Editorials

A group of students burn the U.S. and Israeli flags in Tehran, Iran.

The Democratic Party has turned on Israel

Washington Examiner · April 27, 2026 5:00 am

Draft rules released by NOAA would require shutting down surveying operations for dolphins. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Treat China’s fishing pirates like the pirates of old

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips

Colorado’s pattern of religious persecution

A vendor makes change for a marijuana customer at a cannabis marketplace in Los Angeles.

Trump’s marijuana mistake

By making their case to the press, these conservatives are wisely appealing to the SPLC's most powerful source of influence.

The Left’s hate fraud factory exposed

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).

Anti-ICE Virginia Democrats get another innocent person killed

Washington Examiner March 5, 2026 5:00 am

Traitors of America should feel the heavy hand of justice

Washington Examiner March 4, 2026 5:00 am

Warehouse in Qatar that was destroyed by Iranian strikes

Iran’s Epic Fury response is pushing neighbors toward Israel

Washington Examiner March 3, 2026 5:00 am

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025.

Cornyn is the right choice for Texas Republicans

Washington Examiner March 2, 2026 5:00 am

A woman burns a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Islamic Republic was always destined for the ash heap of history

Washington Examiner March 1, 2026 10:13 am

A Microsoft data center in Aldie, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on October 29. Photographer: Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The red-state opportunity on data centers

Washington Examiner March 1, 2026 5:00 am

National Guards patrol the area outside of the General Prosecutor's headquarters in Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, after authorities reported that the Mexican Army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho."

Democrats endanger security with their shutdown

Washington Examiner February 28, 2026 5:00 am

Abigail Spanberger

Democrats should be ashamed of their immigration policies

Washington Examiner February 27, 2026 5:00 am

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

The Democrats’ empty affordability promises

Washington Examiner February 26, 2026 5:00 am

President Donald Trump delivered his fourth State of the Union address Tuesday, the first of his second term, where he declared that America has undergone a “turnaround for the ages.” (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump’s turbo-populism

Washington Examiner February 25, 2026 5:00 am

National Guards patrol a highway near Aguililla, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)

Trump’s deadly but necessary fight against Mexico’s cartels

Washington Examiner February 24, 2026 5:00 am

FILE - This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Back down, Britain, the US needs Diego Garcia

Washington Examiner February 23, 2026 5:00 am