Opinion

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Divine Liturgy for Christmas in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow on Jan. 6, 2022.

What it means for Russia’s fight in Ukraine to be a ‘holy war’

Emily Hester, Ivana Stradner · August 10, 2026 10:37 am

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C-L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (2nd-R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s frustration and Iran’s delaying tactics

Lead singer and guitarist Billy Corgan of American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins performs at the 26th edition of the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan just offered a great lesson in economics

Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Is the GOP still the party of life? Hardly

Kimberly Ross January 1, 2026 2:00 pm

War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

How Hegseth can reinforce military chaplains

Amy Vitale January 1, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago.

Five hopes for the new year

Washington Examiner January 1, 2026 5:00 am

Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el Fattah, who was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years, speaks to his family as he arrives at his home, after a presidential pardon, in Cairo, Egypt.

Don’t grant citizenship to people who hate their countrymen

Ian Haworth December 31, 2025 4:11 pm

Cadets turn on their flashlights to commemorate 659 Ukrainian children, who were killed during the war with Russia, in a military lyceum on World Children's Day in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The US can help end the militarization of Ukrainian children

Katya Pavlevych December 31, 2025 3:26 pm

Pluribus Apple TV

In Pluribus, the apocalypse arrives with a smile

Harry Khachatrian December 31, 2025 3:14 pm

An empty classroom

A classical education revival hits the capital region

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer December 31, 2025 12:16 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a NORAD Santa Claus call at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Trump acts in the Monroe Doctrine tradition

James Rogan December 31, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club.

The Information State is the most important book of 2026

Mark Judge December 31, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump and Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol's San Diego sector chief.

Trump’s total control of the border is the success story of 2025

Washington Examiner December 31, 2025 5:00 am

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown tweeted "yes! yes! yes" in support of a bill. Pro-life voters have no home in the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

How criminal justice reformers empower murderers

Zachary Faria December 30, 2025 2:57 pm

ICE and HSI police protect a van.

The heart of Trump’s deportation push

Byron York December 30, 2025 11:18 am