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

Why the world needs a strong US navy

Miles Smith March 31, 2023 6:23 am

Top cyber general rejects Elon Muskâs call for artificial intelligence pause

Joel Gehrke March 30, 2023 3:42 pm

From automation to reinvention: How AI is shifting the nature of work

John P. Bailey March 30, 2023 2:22 pm

China flag waving in sunset.

Now is the time to strengthen policies and actions to counter communist China

Anthony B. Kim March 30, 2023 2:10 pm

In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei gestures while speaking during a gathering of thousands of members of the Basij.

The Caribbean and Pacific are weak links in counterterrorism against Iran

Michael Rubin March 30, 2023 6:00 am

America is in a new cold war with China

Andrew J. Harding March 29, 2023 3:59 pm

A police officer walks by an entrance to The Covenant School after a shooting in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, March 27, 2023.

Instead of transgender shooter, liberals point the finger at conservatives

Peter Cordi March 29, 2023 2:35 pm

Secretary Mayorkas refuses to secure the border, but the House Homeland Security Committee has a plan

Rep. Mark Green March 29, 2023 8:46 am

Nashville police show other police forces how it’s done

David J. Terestre March 29, 2023 6:00 am

On Friday, the Florida Senate voted 31-7 to pass a measure that would impose tougher penalties for synthetic drug offenders.

Save lives by cutting off fentanyl at its source

Washington Examiner March 29, 2023 1:35 am

An American flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Congress unites against Chinese atrocities

Anne Lord March 28, 2023 10:47 am

Is the new banking crisis really capitalism’s fault?

Rainer Zitelmann March 27, 2023 1:20 pm