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Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

Dameiya McMillian · April 27, 2026 6:00 am

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest high school winner

Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

What happens the day after tomorrow in Iran?

An Iranian Shahed exploding drone launched by Russia flies through the sky

Why Russia is bombing Ukraine in daylight

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Why the CIA deaths are a problem for Mexico

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union

Don’t fall for ‘Islamophobia’ legislation

Eric Rozenman March 4, 2026 9:30 am

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran.

Trump should stay firm in Iran

Ani Chkhikvadze March 4, 2026 6:00 am

US President Donald Trump greets Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Trump landed in Egypt on October 13 for a summit on Gaza, following a lightning visit to Israel after a ceasefire he brokered entered into force. (Photo by Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s supercilious character doesn’t excuse Starmer’s strategic constipation

Tom Rogan March 3, 2026 3:26 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the press.

The ‘Israel dragged us into war’ canard

David Harsanyi March 3, 2026 2:03 pm

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, chairman of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, watches as the Senate votes on measure to reduce the state budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday,, April 11, 2024.

California’s absurd, insane desire to hide transgender children from their parents

Zachary Faria March 3, 2026 1:58 pm

Iranian Shahed exploding drone.

Ukraine shows how to defeat Iranian drones

Ani Chkhikvadze March 3, 2026 1:47 pm

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

No, the War Powers Resolution doesn’t give the president 60 days of free war

Timothy P. Carney March 3, 2026 10:23 am

Smoke rises from an oil refinery in Cuba.

Oil prices will likely fall quickly

James Rogan March 3, 2026 6:00 am

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

Don’t give Europe or Turkey a say in Iran’s reconstruction

Michael Rubin March 3, 2026 6:00 am

A large group of protesters demonstrate against a KKK rally.

Where religion exits, extremism enters

Timothy P. Carney March 2, 2026 4:54 pm

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with students and staff, during a visit to the Walbottle Academy Campus in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Scott Heppell/PA via AP)

Keir Starmer smites the special relationship on Iran

Tom Rogan March 2, 2026 3:59 pm

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

Trump delivers freedom while the Left marches for oppression

Steven Taff March 2, 2026 3:25 pm