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

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks by phone with the Czech Republic's President-elect Petr Pavel in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 30, 2023.

New Czech president shows why American leadership abroad is a strength of its own

By Michael Lucchese February 7, 2023 6:00 am

FILE - House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., pauses for questions in the House Rules Committee as he advances a GOP effort to disapprove of action by the District of Columbia Council on a local voting rights act and a criminal code revision, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2023.

Oversight hearing with Border Patrol a rare ‘opportunity to gather facts’ on crisis

By Anna Giaritelli February 7, 2023 5:30 am

Within ranks, trust in our military declines amid politicization of national defense

Within ranks, trust in our military declines amid politicization of national defense

By Jack Kraemer and Patty-Jane Geller February 6, 2023 4:07 pm

Mayor Bowser also announced a new patrolling strategy for city officers known as "sector policing." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House GOP targets DC home rule with resolutions on crime and immigration

By Virginia Aabram February 6, 2023 1:08 pm

The human cost of wokeness shows up in policing

By David J. Terestre February 6, 2023 11:14 am

How Biden could fix border and get taxpayers $100 billion

By Paul Bedard February 6, 2023 10:22 am

House Foreign Affairs Committee set to have historically diverse leadership

House Foreign Affairs Committee set to have historically diverse leadership

By Juliegrace Brufke February 5, 2023 4:43 pm

Increase economic pressure on Iran

By James Rogan February 5, 2023 6:00 am

Former Afghanistan ambassador recounts ‘dismay’ over Taliban takeover ahead of SOTU

By Ryan King February 5, 2023 1:41 am

‘Promises made’: Here’s what House Republicans have accomplished one month after taking majority

By Cami Mondeaux February 4, 2023 12:00 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of a board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society in a library of Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

The Russians aren’t complying with the New START nuclear arms control treaty — now what?

By Peter Brookes February 3, 2023 1:35 pm

SEC considers dialing back climate-disclosure rule: Report

By Zach Halaschak February 3, 2023 11:21 am