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

The Taliban escalate their brutal hunt for American allies

Beth Bailey March 26, 2023 6:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Trump’s latest gift to Biden

Ian Haworth March 24, 2023 1:04 pm

Ban TikTok — now

Kaylee McGhee White March 24, 2023 9:47 am

What Florida’s higher education bill gets right

Max Eden March 23, 2023 8:52 am

TikTok data trackers installed on state government websites, review finds

Christopher Hutton March 21, 2023 12:15 pm

Biden administration limits China investments by semiconductor chip subsidy recipients

Christopher Hutton March 21, 2023 10:27 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Head of the Jewish autonomous region Alexander Vinnikov in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin’s imperial ambitions are a threat to the American-led world order

Michael Lucchese March 21, 2023 6:00 am

Andy Lack, Ronan Farrow, Chris Hayes.

Manchin blasts Biden over ESG rule veto

Breanne Deppisch March 20, 2023 2:33 pm

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, attends the State of the Tribes, Wednesday, March 16, 2023, at the State House in Augusta, Maine.

Biden administration criticized by Maine Democrat for ‘hypocrisy’ in lobster regulations

Rachel Schilke March 20, 2023 2:09 pm

FILE - In this April 19, 2011 file photo, a member of the U.S. National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. National Guard members along the Texas-Mexico border assist Border Patrol by surveying the terrain from the tower. The U.S. National Guard faces a vastly different landscape than it did on its last two deployments to the Mexican border but its role is shaping up much the same: moving Border Patrol agents from behind-the-scenes jobs to making arrests on the front lines. The Guard was assigned to observation posts some distance from the border for safety reasons, using binoculars and other gear to spot people crossing. Richard Barlow, then a top Border Patrol official in San Diego, said their success as lookouts varied because they were unarmed and needed protection in more dangerous areas.

Sixteen on FBI terror watchlist caught illegally crossing southern border in February

Anna Giaritelli March 20, 2023 12:19 pm

The Iraq War looks better with time

Michael Rubin March 20, 2023 6:00 am

Tom Cotton sounds the alarm on China â is anybody listening?

Tom Cotton sounds the alarm on China â is anybody listening?

Salena Zito March 17, 2023 3:04 pm