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

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

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Earth Day and the failure of apocalyptic environmentalism

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

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

Biden accuses people who oppose mutilating children of being ‘close to sinful’

Zachary Faria March 14, 2023 2:01 pm

Former Rep. Barney Frank speaks.

Barney Frank’s bank tanks: Government is just the word for the businesses we shut down together

Timothy P. Carney March 14, 2023 12:46 pm

Here’s what to know about the three leading bills to crack down on TikTok

Christopher Hutton March 14, 2023 4:45 am

Ohio train derailment: Influential conservative group comes out against bipartisan rail safety bill

Ohio train derailment: Influential conservative group comes out against bipartisan rail safety bill

Juliegrace Brufke March 13, 2023 2:55 pm

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm

Jennifer Granholm asked by Republicans to retract comments commending China on energy policy

Rachel Schilke March 13, 2023 2:05 pm

Biden’s military budget: Better never than late

Mackenzie Eaglen March 13, 2023 1:46 pm

Norway offers a step forward in eliminating gender ideology

Debra Soh March 13, 2023 7:00 am

Cpl. Charles A. Graner Jr. appearing to punch one of several handcuffed detainees lying on the floor in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. Graner was later convicted of offenses that included stacking the prisoners into a pyramid, knocking one of them out with a head punch and ordering prisoners to masturbate while soldiers took pictures. He was released Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 from a military prison after serving more than 6Â½ years of a 10-year sentence, an Army spokeswoman said.

What were they thinking when they chose to invade Iraq?

Dan Hannan March 13, 2023 1:10 am

Taliban misogyny threatens Afghan lives and requires sterner US response

Beth Bailey March 12, 2023 6:00 am

Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021.

Governments have failed Afghan families; individuals need to step up

Kathryn Chovanes March 11, 2023 12:01 am

Intelligence chiefs unite in warning about threat posed by China-owned TikTok

Jerry Dunleavy March 10, 2023 2:51 pm

Joe Biden is neither the safe nor energetic executive the Constitution requires

Adam Carrington March 10, 2023 6:00 am