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Charles Hurt

churt@washingtontimes.com

Charles Hurt was the Opinion Editor and is 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

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a New Hampshire primary night rally, in Concord, N.H., Tuesday Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Stolen valor in New Hampshire: Nikki Haley is a trans loser

It's all over but the scream. After her second double-digit loss in the Republican primary Tuesday, Nikki Haley gave another delusional "victory" speech. She is a trans loser, stealing valor from Donald Trump by identifying as a winner despite all confirmed scientific evidence.

January 25, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event in Hampton, N.H., Jan. 17, 2024. DeSantis has suspended his Republican presidential campaign after a disappointing showing in Iowa's leadoff caucuses. He ended his White House bid Sunday, Jan. 21, after failing to meet lofty expectations that he would seriously challenge former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) **FILE**

‘Never Back Down’ DeSantis backs down

Never before has a political candidate dipped his toe into the waters of a presidential campaign with a longer record of accomplishments and more promise than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

January 21, 2024
GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks to supporters gathered for one of her final stops ahead of Iowa's Republican caucus on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Newton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Why Republican voters fear Nikki Haley

Campaigning here in frigid Iowa over the weekend, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley donned a sweater emblazoned across the chest: "She who dares wins."

January 15, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks in Blue Bell, Pa., Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

America for sale: Biden goes full Hitler

Indeed, as the old saying goes, the child is the father of the man, which explains why President Biden learned his modesty from his son Hunter.

January 8, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Waukee, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Gov. Napoleon DeSantis in Waterloo (Iowa)

It's a new year, so as sure as January, the political press will return to Iowa this month to invent new ways to claim that former President Donald Trump is actually losing the election.

January 4, 2024
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton jokes with the audience during her speech at her portrait unveiling ceremony, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Politics of wrath: Zombie apocalypse vs. MAGA, part II

Hell hath no fury like a Democrat scorned. Long bankrupt of a hopeful vision for America or any productive ideas, Democratic politicians in Washington are left selling nothing but fear and vindictiveness.

December 14, 2023