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.

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

An ambulance parks at the emergency room entrance at Banner Estrella Medical Center.

Medicare for All remains a disaster proposition

Sally Pipes December 28, 2025 6:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast.

US is boosting China’s defense technology

Sean Durns December 25, 2025 6:00 am

Sam Nguyen holds out a gold bar in her palm atop other gold bars at her shop in the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in Los Angeles.

Gold’s rise and the new global arms race

Hugh Hewitt December 24, 2025 12:41 pm

Turning Point USA Cofounder Charlie Kirk.

The DNC thinks it can build a left-wing Turning Point USA — it can’t

Elizabeth Stauffer December 24, 2025 6:00 am

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik addresses the media after casts his ballot in a snap presidential election of Republika Srpska at a polling station in Laktasi, northwest of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025.

New trouble for Bosnia as sanctions are removed on Serb leader

Angela Howard December 21, 2025 5:00 am

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, attend a roundtable meeting on migration at the EU Summit in Brussels.

The EU bureaucracy is declaring war on American business

Matt Mowers December 19, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump.

Can Trump save Europe from itself?

John Roberts December 17, 2025 12:00 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The gas corridor sanctions forgot: Tehran’s quiet expansion into Turkey

Saeed Ghasseminejad, Aidin Panahi December 16, 2025 6:03 pm

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

Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’ is an attack against US innovators

Josh Hodges December 16, 2025 6:00 am

Tourists visit the Lincoln Memorial.

Trump is right to demand social media details for foreign tourists

Ian Haworth December 15, 2025 9:20 am

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump’s weakness on China causes rising Pacific fear

John Bolton December 15, 2025 6:00 am

President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela’s 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela’s long war against the US

Elizabeth Stauffer December 13, 2025 5:00 am