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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?

Media’s descent into political advocacy erases line between journalism and partisan activism

Becket Adams March 16, 2024 6:00 am

The deep state is on the ballot this November

Mike Gonzalez March 15, 2024 6:00 am

US must follow the UK’s lead and abandon the gender experiment

Kaylee McGhee White March 13, 2024 1:25 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 7, 2024. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

MAGA needs to grow up

Peter Laffin March 13, 2024 6:00 am

The original Associated Press photograph of Barack Obama and Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster. (AP)

From hope to terror: How Obama’s signature failure continues to haunt our politics

Peter Laffin March 10, 2024 6:00 am

China rubber-stamps more of Xi’s economic delusions

James Rogan March 8, 2024 6:00 am

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Why voters should make this Biden’s last State of the Union

Sen. John Barrasso March 7, 2024 6:00 am

The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates

James Rogan March 7, 2024 6:00 am

A page from the Temu website is shown in this photo, in New York, Friday, June 23, 2023.

Are we our own Manchurian candidate?

Robert H. Bork Jr. March 6, 2024 6:00 am

Low expectations are a low-key boon for Biden

Peter Laffin March 6, 2024 6:00 am

No tax dollars for CCP companies

Paul Teller, Rep. John Moolenaar March 6, 2024 6:00 am

China’s purchase of this academic support site jeopardizes students’ security

Mary Vought March 5, 2024 6:00 am