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Peter Laffin

Peter Laffin is a senior editor at the Washington Examiner, overseeing In Focus and Restoring America. He was formerly a staff writer for the National Catholic Register. His commentaries, news features, and book reviews have appeared in Catholic Herald UK, the Catholic Thing, RealClearPolitics, and RealClearReligion, and he has offered analysis on Fox News, EWTN, and Sirius XM’s POTUS.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
Beltway Confidential

DHS’s crisis of legitimacy after the Pretti lies

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Federal agents in Minneapolis.
Beltway Confidential

Homeland insecurity: Meltdown in Minnesota

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A young family consisting of a hispanic father and mother and their newborn baby boy in the hospital.
Beltway Confidential

A culture of life begins with virtuous men

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From video shot by ICE officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026: at left, anti-ICE activist Renee Good refuses to follow commands; at right, Ross’s view from the front of Good’s car before being struck. (Associated Press)
In Focus

The officer and the activist: A perfect storm in Minnesota

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and his wife Usha Vance, left, with their daughter Mirabel, attend a Good Friday service led by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, right, inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 18, 2025.
In Focus

Trump-Vance is the most anti-life Republican administration in history

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Kevin Stefanski and John Harbaugh, left, are being considered for the New York Giants’ head coaching position. Antonio Pierce will also be interviewed under the NFL’s Rooney Rule, though he is viewed as a long shot. (AP Photos)
Magazine - Your Land

It’s time for NFL to retire the racist ‘Rooney Rule’

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Trump monitors U.S. military operations in Venezuela, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Beltway Confidential

Intelligence, power, and moral clarity: Trump’s Venezuela masterstroke

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Beltway Confidential

Will any Democrat condemn Mamdani’s Marxist tenant advocate?

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Trump at a rally.
Courage, Strength, and Optimism

The military’s staggering competence under Trump

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Mamdani is the fresh face of old and discredited ideas

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