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Lula

Lula’s win is a warning for America

Jonathan Miltimore · October 31, 2026 6:00 am

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Kylian Mbappe shouldn’t apologize for calling Mao a dictator

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), second to right, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), right. (Washington Examiner illustration; AP Photos)

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Mamdani cheer Lula — and China

People carry their belongings as they leave their office following Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Conservatives can’t stay neutral on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Flames rise from Notre Dame cathedral.

If France can’t defend itself, why should America rely on it?

Biden’s war on Appalachia

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, Rep. Carol Miller August 1, 2024 10:09 am

Harrismania: Will Kamalot’s meteoric rise from political pariah to Democratic star last?

Elizabeth Stauffer August 1, 2024 6:00 am

Pentagon building aerial view at sunset.

Peace through strength requires a rebuilt military

Robert O’Brien July 31, 2024 12:33 pm

Anti-Israel protesters made Netanyahu’s case for him

Moshe Hauer July 25, 2024 4:04 pm

Spies prevent a Russian attack on the Olympics

John Schindler July 24, 2024 1:49 pm

Netanyahu’s congressional address comes at a pivotal moment

Paul Teller July 24, 2024 8:33 am

Biden’s withdrawal leaves a mess similar to the chaos of 1968

Anna Broussard July 22, 2024 4:28 pm

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee from left, Li Xi, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC; Cai Qi, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC; Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Premier Li Qiang; Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and Ding Xuexiang, vice premier of the People's Republic of China, attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing.

Xi Jinping insists on a fatally flawed economic strategy

James Rogan July 22, 2024 6:00 am

Europe can’t keep depending on US to defend it

Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu July 21, 2024 6:00 am

The Left and Right have very different definitions of terrorism

Mike Gonzalez July 20, 2024 6:00 am

How foreign spies will be targeting the Biden and Trump campaigns

John Schindler July 19, 2024 4:31 pm

Republican Party platform goes all in on space exploration

Mark Whittington July 19, 2024 11:12 am