Beltway Confidential

Department of Elections workers sort mail-in ballots

California has no real safeguards for voting and voter registration

Zachary Faria · October 21, 2026 8:44 am

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

Elissa Slotkin speaks at the Center for American Progress.

Elissa Slotkin touts fascism as the Democratic mask slips

government democracy elections constitution

A new book argues that democracy needs more religion

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), accompanied by George Washington University students, speaks during a news conference

Rashida Tlaib can’t stop lying about Michael Brown’s death

Christopher Tremoglie August 17, 2026 8:59 am

A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment of students protesting against the war in Gaza, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 25, 2024.

Democrats turn their DEI strategy toward Muslim voters

Zachary Faria August 14, 2026 1:50 pm

Graphic of Donald Trump and Iran.

Why Iran is so desperate to assassinate Donald Trump

Tom Rogan August 14, 2026 1:15 pm

Casino gambling.

‘Girl math’ is smarter than gambling

Hershey Hackberry August 14, 2026 8:29 am

Closeup shot of a pregnant woman holding her belly at home.

The dark logic of surrogacy and abortion

Zachary Faria August 13, 2026 2:34 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to speak at a navy parade marking Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea in this May 9, 2014 file photo. Angry with the West's response over Ukraine, Russia is moving rapidly to bolster ties with North Korea in a diplomatic nose-thumbing that could complicate the U.S.-led effort to squeeze Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear weapons program. Russia's proactive strategy in Asia- which also involves cozying up to China and had been dubbed "Putin's Pivot" - began years ago as Moscow's answer to Washington's much touted rebalancing of its military forces in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

NATO and Japan should warn Russia over threat to seize vessels

Tom Rogan August 13, 2026 1:39 pm

In this photo released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prior to their meeting, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026 (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP)

End major US ally status for China cronies, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

Michael Rubin August 13, 2026 6:00 am

Francesca Hong and David Crowley

Are pollsters compromised by socialists or just incompetent?

Zachary Faria August 12, 2026 2:13 pm

FILE - Elon Musk

Musk joins the push to repeal Alaska’s terrible ranked choice voting system

Zachary Faria August 11, 2026 1:59 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin holding an opened card.

Fearing anti-war election embarrassment, Russia bans only opposition party

Tom Rogan August 11, 2026 11:58 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable.

To protect national security, Trump should ensure the FCC retains landlines

John Roberts August 11, 2026 6:00 am

Hasan Piker and Abdul el Sayed

The campus pipeline behind Abdul el Sayed’s Michigan win

Daniel Idfresne August 10, 2026 2:15 pm