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At the D-Day ceremonies in France, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak once again demonstrated why he’s no Margaret Thatcher. In the midst of an...
It’s never been about democracy. It’s always been about the rule of law. Now that Donald Trump is a convicted felon, he’s making the American...
Once could be an accident but twice starts to look like a pattern. On Wednesday, the New York Times broke the story that Supreme Court Justice Alito...
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There’s no going back for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem, who was widely touted as a possible VP pick for Donald Trump, appears to have...
In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Dan Negrea, the Senior Director of the Freedom and Prosperity Center at the Atlantic Council and...
He did it. In announcing during a lengthy live interview with radio host Howard Stern that he was happy to debate Donald Trump, President Joe Biden...
In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative. Mills previously worked at The National...
Robert Kennedy, Jr. is looking like the Ross Perot of 2024. In 1992, Perot was an independent candidate for the presidency who secured almost 19...
Is House Speaker Mike Johnson a MAGA or Reagan Republican? In speaking to CNN, Johnson came down firmly on the side of the latter. “I’m a child of...
In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Greg Priddy, a Senior Fellow for the Middle East at the Center for the National Interest. Priddy consults...
Joe Lieberman, who died on Wednesday at age 82, was in many ways a classic neoconservative—a stalwart exponent of a hawkish foreign policy and a...
In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with James Rosen, chief White House correspondent for Newsmax. Rosen is the recent author of Scalia: Rise to...
In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with James Rosen, chief White House correspondent for Newsmax. Rosen is the recent author of Scalia: Rise to...
In a bid to manage the fallout from his government’s intelligence failure, Putin's initial remarks this morning hinted at Ukrainian complicity,...
In a bid to manage the fallout from his government’s intelligence failure, Putin's initial remarks this morning hinted at Ukrainian complicity,...
In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn talks with Scott Cullinane, director of government affairs at the non-profit Razom for Ukraine. Cullinane previously...
Given what we know about Donald Trump's personality and the character of his corruption, what might Americans expect from an authoritarian Trump...
As the U.S. announces plans to build a humanitarian aid port in Gaza, a confrontation now brews between the Biden administration and the Netanyahu...
Aside from concerns that Donald Trump will want to emulate the autocrats that hold his fascination, the visit from Hungarian dictator Viktor Orban has...
Facing growing scrutiny over his age, President Joe Biden came out swinging Thursday night with a forceful State of the Union address that set the...
With Nikki Haley now out of the race for the GOP nomination, will Donald Trump try to bring her back into the fold as his vice presidential pick, or...
With Donald Trump's path to the Republican nomination in July wide open, what obstacles still stand between him and the White House, and what would...
Republican foreign policy hawks are going on the warpath. After Tucker Carlson recently traveled on his mission to Moscow to interview Russian...
As Republican Senator Mitch McConnell steps down from his leadership post, who in the party will step forward to fill the void left by his historic...
As Donald Trump barrels toward the Republican nomination for president, what does his continued hold on the GOP mean for its prospects in the 2024...
Don’t look now, but foreign policy is becoming a big part of the 2024 presidential race. No, the campaign is unlikely to center on “It’s Russia,...
Is Russian President Vladimir Putin about to become Joe Biden’s “new best friend?” Speaking with the Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on...
Is Russian President Vladimir Putin about to become Joe Biden’s “new best friend?” Speaking with the Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on...
Is there a Republican plot to get Donald Trump? Senator J.D. Vance is already huffing and puffing in The American Conservative that the Senate plan...
President Joe Biden took a leaf from Donald Trump last night and came out swinging. “How the hell dare he,” Biden declared last night in...
So much for Ronna McDaniel. She made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago on Monday, where Donald Trump apparently struck again. After displaying her loyalty...
Donald Trump has a fresh conspiracy theory. “It looks to me like he’s trying to lower interest rates for the sake of maybe getting people elected,...
Tucker Carlson is going to war—against Senate Republicans. In a post on X, Carlson denounced Sens. Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn for demanding that...
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its third year, the threat of a protracted stalemate looms large. With Ukraine’s summer offensive stalled,...
Nikki Haley isn’t going anywhere. After losing to Donald Trump in New Hampshire, she’s made it clear that her campaign isn’t ending. It’s just...
In bowing out from the presidential race today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis yielded to the inevitable. His campaign began with a botched rollout on...
Is it all over? Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin has a gloomy take on the prospects for American aid to Ukraine today. It goes something like...
President Joe Biden has never looked weaker. His popularity ratings continue to sink. Polls suggest that he’s lagging in states like Georgia....
Amid warfare, assassinations, and bombings in the Middle East, two developments could ultimately reshape the region for the better. The first is the...
Michael Cohen is back. Cohen, who was Donald Trump’s longtime fixer, morphed into his most prominent and loquacious critic after he was abandoned by...
Is Nikki Haley running for the presidency—or Donald J. Trump’s vice president? Former speaker Kevin McCarthy says she’d be right for the job....
Is it once again time for a new Nixon? A nascent Nixon revival is taking place on the political right, as Ian Ward reports in Politico . For a bevy...
Since it was founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich and Edwin Feulner, the Heritage Foundation has functioned, more or less, as the keeper of the...
On the 75th anniversary of their discovery, what is the history of Whittaker Chambers’ infamous Pumpkin Papers, their implications for Richard...