Sean Durns

Sean Durns was the deputy commentary editor for the Washington Examiner. He is now the director of the Counter Extremist Research Center at the Capital Research Center.

Trump puts his hand around Takaichi's shoulder on-stage

In Focus

Germany and Japan are rearming. Trump deserves credit

Sean Durns · May 7, 2026 2:00 pm

A statue of George Washington stands in front of Federal Hall National Memorial.

Columnists

America 250: America has been blessed with great leaders

Sean Durns · May 2, 2026 10:27 am

The suspected gunman who opened fire at the Washington hotel Cole Tomas Allen.

Beltway Confidential

Cole Allen’s background isn’t that unusual for a terrorist

Sean Durns · April 27, 2026 10:26 am

President Donald Trump greets Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House.

In Focus

Winds of change in Latin America

Sean Durns · April 15, 2026 2:21 pm

War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters at a press conference at the White House on April 6.

Beltway Confidential

Why the US-Indonesia defense pact is a big deal

Sean Durns · April 15, 2026 1:58 pm

A 3-dimensional rendering of an AI microchip embedded in an intricate blue circuit board, with futuristic computing lines like legs poking out the middle square, representing digital innovation.

Beltway Confidential

Pass the Chip Security Act

Sean Durns · April 6, 2026 10:24 am

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

In Focus

From Hormuz to Diego Garcia: The return of geopolitics

Sean Durns · April 1, 2026 2:00 pm

Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tehran.

Columnists

Are Chinese drone operators buried under the rubble in Iran?

Sean Durns · March 27, 2026 8:00 am

A type 094 Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 15 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

China prepares for submarine warfare against America

Sean Durns · March 25, 2026 4:00 pm

Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, from left, Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, US President Donald Trump, and David Sacks, White House Artificial Intelligence and Crypto czar.

In Focus

America’s AI race against China gets a boost

Sean Durns · March 25, 2026 2:00 pm

Magazine

How China turned red

Sean Durns · March 13, 2026 6:07 am

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, left, and President John F. Kennedy, right, welcome Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Pahlavi to the White House in Washington, D.C., April 11, 1962. (Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group / Getty Images)

In Focus

In Iran, heavy is the head that wears the crown

Sean Durns · March 12, 2026 5:00 pm