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The rumble in the jungle: is Washington punching itself out?

By 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

Elizabeth Stauffer Apr 22, 2026

Earth Day environment regulation

Earth Day and the failure of apocalyptic environmentalism

Jason Hayes Apr 22, 2026

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

Heyrsh Abdulrahman Apr 18, 2026

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

Ali Holcomb and Joel Griffith Apr 18, 2026

‘Promises made’: Here’s what House Republicans have accomplished one month after taking majority

By Cami Mondeaux February 4, 2023 12:00 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of a board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society in a library of Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

The Russians aren’t complying with the New START nuclear arms control treaty — now what?

By Peter Brookes February 3, 2023 1:35 pm

SEC considers dialing back climate-disclosure rule: Report

By Zach Halaschak February 3, 2023 11:21 am

Donald Trump speaks to Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis owes Trump nothing

By Kimberly Ross February 3, 2023 11:20 am

New top Republicans on education committees take aim at Biden student loan programs in first acts

New top Republicans on education committees take aim at Biden student loan programs in first acts

By Jeremiah Poff February 3, 2023 10:30 am

Fooled by Joe

By Hugo Gurdon February 3, 2023 8:30 am

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey.

The US should stop deferring to Turkey on the PKK

By Michael Rubin February 3, 2023 6:00 am

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walks toward the emergency room door, Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. Located in downtown Brooklyn, the public hospital is one of several in New York city treating high numbers of coronavirus cases during the current viral pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

The public deserves answers about COVID

By Rep. Rich McCormick February 3, 2023 12:32 am

Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation.

Heritage’s Kevin Roberts rightly puts defense spending pressure on Congress but overemphasizes technology

By Tom Rogan February 2, 2023 2:54 pm

How large language models will transform the economy

By Bret Swanson February 2, 2023 2:13 pm

The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children.

Five questions Congress must urgently (and again) ask the CIA

By Marc Polymeropoulos February 2, 2023 11:00 am

Democratic senator calls for TikTok to be banned from app stores

Democratic senator calls for TikTok to be banned from app stores

By Christopher Hutton February 2, 2023 10:12 am