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Charles Hurt

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.

Columns by Charles Hurt

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the White House as "afflicted by mental retardation" on Tuesday. Mr. Rouhani and President Trump have been exchanging escalating rhetorical jabs at one another. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) **FILE**

New beginnings in the Middle East

Conventional wisdom around here holds that once the smoke clears from all the lightning, thunder and pyrotechnics of President Trump's mighty thumb tweets, current foreign policy toward Iran is somehow remarkably similar to the previous administration's. Published June 26, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, June 23, 2019, before boarding a plane headed to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Mike Pompeo slams Iran’s immature and childlike leader

In a secret visit to Afghanistan Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored the administration's commitment to peace and rebuked Iran for it's "destabilizing" influence here and around the world. Published June 25, 2019

Migrants applying for asylum in the U.S. make breakfast on the border in Tijuana, Mexico. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump stops Nancy Pelosi’s Mexico enablers of child abuse

"Threats and temper tantrums" are better known as "smart negotiating skills." It is how this president managed for the first time in 40 years to find a solution to deal with an immigration problem that both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have refused to fix. Published June 9, 2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Robert Mueller pulls a James Comey

In this latest episode of "Prosecutors Gone Wild," special counsel Robert Mueller performed what can only be described in legal terms as "pulling a Jim Comey." Published May 29, 2019

In this Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech at the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces to mark the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders socialist utopia rebutted by North Korea

Far and away their most insidious and dishonest endeavor -- one that pretty much all of them completely agree upon -- is that those who work should be forced to pay for other people to go to school free. Published May 19, 2019

Maximum Security appeared to have won the 145th Kentucky Derby on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky, however, the horse was disqualified for interference. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, the Kentucky Derby and fake news

In the stunning confusion of Saturday's Kentucky Derby as we tried to comprehend why Maximum Security's jockey had been disqualified after appearing to win the race, my first thought -- naturally -- was: "I cannot wait to see what President Trump tweets about this!" Published May 5, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to President Trump's plan to send illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities by saying, "Using human beings — including little children — as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal." (Associated Press/File)

Oh, to work in Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard

Once again, President Trump has hit upon a supposedly "controversial" proposal that has caused the entire herd of fainting goats in the Washington press corps to collapse in fevered panting and jerky spasms. And, once again, the idea is simple, logical and genius. Published April 12, 2019