Opinion

In the next set of off-year elections, the Virginia governor’s race will likely be the most contested. Since Virginia governors can’t run for consecutive terms, Republicans will need to find a candidate to replace current Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA). Youngkin won the 2021 governor’s race over Terry McAuliffe by about two points in a state […]

Guatemalan transgender organizations scooped $2 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development, and oxymoronic diversity, equity, and inclusion “scholarships” in Burma took another $45 million. Advancing DEI in Serbian workplaces was financed with $1.5 million, and $47,000 was found for a transgender opera in Colombia. These and many other left-wing grifts are being brought […]

The Democratic Party is so obsessed with promoting abortions that the New York government is going to the mat for a doctor who helped kill a teenager’s unborn child against her will in a different state where abortion is illegal. The legal feud playing out between Louisiana and New York shows just how committed the […]

PITTSBURGH — Western Pennsylvania native Sean Parnell said he is humbled and honored to once again serve his country, this time not on the battlefield, but as the chief Pentagon spokesman for the Trump administration. Parnell told the Washington Examiner the call to duty feels amazing. “I accept the position with great humility. One of […]

Diplomatic resets have a bad name in Washington, D.C., these days, ever since former President Barack Obama promised one with Moscow in 2009, then oversaw the collapse of U.S.-Russian relations, including the never-ending Ukraine crisis and war.   There’s nothing wrong with resetting bad relations between rivals, so long as any reset is grounded in geopolitical […]

Last week saw the worst U.S. aviation disaster in nearly a quarter century when an Army helicopter collided in midair with an American Airlines passenger plane near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport. None survived among the 64 passengers and crew onboard American Eagle flight 5342, nor did the helicopter’s three soldiers. While investigation into the […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington on Tuesday can be a significant step forward for the Trump administration to stabilize the Middle East. Despite its loss of Syria and setbacks to its Hamas and Hezbollah proxies, Iran remains the key disruptive actor in the region. Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are very close to realization, […]

Donald Trump has returned to the presidency with gusto. Within the torrent of executive orders he signed upon entering office was a push to end birthright citizenship, which triggered constitutional challenges from 22 states. Last week, the president issued, and then quickly reversed, a freeze on all federal grants, spurring legal debates about the constitutionality of the effort. Most recently, the Trump […]

As the Trump administration pursues a mission to develop America’s fossil fuel resources, people must unfortunately brace for the impending countermovements from environmental activists who increasingly deploy destructive tactics to gain attention and spread their message. While the Biden administration was largely friendly to environmental causes, it was not immune to disruptive and confrontational protests […]

Amid the tumult of President Donald Trump’s first week back in office, the Supreme Court accepted a landmark case that could, depending on how the court rules, allow religious public schools. But while this is an enormous issue on its own, the case could introduce an even more fundamental concept: the recognition that public schooling […]

Created by executive order at the height of the Cold War, the United States Agency for International Development was originally intended to fight the spread of communism by helping countries develop liberal market democracies. While the agency could be a key asset in countering the influence of the Chinese Communist Party throughout the developing world, […]