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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

Tucker Carlson is sitting down with Vladimir Putin for all the right reasons

Former Fox News host turned podcaster Tucker Carlson went to Moscow this week to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.

February 7, 2024

Republicans stumble on stupid Taylor Swift conspiracy theory

These days, you hear a lot of stupid stuff. But nothing comes close to the latest absurd conspiracy theory being embraced by a slew of conservatives.

February 1, 2024

Trump vs. Biden? America should vote ‘none of the above’

Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson. That's the last time a presidential election featured the same two guys from the previous election.

January 24, 2024

Iowa caucuses are pointless now, so let’s move on

The 2024 presidential race officially got underway on Monday, and what did we learn?

January 17, 2024

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s big investment problem

Make sure you're sitting down for this: Rep. Nancy Pelosi has made a fortune while serving in Congress.

January 10, 2024

Three things that could stop Biden — and three more that could stop Trump

As hard as it is to believe, it's another presidential election year already. Doesn't it seem like we just did this?

January 3, 2024

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

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

December 27, 2023

Tipping in America is out of control, and we’ve got to end it

Mitch Hedberg, the incredible comedian who died at just 37 of a drug overdose, used to tell a great joke about the silliness of modern life.

December 20, 2023

Two ways California Gov. Gavin Newsom could be president in 2025

Politicians are never running for president -- until they announce they're running for president.

December 13, 2023

Biden never works, so why does he want to be president again?

This was President Biden's schedule on Tuesday, according to a daily email to reporters from the White House.

December 6, 2023

Biden says the economy’s just fine, but voters know otherwise

We all know President Biden, who just turned 81, is out of it. He has a hard time putting a sentence together, falls down a lot, and doesn't know the difference between Taylor Swift and Britney Spears.

November 29, 2023

Abortion won’t decide the 2024 election

The political pundits who keep getting every election wrong claim the few elections in 2023 revolved around the issue of abortion.

November 22, 2023

Biden cleans up Third World U.S. only when China and foreign leaders visit

When I covered the White House for The Washington Times for a dozen years, I latched on to this spectacular perk called a "pre-advance."

November 15, 2023

Think Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t running in 2024? Think again.

Sure, he's got time. He's only 56 years old. If he were to run at President Biden's age, he'd be a candidate in 2048.

November 1, 2023

Biden strolls the beach while American hostages languish

Last Friday, President Biden had one event on his schedule: a noon "welcoming" of the presidents of the European Council and European Commission.

October 25, 2023

Biden would be bad, but Harris would be worse in 2024

So, say they get in, and say President Biden dies (as guys do in their mid-80s). Then we've got President Kamala Harris.

October 18, 2023

With activists parading around as reporters, journalism is dead

A whopping 87% of journalism graduates regret their degree choice, according to one study. I wish I could tell them they're wrong. Sorry, I can't. I regret it all, too.

October 11, 2023