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The rumble in the jungle: is Washington punching itself out?

By Ron MacCammon April 26, 2026 6:00 am

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

A US victory in Iran is what Democrats fear most

Elizabeth Stauffer Apr 22, 2026

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Earth Day and the failure of apocalyptic environmentalism

Jason Hayes Apr 22, 2026

US President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun as he speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)

The price of appeasement: $20 billion won’t buy peace with Iran

Heyrsh Abdulrahman Apr 18, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.

Our Navy was built for this moment in the Strait of Hormuz

Ali Holcomb and Joel Griffith Apr 18, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.

The Strait of Hormuz will decide the future world order

By Bradley Martin and Liram Koblentz-Stenzler April 17, 2026 6:00 am

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Budapest.

Americans shouldn’t cry for Orban

By Ivana Stradner and Peter Doran April 15, 2026 6:00 am

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) with Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Barasso (R-WY), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

If America can’t build, it can’t lead

By Aiden Buzzetti April 14, 2026 6:00 am

Justin Amash Thomas Massie Rand Paul

The libertarian case for Trump’s Iran war: Answering the critics

By James Delmore and Walter E. Block April 13, 2026 7:00 am

Anti-Iranian regime protesters burn an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a gathering outside the Iranian Embassy, central London, on January 12, 2026.

The libertarian case for Trump’s Iran war: Persians have natural rights, too

By James Delmore and Walter E. Block April 13, 2026 7:00 am

Domestically built Iranian missiles are displayed as part of a permanent exhibition in Tehran.

We need to finish the job in Iran

By Sheila Nazarian April 12, 2026 6:00 am

Infographic with a map of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz showing attacks on commercial vessels between Feb. 28 and March 11 at 1200 GMT

A strait still closed, a ceasefire already broken

By Elizabeth Stauffer April 11, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump pretends to aim a gun.

Trump must secure Iran’s irreversible nuclear dismantlement or resume strikes

By Andrea Stricker April 10, 2026 12:04 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.

Peace and investment in Ukraine are strategic assets for the US

By Ihor Terekhov April 10, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington.

Trump’s resolve is on display in Operation Epic Fury

By Sen. John Cornyn April 8, 2026 1:44 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Cuba could be the next Hong Kong. Here’s what it would take

By Cesar Conda and Sevastian Horton April 7, 2026 9:00 am

Fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of a commander from the Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group killed in a U.S. airstrike.

Iraq’s bake sale for the Islamic Republic

By Ahmad Sharawi and Bridget Toomey April 7, 2026 6:00 am