Beltway Confidential

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026.

It’s farcical to blame the Iran war’s costs on stopping the war

Tom Rogan · November 5, 2026 5:38 pm

Nithya Raman.

Los Angeles and Washington go down the path of socialism

Trump Talarico Bible

The Democrats have a Christianity problem — Trump’s GOP is just as lost

Chuck Schumer, left, smiles while Hakeem Jeffries speaks on Capitol Hill.

Another election, another Democratic doomsday that never came

Trump No Kings fascist claims

If Trump is a fascist, king, and authoritarian dictator, how did Democrats win control of Congress?

President Donald Trump meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington.

Democrats would rather Ukraine bleed than Trump succeed

Peter Laffin August 19, 2025 8:48 am

DHS, ICE illegal immigrants arrested

ICE Tracker: The ‘worst of the worst’ criminals that ICE protected Americans from this weekend

Christopher Tremoglie August 18, 2025 7:42 pm

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a news conference, Feb. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Democrats are enabling murderous illegal immigrants

Zachary Faria August 18, 2025 2:58 pm

Five Ukraine things the Europeans are asking of Trump

Tom Rogan August 18, 2025 1:46 pm

Nobody 2: A roaring return

Harry Khachatrian August 18, 2025 8:00 am

Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, satnd escorted by Hamas fighters on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Canada is terrified of offending Hamas

Ian Haworth August 18, 2025 6:00 am

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a news conference.

Minneapolis socialism is directing the Democratic Party

Zachary Faria August 17, 2025 2:00 pm

Putin appears to earn yet another Trump reprieve

Tom Rogan August 15, 2025 7:38 pm

President Donald Trump talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after arriving on Air Force One on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Los Angeles International Airport.

Gavin Newsom’s sad Trump impersonation

Zachary Faria August 15, 2025 1:17 pm

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Borders, borders, borders: The key concern in Trump-Putin talks

Ani Chkhikvadze August 15, 2025 5:00 am

Trump puts Israeli fanatic before US interests

Tom Rogan August 14, 2025 4:35 pm

Police work at a crime scene after authorities say a man attacked a bus driver, stole the bus, then struck and killed a man after the bus jumped a curb at a gas station at the corner of Helen Burroughs Avenue and Minnesota Avenue in Northeast Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 3, 2016.

Washington, DC, is unfit to ever become a state

Zachary Faria August 14, 2025 3:11 pm