Beltway Confidential

Abdul el Sayed.

Out of arguments, el Sayed resorts to crying ‘Islamophobia’

Zachary Faria · October 23, 2026 3:06 pm

resident Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, as Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, watches at a security agreement signing ceremony.

Disrespected by Trump, Denmark keeps proving itself a top ally

President Donald Trump and Lebron James.

As a lifelong 76ers fan, I am glad Trump blasted LeBron James for disrespecting the national anthem

Protesters yell as President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the T. Ed Garrison Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Pendleton, S.C. (AP Photos)

The president still thinks he’s on reality TV

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks during a hearing at the Capitol straight to the camera.

Elissa Slotkin’s contemporary Bolshevism

The Cleveland Cavaliers play the New York Knicks during the first half of Game 2 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in New York.

The Knicks’ games start too late

Timothy P. Carney June 8, 2026 2:35 pm

Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood, who resigned in disgrace in 1995, stands in the Portland Rose Garden, Monday, Aug. 3, 1998.

Bob Packwood’s lobbyist scandals

Timothy P. Carney June 8, 2026 2:14 pm

Collage of 2026 Los Angeles mayoral candidates Nithya Raman, Karen Bass, and Spencer Pratt

California’s terrible election policies create justifiable conspiracy theories

Zachary Faria June 8, 2026 2:13 pm

FIFA president Gianni Infantino

Four years later, is FIFA President Gianni Infantino still a disabled, gay, African migrant worker?

Tom Rogan June 8, 2026 1:36 pm

A worker wearing clear gloves inspects a ballot the day after California's primary election.

There’s no spinning California’s disgraceful, third-world vote-counting mess

Guy Benson June 8, 2026 12:00 pm

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.

Do Democrats not ‘believe all women’ anymore?

Zachary Faria June 8, 2026 9:27 am

Collage of 2026 Los Angeles mayoral candidates Nithya Raman, Karen Bass, and Spencer Pratt

The good and bad news in the Los Angeles mayor primary

Zachary Faria June 8, 2026 9:22 am

President Donald Trump listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025.

While Tehran probes with missiles, Jerusalem is in a bind

Ani Chkhikvadze June 8, 2026 9:14 am

President Donald Trump holds an image of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in front of the Washington Monument, as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump derangement syndrome fuels DC beautification anger, Democratic obstruction, and destruction

Christopher Tremoglie June 8, 2026 8:17 am

SpaceX signage outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on June 3, 2026. SpaceX is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SPCX. (Photo by Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

What will happen with SpaceX IPO?

James Rogan June 8, 2026 6:00 am

Fred Rogers.

America 250: Individualists and communitarians at once

Timothy P. Carney June 6, 2026 8:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Will Trump brace or blink when Vladimir Putin escalates?

Tom Rogan June 5, 2026 2:50 pm