Beltway Confidential

Demonstrators wave placards during a news conference

Colorado and Washington voters must reckon with transgender athletes and surgeries

Zachary Faria · October 27, 2026 2:45 pm

Election over, Israel-UK intelligence cooperation will thrive again

Donald Trump working the fry counter at McDonald's and speaking to press from the passenger seat of a garbage truck.

It’s time for Trump to work a shift at the Cheesecake Factory

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a campaign event ahead of Election Day Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, in Nashua, N.H.

California Democrats still butting heads over destructive wealth tax

Former President Barack Obama

Obama is wrong that war has made Iran stronger. He’s right that it’s made the US weaker.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Why would the US or Israel trust Mark Carney’s Canada?

Zachary Faria March 5, 2026 2:11 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) accompanied by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).

The $4.4 trillion pivot to socialism

Steven Taff March 5, 2026 11:55 am

A collage of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

How US intelligence is guiding the Iran war effort

John Schindler March 5, 2026 6:30 am

Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Beware the Reza Pahlavi boosters

John Schindler March 5, 2026 6:00 am

Camera shows IRIS Dena sinking that had approximately 180 sailors aboard.

Why the submarine attack is brutal but good news

Tom Rogan March 4, 2026 4:17 pm

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Spanberger protects murderous illegal immigrant from deportation

Zachary Faria March 4, 2026 2:07 pm

A banner of Charlie Kirk hung from the Department of Education, Sunday, March 1, 2026, in Washington.

The Education Department got it right with Charlie Kirk

Steven Taff March 4, 2026 1:52 pm

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union

Don’t fall for ‘Islamophobia’ legislation

Eric Rozenman March 4, 2026 9:30 am

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran.

Trump should stay firm in Iran

Ani Chkhikvadze March 4, 2026 6:00 am

US President Donald Trump greets Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Trump landed in Egypt on October 13 for a summit on Gaza, following a lightning visit to Israel after a ceasefire he brokered entered into force. (Photo by Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s supercilious character doesn’t excuse Starmer’s strategic constipation

Tom Rogan March 3, 2026 3:26 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the press.

The ‘Israel dragged us into war’ canard

David Harsanyi March 3, 2026 2:03 pm

California state Sen. Scott Wiener.

California’s absurd, insane desire to hide transgender children from their parents

Zachary Faria March 3, 2026 1:58 pm