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

Michael Bloomberg’s joke of a bid says more about present crop of Democrats running for president

The only intelligent thing about Mr. Bloomberg running for the Democratic nomination for the presidency is what it says about the present crop of Democrats running for the nomination. They're a hopeless bunch of losers who would rather destroy America than lose another election to President Trump. Published November 11, 2019

Democrat election wins no indicator for national party

Yes, Virginia, there is a political realignment going on. But it is not the one you think it is. Or the one the stupid media keeps telling you it is. Published November 7, 2019

Nancy Pelosi is loser in impeachment inquiry vote

For months, we have listened to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insist that this whole "formal impeachment inquiry" in search of a "high crime" did not require a vote by the full House of Representatives. Until, apparently, it does. Published October 31, 2019

Hillary Clinton uses Elijah Cummings’ funeral as political opportunity

In an utterly classless "eulogy" for Rep. Elijah Cummings, Hillary Clinton made a barely veiled reference to President Trump as the wicked King Ahab from the Bible. Published October 28, 2019

Donald Trump must throw World Series first pitch

The Washington Nationals should invite President Trump to throw out the first pitch at the World Series Game 3 on Friday night to take a historic opportunity to heal our senselessly divided political system in the nation's capital. Published October 21, 2019

William Barr’s religious hostility speech provokes squealing boars

All the squealing about Attorney General William Barr's speech last week at the University of Notre Dame proved his point about the rabid intolerance of religious liberty. Published October 17, 2019

Joe Biden is Democrat sacrifice to save Obama legacy

The biggest cover-ups are usually the ones right in front of us -- as they say, "hiding in plain sight." Published October 15, 2019

Donald Trump’s Syria policy American people’s choice

Message to the Swamp: American voters still are supposed to be in charge. Published October 10, 2019

Kurds unite Democrats, Republicans

Why is it always foreigners who manage to unite all the politicians from both parties in Washington? Published October 7, 2019

Impeachment in search of a high crime

This is always the problem with "government first" kleptocrats. They are constantly coming up with "solutions" -- sometimes "final" ones -- and then they go off in search of a problem. Published October 3, 2019

Happy retirement, Speaker Pelosi

Impeachment or bust! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has valiantly fought the war on crazy long enough. She tried her best to be the sane, adult centrist in her party -- no easy task for a lifelong politician from San Francisco. Published September 30, 2019

Adam Schiff should be forced to take oath before every hearing

For three years now, Democrats have threatened to impeach President Trump for not taking seriously enough the efforts by foreign governments to meddle in our 2016 elections. Published September 27, 2019

Ukraine scandal disbelief caused by media anti-Trump stories

Voter distrust -- hatred, really -- of the media has reached record highs. And it is all your fault. Published September 23, 2019

Donald Trump’s ‘promise’ to foreign leader breeds fake news

You could give 500 Donald Trumps 10,000 years to shock and insult and hack away at the swamp beast, and surely it would never die. Published September 19, 2019

Brett Kavanaugh, American sex symbol, makes the Gray Lady swoon

For legions of women out there in America today, they simply cannot get through the day without fantasizing about bold and forceful sexual relations involving Justice Kavanaugh. That's right, confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court last year. Published September 16, 2019

Why Trump is still winning

President Trump never tries to be something he is not. He is always focused on selling himself as the consistent same product wherever he is. Published September 10, 2019

Trump tweet scandal about Hurricane Dorian, Alabama just a lot of hot air

President Trump defeated establishment Republicans and destroyed the Democrats. He has slain swamp kings along the banks of the Potomac. He stood up to Chinese President Xi Jinping, stiffed the mullahs of Iran and walked away from North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. And he utterly humiliated the Great Political Pundits of 2016. Published September 5, 2019