Courage, Strength & Optimism

A woman takes pictures of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas at the fence in front of the New Synagogue Berlin on Jan. 16, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The hostages need stronger sanctions on Hamas and Iran

By Ruby Chen March 2, 2026 5:11 am

Approve the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

James Rogan Mar 2, 2026

A baby is lifted over a wall at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan by U.S. soldiers as Afghans attempt to flee the Taliban takeover of the country, Aug. 19, 2021.

Trump Defense Department callously endangers Afghan allies

Beth Bailey Aug 1, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Team Trump is blowing its chance to reform the deep state

John Schindler Jul 31, 2025

Trump has already hosted two key allies at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with at least three other foreign leaders slated to visit by month's end.

Rescissions are not a White House ‘fade on soft power’

James Mazzarella and Patrick Quirk Jul 31, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen.

The world war that wasn’t

By Sean Durns June 24, 2025 2:51 pm

Unarmed and armed drones, vehicles, helicopters, and artillery are among the items that will be shipped. Members of Fort Benning's Army security-force assistance brigade could be deployed by February to serve as combat advisers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

US must learn from Israel and Ukraine wars

By Michael Rubin June 24, 2025 11:58 am

How to avoid a forever war with Iran

By Henry Olsen June 24, 2025 8:00 am

President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

America must act decisively when diplomacy fails

By Rep. Jen Kiggans June 23, 2025 2:51 pm

Fear of retaliation is exactly why Iran strike was needed

By Ian Haworth June 23, 2025 2:16 pm

Trump did the right thing in Iran

By John Bolton June 22, 2025 10:03 am

Trump isn’t starting any wars, but he can end one

By Elizabeth Stauffer June 20, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Calgary International Airport, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, on his way back to Washington.

Trump understands the significance of Iran

By Hugh Hewitt June 18, 2025 11:31 am

We need Canada to help stop the flow of fentanyl over our northern border

By Rep. John James June 16, 2025 10:14 am

A winter storm on Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shut down federal offices and schools as Congress certified the 2024 presidential election results Monday, four years after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to halt the certification of the 2020 election results.

On reconciliation, the Senate can make or break the deficit

By James Rogan June 12, 2025 6:00 am

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.

The tense tussle over Trump’s Iran strategy

By Daniel DePetris June 12, 2025 6:00 am

It’s now or never to reform US counterintelligence

By John Schindler June 10, 2025 8:00 am