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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

Earth Day environment regulation

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

The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children.

The many bipartisan opportunities for energy policy

Sasha Mackler February 25, 2023 6:00 am

Democrats increasingly join Republicans in blaming China for US fentanyl crisis

Democrats increasingly join Republicans in blaming China for US fentanyl crisis

Jerry Dunleavy February 25, 2023 6:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, trade show attendees take in a display of Samsung curved UHD TVs at the International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Samsung reports quarterly earnings on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

United States to limit South Korean chip exports as part of tech war with China

Christopher Hutton February 24, 2023 11:01 am

Departure of Trump-picked World Bank chief is a win for climate radicals, China

James Carter February 24, 2023 6:26 am

Congress should help protect Ukraine’s border and ours

Washington Examiner February 24, 2023 12:01 am

A now hiring sign is seen in front of a business along the boardwalk, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Ocean City, New Jersey. Many seasonal businesses are struggling to find enough workers again this summer.

Another week of falling jobless claims shows labor market still red-hot

Zach Halaschak February 23, 2023 11:29 am

Zelensky is right: Ban Russia from the Olympics

Michael Lucchese February 23, 2023 6:00 am

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi listens to a journalist's question during a press conference.

China’s fictional Ukraine peace deal

John Bolton February 23, 2023 6:00 am

China already has too much access to our data. This law would make it worse

Paul Boardman February 23, 2023 6:00 am

Backing up nuclear blackmail

Leon Aron February 22, 2023 12:59 pm

Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 11, 2019.

The Fed keeps making the same mistakes

Desmond Lachman February 22, 2023 12:47 pm

No World War III despite Russia’s nuclear threats

Janusz Bugajski February 22, 2023 6:00 am