In Focus

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia walks out to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington.

Zacharia had to go. Here’s who should be next

Joe Concha · October 17, 2026 6:00 am

Bernie Sanders speaks outside next to a Medicaid Saves Lives poster, right.

‘Medicare for all’ is popular only when you lie about it

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, embraces U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, left, as Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, right, looks on during Rubio's arrival at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport near Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.

Is Rubio running without running?

Victor Mellor Sr.

Havana’s man in America: A MAGA nominee files as Castro’s agent

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks ahead inquisitively and innocently, as he attends a session of the BRICS Plus Outreach format in New Delhi, India.

Russian assassinations on Western soil demand violent retaliation

President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic as he speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington.

Big Tech is leading the ‘AI safety’ guardrails push: For protection or profit?

Emily Hallas October 5, 2026 7:00 am

Christa Pike mugshot.

The death penalty makes us worse

Timothy P. Carney October 4, 2026 9:19 am

Law enforcement escorts families with children away from the Temple Israel synagogue on March 13 in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, after Ayman Mohamad Ghazali rammed his truck filled with fireworks and jugs of flammable liquid through the front doors. (Photos by Paul Sancya/AP)

The war on European Jews and the new reality of American Jewish life

Daniel Ross Goodman October 4, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump.

Democrats are banking on voters forgetting how terrible they are

Joe Concha October 3, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

For Trump and Vance, Iran isn’t a forever war — or a war at all

Jay Caruso October 2, 2026 4:00 pm

The New York Times building in New York City at night

The New York Times’s 80-year crusade against Israel

David Harsanyi October 2, 2026 2:00 pm

Trump on the stage as balloons come down after the GOP midterm convention.

A Republican midterm convention bounce — for Democrats

Peter Laffin October 2, 2026 6:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The US should no longer accept the UN’s dysfunction

Ron MacCammon October 1, 2026 4:00 pm

Doctor analyzes an artificial intelligence processor on a light blue background.

What medicine is for: Staying human in the age of AI

Charles Camosy October 1, 2026 2:00 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to speak at a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

America has the freest press in the G7

Tom Rogan October 1, 2026 6:00 am

Douglas Wilson speaks in front of a pair of American flags

Anti-blasphemy laws in America?

Mark Tooley September 30, 2026 4:00 pm

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court on July 26, 2023, in New York.

Effective altruism: The atheist religion of the global tech elite

Conn Carroll September 30, 2026 2:00 pm