David Freddoso

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Oil drillings offshore of a service pier in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Southern California near Carpinteria in 2015.

Beltway Confidential

Trump rightly overrides California’s pipeline blockade

Steven Taff · April 2, 2026 11:43 am

Demonstrators hold up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Beltway Confidential

Three oral argument exchanges show why Trump will lose the birthright citizenship case

Conn Carroll · April 2, 2026 11:39 am

Top left Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR); top right Sen Mike Crapo (R-ID); bottom left Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); and bottom right Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)

Senate Democrats demand hearings with big health insurance executives

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 2, 2026 11:38 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Majority Leader Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House GOP leadership doesn’t ‘trust’ Senate colleagues in DHS shutdown: Sarah Bedford

Asher Notheis · April 2, 2026 11:31 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a rally against the SAVE America Act outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, United States, on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Patriotism and Unity

Democrats are leaving America defenseless — and the clock is ticking

Hugh Hewitt · April 2, 2026 11:08 am

Mail-in ballots are sorted at City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Democrats sue Trump over mail-in ballot executive order

Rena Rowe · April 2, 2026 11:01 am

Multiethnic group of young friends playing videogames at home sitting on the sofa - Videogamers having fun playing e-sports at computer videogame console

The KIDS Act treats everyone like a kid

Garrett W. Fulce · April 2, 2026 11:00 am

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

National Security

Markwayne Mullin’s DHS throws out Noem’s controversial contract bidding process

Emily Hallas · April 2, 2026 10:52 am

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Beltway Confidential

UN resolution about slave trade is an effort to demonize white people

Christopher Tremoglie · April 2, 2026 10:30 am

Bruce Springsteen performs on opening night of the "Land of Hope And Dreams" tour at Target Center in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Trump says ‘MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT’ Bruce Springsteen after launching political concert tour

David Zimmermann · April 2, 2026 10:08 am

Strait of Hormuz

Macron doubts US ability to open Strait of Hormuz by force

Brady Knox · April 2, 2026 10:06 am

The research from the healthcare firm Avalere Health was released as the GOP-controlled Congress eyes overhauling Medicaid as part of a replacement to Obamacare. However, critics say that the move could shift more costs to the state. (iStock photo)

Insurers are choking rural hospitals and undermining healthcare access

Gary Alexander · April 2, 2026 10:00 am