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IJR's conservative desk: a reported longread, in a confident conservative voice, on every major story Fox News and Breitbart are covering — sourced facts, conservative framing, the other side stated fairly, nothing invented.

Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min read

Newsom yields 2028 field to Harris as finance probe expandsFly-fishing in Montana, the California governor rules out a primary fight with Harris over overlapping bases while federal subpoenas reach deeper into his travel foundation and aides.Sep 15, 2026 · 4 min read

McConnell returns to cast votes for narrow Republican majorityThe Kentucky senator arrived by wheelchair Sept. 14 for his first floor vote since a June fall, restoring a needed presence for judicial nominees and a stalled farm bill under the GOP’s slim Senate edge.Sep 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Trump upholds constitutional limits on the Clancy pardon pleaPresident Trump declined a state murder pardon request, citing federalism and the Constitution as Massachusetts courts face a mistrial, three dead children, and a Sept. 29 hearing.Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min read

Trump lifts Irish whiskey tariff on fairness groundsAt Doonbeg, the president ended the U.S. duty on Irish whiskey alone, matching the zero-tariff break already given Scotch and Northern Irish spirits after months of direct appeals.Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min read

Trump pins Saudi pipeline attack on Iran as oil routes narrowAfter drones shut a Saudi bypass line and a projectile hit a Hormuz vessel, President Trump said Iran was probably responsible, as Houthi gains and a Saudi plea for help pressed global energy supply.Sep 14, 2026 · 4 min read

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