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

Jonathan Karl, front row right, has worked for ABC since 2003, starting out as a senior foreign affairs correspondent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ABC’s Jonathan Karl insists Kirk’s assassination ‘wasn’t political’

Peter Laffin September 21, 2025 1:30 pm

New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban is at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, November 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

What a Mamdani win would mean for law enforcement

Pedro Rodriguez September 21, 2025 8:00 am

Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg listens to a question from the audience during a VoteVets Town Hall, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Buttigieg is right: Democrats’ obsession with identity politics cost them in 2024

Peter Laffin September 20, 2025 8:00 am

Military personnel direct F-35 jets and helicopters on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as it participates in the NATO Steadfast Defender 2021 exercise off the coast of Portugal, Thursday, May 27, 2021.

America’s bold defense push signals global comeback

Pedro Rodriguez September 20, 2025 8:00 am

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters as second gentleman Doug Emhoff, from third right, Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz, listen outside a Primanti Bros. restaurant during a campaign stop, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Voters were right to reject Kamala Harris’s contempt for them

Zachary Faria September 19, 2025 2:33 pm

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin speaks during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Democrats break rank, admit colleges fuel antisemitism

Pedro Rodriguez September 19, 2025 2:24 pm

Yurong "Luanna" Jiang delivers an address during her commencement ceremonies at Harvard University.

Conservatives renew push to reverse Chinese student visas

Pedro Rodriguez September 19, 2025 2:21 pm

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) questions a panel of witnesses.

Elise Stefanik stands up to Zohran Mamdani’s dangerous and radical politics

Christopher Tremoglie September 19, 2025 12:18 pm

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan state court in New York.

The straight line from Luigi Mangione to Tyler Robinson

Kimberly Ross September 19, 2025 6:00 am

The Taliban pray on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan

US must proceed with caution in relations with the Taliban

Beth Bailey September 19, 2025 6:00 am

Power utility lines are seen, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Pownal, Maine. A budget signed this week by Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) clears the way for utilities to recover added costs caused by delays of a project to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England grid. The head of Central Maine Power’s corporate parent Avangrid previously said the cost of the billion-dollar project grew to $1.5 billion because of delays and inflation during a prolonged court battle.

The huge deal Trump could make to lower energy prices

Conn Carroll September 18, 2025 3:48 pm

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

ADL’s survey on political violence is criminally misleading

David Harsanyi September 18, 2025 2:36 pm