Courage, Strength, and Optimism

People carry their belongings as they leave their office following Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Conservatives can’t stay neutral on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Kimberly Ross · October 22, 2026 10:09 am

Flames rise from Notre Dame cathedral.

If France can’t defend itself, why should America rely on it?

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

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

Trump defenders and the intellectual Jews of postwar America

Mark Judge February 3, 2025 12:31 pm

America needs less bureaucracy and more innovation for national security

Jason Crow January 31, 2025 12:29 pm

Trump’s war on DEI is already helping our national security

Rep. Jack Bergman January 31, 2025 11:19 am

Tulsi Gabbard is the right person to lead the intelligence community

Rick Scott January 29, 2025 7:00 am

Is the defense budget ready for a cold war?

Michael P. Ferguson January 28, 2025 3:10 pm

President Donald Trump, right, talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 9, 2017.

America needs a whole-of-government response to China

Sean Durns January 28, 2025 8:00 am

What Trump just taught Colombia — and his critics

Ian Haworth January 28, 2025 6:00 am

Why Trump’s decision to label cartels as terrorists matters

Hung Cao January 28, 2025 6:00 am

In this Feb. 9, 2017, photo provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE agents are at a home in Atlanta during a targeted enforcement operation aimed at immigration fugitives, reentrants, and at-large criminal immigrants.

Could Trump send illegal immigrants to Russia?

Michael Rubin January 28, 2025 6:00 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.

Marco Rubio’s road to MAGA

Ryan Girdusky January 22, 2025 8:00 am

Trump is making the Monroe Doctrine great again

Jeremiah Poff January 18, 2025 2:00 pm

The military needs Pete Hegseth

Thomas Stewart January 18, 2025 7:00 am