Beltway Confidential

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

Elissa Slotkin’s contemporary Bolshevism

Christopher Tremoglie · October 22, 2026 5:58 pm

Police officers responding to a shooting in Seattle, Washington, on July 26, 2026.

How can Democrats promote gun control while going soft on gun criminals?

Why is the US ambassador to Ethiopia undermining Trump?

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

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

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

This image released by CBS News shows Bari Weiss at the CBS News/Politico reception ahead of the White House correspondents dinner.

What Bari Weiss ‘murdered’ at CBS News

Daniel Idfresne June 5, 2026 2:20 pm

A health worker checks an individual's temperature at a temporary health clinic at the Mpondwe border crossing linking Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Congolese government is to blame for Ebola crisis

Michael Rubin June 5, 2026 6:00 am

Chinese flag next to AI chips and superconductors to represent the importance of cybersecurity and keeping U.S. military technology secured.

China, or why Pentagon-Israel tech agreement must exclude top US secrets

Tom Rogan June 4, 2026 11:47 am

Mikie Sherrill Delaney Hall

Mikie Sherrill vilifies ICE while downplaying dangerous violence of Delaney Hall protesters

Christopher Tremoglie June 4, 2026 8:48 am