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

Tylenol pain-relief pills are shown in La Habra, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

How insurance mandates and policy incentives drive autism diagnoses

Bethany Mandel November 25, 2025 8:00 am

Ursula von der Leyen speaks during her annual State of the Union speech in France.

The EU needs a critical minerals community

George Bogden November 25, 2025 6:00 am

A man uses a laptop to interact with AI assistant.

How wealthy investors should view AI

Sebastien Laye November 25, 2025 5:00 am

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) talks with reporters outside the Senate chamber.

Mark Kelly hasn’t breached military law

Tom Rogan November 24, 2025 5:12 pm

Woody Allen plays clarinet at Michaels Pub.

Five classic Thanksgiving movies and shows that celebrate family

Harry Khachatrian November 24, 2025 4:26 pm

Gavin Newsom stands with first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom as he speaks during an election night press conference at a California Democratic Party office Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Newsom continues to spend California into a budget hole

Zachary Faria November 24, 2025 2:48 pm

Elissa Slotkin and President Donald Trump

Slotkin caught lying as Democrats exposed again for sabotaging Trump administration

Christopher Tremoglie November 24, 2025 1:19 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Peace at what price? Three guidelines for a deal in Ukraine

Timothy P. Carney November 24, 2025 10:48 am

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) gestures as she speaks.

Democrats are openly calling for a military mutiny

Elizabeth Stauffer November 23, 2025 5:00 am

Close up shot of variety of beautifully decorated Christmas gift boxes arranged on a table.

Go ahead, celebrate Christmas

Kimberly Ross November 22, 2025 9:43 am

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a ceremony.

Iran escalates nuclear stand off

Daniel DePetris November 22, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump points as he meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump is holding the media accountable one settlement at a time

Tudor Dixon November 22, 2025 5:00 am