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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

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Biden wields federal government’s buying power to boost green energy

Jeremy Beaman November 18, 2022 3:00 am

Ditch Trump or lose

Timothy P. Carney November 18, 2022 1:15 am

Trump is back, at Republicans’ peril

Dominic Green November 17, 2022 11:29 pm

Former President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk together after voting at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on November 08 in Palm Beach, Florida.

The Trump delusion has finally started wearing off

Dan Hannan November 14, 2022 6:58 am

Midterms’ lesson: Leadership matters

Jay Cost November 11, 2022 3:46 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

A disarming prospect

Jamie McIntyre November 10, 2022 11:00 pm

House cybersecurity education funding bill draws bipartisan support

House cybersecurity education funding bill draws bipartisan support

Grant Gross November 10, 2022 10:30 pm

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., speaks during A House Republicans press conference on the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

US military entering ‘window of maximum danger’

Jamie McIntyre November 3, 2022 11:00 pm

House Energy and Commerce Committee members, from left, Rep. Buddy Carter R-Ga., Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va.

House GOP promises energy policy change if party wins majority in midterm elections

Jeremy Beaman October 28, 2022 3:15 am

No rail strike until after the midterm elections

Jeremy Lott October 27, 2022 11:30 pm

Biden’s energy freefall continues

Rick Santorum October 27, 2022 1:39 pm

Biden’s energy policy is empowering the West’s enemies

Biden’s energy policy is empowering the West’s enemies

Tony Badran October 21, 2022 1:30 am