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A Note on Steve King
The congressman disputed a story we reported. We stand by it. → Read More
Rand Paul, Russian Stooge
What does the kooky libertarian see in the authoritarian Putin regime? → Read More
John Brennan: Political Hack
The former CIA director is no hero. → Read More
Premature Congratulations
Donald Trump is playing a dangerous game with North Korea. → Read More
McCarthy Denials About Replacing Ryan Don't Hold Up
We stand by our reporting. → Read More
When the Time Bomb Doesn't Tick
In 2014, a former senior interrogator with the CIA's High Value Detainee interrogation program drafted an article on the ticking time bomb scenario and interrogating terrorists. The article was approved by the CIA's Publication Review Board but given the time that lapsed in getting approval, it was never published. The events in Brussels this week make the subject matter highly relevant and we… → Read More
No Trump
Donald Trump walked onto the gilded stage at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Super Tuesday with the air and confidence of a magician. “I am a unifier, he said. Ta-dah! Moments earlier, Trump's famulus, Chris Christie, made a similar claim: He's bringing the country together. The irony is deep. Christie's campaign slogan was telling it like it is. He lost largely because Donald Trump has overwhelmingly… → Read More
The Party of Trump
In the craziest weekend of a crazy campaign year, the 2016 Republican presidential race focused on a question that one might have expected in the 1920s or the 1950s. Does the Republican frontrunner want the support of David Duke, the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists? Welcome to the 2016 election and Republican party of Donald J. Trump. It has been an eventful few days for Trump before the… → Read More
Cruz National Co-Chair Accuses Trump of Buying Backing from Palin
Des Moines, IA Congressman Steve King, national co-chairman for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, suggested that Sarah Palin was paid to support Donald Trump. Palin endorsed Trump last month and will appear with Trump at a rally in Iowa today. King told NBC's Chris Jansing that Palin endorsed Trump over Cruz despite agreeing with Cruz on policy and strongly implied that Palin supported Trump… → Read More
Will Trump Voters in Iowa Balk?
West Des Moines, IA Just a few days ago, Bryan Moon didn't need to go candidate shopping. Moon, a Des Moines native who works as vice president of a marketing firm in town, was leaning strongly toward supporting Donald Trump. He describes himself as a closet Trump supporter and said he was planning to caucus for the outspoken businessman. I liked that he would bring the experience of being a CEO… → Read More
How Jeb Cleared the Way for Trump
When National Review unveiled its “Against Trump issue on January 21, Jeb Bush celebrated the arrival of reinforcements. Welcome to the fight, all. Trump is not a conservative, he tweeted. It was an odd sentiment. National Review writers have been among the most outspoken critics of Donald Trump. Last fall, Rich Lowry, the magazine's editor, wrote along with senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru that… → Read More
The Nominee We Deserve?
Do Republicans deserve to lose? Consider the state of play as we write this in late January, just days from the first GOP nominating contests. The Republican frontrunner is a longtime liberal whose worldview might best be described as an amalgam of pop-culture progressivism and vulgar nationalism. His campaign rallies are orgies of self-absorption, dominated by juvenile insults of those who… → Read More
Christie Says He Didn't 'Personally Support' Sotomayor
North Charleston, S.C. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he never backed the confirmation of Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor despite a statement from his office at the time offering his support. In an interview with THE WEEKLY STANDARD shortly before the debate here Thursday night, Christie denied he ever supported Sotomayor and said he was unsure where the 2009 statement of support… → Read More
Stranger than Fiction
This is a true story. Those words appear onscreen to open 13 Hours, the major motion picture about Benghazi, in theaters on January 15. And with them, director Michael Bay announced that he is taking sides in the long-running debate over the attacks there on September 11, 2012. For three years, the White House and its defenders in the media have characterized the Libya raids as a tragedy, a… → Read More
Can Cruz Control Iowa?
Sioux Center, Iowa -- Ted Cruz was running a few minutes late for his appearance at Dordt College, having to reply to the latest provocation from Donald Trump without angering the erratic businessman. Earlier in the day, Trump had wondered aloud whether Cruz might be ineligible for the presidency because he was born in Canada. Cruz has sedulously avoided criticizing Trump, even as he eagerly… → Read More
Cruz: Obama is Ignoring Jihadist Threat
Senator Ted Cruz will visit the Heritage Foundation Thursday to deliver a blistering attack on the Obama administration's handling of jihadist terror and the region that produces it. The Obama administration ignores the reality that our nation is under attack, Cruz will say, according to an early draft of the speech obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD. Americans no longer feel safe in their schools,… → Read More
A Missed Warning?
Law enforcement officials in San Bernardino and Los Angeles may have investigated Syed Farook one week before the shooting on the community development center on December 2, 2015, that left 14 dead and 17 injured, according to a review of police communications immediately following the attacks. Federal and local authorities have insisted that neither of the attackers had aroused suspicion before… → Read More
Obama’s Intel Scandal
Barack Obama says he wants the truth. On November 21, the New York Times reported allegations that military intelligence officials provided the president with skewed assessments that minimized the threat from ISIS and overstated the success of U.S. efforts against the group. The Times story was an update of reporting from the Daily Beast earlier this fall. “More than 50 intelligence analysts… → Read More
Christie Slams Kerry on Paris Comments
Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about 2016 Elections, Charlie Hebdo, Chris Christie, France, ISIS, John Kerry, New Jersey, Paris, Republican primary, State Department and Terrorism from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition. → Read More
Christie Slams Kerry on Paris Comments
Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about 2016 Elections, Charlie Hebdo, Chris Christie, France, ISIS, John Kerry, New Jersey, Paris, Republican primary, State Department and Terrorism from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition. → Read More