Courage, Strength, and Optimism

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

Elaine McCusker, John G. Ferrari · October 15, 2026 6:00 am

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

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building as Republican lawmakers passed a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4, in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Expand the Child Tax Credit, but define success first

This 2015 photo shows server banks inside a data center at AEP headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

Trump should crack down on Chinese AI distillation

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton admitted there were mistakes ensuring the U.S. Consulate in Libya was secure but said the concerns about security never came to her attention. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The State Department gets Libya wrong. Trump should force a correction

Michael Rubin April 1, 2026 6:00 am

Hakan Fidan speaks to reporters at a press conference in Istanbul

Turkey is the NATO ally Trump should pressure first

Sinan Ciddi April 1, 2026 6:00 am

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Noem’s Shield of the Americas trip signals big change in security doctrine

Duggan Flanakin April 1, 2026 5:00 am

Members from the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of fighters from Kataib Hezbollah, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad, Iraq, in March 2026.

Don’t be fooled. Iraq isn’t the partner Washington thinks it is

Heyrsh Abdulrahman March 31, 2026 6:00 am

Aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Stop pretending the Iran war wasn’t necessary

Elizabeth Stauffer March 30, 2026 6:00 am

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a major state of the union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

The Strait of Hormuz’s bitter lesson for the European Union

Samuel Furfari March 30, 2026 5:00 am

The Jones Act requires all goods transported by water between U.S. ports to be carried on ships built in America, owned by citizens, and crewed by U.S. residents. (iStock)

Trump’s Jones Act waiver undermines his own maritime agenda

Michael Roberts March 28, 2026 6:00 am

People mourn while one of them holds a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

The messenger is the message in Iran’s Islamabad talks

Ron MacCammon March 28, 2026 6:00 am

A truck carries the coffins of Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Paramilitary Basij Forces, during a funeral for Larijani, Soleimani, and the crew of the sunken IRIS Dena warship in Tehran, Iran, on March 18, 2026. The Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena was torpedoed and sunk by the United States Navy's Los Angeles-class submarine USS Charlotte in the Indian Ocean during the 2026 Iran conflict. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Time for Congress to get busy backing regime change in Iran

Benjamin Baird March 26, 2026 6:00 am

troops standing at attention during the guard's drill in the Persian Gulf.

A weakened Iran may be a more dangerous Iran

Ron MacCammon March 25, 2026 6:00 am

U.S. military strike on suspected "narco-terrorist" boat in Caribbean Sea.

Presidents have authority to stop narco-terrorists before they reach America

Gina D’Andrea March 25, 2026 6:00 am

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s shakedown in the strait

Max Meizlish March 24, 2026 11:18 am