Having first met the late Sen. Lindsey Graham when he was a newly elected congressman in the Gingrich Revolution of 1994, conservatives knew this man from South Carolina was one of a kind. There was no doubt he was a Reaganite on foreign policy and had America’s enemies in his sights. From the get-go, his […]

The Constitution does more than protect individual liberties. It also carefully divides governmental power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches while preserving the sovereignty of state and local governments. The Framers understood that liberty depends not only on protecting constitutional rights but also on ensuring that no branch of government exercises extraordinary authority longer […]

The Trump administration is weighing the next phase of its tariff agenda: a new round of Section 301 tariffs aimed at dozens of countries around the globe. These tariffs are timely, coming shortly after the Supreme Court terminated the previous tariff regime. However, there is reason to be concerned that these wide-ranging tariffs may extend […]

Some Google Search user in the European Union — call him Hans or Baptiste or Patrick — may soon find that intimate information about his life has arrived in the databases of the Chinese Communist Party. This European may fastidiously maintain his data-privacy hygiene and use every prophylactic available to the everyday user — but […]

Egypt fields roughly 40,000 troops across the Sinai Peninsula, nearly double the 22,000 limit established by the security annex of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. Zone C, the strip bordering Gaza and Israel, holds the bulk, backed by armored vehicles, Chinese air defenses, and upgraded runways at al Gora. Cairo calls the surge a “counterterrorism […]

For years, Reza Pahlavi has presented contacts inside Iran’s military and security establishment as a central pillar of his strategy for political transition. Rather than describing these as occasional anonymous messages, he spoke at various times of daily contact with military “representatives,” telephone calls, faxes, a secure defection platform, “large sections” of the security forces […]

Iran’s judiciary announced on Wednesday that it had executed 26-year-old Mehdi Khanaki, a law graduate accused of active participation in the nationwide January 2026 uprising and membership in what the authorities described as a “terrorist group.” The regime’s Mizan news agency did not identify the organization by name. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, […]

The war with Iran has acquired a possessiveness. It is President Donald Trump’s war, in the headlines and in the polling questions, the way Vietnam eventually became Lyndon Johnson’s and Iraq became George Bush’s. Presidents own the wars they order, and that is as it should be in a republic that holds one person accountable […]

The WNBA has finally built momentum among viewers, and yet the hate crime hoaxes that always seem to follow Angel Reese around are undermining the progress the league has made. After a soft foul call that sent Reese to the free-throw line in a game against the Toronto Tempo, Tempo coach Sandy Brondello was heard […]

A new Emerson poll suggests Vice President Vance's once-dominant position in the Republican 2028 field may be weakening, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio now running nearly even. Meanwhile, speculation is growing inside Republican circles and the Trump administration over who is best positioned to carry the MAGA mantle forward. Join The Hill’s senior vice...