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Joseph Curl

Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com and on Twitter @josephcurl.

Columns by Joseph Curl

White House was gaslighting America about Biden’s alarming mental health

Dr. Ronny Jackson, who took care of three presidents as top doc at the White House, is on a mission: Find out just how much President Biden's obvious "cognitive decline" was hidden from the public.

April 9, 2025

Trump kills the White House correspondents’ dinner

The White House correspondents' dinner is on life support, and the prognosis is not good.

April 2, 2025

Democratic Party hits rock bottom — time to turn to Bernie or AOC?

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. The latest CNN poll shows the Democratic Party is wandering in the wilderness, with a paltry 29% of Americans giving the Democrats a thumbs up.

March 26, 2025

Commander in cheat: Trump’s golf lies expose his true self

"Golf takes the measure of a man's integrity."

March 19, 2025

When Jake Tapper writes a book about ‘cover-ups,’ journalism is truly dead

Oh, Jake Tapper. From "hard-hitting journalism" to publishing a book on the very thing people accuse you of participating in is a pivot so bold it belongs in a gymnastics routine. But alas, here we are.

March 12, 2025

Trump’s Oval Office gambit pays off big as humbled Zelenskyy caves

When President Trump dressed down a slovenly dressed Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in the Oval Office, the mainstream media lost their collective mind.

March 5, 2025

How much has the Department of Government Efficiency really saved?

You hear the numbers every day: Hundreds of millions of dollars here, billions of dollars there--but how much money has the Department of Government Efficiency actually saved?

February 26, 2025

Carville says Trump playing 4D chess while Democrats still looking for board

James Carville, the sharp-tongued Democratic strategist, has admitted that President Trump's breakneck pace in his second term is leaving Democrats in a complete daze.

February 19, 2025

The Associated Press exposes its hate for Trump … again

Language matters. The words we choose to say (or not) expose our core selves.

February 12, 2025

It’s about time: Trump boots legacy media from the Pentagon

The Pentagon has announced an "annual media rotation program," which moves several of the nation's biggest news outlets from their coveted Pentagon digs.

February 5, 2025

Fetterman blows up ‘The View’ with the simplest thing: Common sense

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who unapologetically rocks hoodies and shorts in Congress, decided to shake things up on Monday during an appearance on "The View."

January 29, 2025

Biden destroys what little legacy he had with pardons of family

When the president of the United States was mulling pardons for family members and administration officials, lawmakers were aghast.

January 23, 2025

How long can the Trump-Musk bromance last?

President-elect Donald Trump went through five Homeland Security Department secretaries in his first term in the White House. In his mind, each one was an idiot.

January 15, 2025

Meddling Musk angers the world by playing politics

Elon Musk, billionaire, entrepreneur, part-time meme lord and now apparently self-appointed monarch of international politics, has again managed to set the internet ablaze.

January 8, 2025

Media, not Trump, told ‘lie of the year’

Mendacity is a funny thing. One man's blasphemous lie is another man's gospel truth.

January 2, 2025

At Christmas, George W. Bush was Santa, and Obama was Scrooge

Every year around Christmas, I think about President George W. Bush.

December 26, 2024

Drones are one more reason Biden got bounced from office

The drones, the drones, everyone's talking about the drones -- except the government.

December 18, 2024

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO divides America

When a 50-year-old father of two was gunned down on a New York City street last week, the consensus should have been pretty simple: That's horrible.

December 11, 2024

With the pardon of his son Hunter, Biden presidency is a complete joke

President Biden just had the most ironic ending to his political career: His term began with his denying the existence of Hunter Biden's laptop, and this week, he pardoned his son for all the things found on the laptop.

December 4, 2024