Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in Quantico, Virginia.

Hegseth’s Pentagon initiatives hold promise

Elaine McCusker, John G. Ferrari · October 15, 2026 6:00 am

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez address supporters from the top of a truck during a protest against the official presidential election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela needs more than an election date

A person pastes a heart-shaped sticker on a banner with pictures of Israeli hostages during a a gathering at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv.

After Trump brought him home, an Oct. 7 hostage family member tells his story

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building.

Expand the Child Tax Credit, but define success first

This 2015 photo shows server banks inside a data center at AEP headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

Trump should crack down on Chinese AI distillation

From automation to reinvention: How AI is shifting the nature of work

John P. Bailey March 30, 2023 2:22 pm

China flag waving in sunset.

Now is the time to strengthen policies and actions to counter communist China

Anthony B. Kim March 30, 2023 2:10 pm

In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei gestures while speaking during a gathering of thousands of members of the Basij.

The Caribbean and Pacific are weak links in counterterrorism against Iran

Michael Rubin March 30, 2023 6:00 am

America is in a new cold war with China

Andrew J. Harding March 29, 2023 3:59 pm

A police officer walks by an entrance to The Covenant School after a shooting in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, March 27, 2023.

Instead of transgender shooter, liberals point the finger at conservatives

Peter Cordi March 29, 2023 2:35 pm

Secretary Mayorkas refuses to secure the border, but the House Homeland Security Committee has a plan

Rep. Mark Green March 29, 2023 8:46 am

Nashville police show other police forces how it’s done

David J. Terestre March 29, 2023 6:00 am

On Friday, the Florida Senate voted 31-7 to pass a measure that would impose tougher penalties for synthetic drug offenders.

Save lives by cutting off fentanyl at its source

Washington Examiner March 29, 2023 1:35 am

An American flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Congress unites against Chinese atrocities

Anne Lord March 28, 2023 10:47 am

Is the new banking crisis really capitalism’s fault?

Rainer Zitelmann March 27, 2023 1:20 pm

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to improve government services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington. Bidenâs long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. He achieved it, albeit at 78 the oldest person to assume the presidency.

Biden administration splurges on ‘climate crisis’ training for embattled youth activists

Gabe Kaminsky March 27, 2023 12:39 pm

FILE - In this May 14, 2014 file photo, people walk by the Sony Building at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Sony shareholders voted Thursday, June 19 to keep Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai and other top executives after heckling them about the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's continuing losses. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Is Sony the next TikTok?

Paul Boardman March 27, 2023 6:00 am