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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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gestures as she delivers a major state of the union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’ is an attack against US innovators

Josh Hodges December 16, 2025 6:00 am

Tourists visit the Lincoln Memorial.

Trump is right to demand social media details for foreign tourists

Ian Haworth December 15, 2025 9:20 am

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump’s weakness on China causes rising Pacific fear

John Bolton December 15, 2025 6:00 am

President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela’s 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela’s long war against the US

Elizabeth Stauffer December 13, 2025 5:00 am

A U.S. Navy plane passes by a Chinese flag.

Today’s threats require a new posture from our intelligence community

Rep. Pat Fallon December 11, 2025 9:16 am

In this Jan. 29, 2019 photo, the logos of Huawei are displayed at its retail shop window reflecting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing.

The US must beat China in the wireless spectrum race

Evan Swarztrauber December 11, 2025 6:00 am

Anti-Israel protestor with a sign that says "Jews ARE Terrorist!" (CollegeFix)

The spread, cost, and hypocrisy of academic antisemitism

Donald Sweeting December 11, 2025 6:00 am

The sign you first see when you come to Warner Bros Studios to take a tour in Hollywood.

Timothy Wu is wrong. Warner Bros. deal wouldn’t break antitrust law

James Rogan December 11, 2025 6:00 am

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses the media at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Europe’s center-right takes a censorious anti-American turn

Mike Gonzalez December 11, 2025 5:00 am

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks.

The private sector is standing up to China and supporting national security

Hugh Hewitt December 10, 2025 6:00 am

Robot hand electrifies a point in space revealing an upward arrow; these all sit above a human hand resting its fingers, representing progress gained by use of AI in the U.S. economy. (Getty Images)

‘Boring’ companies are powering the AI boom

James Rogan December 10, 2025 6:00 am

Nvidia was ordered by U.S. officials to stop selling AI chips to China.

AI chips are the new weapons of war. We shouldn’t sell them to China

John Shelton December 9, 2025 8:46 am