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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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., speaks during a immigration rally asking Congress to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), citizenship for workers and to pass President Joe Biden's legislative agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fight over ‘debt ceiling’ reveals Democrats’ true evil

Democrats in Washington are back to preaching another of their strange religions. Published June 1, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis’ new MAGA: Make America glitchy again

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his campaign for president Wednesday night on Twitter in a bubble bath of warm questions and surrounded by friends. Published May 25, 2023

James B. Comey, as FBI director, lobbied for the inclusion of Christopher Steele's error-filled dossier to be included in the intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Associated Press)

Retribution for Crossfire Hurricane is in order

Our long national nightmare is finally over. The federal government's sprawling espionage operation into Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for president has been exposed. Only the deepest conspiracy nuts remain in denial. Published May 18, 2023

In this Aug. 19, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a copy of his 1987 book, &quot;Trump: The Art of the Deal&quot; during his campaign town hall event at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

Art of the squeal: Trump haters blinded by master negotiator

Donald Trump's greatest secret weapon really isn't such a big "secret" anymore. Published May 15, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, April 27, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Trump’s defiant performance at the CNN town hall may ultimately hurt his standing with key groups of voters in next fall's general election. But he also demonstrated his extraordinary grip on the voters who will decide the GOP’s looming 2024 nomination fight. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Starved for ratings, CNN airs Trump’s ‘election denialism’ in prime time

All things considered, CNN's Kaitlan Collins did a fine job moderating Wednesday night's Republican town hall with former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire. Published May 11, 2023

Richard Dreyfuss attends the Catalina Film Festival Tribute and Best of Fest Awards on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Avalon, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Richard Dreyfuss goes after Hollywood for ‘vomit’-inducing Oscar rules

Not that anybody needs reminding, but "Jaws" really is the greatest movie about America ever made. Published May 8, 2023

William J. Burns, then-nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

CIA Director William Burns and the creepy dirtbag Jeffrey Epstein

One of the most scurrilous rumors going around these days is that Washington is run by a cabal of pedophiles protected by a cesspool of mutual assured blackmail involving pederasty and thievery. Published May 4, 2023

A historic image: From left, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Donald Trump and Ben Carson, participate in a debate for Republican presidential hopefuls in Boulder, Colo., Oct. 28, 2015. It's been more than seven years since the 2016 presidential campaign, and Republicans are still trying to figure out how to run against Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Who can beat Trump in a debate?

As always, Donald Trump is a Party of One. The problem with Mr. Trump's suggestion about killing GOP debates is that -- unlike Mr. Biden -- Mr. Trump is masterful in debates. Published May 1, 2023

Talk show host Jerry Springer announces that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican George Voinovich, during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003, in Columbus, Ohio. Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died. He was 79. A family spokesperson died Thursday at home in suburban Chicago. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam, File)

Joe Biden channeling a Jerry Springer presidency

Jerry Springer is dead. But his presidency lives on. Published April 27, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, about efforts to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s sprawling family corruption makes for comic book villainy

Eyes are the window into a man's soul, which is why President Biden always wears dark sunglasses. Published April 20, 2023

A headline about President Donald Trump is displayed outside Fox News studios in New York on Nov. 28, 2018. Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing bogus allegations of fraud in the 2020 election is set to begin trial on Monday, April 17, 2023, in Delaware. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Dominion vs. Fox News

The sad, beleaguered competitors of Fox News desperately pray that the billion-dollar lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems will do what they have never been able to do: Topple the TV-news ratings king. Published April 16, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate on April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City. After his initial court appearance in the New York case, the first of several in which he is in legal jeopardy, Trump ticked through the varied investigations he was facing and branded them as “massive” attempts to interfere with the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s ‘America First’ our last hope

Whatever you think of Donald Trump, he is a smart businessman, and he is perhaps the shrewdest political observer of our time. Published April 13, 2023

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives for the opening of the adult entertainment fair Venus in Berlin, Oct. 11, 2018. An appeals court ruled Tuesday, April 4, 2023, that Daniels must pay nearly $122,000 of Donald Trump's legal fees that were racked up in connection with the porn actor's failed defamation lawsuit. The ruling in Los Angeles came as Trump also faced a criminal case related to alleged hush money he paid to Daniels and another woman who claimed he had affairs with them. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy the victim talks to Mr. Morgan

Stormy Daniels is on another publicity tour to defend her honor, dignity and chastity. At least she is wearing pants. Published April 10, 2023

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Trump will surrender in Manhattan to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Trump’s the ham sandwich in Bragg’s Banana Republic

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wants you to know that he takes "white-collar crime" very, very seriously. Published April 5, 2023

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is seen at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Friday, March. 31, 2023. Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, Thursday, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Chronic ‘Trump Derangement’ disorder turns Democrats Into obsessed political zombies

After seven years of Trump Derangement Syndrome ravaging the country a new, even more devastating disease is sweeping the Democratic Party. Published April 3, 2023

President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the school shooting in Nashville during an SBA Women's Business Summit in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Washington. Biden has called on Congress again to pass his assault weapons ban in the wake of the Nashville shooting. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden turns Nashville school massacre into White House comedy tour

Donald Trump once said "two Corinthians" instead of Second Corinthians, and the political press melted down. Published March 30, 2023

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tours the site of the Feb. 3, Norfolk Southern train derailment, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Allie Vugrincic/The Vindicator via AP, Pool)

Team Biden puts crazed partisan ideology over travel safety

For the three people left in America who are still unclear on this point, crazed partisan ideology does not make the trains run on time. Published March 27, 2023

Former President Donald J. Trump watches the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oops, they did it again! Media falls for another Trump spectacular

The Donald is back! He's still got it. Published March 23, 2023

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Bragg is standing firm against former President Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York Democrats’ mission to get Trump reelected president

New York Democrats normally invest all of their energies into destroying America's largest city. Now they have a new mission: getting Donald Trump reelected president. Published March 20, 2023

Images of Fox News personalities, from left, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo, Stuart Varney, Neil Cavuto and Charles Payne appear outside News Corporation headquarters in New York on July 31, 2021. In defending itself against a massive defamation lawsuit over how Fox covered false claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election, the network is relying on a 1964 Supreme Court ruling that makes it difficult to successfully sue media organizations for libel. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Media distortions: What’s really going on in effort to silence Fox News

Reading the unhinged reports in the left-wing media, you might think that Fox News is staggering against the ropes and about to crumple to the canvas for the final, bloody count-out. Published March 7, 2023