Daniel Halper

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From left, Britain's Queen Camilla, King Charles, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for a State Banquet at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Sept. 17, 2025.

Trump announces state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla

Mabinty Quarshie · March 31, 2026 10:26 am

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court rules against Colorado in First Amendment dispute over ‘conversion therapy’ ban

Jack Birle · March 31, 2026 10:19 am

"No Kings" protest in Los Angeles.

‘No Kings’ protests are ‘regurgitating’ the same voters from 2024: Salena Zito

Asher Notheis · March 31, 2026 10:12 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

Fairness and Justice

Democrats’ new antitrust test: Go woke or go broke

Gerard Scimeca · March 31, 2026 10:00 am

Digital background depicting innovative technologies in (AI) artificial systems, neural interfaces and internet machine learning technologies

Beltway Confidential

Bridging the gap between AI interest and implementation

Steven Taff · March 31, 2026 9:48 am

Ships sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz as the sun sets in the United Arab Emirates Monday, March 23, 2026.

Trump tells allies to ‘just TAKE’ jet fuel from Iran as US has done ‘the hard part’

David Zimmermann · March 31, 2026 9:41 am

Iryna Zarutska mural

Beltway Confidential

The politics of erasing Iryna Zarutska

Guy Benson · March 31, 2026 9:14 am

Social Security money 9.

April Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in one day

Asher Notheis · March 31, 2026 9:00 am

A for sale sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 3, 2022. HomeServices of America, a real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide claiming that longstanding practices by real estate brokerages forced U.S. homeowners to pay artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their homes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Activist investors threaten reversal of America’s housing affordability crisis

Saul Anuzis · March 31, 2026 9:00 am

President Obama ought to stay away from jokes about sending the IRS to audit his enemies after the Associated Press revealed that the IRS targeted Tea Party organizations. (Thinkstock)

How Congress can build off Trump’s AI framework this tax season

Oren Etzioni · March 31, 2026 9:00 am

Pete Hegseth listens during a press briefing.

Hegseth reveals secret trip to meet troops deployed to Middle East

Brady Knox · March 31, 2026 8:49 am

The Sorek desalination plant operates in Rishon LeZion, Israel, May 4, 2014.

Iran says US-Israel strike knocked desalination plant offline in Strait of Hormuz

David Zimmermann · March 31, 2026 8:29 am