Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, left, shake hands prior to their talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 11, 2025.

Witkoff praises Putin as a humanitarian — to his shame and ours

Ali Holcomb · October 21, 2026 6:00 pm

A protester wraps a French flag around them in front of a burning tourism office.

France has fallen. America can’t be next

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

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

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani leaves a press conference outside the Jacob K. Javits federal building Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in New York.

Zohran Mamdani won’t save the Democrats with young men

Caroline Downey August 9, 2025 8:00 am

Jim Acosta’s interview of a dead kid is a shameless stunt

Kimberly Ross August 9, 2025 6:00 am

US decision to use nuclear weapons ended World War II

Sean Durns August 8, 2025 6:00 am

Emmanuel Macron is a Hamas accomplice

Hugh Hewitt August 6, 2025 6:00 am

Trump just made a huge mistake

Brad Polumbo August 6, 2025 6:00 am

Approve the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

James Rogan August 2, 2025 6:00 am

A baby is lifted over a wall at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan by U.S. soldiers as Afghans attempt to flee the Taliban takeover of the country, Aug. 19, 2021.

Trump Defense Department callously endangers Afghan allies

Beth Bailey August 1, 2025 6:00 am

A woman takes pictures of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas at the fence in front of the New Synagogue Berlin on Jan. 16, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The hostages need stronger sanctions on Hamas and Iran

Ruby Chen August 1, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Team Trump is blowing its chance to reform the deep state

John Schindler July 31, 2025 8:00 am

Trump has already hosted two key allies at the White House: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. At least three other foreign leaders are slated to visit by month's end.

Rescissions are not a White House ‘fade on soft power’

James Mazzarella, Patrick Quirk July 31, 2025 6:00 am

A Palestinian state requires the end of Hamas

Hugh Hewitt July 30, 2025 6:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump meet at the 2017 G20 summit.

Freedom depends on strong American leadership

Richard Y. Newton III July 26, 2025 6:00 am