https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 21 Apr 2026 23:28:16 -0400<![CDATA[One of the regime's more influential propagandists has been quietly operating from the safety of suburban Southern California — all while reportedly collecting a fat monthly paycheck from Tehran.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Chris Murphy]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/21/iranian-regimes-top-propagandist-exposed-operating-from-california-while-pushing-anti-american-memes-n2201550<![CDATA[Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just did what the Biden Pentagon never had the courage to do: he ended the military's flu vaccine mandate and returned the decision to the troops. No task force. No drawn-out review. No permission from the usual gatekeepers in Washington. Just a decision, made and announced.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:05:59 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]><![CDATA[Vaccines]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]><![CDATA[Department of War]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/21/pentagon-finally-drops-flu-mandate-ends-years-of-forced-shots-for-troops-n2201548<![CDATA[You might think that Iran would be happy after President Donald Trump announced that he would be continuing the ceasefire until their proposal is submitted and discussions are concluded.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:55:46 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Scott Bessent]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/21/bessent-delivers-another-powerful-blow-to-iran-n2201547<![CDATA[Virginia voters went to the polls Tuesday to vote on a referendum that would empower the Democrat-controlled state legislature to redraw the commonwealth's congressional map. Those voting "no" did not want state lawmakers having that power, while those voting "yes" did.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:47:17 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/21/breaking-the-results-are-in-heres-how-virginia-voted-on-democrat-led-gerrymandering-n2201542<![CDATA[Big news out of Florida on Tuesday as the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals just handed a significant win to both the state and the federal government regarding the immigrant detention center best known as "Alligator Alcatraz."&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:25:50 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/21/11th-circuit-torpedoes-injunction-against-alligator-alcatraz-n2201546<![CDATA[Another Tuesday, another election day — this one, to see if Virginia voters will empower the Democrat-controlled state legislature to redraw the commonwealth's congressional map.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:00:02 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Abigail Spanberger]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/21/live-election-results-virginia-redistricting-referendum-n2201511<![CDATA[On Tuesday, another news item dropped that will have conservatives (and probably a fair number of moderates) chuckling for the rest of the day. The Southern Poverty Law Center, or SPLC, is fond of screaming about racists and white supremacists; they are vocally part of the school of thought on the left that a white supremacist is lurking around every corner, when in reality, they are pretty thin on the ground.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:52:01 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/they-call-us-extreme-look-who-just-got-indicted-for-funding-hate-groups-n2201545<![CDATA[An O'Keefe Media undercover investigation has unmasked a chief of chemical nuclear surety for the U.S. government spilling sensitive information and military tactics to a complete stranger. The undercover reporter the chief was speaking with filmed the entire exchange. The 14-minute video is embedded below.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:20:18 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/21/nuclear-chief-drops-sensitive-information-on-camera-in-okeefe-media-sting-operation-now-placed-on-leave-n2201541<![CDATA[Another day, another Chinese national in the United States, busted for doing something he shouldn't have been doing. This time it was a Chinese national, photographing aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:04:39 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/fbi-nabs-chinese-man-at-jfk-trying-to-flee-after-illegally-shooting-photos-of-aircraft-at-offutt-afb-n2201544<![CDATA[Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome “Too Late” Powell, Kevin Warsh, faced the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday for confirmation hearings, where several Democrats predictably trashed him and tried to get him to turn on the president.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:42:08 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Bernie Moreno]]><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[Jerome Powell]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Thom Tillis]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/21/trumps-fed-chair-pick-has-fun-at-elizabeth-warrens-expense-at-confirmation-hearing-n2201543<![CDATA[In all the attention paid (rightly) to the brave men and women in our armed forces, as well as those of our ally Israel, in taking Iran's military capacity and leadership down, it's easy to lose sight of the other efforts. But the State and Treasury Departments are doing their part, as well. On Tuesday, we learned of another round of sanctions placed on people and entities providing material aid to Iran, specifically, to their missile and drone programs.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:37 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/trump-admin-cracks-down-hard-new-sanctions-target-irans-uav-and-ballistic-missile-networks-n2201540<![CDATA[With hours remaining before the ceasefire with Iran expires, President Trump abruptly changed his position of being unwilling to extend the ceasefire expressed earlier Tuesday to announcing an extension of that agreement.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:17:00 -0400<![CDATA[streiff]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Pakistan]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/21/breaking-president-trump-announces-the-cease-fire-remains-despite-iranian-refusal-to-attend-n2201539<![CDATA[The violent anti-ICE father who attacked Turning Point USA reporter Savannah Hernandez earlier this April at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minneapolis wants you to feel sorry for him. He thinks you should consider it okay to rough up women because, according to him, he and his family are not actually violent.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:23:16 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/21/boo-hoo-unhinged-anti-ice-thug-who-attacked-female-tpusa-reporter-now-wants-you-to-feel-sorry-for-him-n2201537<![CDATA[The Marines have now verified what was on that Iranian tanker that the Navy intercepted and the Marines boarded, and it's not good news. My colleague Nick Arama reported on the suspicions around the cargo on Monday; President Trump has now, in an interview on Tuesday, confirmed those suspicions.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:05:30 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/new-inside-the-seized-iranian-tanker-what-the-us-just-captured-n2201536<![CDATA[Today is election day in Virginia on the redistricting question, though early voting has been going on for several weeks.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:55:31 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Tim Kaine]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/21/even-cnn-sees-the-issues-in-the-va-redistricting-scheme-n2201528<![CDATA[With the current ceasefire agreement coming to an end in the next few hours, neither the U.S. nor the Iranian negotiating teams have departed for Islamabad. As we reported on Sunday, even though the U.S. had responded affirmatively to a second round of negotiations, the odds of the Iranians being there seemed fairly small; see US Negotiators Head Back to Islamabad, but the Iranians May Not Be There – RedState.&nbsp;The public position of the Iranian side was that, "Iran will not send a negotiating team to Islamabad while the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports continues and no negotiations will take place." President Trump, acting through U.S. Central Command, made it abundantly clear that the blockade was not up for negotiations; see VIDEO: USS Spruance Lights Up Iranian Blockade Runner in a Formidable Demonstration of FAFO – RedState and US Seizes Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil in Bay of Bengal, Turns Back Dozens of Ships in Strait of Hormuz – RedState. For its part, Iran claims that the original ceasefire allowed free passage of ships to and from Iranian ports and that the U.S. blockade violates that agreement; "According to state media, the ministry called the Sunday night seizure of the Touska commercial vessel an 'illegal and brutal act' that 'constitutes piracy and a terrorist action.' It said the seizure near Iran’s coast in the Sea of Oman was 'another clear breach' of the two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire, which expires Wednesday.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[streiff]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Pakistan]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/21/jd-vance-abruptly-called-to-the-white-house-and-the-ceasefire-ends-in-hours-but-no-one-is-negotiating-n2201535<![CDATA[The price of gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as things like home heating oil, is still elevated due to the on-again, off-again attempts by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. That doesn't affect American supplies, but due to the global nature of the petroleum market, it's still keeping prices elevated.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:15:41 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/iran-war-drives-4-gas-us-still-now-paying-far-less-than-most-countries-n2201534<![CDATA[Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) has tendered her resignation effective Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. ET.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:50:48 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/21/another-one-gone-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-resigns-rather-than-face-expulsion-vote-n2201530<![CDATA[Virginia is in the crosshairs today, and not just because of its highly-charged redistricting push engineered to eliminate Republicans from congressional seats. On Tuesday, a 19-year-old illegal alien (per Department of Homeland Security records) was sentenced for nine counts of repeatedly targeting and groping much younger high school girls at Fairfax High School. Despite his illegal status and the amount of evidence against him, he received what can only be considered a slap on the wrist.]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:40:48 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/21/thanks-to-vas-sanctuary-laws-another-illegal-gets-a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-groping-high-school-girls-n2201525<![CDATA[As noted in today's Morning Minute, it's a busy day on Capitol Hill, with multiple hearings underway, not least of which was Tuesday morning's Senate Judiciary hearing titled "Arctic Frost: Conspiracy and Coordination Against President Trump and the American Right."]]>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:40:39 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Josh Hawley]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Arctic Frost]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/21/hawley-n2201527