(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs slammed a Democrat governor who sent out a mass email falsely claiming that veterans could be denied care based on how they voted even after the initial report had been changed and both the VA and the White House said it was false. Illinois Gov. Read More…
A Rasmussen poll conducted June 8-12, 2025, found that 53% of voters approve of former President Donald Trump’s job performance, reflecting robust support across racial groups. Notably, 54% of Black voters, 53% of Hispanic voters, and 53% of White voters expressed approval, a rare instance where a Republican president’s support among Black voters slightly exceeds Read More…
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on nuclear energy Friday that Trump said would make the U.S. the “real power” in the industry. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the orders marked “a huge day for the nuclear industry,” enabling America to pursue nuclear innovation in ways it hasn’t Read More…
(The Center Square) – As China continues to expand its military presence worldwide, a bipartisan group of senators is introducing legislation to counter potential risks. Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Chris Coons, D-Del., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., introduced the Combating PRC (People’s Republic of China) Overseas and Unlawful Networked Threats through Enhanced Resilience Act. The senators Read More…
We’ve seen a lot of wild chaos from anti-ICE protests. But what happened outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Tuesday was a straight-up brawl. Advertisement Federal agents were trying to escort a person they were detaining out of the building. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a swarm of anti-ICE activists was trying to Read More…
As we reported, the DOJ announced on Monday that the Fourth of July shooting of a police officer was actually part of a larger plot intended to kill multiple ICE agents. Eleven people face serious federal charges—including attempted murder of a federal officer—and are looking at potentially long prison sentences if convicted, Acting U.S. Attorney Read More…
A flash flood threat has been issued in Ruidoso, New Mexico, as the area continues to experience heavy rainfall on Tuesday, resulting in flooding in the area that was burned out by the 2024 South Fork fire, with residents told to seek higher ground. Advertisement In a post on X, ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Read More…
For years, the general consensus on the right has been that Sonia Sotomayor is the most vapid Justice on the Supreme Court, and certainly, there’s been plenty of evidence to that effect. Who could forget that time she compared mutilating children under the guise of “gender-affirming care” to taking an aspirin? Advertisement SEE: Supreme Court Read More…
If you’re like many conservatives, you grew frustrated over the last few years as House Republicans kept investigating corrupt activities by the members of the Obama and Biden administrations—and Ole Joe himself—yet nothing would ever happen except for “strongly-worded” letters being sent out. Advertisement As Barack Obama once said, “elections have consequences,” and since Republicans Read More…
President Donald Trump cracked up his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday when he shared how he ended up nabbing what he called a “gorgeous grandfather clock” from Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s office after he decided he had to have it. Advertisement Speaking to members of the press during a Cabinet meeting that lasted almost two Read More…
I don’t really remember “vacations” when I was a kid. When I was just a little tad, my folks took us to northern Minnesota on week-long fishing trips a couple of times. I enjoyed those because I loved fishing, because my Grandpa always came along, and I thought I had the best Grandpa ever. But Read More…
Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below the main deck of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken are so pleased I let them help put together the latest episode of my Cephas Hour podcast that they have commissioned a special artwork to commemorate the occasion … Advertisement I’m Read More…
Ahhh, the good old days. Remember the movie Cool Hand Luke? The inmates didn’t have much to entertain them. Cards and the occasional pretty girl washing a car, and, of course, Luke eating too many eggs. Life in prison looked terrible. No wonder Luke shook the bush. Advertisement Then we had the real-life version Read More…
One of the major hallmarks of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” is significant funding for ICE to be able to carry out President Donald Trump’s agenda of mass deportations of illegal aliens. Advertisement But even with that bill now passed, we reported on Charlie Kirk’s remarks about what he described as the massive push behind Read More…
Back in mid-June, we reported on allegations made by Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) involving an alleged pro-Hamas agitator whom he claimed tried to run him off the road in Ohio while making antisemitic threats against him and his family. Advertisement Miller, who is Jewish, said in a video tweet that “As I was driving to Read More…
They may be formally finished with the 2024 term, but the Supreme Court isn’t done issuing rulings when it comes to their Emergency Docket and the numerous cases lodged against the Trump administration and various executive actions taken. Advertisement One of the administration’s more consequential moves was Executive Order 14210: “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Read More…
In American politics, the top two parties working against each other is a tale as old as time. Democrats historically want to grow government, while Republicans work to get government out of the way. President Trump and his administration are working tirelessly to close our border and begin a process of mass deportations—a part of Read More…
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with large-scale reductions in staff at many federal government agencies while opponents continue to seek to block those efforts in lower-court proceedings. The Supreme Court’s decision is not the latest word on the legality of the cutbacks. The high court is likely to consider that issue Read More…
President Donald Trump didn’t make a campaign promise to make air travel great again, but that’s exactly what he’s done with the upcoming announcement that TSA will no longer require passengers to take off their shoes. Advertisement The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration will hold a press conference on Tuesday, making Read More…
The American national park system is a source of great pride for our nation. We enjoy having a vast enough landscape to set aside large tracts of it for the citizenry to enjoy it as it was, relatively wild and untrammeled. And, of course, these lands and the facilities that enable people to travel to Read More…
It’s a moment he’s spoken of before, but on Tuesday President Trump told his Cabinet and reporters in attendance about the moment he knew his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during his first term, former Gen. Mark Milley, was a blithering idiot. Advertisement It happened as the administration was reducing our presence in Read More…
Considering the astronomical rise in violence against ICE agents in 2025 – DHS estimates it at a 700 percent increase – federal law enforcement agencies are stepping up their efforts to find the people who are making threats in hopes of avoiding violent scenarios like the ones we’ve recently seen play out. Advertisement As RedState Read More…
We reported earlier on the comments made by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding the Epstein files. 🚨 BREAKING: President Trump GOES OFF on reporter for asking about Jeffrey Epstein, Pam Bondi says the child p*rn Epstein files can NOT be released, ever. TRUMP: “Are you still talking about – Jeffrey EPSTEIN? Read More…
ABC News has been blasted for the shocking label it initially gave to Hamas hostages when it wrote that they were “detainees,” with people calling on the outlet to apologize for the disgusting comment. Advertisement In a report on Tuesday from ABC News titled “Where things stand as Trump presses Netanyahu for Gaza ceasefire: ANALYSIS.” Read More…
The convicted murderer of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley may now end up escaping justice. Illegal alien Jose Ibarra is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for Miss Riley’s murder, but now the sentencing judge, Patrick Haggard, has signed off on an order that Ibarra undergo a mental evaluation to determine Read More…
President Donald Trump said he was “not happy” with Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war on Ukraine. Trump accused the Russian leader of throwing ‘bulls—‘ at the United States in response to efforts to end that conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July Read More…
How do you go from 100% to dead? That is the tragic enigma which changed Jim Foote’s life. In 2004, Foote’s 15-year-old son, Trey, was diagnosed with bone cancer. After chemotherapy and surgery, doctors told him, “We never say it’s [cancer] 100% dead. It’s 100% dead. You’re good.” Three months later the cancer returned. In Read More…
President Donald Trump said he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports, and suggested more steep sector-specific duties are on the way. “Today, we’re doing copper,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. “I believe the tariff on copper, we’re going to make it 50%.” Trump also said he would soon announce tariffs “at a Read More…
White House economist Stephen Miran said President Donald Trump’s tariffs could raise prices, but suggested that was highly unlikely. “Rare events happen. We get pandemics or, or meteors or whatever,” the Council of Economic Advisers chair told CNBC. Many economists say they expect to see prices increase in the coming months. A top White House economic Read More…
Former U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to rejoin Goldman Sachs as a senior adviser. Sunak is still a member of parliament in the U.K. despite stepping down as Conservative Party leader following its 2024 election loss. Sunak’s pay from Goldman Sachs is set to be donated to his charity, The Richmond Project. Rishi Read More…
The IRS in a new federal court filing says that churches can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status. The move upends a 70-year interpretation of the U.S. tax code, whose Johnson Amendment has barred non-profit groups, including churches, from endorsing political candidates without putting their tax-exempt status in jeopardy. A Read More…
The U.K. is pulling out the stops for Emmanuel Macron’s state visit, during which the French president and his wife will enjoy a carriage procession to Windsor Castle, as well as a state banquet. Macron will address lawmakers in London on Tuesday and hold talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his visit. The Read More…
The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed. U.S. President Donald Trump walks after disembarking Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 6, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The United States will impose 25% Read More…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration will make “several” trade announcements in the next 48 hours. Foreign trade officials are trying to make deals before July 9, when high U.S. tariff rates are set to snap back into effect, Bessent said. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that tariff “Letters, and/or Deals,” Read More…
Musk said in a post on X Saturday that he had set up the “American Party.” Disagreement over Trump’s spending bill had led to a dramatic falling out between Trump and Musk. “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump Read More…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump will send letters to some trading partners saying tariffs will boomerang back to April 2 levels on Aug. 1 if there is no progress. Bessent rejected that Aug. 1 is a new trading deadline, but it could still give countries more time to negotiate. Bessent also said Read More…
Rep. Mark Green, R- Tenn., announced his official resignation from Congress after voting for President Donald Trump’s megabill. He said he was starting a new business, but did not disclose specifics. His resignation could further shrink Republicans’ majority in the U.S. House, at least temporarily. House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) speaks alongside Read More…
Elon Musk wrote on X, which he owns, that he’s launching a new U.S. political party, after suggesting he might form one for days. Musk says the party, which he calls the “America Party,” would focus “on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts.” Musk is the world’s richest man, Read More…
The U.S. and European Union have not yet struck a trade deal. There are just a few days left before the end of a 90-day reprieve on reciprocal tariffs imposed by the U.S. Retaliatory measures from the EU, which have also been paused for now, could then quickly follow. U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Read More…
“Liberty is the great parent of science and virtue,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in a 1789 letter to the President of Harvard. “A nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free.” Jefferson taught our nation to treasure freedom. Some historians call him the President who most loved liberty—and it is no Read More…
Officers can well identify the potential trouble ahead when they see neon-colored, candy-flavored disposable nicotine vapes. They also can – and should – help authorities track them to the distributors and international smugglers who poison our children and fund their drug and arms businesses. I have spent more than four decades walking evidence lines, logging Read More…
President Donald Trump said he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. The call comes two days after the U.S. said it would halt some U.S. missile and ammunitions shipments to Ukraine, which continues to fight off invading Russian forces. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Washington and Kyiv Read More…
The vote to begin final debate marks a win for Republican leadership seeking to deliver on Trump’s second term policy agenda. The megabill suffered a major setback earlier. House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day trying to unify his conference. Republican leadership is trying to pass the bill ahead of Trump’s self-imposed July 4 deadline. Read More…
House Republican leadership does not appear to have enough votes to advance President Donald Trump’s megabill in the House. It is unclear whether Speaker Mike Johnson can pressure enough of his party’s holdouts to drop their opposition, and get the massive package over the finish line. Any changes to the House version of the bill Read More…