https://redstate.com/kygater/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 19:16:02 -0400<![CDATA[One thing that has been so revealing in all the scandals surrounding the guy the Democrats have nominated as their candidate for the Senate in Maine, Graham Platner, is how all the "believe all women" party was suddenly dismissive of the allegations that he had been demeaning and abusive to women.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/11/media-hot-take-on-platner-n2203267<![CDATA[A “deranged” vandal apparently figured out a way to kill or discolor the grass on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to spell out the numbers “8647.”]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:10:39 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[James Comey]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/11/paging-james-comey-who-defaced-the-national-mall-with-giant-86-47-numbers-n2203268<![CDATA[Politicians love to say they will be the guy (or gal) who represents all the people. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the same thing throughout his 2025 campaign for the highest office in the Big Apple: that he would be mayor for all the people. But at least one New York City councilman is now saying, "not so much," when it comes to where in the city that Mamdani is focusing on various improvement projects.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/06/11/nyc-councilman-alleges-mamdani-only-improving-parts-of-the-city-that-voted-for-him-n2203257<![CDATA[The Cleveland Clinic has reached a settlement with the Trump administration over pediatric gender-transition treatments, becoming the second major hospital system to do so in less than a month. Under the agreement, the hospital will stop providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors, commit $2 million to detransition care, and pay $308,000 to resolve billing allegations&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:46:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/11/doj-forces-another-major-hospital-to-halt-youth-gender-treatments-n2203266<![CDATA[President Trump seems to be holding forth from the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon on a variety of his hot-button topics (the president has an abundance of those). One more clip shows the president taking on two Senate Republicans who have been confounding progress on the SAVE America Act: Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Lisa Murkowski. Independent journalist Nick Sortor caught the president's comments in an X post.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:20:57 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Lisa Murkowski]]><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/11/new-trump-goes-beast-mode-after-mcconnell-and-murkowski-block-save-america-act-n2203265<![CDATA[Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Justice Department (DOJ) held a joint press conference on Thursday about the administration's wins in the effort to get to the bottom of the thousands of unaccompanied minors who went missing during the Pres. Joe Biden era - and holding those responsibie to account.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]><![CDATA[Border Patrol]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/06/11/homeland-security-illegal-immigrant-kids-democrats-n2203264<![CDATA[Now, once again, the battle over the lunatic practice of allowing boys to compete on girls' sports teams has gone into the legal arena. This time, though, it's a bit different; a Washington family is suing their local school district, claiming that their daughter was sexually assaulted by a male wrestler during a girls' wrestling match.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:42:51 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]><![CDATA[Women's Sports]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/11/washington-family-sues-schools-after-daughter-assaulted-by-trans-wrestler-n2203261<![CDATA[While Washington debates spending cuts and California pleads for more federal money, a new report shows hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded welfare flowed into California households headed by illegal immigrant parents in 2025.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:22:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[HHS]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/11/california-took-81-percent-of-welfare-spending-tied-to-illegal-immigrant-households-n2203263<![CDATA[WASHINGTON —In an 11th-hour decision, President Trump abruptly canceled scheduled U.S. strikes on Iran Thursday evening, citing progress in high-level discussions with Tehran even in the midst of escalation.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:20:07 -0400<![CDATA[RC Maxwell]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/rc-maxwell/2026/06/11/trumps-pressure-campaign-against-iran-may-have-paid-off-n2203258<![CDATA[It might be a big day for the nations of the Middle East - or it might be another disappointment. Let's hope for the former. On Thursday, during an Oval Office signing event, President Trump announced what he described as a "great settlement" with Iran. Details were not forthcoming. It's not yet known to what extent Iran is down with the deal, or who's approving it.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:08:31 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/11/trump-great-settlement-reached-to-end-iran-crisis-n2203262<![CDATA[On Wednesday, we reported on some insane, racially inflammatory comments Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) made in the aftermath of the guilty verdict that was reached this week in the murder case of Karmelo Anthony, who admittedly stabbed fellow 17-year-old high school student Austin Metcalf to death in April 2025.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:48:50 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Jasmine Crockett]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/06/11/type-of-knife-karmelo-anthony-used-to-kill-austin-metcalf-n2203256<![CDATA[It’s a horrible story. In June, 2025, a 58-year-old psycho named Vance Boelter shot and killed former Speaker of the Minnesota House Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their Brooklyn Park home. He followed that savagery by going on to shoot and injure State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Their golden retriever was severely injured in the attack and had to be put down.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:43:47 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/11/minnesota-lawmaker-assassin-changes-plea-will-never-taste-freedom-again-n2203259<![CDATA[Well, that didn’t last long.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:33:19 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/11/trump-announces-his-official-dni-nominee-after-pulte-appointment-was-met-with-stiff-opposition-n2203255<![CDATA[It looks like a deal with Iran could at long last be happening.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:27:54 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/11/trump-calls-off-iran-strikes-n2203252<![CDATA[The House of Representatives enters another recess period Thursday (is it me, or do normal people get nowhere near the kind of off-time that they do?). Lawmakers, however, left without passing an extension to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), meaning the nation’s warrantless spy powers will expire Friday.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:47:50 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/11/house-rejects-short-term-fisa-extension-as-dems-rage-over-pulte-acting-dni-appointment-n2203251<![CDATA[If you ask, many Americans will tell you that one of the things they hate most about "the swamp," Washington, D.C., is the fact that once a congressman or senator gets elected, pulling them out of said swamp is next to impossible, and the result is geriatric lawmakers being wheeled around in wheelchairs. It's certainly not what the Founding Fathers intended. Now, one House member may have the answer to this dilemma.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:30:54 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/06/11/rep-chip-roy-may-have-the-answer-of-how-to-get-elderly-congressional-swamp-creatures-to-retire-n2203250<![CDATA[The White House fraud task force, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has cut off funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) effective immediately pending an investigation by HUD's inspector general, accusing the agency of "obvious fraud" and "wanton mismanagement."]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:10:19 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Van Laar]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/06/11/feds-take-first-step-in-dismantling-los-angeles-homeless-industrial-complex-n2203247<![CDATA[President Trump wants action on funding our military and passing the voter ID measure, the SAVE America Act, and he wants it now. He’s urging Senate Republicans to use reconciliation to bypass Democrat filibusters and approve a $350 billion bill (Recon 3.0) that would accomplish both goals.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:09:45 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Reconciliation]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]><![CDATA[Women's Sports]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/11/do-this-asap-trump-demands-senate-pass-350b-military-mega-bill-with-voter-id-immediately-n2203249<![CDATA[There are now breaking reports of an "air quality incident" in the Pentagon, resulting in a partial shutdown of that huge facility. We don't have a lot of details yet, but here's what we know as of this writing.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:55:47 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Department of War]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/11/new-hazardous-materials-incident-locks-down-pentagon-floors-n2203248<![CDATA[The fourth game of the NBA finals was one heck of a game.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:40:46 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Sports]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/11/jerry-seinfeld-shuts-down-pro-palestinian-influencer-with-just-three-words-n2203242