https://redstate.com/streiff/feed/Stay updated with breaking conservative news and political insights on RedState. Get the latest articles from your favorite authors and trending topics.en-usSat, 10 Oct 2026 10:30:44 -0400<![CDATA[For years, hospitals and insurers buried the price of healthcare in fine print, or didn't publish it at all. President Donald Trump spent his first term trying to fix that, and his administration tightened federal disclosure rules again on October 5. By Wednesday, two organizations had rolled out a tool for employers to check whether they're actually using that information when spending workers' healthcare dollars.]]>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:24:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/10/10/trump-wants-healthcares-hidden-prices-exposed-now-follow-the-money-n2207962Joining us from Kentucky, U.S. House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA) kicks-off travel to 40 Congressional districts in 22 states roaring toward the Midterm elections; he outlines recent surges of Hispanic voters back to the GOP because “they don’t want Socialism the Democrats are offering—that’s why they escaped other countries to live in the United States.” CAROLINE GLICK, international affairs advisor to Israeli Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, reports from Jerusalem on Israel’s observances of the 3rd Anniversary of Hamas’ October 7th attacks; “this has touched every household in Israel and we’re still in our longest war as a nation.” WILLIAM “Willy” RICE, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, renews his call for pastors and Christians to become more engaged in the moral issues of the upcoming Midterm elections. Daily Signal White House correspondent ELIZABETH MITCHELL recaps the week in D.C. and previews possible agenda items for the “lame duck” session following the November 3rd elections. . And TONY PERKINS’ commentary warns of a new California law targeting conversations in the workplace—specifically about religion, gender, and ‘reproductive health’ (a/k/a abortion) as so-called “hate speech” in a new state law. All this—and more—coming up on our latest edition of THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL with Tony Perkins, on the Salem Radio Network and Salem News Channel…sponsored by AARP.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:09:04 -0400<![CDATA[RedState Video]]>https://redstate.com/videos/2026/10/10/faith-freedom-and-the-midterms-johnson-and-christian-leaders-sound-the-alarm-n2207969<![CDATA[If you thought WNBA star Sophie Cunningham could give a rip about what people thought before, wait until you see her latest comments. She is apparently done caring. The shackles are off.]]>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/10/10/suck-it-sophie-cunningham-just-told-the-blue-haired-wnba-mob-exactly-where-to-go-n2207968<![CDATA[Neighbors of the illegal alien shot by ICE agents this week in the Bronx are pushing back hard on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s description of the man as a “New Yorker.”]]>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/10/10/hes-trash-not-a-new-yorker-bronx-neighbors-demolish-mamdanis-sob-story-for-illegal-shot-by-ice-n2207966<![CDATA[An energized President Donald Trump held another campaign rally to drum up enthusiasm for the all-important November midterm elections, and he brought out a familiar face: former boxing heavyweight champion and Hangover star Mike Tyson.]]>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:00:23 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/10/i-dont-want-to-fight-him-donald-trump-brings-out-new-face-to-campaign-rally-mike-tyson-n2207965<![CDATA[Why does it always seems to be the Left that's the quickest to denounce political violence — and yet the quickest to advocate it in practice — and the quickest to try to carry it out?]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:59:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/09/feds-charge-tucson-man-over-white-house-bomb-threat-n2207961<![CDATA[Polling isn't always accurate, as we have learned with some clarity in the last few election cycles. But they can be interesting, especially if you take an aggregate of several recent polls; they are also useful in determining trends.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:48:26 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/09/cross-your-fingers-republicans-now-ahead-in-key-senate-races-n2207956<![CDATA[The facts hadn’t even come in before the Democratic Socialist New York City Mayor began trashing ICE Thursday and calling them “rotten to the core.”]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:42:11 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/09/paging-mamdani-nypd-releases-video-of-ice-suspect-fleeing-agents-says-he-smashed-two-with-car-n2207957<![CDATA[Now you know Jack.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:04:28 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/09/grassley-mocks-democrats-for-falling-all-over-themselves-to-defend-no-kings-jack-smith-n2207955<![CDATA[A woman takes a routine evening walk with her dog around her local lake and unexpectedly encounters a frightening situation. Thanks to her quick thinking and a restaurant staff of Mama Bears, she is kept safe from harm.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:00:06 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/09/feel-good-friday-restaurant-workers-protect-a-woman-from-harm-by-a-neighborhood-stalker-n2207951<![CDATA[It’s been the latest mystery du jour:&nbsp;Where in the world is Texas Senate James Talarico?]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:15:17 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/09/missing-persons-update-talarico-spox-claims-video-of-candidate-friday-at-music-fest-is-real-n2207954<![CDATA[With each passing year, as blue states like New York and California get more blue (and more corrupt), more and more you hear people say they are hopelessly lost and no longer worth fighting for.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:47:47 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/10/09/a-fighter-for-new-york-n2207950<![CDATA[Mike Ditka has passed at 86 years of age, according to a statement by his family.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:08:53 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/09/we-lost-a-legend-super-bowl-winning-coach-of-da-bears-mike-ditka-gone-at-86-n2207952<![CDATA[It has been 13 days without any sage-like declarations or tortured bromides from Democrat nominee for Texas U.S. Senate, James Talarico. He has been off the campaign trail since September 26, and made a video appearance on September 30, where he claimed he had the flu.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/09/hot-takes-talericos-flu-excuse-is-the-antithesis-of-texas-tough-n2207945<![CDATA[As RedState shared earlier, the White House has announced President Trump's pick for the new Press Secretary in place of Karoline Leavitt, and her name is Katie Zacharia.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:13:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/10/09/watch-stupendous-supercut-video-of-new-white-house-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-n2207948<![CDATA[New York City’s Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani came out within hours of Thursday's ICE shooting of a criminal illegal alien and called ICE “rotten to its core,” demanding that the agency be abolished. This was before details were released and while the shooting was still under investigation.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:04:19 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/09/mullin-reveals-how-trump-told-mamdani-to-pound-sand-over-absurd-ice-demands-following-nyc-shooting-n2207949<![CDATA[On Friday, federal U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken temporarily blocked the deportation of an illegal alien who was involved in a shooting on Thursday as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempted to carry out an operation in New York City.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:44:54 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/10/09/federal-judge-puts-the-brakes-on-deportation-of-illegal-immigrant-involved-in-nyc-ice-shooting-n2207944<![CDATA[One of the reasons the federal government had to step in and do something about the open air drug market and animal abuse haven known as Los Angeles' Skid Row is because state and local officials refused to do anything about the problem. In September, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli of the Central District of California explained to Katie Pavlich, "Katie, I will tell you that local law enforcement does want to fix this. They do want to address it. It's the politicians who have basically deemed the homeless sort of hands-off. There are all these activist groups, and you can see now all these fraudsters who benefit off the homeless crisis. So they don't want the police doing anything to interfere with the homeless that are out on the streets."]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:18:01 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Van Laar]]>https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/10/09/la-city-councilwoman-representing-skid-row-speaks-up-after-federal-drug-raid-and-its-no-shock-n2207938<![CDATA[President Donald Trump announced Friday that Russia has agreed to supply additional diesel fuel to American and global markets, while the Treasury Department moved to temporarily authorize the transactions needed to get that fuel flowing.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/10/09/breaking-n2207943<![CDATA[It looks like Katie Zacharia, a former spokesperson at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who's currently involved in California politics, is headed back to Washington, D.C. – and she'll be taking on one of the most visible and demanding roles in the world of presidential politics.]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:55:43 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/10/09/trump-names-new-white-house-press-secretary-n2207941