https://redstate.com/cump/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 15:11:24 -0400<![CDATA["On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution." These words were uttered repeatedly Wednesday by ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones as she appeared in front of the Committee on House Administration. The committee was holding a hearing called "Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability,” and Ms. Wallace-Jones was present only because she had been subpoenaed to appear to answer for her company's shady business practices.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:07:14 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/10/actblue-ceo-pleads-the-fifth-n2203223<![CDATA[It has been an occasional point of contention for some (namely me) in the news business when running up against the gold standard of professional language – The Associated Press Stylebook. For generations, this ever-expanding tome has been the guiding force in journalistic language, but recently it has been morphed into another tool for media narrative-building.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:25:28 -0400<![CDATA[Brad Slager]]><![CDATA[Associated Press]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]>https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/06/10/the-associated-press-argues-against-itself-in-court-claims-it-should-not-be-held-to-its-own-ap-stylebook-n2203222<![CDATA[The Los Angeles mayoral race just got a little more interesting.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:05:58 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/10/a-very-interesting-plaintiff-is-suing-the-city-of-la-over-wildfires-karen-bass-brother-n2203221<![CDATA[Amid all the talk of which prominent Democrat figures may throw their hats into the ring and run for president in 2028, the usual names get thrown into the mix: California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Former Vice President Kamala Harris. Former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:58:07 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[Ruben Gallego]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/06/10/ruben-gallegos-latest-move-in-response-to-swalwell-scandal-n2203218<![CDATA[President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday that more consequences were coming for Iran after he accused them of shooting down an American Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman on Monday. Both pilots were rescued by an autonomous sea drone, the first successful rescue of its kind, but the aggression has caused hostilities to heat up again between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:44 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/10/trump-on-iran-were-going-to-be-attacking-them-very-hard-reveals-us-snuck-22-tankers-through-strait-n2203217<![CDATA[The U.S. military announced the first successful mission of its kind: the rescue of two Americans whose Apache helicopter was shot down by an unmanned, artificial intelligence-powered surface vessel.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:13 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Greg Abbott]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/10/texas-built-ai-sea-drone-makes-history-first-combat-rescue-of-downed-us-pilots-n2203215<![CDATA[You gotta hand it to the Democrats.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/10/platner-remarks-when-asked-about-what-more-might-be-coming-n2203211<![CDATA[Consumer prices rose 4.2 percent from a year earlier in May, the highest annual reading since April 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index increased 0.5 percent during the month, matching what economists had forecast. One number explains most of it: Energy accounted for more than 60 percent of the overall increase.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:30:58 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Iran]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/10/the-inflation-story-the-media-will-miss-energy-drove-60-percent-of-mays-increase-n2203214<![CDATA[President Trump invited the men who renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the Oval Office, and every one of them walked out with a signed hat and a presidential challenge coin.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:05:49 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Sean Duffy]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[White House]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/10/while-critics-mocked-the-cleanup-trump-honored-the-workers-who-did-it-n2203210<![CDATA[It's only a matter of days now until we, the patriotic citizens of the United States of America, celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nationhood: The day in which we declared our independence from what was then 'Great' Britain, the most powerful empire in the world. That declaration and the revolution that followed were caused, in large part, by what were for the time onerous and unbearable taxes.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:04:41 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Illinois]]><![CDATA[Maryland]]><![CDATA[Mississippi]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/10/happy-america-250-these-states-celebrate-with-higher-gas-taxes-n2203212<![CDATA[America is going back to the Moon. China wants to get there first. On Tuesday, NASA put four names on the answer.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:50:37 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/10/america-has-its-artemis-iii-crew-the-race-back-to-the-moon-is-on-n2203207<![CDATA[San Francisco just voted down a union-backed tax hike, and it was not close. In the bluest major city in America, 54 percent of voters looked at the "Overpaid CEO Tax" and said no.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:40:14 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Jobs]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/10/even-san-francisco-isnt-buying-this-tax-the-rich-scheme-anymore-n2203206<![CDATA[Wednesday, June 10, 2026]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Morning Minute]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[White House]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/10/morning-minute-n2203201<![CDATA[Every nation has the right to decide who can and cannot gain entry, be it temporary or permanent. Some nations even have laws defining who may or may not enter. And now, at least since January of 2025, the United States has started enforcing its laws.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:10:18 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[World Cup]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/10/trump-admin-rejects-somali-referee-tied-to-suspected-terror-groups-n2203208<![CDATA[Americans lost more than $20 billion to cybercrime last year, filed more than a million complaints, and saw losses jump 26 percent in a single year. For years, the federal government let that number climb. Under President Trump, the FBI is finally doing something about it.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Cyberattack]]><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Russia]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/10/trump-backed-fbi-cyber-crackdown-scores-first-major-takedown-n2203203<![CDATA[Violence has broken out across Northern Ireland in response to the horrific, unprovoked knife attack in Belfast on Monday, June 8, 2026 by a Sudanese national against a local man. Stephen Ogilvie, the attacked individual, is presently fighting for his life in a Belfast hospital with stab wounds to his eyes, face, and back suffered when the as-yet unnamed assailant allegedly attempted to behead Ogilvie.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:37:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jerry Wilson]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[Riots]]>https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2026/06/09/rioting-taking-place-in-northern-ireland-in-protest-against-knife-attack-by-immigrant-n2203205<![CDATA[With 42 percent of precincts reporting, Decision Desk HQ has projected that Democrat Graham Platner has won the Maine primary for U.S. Senate. Platner handily bested his opponents, garnering 75 percent of the vote. Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her campaign for Senate when Platner began to surge ahead in polling and support, was still on the ballot and garnered 20 percent of the vote. The other Democrat candidate, David Costello, trailed in third place with 7 percent of the vote.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:30:37 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/09/graham-platner-takes-the-maine-democrat-primary-heads-to-the-general-n2203200<![CDATA[With 60 percent of precincts reporting, it appears the South Carolina Republican governor's primary will move into a runoff between Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, who as of this writing had 29 percent of the vote, and Attorney General Alan Wilson, with 26 percent of the vote. Neither candidate moved beyond the 50 percent threshold to win the race outright.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:15:22 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[Nancy Mace]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[South Carolina]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/09/pre-write-south-carolina-republicans-chooses-its-next-governor-n2203197<![CDATA[The tragic murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in 2025 — at the hands of another 17-year-old, Karmelo Anthony — during a high school track meet in Texas captured the nation's attention. It all just seemed so senseless: Two young lives were lost that day, and their loved ones' hearts were shattered.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:00:42 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/09/karmelo-anthony-learns-his-fate-as-jury-completes-sentencing-phase-n2203199<![CDATA[As we reported earlier Tuesday, Texas teen Karmelo Anthony was convicted by a jury of murder for the senseless 2025 stabbing of 17-year-old football player Austin Metcalf at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas (a Dallas suburb). Anthony was sitting in a rival school’s tent at a track meet, and when Metcalf, his twin brother, and others asked him to leave, Karmelo fatally stabbed young Austin with a knife he’d just happened to bring to the event.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:30:11 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/could-convicted-murderer-karmelo-anthony-get-off-easy-jury-contemplates-sudden-passion-defense-n2203198