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

GOP takes aim at Chinese influence with new investigative panel

By Samantha-Jo Roth January 10, 2023 4:17 pm

Times Square attack reminds us terrorism still looms

By Peter Brookes January 10, 2023 3:14 pm

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL).

New House Armed Services GOP chairman pledges to fight ‘misguided’ DOD policies

By Mike Brest January 10, 2023 12:34 pm

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House speakership battle: Democracy in action or political hijacking?

By Elizabeth Stauffer January 10, 2023 6:00 am

Congressional rules reforms ‘make it easier’ to add to debt, budget hawk group claims

By Ryan King January 9, 2023 7:46 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Lauren Boebert listen during the 15th round of votes in the House chamber as the House enters the fifth day trying to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.

Why new Speaker McCarthy should not deliver big cuts to defense

By Quin Hillyer January 9, 2023 3:06 pm

It matches morality to realism. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)

Why local election results in Taiwan have implications for America

By Min-Hua Chiang January 9, 2023 2:23 pm

Sorry, higher taxes are necessary

By James Rogan January 9, 2023 11:46 am

Biden must stop greenlighting starvation as statecraft

By Michael Rubin January 9, 2023 6:00 am

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

Address inflation and protect Social Security, public demands of new Congress: Poll

By Conrad Hoyt January 9, 2023 1:23 am

Immigration issues to dominate Biden’s ‘Three Amigos’ summit in Mexico

By Naomi Lim January 8, 2023 7:00 am

FILE--In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility near the central city of Arak is backdropped by mountains. Iran's reformers and moderate conservatives welcomed an agreement between Iran and six world powers on how to implement a nuclear deal struck in November, saying it will shore up Iran's sanctions-hit economy but hardliners still remain opposed. The six-nation group - the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany - and Iran have agreed to start implementing the terms of the historic interim deal from Jan. 20. That will start a six-month clock for a final deal to be struck over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear program. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Will 2023 put the final nail in the Iran nuclear deal coffin?

By Daniel DePetris January 8, 2023 6:00 am