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

Times Square attack reminds us terrorism still looms

Peter Brookes January 10, 2023 3:14 pm

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL).

New House Armed Services GOP chairman pledges to fight ‘misguided’ DOD policies

Mike Brest January 10, 2023 12:34 pm

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House speakership battle: Democracy in action or political hijacking?

Elizabeth Stauffer January 10, 2023 6:00 am

Congressional rules reforms ‘make it easier’ to add to debt, budget hawk group claims

Ryan King January 9, 2023 7:46 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Lauren Boebert listen during the 15th round of votes in the House chamber as the House enters the fifth day trying to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.

Why new Speaker McCarthy should not deliver big cuts to defense

Quin Hillyer January 9, 2023 3:06 pm

It matches morality to realism. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)

Why local election results in Taiwan have implications for America

Min-Hua Chiang January 9, 2023 2:23 pm

Sorry, higher taxes are necessary

James Rogan January 9, 2023 11:46 am

Biden must stop greenlighting starvation as statecraft

Michael Rubin January 9, 2023 6:00 am

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

Address inflation and protect Social Security, public demands of new Congress: Poll

Conrad Hoyt January 9, 2023 1:23 am

Immigration issues to dominate Biden’s ‘Three Amigos’ summit in Mexico

Naomi Lim January 8, 2023 7:00 am

FILE--In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility near the central city of Arak is backdropped by mountains. Iran's reformers and moderate conservatives welcomed an agreement between Iran and six world powers on how to implement a nuclear deal struck in November, saying it will shore up Iran's sanctions-hit economy but hardliners still remain opposed. The six-nation group - the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany - and Iran have agreed to start implementing the terms of the historic interim deal from Jan. 20. That will start a six-month clock for a final deal to be struck over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear program. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Will 2023 put the final nail in the Iran nuclear deal coffin?

Daniel DePetris January 8, 2023 6:00 am

The US must not help Beijing stabilize its economy

The US must not help Beijing stabilize its economy

Simone Gao January 8, 2023 6:00 am