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Just before Christmas in 1961, a KGB major named Anatoliy Golitsyn defected to the West after turning up unannounced at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki. He came bearing secrets, revealing to his slightly bewildered hosts that Western intelligence agencies had been penetrated for decades by rather excellent Soviet spies. At the center of this effort […]

The Department of Justice indicted 32-year-old Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al Saadi for directing nearly 20 attacks and plots against American and Jewish targets across Europe and the United States. This is not abstract terrorism. Kata’ib Hizballah, the Iranian proxy he commanded in Iraq, has the blood of hundreds of American service members on its […]

Discover how modernizing South Texas land ports boosts trade, cuts supply chain costs, and keeps America competitive—learn more about proposed upgrades.

In the 1990s, I asked Milton Friedman how I should approach charitable giving. His answer was to invest in school choice, a concept he had invented decades earlier. At the time, school choice barely existed. Now, it’s exploding. Friedman’s advice was right on — my bet has paid off. Now, it is time for all of […]

It is hard to think of a force that is more sorely lacking and desperately needed in American politics today.

Tina Peters, a former elections clerk in Colorado who was the first local official convicted over efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, is set to leave prison Monday after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted her sentence. Peters is set to leave prison after spending less than a quarter of her nine-year sentence behind...

When you think of Google “debugging” something, you probably think of software – not actual bugs.

If Donald Trump wants history and the Nobel committee to recognize him as a peace president, he has a strange way of going about it. 

The U.S. military over the weekend struck radar and drone sites in Iran, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said late Sunday. “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island this weekend,” Centcom said in a post on the social platform X....

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) notified Senate Democrats on Monday that they will make a coordinated effort to eliminate the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, which Schumer called a “slush fund.” Schumer said he will force Republicans to vote to kill the fund, regardless of how Republicans attempt to prevent the issue from...

In 1777, Morocco became the first nation to recognize the United States. I was reminded of that history not in a textbook, but in the Pentagon, seated across from senior American defense officials, as our two countries recently concluded a new 10-year Defense Cooperation Roadmap. In that room, the past did not feel ceremonial —...

In today’s issue: The country’s upcoming semiquincentennial celebration has fallen subject to partisan tensions as President Trump appears set to headline the start of the multi-week festival later this month. Trump said in a Truth Social post on Saturday that he wants to hold a rally in Washington, D.C., to mark the country’s 250th birthday instead of a planned concert, after more than a half dozen musical acts pulled...

This choice is not even a close call.

A recent outbreak of Ebola cases in Africa is sparking fresh concern from public health officials in the United States about the spread of communicable diseases ahead of next month’s World Cup. The tournament will be played in more than a half-dozen cities across North America and is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the...