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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

The rise and fall of Davos Man

The rise and fall of Davos Man

By Dominic Green January 27, 2023 6:00 am

Teddy Roosevelt was known as a "trust buster" who fight greedy corporations to most -- but not to historian Gabriel Kolko. (AP Photo/Brown Brothers)

Trust Teddy Roosevelt, not Elizabeth Warren, on anti-trust

By Aiden Buzzetti January 27, 2023 6:00 am

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

House GOP ‘weaponization’ committee targets Big Tech

By Jessica Melugin January 26, 2023 11:21 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

GOP House health subcommittee launches hearings into COVID-19 origins and fentanyl

By Abigail Adcox January 26, 2023 10:37 am

Congressional Republicans need to better explain their position on Ukraine

By Michael Lucchese January 26, 2023 6:00 am

House Republicans grapple with where to cut federal spending

By Samantha-Jo Roth January 26, 2023 5:00 am

ESG investments’ failures show states are right to fight the green investing agenda

By Jason Isaac January 25, 2023 8:58 am

Joint Ford-China electric vehicle battery plant is contrary to American interests

By Diana Furchtgott-Roth January 24, 2023 1:25 pm

The media ignored a very fateful event in the waning days of the Obama administration

By Elizabeth Stauffer January 24, 2023 11:45 am

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks after taking the oath of office to become Pennsylvania's 48th governor, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.

In Pennsylvania, it just got easier to get a job. Other states should take note

By Tom Joyce January 24, 2023 7:00 am

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SPELLING OF SCHOOL TO MARJORY - David Hogg, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas speaks outside a Publix Supermarket in Coral Springs, Fla., Friday, May 25, 2018. Students from the Florida high school where 17 people were shot and killed earlier this year plan a "die in" protest at a supermarket chain that backs a gubernatorial candidate allied with the National Rifle Association. Shortly before the the "die-in " Publix announced that is will suspect political donations.

Democrats and activists jump the gun on gun control again after Los Angeles County shooting

By Zachary Faria January 23, 2023 2:17 pm

Could Congress claw back pandemic funding to cover spending cuts?

Could Congress claw back pandemic funding to cover spending cuts?

By Sarah Bedford January 23, 2023 4:00 am