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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

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In inflation victory lap, Biden must proceed with caution

By W. James Antle III September 8, 2022 11:00 pm

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (center) greets Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (left) and Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde (right) at the end of a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Jan. 24, 2022.

What the US and NATO stand to gain from an alliance with Finland and Sweden

By Henri Vanhanen and Peter Rough August 26, 2022 10:00 am

When lying doesn’t work anymore, maybe try the truth

When lying doesn’t work anymore, maybe try the truth

By Dominic Green August 25, 2022 11:00 pm

Cookie-cutter Democrats

By Varad Mehta August 25, 2022 11:00 pm

Honor guard soldiers prepare to rise the Ukrainian national flag during State Flag Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Grading NATO, Russia, and Ukraine’s intelligence six months after Putin’s invasion

By Marc Polymeropoulos August 24, 2022 4:00 am

A federal agency that doesn’t want more power (yet)

A federal agency that doesn’t want more power (yet)

By Jeremy Lott August 11, 2022 11:00 pm

The ‘less is more’ key to countering China in the Pacific islands

By Bridi Rice and Hayley Channer August 4, 2022 10:00 am

Biden blunders on refugees

By Asaf Romirowsky and Jonathan Schanzer July 21, 2022 11:00 pm

After embarrassing miscues, US seeks better ways to predict will to fight

By Jamie McIntyre July 21, 2022 11:00 pm

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Power grids face the summer strain

By Jeremy Beaman July 14, 2022 11:00 pm

When millionaires and billionaires leave, everyone loses

By Stephen Moore July 14, 2022 11:00 pm

California’s schizophrenic energy policy

By Conn Carroll June 23, 2022 11:00 pm