In Focus

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) walks to board a bus to the White House with other Senate Republicans for a meeting with President Donald Trump on his spending and tax bill, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Cornyn flexes conservative credentials in bitter Senate primary

By Ramsey Touchberry and Samantha-Jo Roth March 2, 2026 5:10 am

Macron’s gift to Hamas terrorism

Gareth Elwell and Jason Agnew Aug 21, 2025

The Senate tries to do what the Fed cannot: Solve the housing crisis

Tiana Lowe Doescher Jul 31, 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

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) offers an amendment as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee holds an organizational meeting for the 118th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

AOC, Crockett, and Mamdani: The scary future of the Democrats is now

Joe Concha Jul 30, 2025

DOGE is risking a national security nightmare

By John Schindler February 25, 2025 8:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington.

All the challenges Trump faces in creating an American sovereign wealth fund

By Keely Bastow February 24, 2025 8:00 am

Learning to love Pope Francis strengthened my faith

By Peter Laffin February 23, 2025 2:00 pm

oxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

Abortion pill extradition fight risks conflict akin to fugitive slave litigation

By Gabrielle M. Etzel February 23, 2025 8:00 am

United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

Munich learns the Cold War is over

By Jeremiah Poff February 22, 2025 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s Republican critics seek to find fault lines

By Naomi Lim February 22, 2025 8:00 am

Moderators Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan listen as Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York.

‘Weaponized free speech’: How the American press came to fear dissent

By Timothy P. Carney February 21, 2025 2:00 pm

From left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Budget reconciliation: A tale of two chambers

By Richard Stern February 21, 2025 8:00 am

The 2025 elections will test the GOP’s momentum

By Zachary Faria February 20, 2025 2:00 pm

The Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024.

‘Acting’ like leaders at the Department of Education

By Meg Kilgannon February 20, 2025 8:00 am

A Ukrainian AS-90 self-propelled artillery vehicle fires toward Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2024.

The challenge and necessity of peacekeeping troops for Ukraine

By Tom Rogan February 19, 2025 2:00 pm

Woke is dead. Nike didn’t get the memo

By Jennifer Sey February 19, 2025 8:00 am