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

It’s now or never to reform US counterintelligence

John Schindler June 10, 2025 8:00 am

What next for artificial intelligence after the Trump-Musk blowup

Sebastien Laye June 8, 2025 6:00 am

Make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent

Patrick Fleenor June 7, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.

Why dictators won’t deal with Trump

Henry Olsen June 7, 2025 6:00 am

A mortar unit with a 120 mm mortar prepares to perform a combat mission on May 18, 2024 in the Kharkiv region, near the border with Russia. Ukrainian soldiers from the 92nd assault brigade were involved in holding back the Russians on the border with Russia. In recent days Russian forces have gained ground around the Kharkiv region, which Ukraine had largely reclaimed in the months following Russia's initial large-scale invasion in February 2022.

It is the West, not Ukraine, which fears Russia’s onslaught

Ani Chkhikvadze June 6, 2025 12:58 pm

China’s tech invasion is a national emergency

Rob Joyce June 6, 2025 9:21 am

America must get real about its uranium crisis

James Rogan June 6, 2025 6:00 am

Congress illustration

Congress should quickly approve Trump’s rescission legislation

Mike Gonzalez June 5, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.

What part of ‘no enrichment’ does the world’s media not understand?

Hugh Hewitt June 4, 2025 5:00 am

Qatar keeps purchasing political influence

Natalie Ecanow, Sinan Ciddi June 3, 2025 9:28 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in The Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Trump’s new Iran doctrine: Peace through relentless pressure

E.J. Kimball June 2, 2025 5:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping participates in a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Nov. 20, 2024.

China set to double down on export dependency

James Rogan June 1, 2025 6:00 am