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

What next for artificial intelligence after the Trump-Musk blowup

By Sebastien Laye June 8, 2025 6:00 am

Make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent

By Patrick Fleenor June 7, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.

Why dictators won’t deal with Trump

By Henry Olsen June 7, 2025 6:00 am

A mortar unit with a 120 mm mortar prepares to perform a combat mission on May 18, 2024 in the Kharkiv region, near the border with Russia. Ukrainian soldiers from the 92nd assault brigade were involved in holding back the Russians on the border with Russia. In recent days Russian forces have gained ground around the Kharkiv region, which Ukraine had largely reclaimed in the months following Russia's initial large-scale invasion in February 2022.

It is the West, not Ukraine, which fears Russia’s onslaught

By Ani Chkhikvadze June 6, 2025 12:58 pm

China’s tech invasion is a national emergency

By Rob Joyce June 6, 2025 9:21 am

America must get real about its uranium crisis

By James Rogan June 6, 2025 6:00 am

Congress illustration

Congress should quickly approve Trump’s rescission legislation

By Mike Gonzalez June 5, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.

What part of ‘no enrichment’ does the world’s media not understand?

By Hugh Hewitt June 4, 2025 5:00 am

Qatar keeps purchasing political influence

By Natalie Ecanow and Sinan Ciddi June 3, 2025 9:28 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in The Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Trump’s new Iran doctrine: Peace through relentless pressure

By E.J. Kimball June 2, 2025 5:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping participates in a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Nov. 20, 2024.

China set to double down on export dependency

By James Rogan June 1, 2025 6:00 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, May 13, 2024. The leaders of Greece and Turkey met Monday for talks that were supposed to underline their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes but also revealed deep divisions over the Israel-Hamas war.

The US must war-game an Israel-Turkey conflict

By Michael Rubin May 30, 2025 11:17 am