In Focus

Graphic of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump with artillery shells.

Trump stopped Hegseth’s execution livestream. Now he should reconsider Hegseth

Ron MacCammon · October 21, 2026 3:00 pm

President Donald Trump is seen behind Iran flag.

Like Bush’s surge, Trump’s Iran war took courage. And victory is near

Former Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

Lisa Murkowski could turn into the GOP’s Joe Manchin

President Donald Trump holds up a document with the words "Foreign Trade Barriers" on it as he speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington.

Voters wanted Trump I’s economy. They got tariff chaos

People protest against U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in New York.

Iran, China, and Cuba are directing protests inside America

Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant.

An Inconvenient Truth at 20: A hoax in hindsight

David Harsanyi May 26, 2026 2:27 pm

Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Is Trump blinking on Iran?

Guy Benson May 26, 2026 6:00 am

A bald eagle sits in a dead tree near her nest in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio.

The American wildlife miracle

Brady Leonard May 25, 2026 2:00 pm

FILE - A housing development in Cranberry Township, Pa., is shown on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Institutional investor purchases of homes in focus amid housing bill debate

Zach Halaschak May 25, 2026 8:00 am

Eric Trump.

‘Nobody cared, and I’m allowed to’: Trump’s guide to self-dealing

Timothy P. Carney May 24, 2026 6:00 am

Steam towers at the Crane Clean Energy Center.

A look back on Trump’s efforts to boost nuclear energy one year later

Callie Patteson May 23, 2026 2:00 pm

In this Jan. 28, 2018, photo, Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks about the history and character of the Post during a dedication ceremony for its new headquarters in Washington.

Bezos makes the case for billionaires

Joe Concha May 23, 2026 6:00 am

Hundreds protest a Trump administration announcement this week that rescinds an Obama-era order allowing transgender students to use school bathrooms matching their gender identities, at the Stonewall Inn on February 23, 2017 in New York City. Activists and members of the transgender community gathered outside the historic LGTB bar to denounce the new policy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Democrats are a global outlier on gender medicine for minors

Zachary Faria May 22, 2026 5:00 pm

Jeff Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Jeff Bezos is right about capitalism, wrong about taxes

David Harsanyi May 22, 2026 2:00 pm

Rep. Barney Frank waves on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Barney Frank’s final warning for Democrats

Jay Caruso May 22, 2026 6:00 am

American flag, left, and Nigel Farage, right, with his thumb up, smiling.

Party crasher: Nigel Farage’s lesson for US conservatives

Ron MacCammon May 21, 2026 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump promised to drain the swamp. He’s flooding it

Tom Rogan May 21, 2026 6:00 am