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

President Donald Trump salutes after deplaning Air Force One.

Has Trump woken up to Putin’s Ukraine game?

Ani Chkhikvadze September 25, 2025 6:00 am

Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt in 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolf'

‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ takes on Iran’s nuclear program

Harry Khachatrian September 25, 2025 6:00 am

The portion of the tax code that allows for these "educational assistance programs" is on the chopping block from the House version of tax reform that's expected to see a floor vote on Thursday. (@CristoRey/Twitter)

Florida’s education success should be copied nationwide

Pedro Rodriguez September 24, 2025 4:49 pm

"Dark money" isn't really "dark" — we know who spent it, and how much they spent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

Left-wing donors push for woke education agenda as scores hit all time low

Pedro Rodriguez September 24, 2025 4:10 pm

ICE special response camo

Democrats’ rhetoric endangers ICE officers

Christopher Tremoglie September 24, 2025 3:29 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).

Voters don’t trust Democrats to run a lemonade stand

Zachary Faria September 24, 2025 2:28 pm

A pregnant woman holding a pill and a glass of water.

RFK Jr. makes pregnancy even harder

Timothy P. Carney September 24, 2025 1:52 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a podium.

Why Trump’s NATO ‘yes’ was so important

Ani Chkhikvadze September 24, 2025 11:55 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shape sign and the slogan "Race against time, Fight the Virus" during an inspection of the center for disease control and prevention of Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, China's ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a "people's war" against the disease.

Congress moves to counter China’s propaganda

Pedro Rodriguez September 24, 2025 9:28 am

People display the Somaliland flag as they wait to cast their vote in 2024.

Time for Trump to recognize Somaliland

Michael Rubin September 24, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump, left, and China's President Xi Jinping. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Luis Hidalgo / AP Photos)

Trump’s silent surrender on China

Zachary Faria September 23, 2025 2:45 pm

Students work in a classroom.

Academic decline demands education reform

Pedro Rodriguez September 23, 2025 2:27 pm