https://redstate.com/thecoondawg/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 10:10:25 -0400<![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<![CDATA[It's Tuesday — you know what that means (at least...in the spring and summer of even-numbered years): another evening of election results.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:50:08 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Nevada]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[South Carolina]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/09/live-election-results-maine-nevada-north-dakota-south-carolina-n2203193<![CDATA[As we reported earlier, President Donald Trump confirmed that the U.S. Army Apache helicopter that went down over the Strait of Hormuz had been shot down. The two-person crew was rescued, and Trump promised a response.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:11:43 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/09/breaking-us-hitting-iran-with-self-defense-strikes-n2203196<![CDATA[In a late afternoon Tuesday session, the House of Representatives passed the Secure America Act, the $70 billion reconciliation package, which funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) on a party-line vote of 214-212.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:50:14 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Border Patrol]]><![CDATA[Border Security]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Reconciliation]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/09/house-finally-hands-trump-a-big-immigration-win-with-reconciliation-20-n2203194<![CDATA[Democratic Senate candidate and former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D), under pressure from activist groups, fast-tracked the early release of thousands of criminals from prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Roy Cooper]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/06/09/exclusive-meet-the-child-rapists-on-roy-coopers-early-release-list-including-a-honduran-illegal-n2203191<![CDATA[A jury has convicted Texas teen Karmelo Anthony on murder charges for the 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old football player Austin Metcalf at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas (a Dallas suburb).]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:42:08 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/karmelo-anthony-verdict-n2203192<![CDATA[We reported earlier Tuesday on the moving testimony from Dr. Alveda King — MLK Jr.’s niece — at a House Judiciary Committee hearing regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit civil‑rights organization that allegedly has been secretly funding… wait for it… racist causes and groups.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:54:48 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/sweatin-and-squirming-splc-boss-wilts-under-jim-jordans-rapidfire-judiciary-grilling-n2203190<![CDATA[As we reported earlier, a U.S. Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:20:09 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Oman]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/09/trump-response-on-helicopter-shoot-down-n2203187<![CDATA[The epic scale of the social services fraud in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota has been under the microscope for months, and now the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, who was appointed by President Trump to head up the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in March, is formally referring Gov. Jazz Hands and the Gopher State’s leftist attorney general, Keith Ellison, to the Department of Justice for a criminal fraud investigation.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:43:12 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[House Oversight Committee]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Keith Ellison]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]><![CDATA[Tim Walz]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/not-above-the-law-vance-refers-minnesotas-walz-and-ellison-to-doj-for-criminal-fraud-investigation-n2203188