Conservatives often disagree about wars, but virtually no one likes nation-building. President Donald Trump has so far managed to avoid it in his military interventions. Trump would surely like to do so again in Iran, but whether he will be successful raises the question of why the United States so often finds itself engaged in […]
“Reclaiming Affordability” is an op-ed series in partnership between the Independent Women and the Washington Examiner. Each day this week, a policy expert at Independent Women will tackle the top concern on the minds of voters this election cycle from a different angle, putting forth realistic solutions to the affordability crisis. All issues are women’s issues, […]
Betting on elections and economic data may be the newest frontier in “finance,” but it is still gambling. And while Congress has the power under the commerce clause to regulate that interstate activity, it has not clearly handed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a blank check to bulldoze 50 states’ gambling regulatory regimes in the […]
Average tax refunds are reportedly up 10% this year, but easing Americans’ distrust of how Uncle Sam spends the money it keeps is not disappearing anytime soon. According to 2025 polling from the Cato Institute, the average adult believes that 59 cents of every federal tax dollar is “wasted” — up from 38 cents in […]
U.S. policy toward Iraq continues to rest on an assumption that no longer reflects reality: that Iraq functions as a coherent partner with centralized authority over its security institutions. It does not. What exists instead is a fragmented system in which formal state structures operate alongside powerful internal networks, including actors aligned with Iran’s Islamic […]
Why is the legacy media parroting Iranian propaganda justifying war crimes? The city of Dimona “is home to Israel’s nuclear program,” CNN’s Jessica Dean falsely described the southern Israeli city hit on March 21 in an Iranian missile strike that injured dozens, including a 12-year-old boy in serious condition. “Israel says Iranian missile struck town […]
Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) are warning the FBI against releasing files in a decade-old case related to an investigation into a Chinese spy. The cease and desist letter comes amid reports FBI agents and other personnel in California have been directed to gather and redact sensitive information from documents in preparation for sharing...
The Iranian military struck a Kuwaiti oil tanker off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday morning, just a day after President Trump issued a stark warning against such a move. The Dubai Media Office said in a Tuesday post on social platform X that there were no reported injuries or oil leaks...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Tuesday morning, in the fifth week of the Iran conflict, that regime change "has occurred" in Iran and echoed the president in pushing U.S. allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at allies over their reluctance to help secure Iran’s Strait...
President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at allies over their reluctance to help secure Iran’s Strait of Hormuz, telling them to either buy U.S. oil or get it themselves from the critical waterway. “All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to...
