Mike Brest

Mike Brest is a defense reporter at the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the defense beat, he spent two years covering breaking news for the Washington Examiner, and he worked at the Daily Caller in a similar capacity before that. Mike graduated from American University and is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Bluffton, Indiana, USA - August 21, 2021: The business district on Market Street

Capitalism, modified, in a conservative town

Timothy P. Carney · March 27, 2026 5:47 am

Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, from left, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, US President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, and Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action after Tehran rejected Washington's push for a peace deal, with the two sides far apart in efforts to end the near month-long war. Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The signal and the noise

Dominic Green · March 27, 2026 5:44 am

BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 20: Worshippers take part in the Eid al-Fitr morning prayer to mark the first day of Eid in Small Heath Park on March 20, 2026 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Photo by Giannis Alexopoulos/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Let Muslims pray in public

Dan Hannan · March 27, 2026 5:42 am

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 01: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji after his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall Thursday January 1, 2026 in New York, NY. Mamdani has added a "block party" to the official inauguration events to allow thousands of New Yorkers to take part. Mamdani was officially sworn in at midnight by New York Attorney General Letitia James at the Old City Hall subway station in a private ceremony. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Two wives, two media standards

Guy Benson · March 27, 2026 5:40 am

Chuck Norris, 1940-2026 (Marton Monus/MTI via AP)

Chuck Norris, 1940-2026

Jay Caruso · March 27, 2026 5:36 am

Father playing with daughter during friends meeting at coffee shop

Magazine - Your Land

Babies and families should not be exotic

Timothy P. Carney · March 27, 2026 5:34 am

Tramon Mark of the Texas Longhorns drives to the basket against Musa Sagnia of the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament on March 17 in Dayton, Ohio. (En Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Magazine - Your Land

March Madness lost Cinderella to the transfer portal

Conn Carroll · March 27, 2026 5:31 am

A man walks by posters of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both fatally shot by federal agents, in Minneapolis on Jan. 31. (Ryan Murphy/AP)

For the Left, some lives are apparently more valuable than others

Peter Cordi · March 27, 2026 5:30 am

Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette and Paul Anthony Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr. in episode eight of Love Story. (Courtesy of FX)

Magazine - Your Land

American Story’s whitewashed fiction of the Kennedy family

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 27, 2026 5:28 am

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Does Hungary’s opposition have Orban on the ropes?

Will Collins · March 27, 2026 5:21 am

Left to right: Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP; Susan Walsh/AP)

The Democrats’ 2028 balancing act: Can they find a nominee, or even a nominating process, that brings the party together?

W. James Antle III · March 27, 2026 5:15 am

JD Vance Marco Rubio election 2028 GOP Republicans

The road to the 2028 GOP nomination: Vance will be extremely difficult to beat, but someone will try

Varad Mehta · March 27, 2026 5:12 am