Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day.
TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
Dems Called Out by VA Supreme Court Justices Over Brazen Gerrymander Power Grab
Ironically, Monday was the 100th day in office for Gov. Spanberger, who has quite deservedly taken a lot of heat for running as an anti-gerrymandering candidate, but is now "governing" as a power-mad tyrant who can't get enough of Democrat-led "redistricting."
Priceless: Lee Zeldin Drops the Receipts on Rosa DeLauro in Fiery Budget Hearing Exchange
Haven't we just been talking about how the Democrats need to tone down their dangerous rhetoric, and here she's saying that? Not a good look for a member of Congress. She owes him an apology.
Trump Floats Renaming Agency the Left Hates — and It Might Send Them to the Loony Bin
The Left is anything but nice, and they’ve been trying to provoke bloodshed, and as we’ve seen repeatedly, they’re getting exactly what they wished for. While changing the name of their hated agency would be a nice “in-your-face” move, it wouldn’t solve their desire to destroy America.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Bearing Arms — Arkansas Lawmakers Haven’t Forgotten ATF Raid That Led to Death of Airport Executive
It still makes no sense to me why the ATF decided to serve the search warrant by conducting an early morning raid on Malinowski's home instead of sending a team to serve the warrant on Malinowski at his workplace, or even stopping him on his way to work. The lack of body cameras by ATF field agents is also troubling.
Luke's story seems to indicate that the violation that might stick is the breaking of the federal records law. I'm not sure why conspiring to just hand over $90 million in forgivable loans to an ineligible organization wouldn't be, but I am no lawyer.
Did you happen to read in the past few days about the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is alleged to have paid leaders of racist organizations to be more racist to create a desired narrative and generate more donations?
Townhall — Friendly Fire? Who Shot the Secret Service Officer During the WHCA Dinner?
Did Cole Allen, the shooter and possible Trump assassin, get off some rounds? Was this a friendly fire incident? The truth is, we don’t know yet. What we do know is that while Trump and his staff are praising the Secret Service, Allen should never have been able to get that far inside the Washington Hilton.
Twitchy — Purple and Painful: Lee Zeldin DEMOLISHES Rosa DeLauro On SCOTUS Law and the Clean Air Act
We noted above that Democrats are not sending their best to Congress, but here is the truly scary thought:
What if they are?
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Tuesday will be a flurry of activity on the Hill. There are multiple hearings/meetings set, including:
- House Science, Space, and Technology, Environment Subcommittee — A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- House Financial Services — Prioritizing Main Street: Evaluating the Impact of Capital Proposals on Economic Growth and American Communities
- House Judiciary, Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee — “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law”
- House Ways and Means — Full Committee Hearing with Health System CEOs
- Senate Appropriations, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee — Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Education.
- House Education and Workforce, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee — "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students"
- House Oversight and Government Reform, Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee — “Privacy Protections & the Second Amendment: Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment”
They were, in theory, setting up to vote on the extension of FISA today, but now it's not so certain that's going to happen.
From colleague Dan Scully. The House Rules Committee has postponed its meeting this morning to try to get something passed on FISA. Postponement could jeopardize an extension of FISA, which runs out on Friday morning.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) April 28, 2026
Then, too, King Charles is set to address a joint session of Congress at 3:00 PM Eastern. (Do you suppose King George ever envisioned one of his successors addressing the upstarts in such fashion 250 years down the road?)
White House What's Up
President Trump's Tuesday schedule is packed:
- 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House
- 10:35 AM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Greeting with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla — South Portico
- 11:10 AM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Guestbook Signing and Official Gift Exchange with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla — Blue Room
- 11:20 AM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Receiving Line with Official Delegations — Cross Hall
- 11:40 AM — THE PRESIDENT and His Majesty The King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland participate in a Bilateral Meeting — Oval Office
- 7:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Greeting with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla — South Portico
- 7:05 PM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Tour and Document Viewing with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla — The White House Residence
- 7:20 PM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Receiving Line — Blue Room
- 8:05 PM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Dinner with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla — East Room
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Sec. Housing & Urban Development - Scott Turner — Turner recently penned an OpEd highlighting "How HUD is restoring fairness to housing."
The Biden administration weaponized the Fair Housing Act to enforce a left-wing ideological agenda while real cases of unlawful discrimination were ignored.
— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) April 27, 2026
Under @POTUS, HUD has returned fair housing to its Constitutional roots — equal rights, not extra rights, under the law. pic.twitter.com/Vj40RJDJp4
Full Court Press...
This court ruling on Monday caught my eye — for once, a judge not twisting herself in pretzel knots to stymy the administration's agenda.
- ✅ In Doe v. DHS (CBP One App/parole termination), Judge Allison Burroughs DENIES plaintiffs' emergency motion for administrative stay. "The Court’s order vacated procedurally flawed agency action; it did not grant Plaintiffs a substantive entitlement to parole."
Oral argument continues Tuesday at the Supreme Court:
- Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe I —
- Whether the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, allows a judicially-implied private right of action for aiding and abetting.
- Whether, if ATS aiding-and-abetting claims are cognizable, mere knowledge rather than purpose suffices to show the requisite mens rea.
- Whether the Torture Victim Protection Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 note, allows a judicially implied private right of action for aiding and abetting.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Oral argument in the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) cases will be held before SCOTUS on Wednesday.
President Trump will deliver remarks at The Villages, Florida, on Friday.
MORNING MUSING
Did you hear the one about the grieving widow? Hoo — that was a real thigh-slapper that one! (If I had sarcasm font, I'd employ it here, in case that's not clear.)
Jimmy Kimmel hasn't been funny in years — if he ever was. (I'm honestly not sure — he never has been my cup of tea.) But that's rather beside the point. His ill-timed crack about First Lady Melania Trump having a "glow like an expectant widow" just two days ahead of yet another assassination attempt on her husband (this one, with her seated right next to him) has been roundly condemned — as well it should be.
But in all of the focus on his disgusting comment in the context of Donald and Melania Trump, there's an even more grievous aspect to what he said that didn't fully dawn on me until a friend and morning show listener — one who recently lost her husband, in fact — observed: "Widows do not glow. 😢"
I'm just going to let that speak for itself.
LIGHTER FARE
King of the Cow!!
They found a new playground..🐑🐂🐑😅 pic.twitter.com/LG1Cm874v0
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) April 27, 2026
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