao-tweet-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-n2205625<![CDATA[For those following the scandalous downfall of ex-Cambridge Prof. Jason Arday, reports of his death on Friday were likely met with a tinge of sorrow and a shred of disbelief. And, perhaps, a touch of admiration.]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Sellers]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Harvard University]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]>https://redstate.com/ben-sellers/2026/08/15/does-jason-arday-deserve-folk-hero-status-n2205626<![CDATA[Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) is under an immense amount of heat in the Lone Star State. And no, we're not talking about the daily 100-degree temps.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]><![CDATA[Greg Abbott]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/08/14/that-is-illegal-texas-governor-speaks-out-on-muslim-foot-washing-at-dfw-airport-n2205627<![CDATA[President Trump often talks big, like when he hinted that he wanted to take over Greenland or when he joked (?) that he might one day set his sights on Cuba.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:55:16 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/08/14/man-with-a-plan-trump-says-first-we-finish-off-iran-then-declare-strait-of-hormuz-us-territory-n2205628<![CDATA[According to an American Psychological Association's Stress in America 2025 survey, 54 percent of U.S. adults often feel isolated. Half of those adults feel left out or disconnected, and the other half state they lack companionship. Some of us are able to work out of those states, but for others, they spiral and begin to despair over life. That happened in July in Nashville, when a man decided life was no longer worth living. He attempted to jump off a bridge into a river, until a compassionate police officer was able to talk him off the ledge and offer him hope to carry on.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[DEA]]><![CDATA[Feel Good Friday]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]><![CDATA[Video]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/08/14/feel-good-friday-officer-talks-a-man-off-a-bridge-the-man-updates-on-his-finding-new-hope-n2205620<![CDATA[It's finally happened. An Obama-appointed judge has decided to uphold the law, rather than indulge her feelings about Donald Trump. Her cocktail circuit friends will surely be disappointed in her.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:00:53 -0400<![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]><![CDATA[Africa]]><![CDATA[Ilhan Omar]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/08/14/obama-judge-hits-reverse-gives-trump-the-green-light-on-deportations-n2205623<![CDATA[Well, this is rich.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:34:40 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Jen Psaki]]><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/14/former-biden-spox-attacks-karoline-leavitt-n2205622<![CDATA[You could consider this sort of a combo pack of the Trump administration's all-of-government effort to tamp down on waste, fraud, and abuse, and tightening the national security inside our federal agencies. In this case, it involves an independent agency that has a major role in the products the government is required to buy.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:11:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/08/14/federal-agency-ripping-off-us-taxpayers-by-selling-chinese-tech-mislabeled-as-made-in-usa-n2205618<![CDATA[Alaska politics are a little weird.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:07:23 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Alaska]]><![CDATA[Dan Sullivan]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/08/14/alaska-democrat-mary-peltola-gives-kamala-an-arctic-cold-shoulder-n2205621<![CDATA[One doesn't have to like socialists to admit that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political party has racked up some significant primary wins across the country in states like New York, Colorado, and in Washington, D.C., over the last several weeks.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:00:17 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/08/14/ny-democratic-socialist-lawmaker-n2205617<![CDATA[On the heels of Fort Hood naming the two pilots killed in an AH-64 Apache helicopter crash Wednesday comes word that the Army is temporarily grounding its entire fleet of Apaches.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:49:23 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/14/fort-hood-names-two-pilots-killed-in-apache-crash-n2205619<![CDATA[President Trump visited Garden City on New York's Long Island, Friday afternoon to talk about the marked drop in crime across America, with FBI data showing violent crime fell 9.3 percent from 2024 to 2025, including an 18.1 percent drop in murder, 18.5 percent drop in robbery, 7.6 percent drop in rape, and 7.2 percent drop in aggravated assault.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:10:08 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[New York]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/14/trump-remarks-in-garden-city-n2205615<![CDATA[Sometimes a piece of information comes along that you just know is something that can't possibly end well. And sometimes, these can be real head-scratchers. This is one such, an action that's so egregious that you have to wonder: Did nobody at all look at the national security aspect of all this?]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:48:41 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/08/14/alarm-trained-ccp-sniper-now-owns-building-overlooking-white-house-n2205614<![CDATA[In this episode of "Try to Control Your Shock and Amazement"...]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:20:55 -0400<![CDATA[Mike Miller]]><![CDATA[Connecticut]]><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]>https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2026/08/14/democrat-school-board-chair-black-and-brown-teachers-deserve-higher-pay-because-of-extra-burden-n2205610<![CDATA[Scott Bessent may be the best Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton. He is sharp, smart, quick-witted, and legacy media figures engage him in debate at their peril - and, generally, to their regret. Mr. Bessent has also been overseeing what he calls Operation Economic Fury, hitting Iran and the ruling mullahs in their bank accounts while Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is hitting them in the chops.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:35:02 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Scott Bessent]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/08/14/bessent-plans-new-economic-measures-never-seen-before-against-iran-n2205612<![CDATA[As more and more Democratic Socialist candidates win primaries, their anti-Israel rhetoric gets louder and more pronounced. American Jews have traditionally been a reliable voting bloc for Democrats. But as the party embraces new candidates who seem to have no love for Israel, Jewish leaders are becoming increasingly concerned.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:07:32 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Judaism]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/08/14/michigan-rabbis-fear-upcoming-democratic-state-convention-might-not-be-a-safe-space-for-jews-n2205607<![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani, thy name is Schadenfreude.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:58:13 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/08/14/mamdanis-free-buses-are-costing-new-york-millions-n2205609<![CDATA[It was in the early morning hours last Wednesday that Abdul El-Sayed learned that he was the projected winner of the Michigan Democrat Senate primary, becoming his party's nominee.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:25:31 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]><![CDATA[Mike Rogers]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/08/14/bad-news-for-abdul-el-sayed-n2205602<![CDATA[As many legal experts had been speculating would happen, Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges Friday morning in a Manhattan federal courthouse. Those charges were related to the cold-blooded assassination of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street back in December of 2024.]]>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:15:58 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[New York]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/14/luigi-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charges-n2205606