Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report. He can be reached at churt@washingtontimes.com.

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Columns by Charles Hurt

In this April 20, 2021, file photo U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the House Republican Conference chair, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Denton Knapp, a retired U.S. Army colonel from California, says he will challenge Cheney in next year's Republican U.S. House primary in Wyoming. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Liz Cheney peddles another ‘BIG LIE’ …

Suddenly, Rep. Liz Cheney is all worried about "the big lie." Or, as her thumbs typed on her Twitter device, "THE BIG LIE." Published May 10, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the fourth Women's March in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Pinning ‘California Dreaming’ on Caitlyn Jenner

Identity politics can be a real bitch. Just ask any woman who has ever run for governor of the state of California. Published May 6, 2021

Hand-made 18th century clay brick with dog print pressed in it while it was drying under the southern Virginia sun. (Photo courtesy Molly Hurt)

For the love of Dog, burn your facemask …

Man's best friend has been a true friend, indeed. Loyal, caring and ever-attentive. Published May 3, 2021

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., look on. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Biden declares war on America — literally

President Biden's confused and meandering speech to Congress on Wednesday night bombed worse than the Academic Oscars earlier this week. Published April 29, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

HURT: 100 days in, Biden, the coward, needs to retire

President Biden has been part of the problem for the past 48 years here in Washington. But in the last 100 days he has really gotten down to business. Published April 26, 2021

In this March 6, 2020, photo, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks at a campaign rally in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

Democrats led by a whole Squad of ghoulish opportunists

There is a special breed of sewer rat in Washington who is willing to exploit any human catastrophe for personal political gain. Published April 15, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden spending spree costs two Iraq Wars in three months

Meet Joe Biden, America's drunken sailor. When Mr. Biden first came to Washington during the previous mini-Ice Age, federal debt was about $450 billion -- a quaint little figure when you think about it these days. Published April 12, 2021

Then Vice President Joe Biden, left, and his son Hunter Biden appear at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington on Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File) **FILE**

Low-watt Joe Biden tries to ‘smarten up’

Poor Joe Biden. For nearly five decades, Mr. Biden has been getting everything wrong in Washington. Published April 8, 2021

FBI Targeting Trump Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

FBI’s political jihad against American white whales

His name is John and he is a patriotic American. He is a law-abiding citizen who works as an electrical engineer. He pays his taxes and coaches youth sports. Published April 1, 2021

Empty water bottle (Shutterstock)

Georgia voting law: The racist liars cry ‘racism’ yet again

Jim Crow is back and wants "black voters" in Georgia to die of dehydration before they cast ballots in the next election. Published March 29, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s corrupt state press corps would make Putin jealous

When Russian President Vladimir Putin made the extraordinary offer a few weeks back to debate President Biden, he set only one condition. He insisted that the debate be live. Now we know why. Published March 25, 2021

A nurse prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccination at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center during COVID-19 vaccinations in Eagan, Minn., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Approximately 13,400 doses of the single-shot Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine will be administered at the Minnesota Vikings practice facility to health care workers and adults 65 years of age or older over the next few days. (John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Why I refuse to take the Trump vaccine

Vaccines are a marvel of modern medicine that have saved countless millions of lives throughout the world. Operation Warp Speed will go down in history as a miracle of presidential vision. Published March 22, 2021

Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond. (Courtesy HBO) ** FILE **

Alexi McCammond cancelled: Teen Vogue editor the latest mob lynching

An Internet "journalist" named Alexi McCammond is this week's burnt offering. She had just been hired as editor of Teen Vogue magazine. Published March 18, 2021

National Security Council Coordinator for U.S. Southern Border Roberta Jacobson speaks at a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Roberta Jacobson: Mangling Spanglish on the Southwest border

Washington really is the last nakedly racist place in America. And the very face of this city's institutional racism is President Biden himself. Published March 11, 2021

Illustration on lawlessness at the southern border by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Joe Biden’s America back open for lawlessness on the border

Who says President Biden isn't great for the economy? Published March 8, 2021

President Joe Biden listens to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during a virtual meeting with the House Democratic caucus in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Will the real president of the United States please stand up?

Can anyone just tell us who the hell is running our federal government right now? Published March 4, 2021

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

Trump still standing, still the greatest threat to The Swamp

There are great personalities built on sand. Still standing is former President Donald Trump. And he proved this week he aims to get back into the fight and swing away, dangerous as ever. Published March 1, 2021

Illustration on hope after the COVID19 pandemic by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

COVID-19 proves anew that the individual is greater than the government

Our year of Wuhan. We have endured unspeakable hardships and pain. We have seen the very best in people. We have seen the worst in people. Published February 25, 2021

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

John Kerry never got out of bed with Iran

Failed former Secretary of State John Kerry spent so much time wooing Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during the Obama administration that people started talking. Published February 22, 2021

Rush Limbaugh (Associated Press) ** FILE **

The great humility of Rush Limbaugh, on loan from God

You can measure a man when he dies by how many people spring forth to eulogize him -- with stories about themselves. Published February 18, 2021