Beltway Confidential

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

By Dameiya McMillian April 27, 2026 6:00 am

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest high school winner

Emma Hurley Apr 27, 2026

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?

Ani Chkhikvadze Apr 26, 2026

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

Why Russia is bombing Ukraine in daylight

Ani Chkhikvadze Apr 25, 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Why the CIA deaths are a problem for Mexico

Daniel DePetris Apr 25, 2026

Minneapolis adds to the pile-on against ride-share companies

By Zachary Faria March 8, 2024 1:36 pm

Can Haiti ever move past its unrest?

By Daniel DePetris March 8, 2024 1:07 pm

Trump should have given the State of the Union rebuttal

By Jeremiah Poff March 8, 2024 12:54 pm

Toxic chemicals are making us fat

By Parker Miller March 8, 2024 12:46 pm

What America can learn from Hungary

By Parker Miller March 8, 2024 11:30 am

Poor Things: A perverted, Daliesque misadventure

By Madeline Fry Schultz March 8, 2024 10:47 am

On abortion, Biden undermines democracy and his own church

By Timothy P. Carney March 8, 2024 8:48 am

US foreign aid bill rejects individual rights

By Benjamin Ayanian March 8, 2024 6:00 am

Though the federal debt issue has largely been forgotten in D.C., a Tuesday report from the Congressional Budget Office reminds us that it's far from gone. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Ignore soaring federal debt all you want, but you’re paying for it

By E.J. Antoni March 8, 2024 6:00 am

Angry and slurring Biden shows he is unfit for a second term

By Jeremiah Poff March 7, 2024 11:32 pm

Biden gaslights America by claiming to stand for freedom and democracy

By Zachary Faria March 7, 2024 10:30 pm

A painting by Shepard Fairey, based on a photo taken by Ted Soqui during a Black Lives Matter protest, is projected onto a building near the Space Needle in Seattle in 2021.

Godless in Seattle

By Zachary Faria March 7, 2024 8:00 pm