Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, left, shake hands prior to their talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 11, 2025.

Witkoff praises Putin as a humanitarian — to his shame and ours

Ali Holcomb · October 21, 2026 6:00 pm

A protester wraps a French flag around them in front of a burning tourism office.

France has fallen. America can’t be next

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in Quantico, Virginia.

Hegseth’s Pentagon initiatives hold promise

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez address supporters from the top of a truck during a protest against the official presidential election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela needs more than an election date

A person pastes a heart-shaped sticker on a banner with pictures of Israeli hostages during a a gathering at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv.

After Trump brought him home, an Oct. 7 hostage family member tells his story

Pentagon: China refuses to talk during crises in bid to spook US into fleeing

Joel Gehrke April 17, 2023 4:17 pm

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congress, reassert your constitutional authority over trade

Claude Barfield April 17, 2023 1:58 pm

A recent report found that multiple TikTok and ByteDance employees had past or present ties with Chinese state media outlets.

Montana spits in the eye of the CCP, votes to ban TikTok

Ian Haworth April 17, 2023 9:42 am

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif.

How to dumbfound a liberal in 10 seconds or less

Elizabeth Stauffer April 17, 2023 6:00 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Gavin Newsom denounces Republican tyranny; meanwhile, a California church is fined $1.2 million for trivial COVID violations

David Freddoso April 15, 2023 9:50 am

New evidence that Biden’s war on fossil fuels will destroy communities

James Rogan April 15, 2023 6:00 am

Can Trump win again on Al Gore’s ‘lockbox’ agenda?

David Freddoso April 14, 2023 2:41 pm

The big lesson Tim Scott learned from national tour preceding 2024 plans

Ryan King April 13, 2023 5:16 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

How China is using the Ukraine war to advance its own authoritarian agenda

Simone Gao April 13, 2023 1:01 pm

U.S. President Ronald Reagan acknowledges the applause after speaking to an audience in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987.

The myth of Reagan’s ‘October surprise’ dies hard

Justin P. Coffey April 13, 2023 12:01 am

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis greets the crowd as he takes the stage for his Jacksonville campaign rally.

Should Ron DeSantis run for president in 2024?

Ron Faucheux April 12, 2023 11:00 am

The revival of the conservative conservation ethos

Rep. Blake Moore, Benji Backer April 12, 2023 6:37 am