Beltway Confidential

The Cedar Viaduct, designed to take high-speed trains over Cedar and North avenues and State Route 99, is shown in an aerial view, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Fresno, California.

California high-speed rail CEO’s resignation won’t save the project

Zachary Faria · October 30, 2026 1:44 pm

Collage of President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama.

If you like your Cheesecake Factory, you can keep your Cheesecake Factory

Pennsylvania state Sen. Tracy Pennycuick.

Meet Tracy Pennycuick, the trailblazing Pennsylvania state senator pioneering bipartisan AI safeguards

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

Becerra will be Newsom, but worse for California

Former President Barack Obama speaks in support of Democratic candidates Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms during a rally on Oct. 28 in Morrow, Georgia. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Obama is ‘tired of being divided’: Pot, meet kettle

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama

Is Albania’s Edi Rama the new Noriega or Erdoğan? The answer is both

Michael Rubin October 13, 2025 6:00 am

Close up of a stethoscope and a pen in a doctor's robe pocket.

Three ways conservatives can win on healthcare

Charles Sauer October 13, 2025 6:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.

Europe continues to guzzle Russian gas

Ani Chkhikvadze October 12, 2025 6:00 am

Eiffel Tower by the Seine River in Paris at summer.

France is an economic time bomb

James Rogan October 11, 2025 6:00 am

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) delivers his State of the Commonwealth address in the House chamber at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Our system is broken for ‘insane’ criminals

Zachary Faria October 10, 2025 9:28 pm

President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.

Donald Trump and the insane Nobel Peace Prize snub

Ian Haworth October 10, 2025 1:29 pm

Maria Corina Machado, center, greets supporters upon her arrival to a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Protesters wearing white T-shirts and hats in the red, yellow and blue, of Venezuela's flag have gathered to cheer the opposition lawmaker who was stripped of her seat in congress by the government last week. This is Machado's first major public appearance since Venezuela's Supreme Court confirmed the stripping of Machado's parliamentary seat after she addressed the Organization of American States at the invitation of Panama. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

No, Trump was not snubbed of the Nobel. Machado is a worthy recipient

Christopher Tremoglie October 10, 2025 12:22 pm

A man uses a laptop to interact with AI assistant.

The political economy of artificial intelligence

Sebastien Laye October 10, 2025 7:00 am

A collage of pictures of Trump working at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania.

Former McDonald’s employee brokers historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas

Christopher Tremoglie October 9, 2025 5:06 pm

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators march outside of the U.S. Capitol.

Why aren’t ‘Ceasefire Now!’ activists celebrating Trump’s Gaza peace deal?

David Harsanyi October 9, 2025 2:23 pm

LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy (2) tries to pull in a pass in the end zone as he is covered by UCLA defensive back Jaylin Davies.

ESPN got the Kyren Lacy story wrong while peddling outrage

Zachary Faria October 9, 2025 1:50 pm

This image released by A24 shows Dwayne Johnson in a scene from "The Smashing Machine."

The Smashing Machine shatters the Rock’s indestructible image

Harry Khachatrian October 9, 2025 12:17 pm