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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

A ballistic missile is launched from an underground site in Iran

Don’t forget that Iran murdered Americans for decades

Ian Haworth March 6, 2026 6:00 am

A missile is launched from an American aircraft carrier

Trump flexing military muscles on Iran in front of the whole world is peace through strength

Rep. Sheri Biggs, Rep. Matt Van Epps March 6, 2026 6:00 am

Workers install a billboard on an overpass containing a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Oct. 7 is among history’s greatest military blunders

Brady Leonard March 5, 2026 6:00 am

Delegates stand for a moment of silence during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

Media ignores Chinese ties of groups behind anti-war protests

Mike Gonzalez March 4, 2026 8:00 am

President Donald Trump.

They’d rather see Khamenei alive than see Trump triumph

Hugh Hewitt March 4, 2026 6:00 am

U.S. fighter jet.

Striking Iran now is risky. Holding off would have been a greater gamble

Stephanie Campbell March 4, 2026 6:00 am

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a mission in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Step one: Operation Epic Fury

John Shelton, Jonah Wendt March 3, 2026 6:00 am

U.S. fighter jet.

Justice arrives for Tehran’s terrorism

Mike Pence March 2, 2026 6:00 am

President Ronald Reagan.

Reagan’s playbook still works in a dangerous world

Mel Martinez, Peter Roskam February 26, 2026 6:00 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The US should stop indulging Hungary and Slovakia

Dalibor Rohac, Ivana Stradner February 25, 2026 6:00 am

Members of the European Parliament vote in Strasbourg, France

The EU is pressuring Big Tech to silence Americans

Hannah Cox February 19, 2026 6:00 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2026.

Rubio’s Churchillian moment in Munich

Mike Gonzalez February 18, 2026 6:00 am