WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order reclassifying approximately 8,000 policy-influencing federal positions into a new category called Schedule Policy/Career, making it significantly easier for agencies to remove employees who perform poorly, engage in misconduct, or resist presidential directives. The order targeted the highest-ranking career positions outside of the Senior Executive Service, with Read More…
(The Center Square) – The United States has about 20 years to change course on its national debt before it reaches the estimated limits of its debt capacity, according to new research from the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Researchers estimate the outer limit of U.S. debt capacity at about 210% of gross domestic product. At Read More…
National Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their most ambitious list of targets in the Texas House in years, adding a dozen districts, on top of three previously announced seats, to their battleground docket for the fall midterms. Twelve of the Texas districts targeted by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, an arm of the national party that Read More…
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson used the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference Tuesday to highlight new Treasury Department data showing the Working Families Tax Cuts delivered the largest share of tax relief to lower and middle income earners, while simultaneously calling on Democrats to support a trio of Republican bills targeting waste, fraud, Read More…
Lawmakers on the House Committee on Homeland Security are pressing Google and Apple to remove mobile applications that allow users to track federal immigration officers, citing concerns that such apps endanger Department of Homeland Security personnel. In letters sent Friday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook, committee leaders highlighted ICEBlock, an Read More…
President Donald Trump has purchased at least $82 million worth of corporate and municipal bonds between late August and early October, according to newly released federal financial disclosures. The information, published Saturday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, details more than 175 financial transactions conducted by the president from August 28 through October 2. Read More…
President Donald J. Trump has directed the Department of Justice to investigate the nation’s largest meat packing companies for potential collusion, price fixing, and manipulation, with a focus on foreign-owned or heavily foreign-influenced firms. The probe targets the “Big Four” meat packers — JBS (Brazil), Cargill, Tyson Foods, and National Beef — which together control Read More…
(The Center Square) – States rely on federal dollars more than they have in modern history, according to a new report, with one of the report’s authors saying such dependency makes states easy victims to the whims of federal bureaucrats and turmoil. Co-author of the State Policy Network’s report as well as senior policy adviser Read More…
The federal government shutdown entered its sixth week this weekend, stretching into the longest in U.S. history and revealing the mounting toll of Washington’s political stalemate. With more than 1,000 flight cancellations nationwide for the second straight day and critical federal services strained, the crisis is now hitting ordinary Americans far harder than the politicians Read More…
(The Center Square) – Self-proclaimed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City after taking down the former Democrat New York governor for a second time on Tuesday. Democrats also won their respective races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia Tuesday. NEW YORK CITY MAYOR In one of the most Read More…
As Virginians head to the polls in the 2025 Attorney General election, the race between incumbent Republican Jason Miyares and Democratic challenger Jay Jones has tightened, drawing national attention and raising the stakes for conservatives across the state. For conservatives, the office of Attorney General is more than a political prize—it’s a frontline in the Read More…
(The Center Square) – Vice President JD Vance is calling for Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones to withdraw from Virginia’s Nov. 4 election after private text messages leaked in which Jones talked about shooting former House Speaker Todd Gilbert. The messages, first reported by National Review, include Jones writing in 2022 that Gilbert would Read More…
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Energy will be returning to American taxpayers $13 billion in “unobligated wasteful spending” that was originally intended for former President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. In response, Larry Behrens from Power the Future told The Center Square that “by returning $13 billion, the Department of Energy under President Read More…
(The Center Square) – Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder and executive director and close ally of President Donald Trump, was assassinated Wednesday at a Utah Valley University event. A manhunt for the shooter is ongoing. During an American Comeback Tour, sponsored by the Turning Point USA chapter at Utah Valley, Kirk, 31, was seen Read More…
(The Center Square) – The Biden administration spent more than $10 million over three years on a security detail and related expenses for former First Son Hunter Biden after denying similar protections to other high-profile political figures, documents obtained by the Center to Advance Security in America and shared exclusively with The Center Square show. The Read More…
U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is leading a bipartisan effort to increase transparency and accountability in the federal Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, introducing the CDFI Fund Transparency Act alongside Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.). The legislation would require the Secretary of the Treasury to testify annually before Read More…
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding, with a family advocate praising the move. Policy director for family advocacy group American Principles Project Paul Dupont told The Center Read More…
Republican candidates are increasingly turning to WinRed as their go-to fundraising platform, with new figures showing record-breaking growth across the 2024 election cycle. According to data released by the GOP-backed digital fundraising service, Republicans raised a total of $5.6 billion through WinRed over the past three election cycles, with contributions from 8.8 million individual donors. Read More…
(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump’s job approval rating in California is slightly higher than what it was at this time in his first term and from when he left office in January 2021, according to a poll from Civiqs. Trump’s job performance had a 68% disapproval rating and a 29% approval rating among California Read More…
Newly declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are reigniting fierce political debate over the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, with conservatives alleging they show top Obama administration officials helped fabricate the narrative of collusion to discredit then-candidate Donald Trump. The documents include a previously unreleased annex to the 2023 Durham report Read More…
As Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard continues to release declassified documents and public statements alleging that former President Obama and members of his administration played a central role in “manufacturing” the narrative of Russian collusion in an effort to undermine Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, the charges, countercharges, and flat-out denials — including Read More…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed Detroit automakers’ concerns about President Donald Trump’s new trade deal with Japan. Lutnick said he spoke to U.S. auto manufacturing CEOs and that “they are cool with it.” The agreement Trump announced would see Japan accept a tariff of 15% on cars it exports to the U.S., in addition to Read More…
Celebrities, politicians, conservative commentators, and more are paying tribute to legendary wrestling icon Hulk Hogan after news surfaced of his death on Thursday. He was 71. Advertisement Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, suffered a possible “cardiac arrest” at his home in Clearwater, Florida, TMZ Sports reported. The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) confirmed reports that he had Read More…
Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Truer words were never spoken. Democrats have always embraced the idea of more government creeping into every aspect of the lives of Americans. But the up-and-coming new generation of the Democrat Party Read More…
Terry Bollea, better known to wrestling fans as the legendary Hulk Hogan, died early Thursday morning. He was 71 years old. Hogan’s passing was first reported by TMZ Sports, which stated emergency personnel were dispatched to his home in Clearwater, Florida, over a reported “cardiac arrest.” Advertisement He rose to fame in the 1980s as Read More…
Let’s be real: We know that former President Barack Obama or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not be going to jail over their role in the RussiaGate Hoax. The same SCOTUS decision that upheld President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity on actions performed as the chief executive also applies to Obama, who was the Read More…
It’s as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning. A socialist or, in this case, an outright communist candidate for office starts spouting the various far-left schemes, like rent controls. When it’s (correctly) noted that those policies fail every time they’re tried, the candidate doubles down on stupid, normally claiming that “that wasn’t Read More…
Anyone who has played sports at a competitive level knows that streaks happen — both losing streaks and winning streaks. And anyone who has paid even a modicum of attention to the first six months of Donald Trump’s presidency knows that this president remains on a winning streak the likes of which no other president in U.S. Read More…
We’re pretty much off to the races for the 2026 midterms, and those elections are going to be crucial to keeping up the remarkable momentum we have seen since January 20th, 2025. A big part of that will involve the GOP hanging on to control in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Advertisement Which Read More…
There had been chatter for some time among North Carolina conservatives about primarying Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) in 2026. So his June announcement that he would not seek a third term – and President Trump’s approval of the decision – prompted excitement, with speculation running wild as to who might jump into the race to Read More…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit against podcaster Candace Owens on Wednesday because Owens has repeatedly claimed that Brigitte Macron is actually a man named “Jean-Michel Trogneux.” According to a 200-page complaint filed in a Delaware court, the Macrons object to Owens’s claim that Brigitte Macron “was born a Read More…
Former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was asked about his reaction to allegations from the current Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, regarding the Russia Collusion hoax. Advertisement As we reported, Gabbard referred the matter to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation, and they’ve now formed a Strike Force on the matter. Read More…
Greg Gutfeld reached his breaking point with liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov on Wednesday, launching into a heated commentary on the double standards surrounding the Russia collusion hoax. In doing so, he perfectly encapsulated broader Republican frustrations, with Democrats claiming that history is being “rewritten.” Advertisement Those cries have gone forth despite the fact that the Read More…
Kamala Harris’ former mentor and ex-boyfriend Willie Brown threw cold water on her chances to become California governor. Currently, the frontrunner is Steve Hilton, polling at 19 percent, followed by former congresswoman Katie Porter, polling at 18 percent. Advertisement A new statewide poll conducted by Stack Data Strategy shows gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx leading Read More…
Thursday, July 24, 2025 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. Advertisement TOP O’ THE MORNIN’ Red-Hot at RedState Karoline Leavitt’s Read More…
A declassified 2020 House Intelligence Committee report alleges that Russian intelligence claimed Hillary Clinton suffered from “psycho-emotional problems” and was on “heavy tranquilizers” during the 2016 presidential campaign. Advertisement The report, declassified and made public Wednesday by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, claims information on the former First Lady’s fragile emotional state was reportedly Read More…
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is expected to meet with the Department of Justice. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said this week he wanted to ask the former British socialite what she knew about potentially other people who sexually abused girls and young women. Blanche previously served as a Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles The Obama intelligence community’s claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized dirty tricks to try and help Donald Trump win the 2016 election was based on “one scant, unclear and unverifiable fragment of a sentence from one of the substandard [intelligence] reports,” according to a just-declassified report that had been Read More…
By Barry Poulson Politicians have basically given up on addressing our debt crisis. For decades, the national debt has grown at an unsustainable rate. Today, it stands at a mind-boggling $37 trillion. Advertisement Both political parties have thrown in the towel. But before we give up, we should understand how other countries have solved their Read More…
By L. Matthew Meyers So, I wrote an essay here at RedState not long ago, “Solidary Stops with The Jew.” Heart on the page. Blood. Fire. The whole thing. About Jews. Not theory, not metaphor. Jews. You remember us? People. Real. Suffering. Dead. Vanished. And guess what? Advertisement The fine readers at RedState naturally came Read More…
A trade agreement between the European Union and U.S. could be imminent. But until a framework is announced, nothing is guaranteed. The EU is still working on potential countermeasures it could impose in a no-deal scenario. US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Read More…
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the Federal Reserve on Thursday, the White House said. Trump has repeatedly criticized Powell for not cutting interest rates. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. President Donald Trump. Elizabeth Frantz | Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the Federal Reserve on Thursday, the Read More…
Money talks, and Columbia University finally admitted that on Wednesday, after a stunning settlement with the Trump administration was announced. As Redstate reported, the Ivy League school has been a hotbed of pro-Hamas activity, including antisemitic harassment and violence. In the Spring of 2024, just as the presidential campaign was ramping up, terror supporters took Read More…
Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced an investigation into several universities that have been accused of giving scholarships to non-citizens. Advertisement In a statement posted on X on Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s Education Secretary wrote that “Non-citizens should not be given special preference over American citizens for scholarships at American universities.” “@usedgov opened an investigation into five universities for allegedly blocking U.S. students from Read More…