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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

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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

Anti-Israel protesters made Netanyahu’s case for him

By Moshe Hauer July 25, 2024 4:04 pm

Spies prevent a Russian attack on the Olympics

By John Schindler July 24, 2024 1:49 pm

Netanyahu’s congressional address comes at a pivotal moment

By Paul Teller July 24, 2024 8:33 am

Biden’s withdrawal leaves a mess similar to the chaos of 1968

By Anna Broussard July 22, 2024 4:28 pm

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee from left, Li Xi, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC; Cai Qi, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC; Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Premier Li Qiang; Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and Ding Xuexiang, vice premier of the People's Republic of China, attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing.

Xi Jinping insists on a fatally flawed economic strategy

By James Rogan July 22, 2024 6:00 am

Europe can’t keep depending on US to defend it

By Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu July 21, 2024 6:00 am

The Left and Right have very different definitions of terrorism

By Mike Gonzalez July 20, 2024 6:00 am

How foreign spies will be targeting the Biden and Trump campaigns

By John Schindler July 19, 2024 4:31 pm

Republican Party platform goes all in on space exploration

By Mark Whittington July 19, 2024 11:12 am

Trump is right on Taiwan

By Sean Durns July 19, 2024 6:00 am

Nine months on, Hamas hostages and survivors continue to be victimized

By Natalie Sanandaji July 18, 2024 11:04 am

A bombshell revelation flew under the radar last week, and now it cannot be ignored

By Elizabeth Stauffer July 16, 2024 6:00 am