Charles Hurt | Stories - Washington Times
Skip to content

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.

Latest Politically Unstable Podcast Episodes



Sign up for Charles Hurt's Newsletter

Articles by Charles Hurt

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a roundtable discussion about "Transition to Greatness: Restoring, Rebuilding, and Renewing," at Gateway Church Dallas, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Dallas.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump and the riot of political plagues

It is only June. But already this year, President Trump has endured an impeachment trial, a global pandemic, an economic collapse and, now, unchecked rioting in the streets. Published June 11, 2020

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a tour of Puritan Medical Products medical swab manufacturing facility, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Guilford, Maine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump versus all the crazed liberal lies

Brace for the fight of your life. The biggest difference between today and four years ago is that this time they know Donald Trump can win. Published June 8, 2020

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a trip to Michigan, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's political education should make him wary

And why shouldn't President Trump be alarmed that election officials in swing states are mailing out millions of absentee ballot applications to voters ahead of the 2020 election? Published May 21, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House as he departs on Marine One, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's modesty and ending political persecutions

Again and again, it is President Trump's quiet, patient modesty that shines through. Especially compared to the suffocating loud-mouthed arrogance of his predecessor. Published May 18, 2020

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks about the coronavirus during a media availability on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Patty Murray and Senate half-wits confront pandemic

Patty Murray is the woman sent to fight a pandemic? Like the man said: "Best argument against democracy." Mrs. Murray and her tennis shoes wasted no time turning the Senate hearing into a partisan circus. Published May 14, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets Vice President Joe Biden on the tarmac at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, before traveling together to a campaign event in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Will Hillary Clinton answer one more siren call?

Who immediately surfaces to the top of the running-mate heap? Someone young? A fresh face? No. Who else, but the Democrats' answer to every problem? Hillary Clinton. Published May 4, 2020

In this Dec. 18, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. In reversal, U.S. prosecutors no longer oppose prison time for Flynn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The dishonest pursuit of Michael Flynn

More than two years since a federal judge ordered the government to hand over evidence that might exonerate Gen. Flynn, we finally see just how dishonest and conniving federal investigators were in pursuing him. Published April 30, 2020

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)  ** FILE **

Adam Schiff and his impeachment fairies go full Wuhan ...

While Democrats in Congress were entirely consumed with impeaching President Trump, it now appears, Mr. Trump was conspiring with the leaders of Wuhan, China, and the wild-bat delicacy industry to hatch a virus. Published April 13, 2020

This image from video provided by the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign shows Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as he announces he is ending his presidential campaign Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Burlington, Vt. (Bernie Sanders for President via AP)

Bernie Sanders fought the law and the law won

The Democrats have managed to strangle dissent within the party and smother Sen. Bernard Sanders' vibrant crusade in the crib -- for the second time in four years. Published April 8, 2020