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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

Charles Ray Gibbs drives an old tractor along a fence at Gibbs Farm in 2024.

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Sean Durns July 10, 2025 6:00 am

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee hearing in 2020.

Trump’s FCC chair points a way forward for new GOP

Aiden Buzzetti July 10, 2025 6:00 am

US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court

Beth Bailey July 9, 2025 6:00 am

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Iran Air Force commanders and Iran Air Defense Force officers at the Imam Khomeini Husayniyya in Tehran, Iran on February 05, 2024.

When will the B-2s return to Iran?

Hugh Hewitt July 2, 2025 6:00 am

America can lead the world on nuclear energy

Robert L. Maness July 1, 2025 7:00 am

Trump gives Khamenei a chance

Sean Durns July 1, 2025 6:00 am

Director-producer Clint Eastwood attends the 20th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 03, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI)

Clint Eastwood’s worthy new biography

Mark Judge July 1, 2025 6:00 am

Bombing Iran put America first

Ryan Fournier June 28, 2025 8:00 am

"If North Korea talks lead to concrete action, President Trump should be well on his way to his own Nobel Peace Prize," a GOP lawmaker said.

US leaders should stop seeking the Nobel Peace Prize

Michael Rubin June 27, 2025 4:00 am

Supporters wave Iranian flags.

Yes, Iran has sleeper cells in the United States

Sean Durns June 26, 2025 6:00 am

The shortest world war of all time

Brady Leonard June 25, 2025 4:04 pm

President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast at Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.

Gen Z recognizes Donald Trump as a peacemaker

CJ Pearson June 25, 2025 11:19 am