Beltway Confidential

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) speaks during a news conference.

Josh Shapiro too cowardly to denounce black man’s racism in alleged killing of white Philadelphia police officer

Christopher Tremoglie · October 21, 2026 2:02 pm

A sign outside a polling station on November 3, 2020, in East Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The polling industry keeps falling for (and promoting) fake polls

Department of Elections workers sort mail-in ballots

California has no real safeguards for voting and voter registration

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., visits the scene where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer.

Democrats want to turn the United States into France

President Donald Trump waves as he walks past presidential black-and-white portraits.

Why Putin flourishes, and Zelensky falters, with Trump

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. New York economy finance fiscal policy

Mamdani would rather govern America than New York

Zachary Faria July 10, 2026 2:24 pm

Kharg Island, located in the Persian Gulf.

Why destroying or seizing Kharg Island is a bad idea

Tom Rogan July 10, 2026 12:23 pm

Electronic quantum computer microchip with artificial intelligence icon. AI and big data flow management.

Quantum computing is coming. It will deliver extraordinary benefits

James Rogan July 10, 2026 6:00 am

U.S. President Donald Trump is seated, arms out in a shrug while talking, right, beside Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, who looks at Trump with a slight smile in the other chair at the NATO summit.

NATO still delivers for America

Ani Chkhikvadze July 10, 2026 6:00 am

Independence Hall in Philadelphia is seen.

Remembering the 250th anniversary of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

Christopher Tremoglie July 9, 2026 4:54 pm

Photo of a fetus on an ultrasound scan and few pills on brown background.

Blanche must stop America’s abortion epidemic

Sam Korkus July 9, 2026 4:02 pm

Former public health official Abdul el Sayed.

Abdul el Sayed memory-holes his anti-police past

Daniel Idfresne July 9, 2026 3:15 pm

Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background

US-Iran skirmishes are the new norm

Tom Rogan July 9, 2026 2:07 pm

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine.

Democrats break out the Biden playbook to break up with Platner

Zachary Faria July 9, 2026 1:59 pm

President Donald Trump walks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey is beating out Israel for Trump’s affection

Alissa Pavia July 9, 2026 12:21 pm

A currency trader walks by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index.

Beware before investing in South Korea’s KOSPI market

James Rogan July 9, 2026 6:00 am

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

How Politico got the Platner story that the New York Times missed

Timothy P. Carney July 8, 2026 4:29 pm