Beltway Confidential

Collage of President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama.

If you like your Cheesecake Factory, you can keep your Cheesecake Factory

Christopher Tremoglie · October 30, 2026 11:50 am

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

ICE Training Philly worst of worst illegal immigrants

Philadelphia Democrats organize to disrupt ICE. They’re protecting violent illegal immigrants

Britain's Prince Andrew.

Have King Charles’s actions done enough to stop the Epstein rot?

Alexander Larman October 31, 2025 11:05 am

Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the Heritage Foundation.

The Groypers are at the gate

Peter Laffin October 31, 2025 6:00 am

Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House.

Democrats dogpile Karine Jean-Pierre to bury the Biden cover-up

Zachary Faria October 30, 2025 2:10 pm

In 2014, the FBI reported 1,092 hate crimes based on religious bias -- 58 percent of those crimes were against Jews, compared with 16 percent that were against Muslims. (AP Photo)

NYC antisemitic attack marks dark start for Mayor Mamdani

Pedro Rodriguez October 30, 2025 9:22 am

Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa.

The worst may be yet to come in Syria

Michael Rubin October 30, 2025 6:00 am

FILE - In a May 9, 2012 file photo, Capt. Sara Rodriguez, 26, of the 101st Airborne Division, carries a litter of sandbags during the Expert Field Medical Badge training at Fort Campbell, Ky. The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall, File)

101st Air Assault Division withdrawal from Romania doesn’t weaken NATO

Tom Rogan October 29, 2025 3:19 pm

Bernie Sander and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Democrats can’t fake moderation on immigration

Zachary Faria October 29, 2025 2:51 pm

Jews gather around the Great Lawn in Manhattan's Central Park for a "Circle of Unity" event marking the second anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7 attack in Israel, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Why I’m going to stop using the term ‘antisemitism’

David Harsanyi October 29, 2025 1:44 pm

NFL Columbus Day

Why has the NFL ignored Italian American Heritage Month?

Christopher Tremoglie October 29, 2025 12:26 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump must stand up for Taiwan in Xi meeting

Derek Levine October 29, 2025 6:00 am

A woman wearing a face mask walks quickly through crowds of Taliban fighters and supporters during celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal and the start of Taliban rule in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.

New glimmers of hope for Afghan refugee applicants

Beth Bailey October 29, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Are the days of the Democratic Party’s existence numbered?

Hugh Hewitt October 29, 2025 6:00 am