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A MAGA hat.

The MAGA bubble is about to burst

Peter Laffin · October 23, 2026 6:00 am

A protester holds a Palestinian flag as a bus stop burns during a demonstration at Place de Republique on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

All is not well in the West

Protesters march through central Paris amid fires, smoke, police deployments and clashes during nationwide demonstrations against the high cost of living, on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France. (Firas Abdullah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

It’s the economy, stupid: Why France will keep burning

Graphic of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump with artillery shells.

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

President Donald Trump is seen behind Iran flag.

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

People carry a body of a gunmen attack victim in Gari Ya Waye community in Jos North Nigeria, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Omale)

Palm Sunday in Nigeria: An inconvenient massacre

Peter Laffin April 3, 2026 6:00 am

Flag raising ceremony as NATO adds Finland.

NATO is crumbling, and Europe has no one to blame but itself

Tiana Lowe Doescher April 2, 2026 2:00 pm

U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli

Trump needs strikes and diplomatic realism, not ground troops, in Iran

Tom Rogan April 2, 2026 8:00 am

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

From Hormuz to Diego Garcia: The return of geopolitics

Sean Durns April 1, 2026 2:00 pm

No Kings protest in Washington, D.C.

Democrats are the kings of hypocrisy

Joe Concha April 1, 2026 8:00 am

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference

The SAVE America Act isn’t worth killing the filibuster

David Harsanyi March 31, 2026 2:00 pm

Close up of a stethoscope and a pen in a doctor's robe pocket.

Medical schools ditch DEI — a real doctor will see you now

Bethany Mandel March 31, 2026 12:30 pm

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent stands at John F. Kennedy International Airport

Democrats oppose ICE itself, not abuses or overreach

Guy Benson March 30, 2026 2:00 pm

Roberts Pence

Conservative think tanks jostle for influence months after Heritage Foundation exodus

Barnini Chakraborty March 30, 2026 8:00 am

Two years ago, seven babies and a mother lost their lives in a Philadelphia clinic at the hands of Dr. Kermit Gosnell -- an individual sworn to do no harm. (AP Photo)Â

Kermit Gosnell, post-birth abortionist

Timothy P. Carney March 29, 2026 8:00 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).

The Left comes for a flailing Gavin Newsom

Joe Concha March 28, 2026 8:00 am

People wait in a TSA line at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Privatize the TSA

David Harsanyi March 27, 2026 2:00 pm