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Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich, a Republican, served as House speaker from 1995 to 1999 and ran as a presidential candidate in 2012. He is an adviser to the Center for Union Facts.

Columns by Newt Gingrich

‘The Hustler,’ the 1913 U.S. Open, and the debt ceiling negotiations

There are powerful parallels between the 1961 movie "The Hustler," the 1913 U.S. Open, and the current debt ceiling negotiation.

May 18, 2023

South Korea imperatives to help ensure peace on the peninsula

Callista, my wife, and I recently visited South Korea to participate in Peace Summit 2023, an event hosted by the Universal Peace Federation.

May 15, 2023

316 pages of debt ceiling legislation proposed by Republicans, zero from Democrats

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's announcement that the U.S. government could run out of money by early June starts the next phase of the debt ceiling dance.

May 8, 2023

McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal or Biden’s default

As a former speaker, I remember the feeling of going to the House floor knowing I was a few votes short of what I needed.

May 3, 2023

President Yoon: Champion of freedom

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to the United States is an important moment for the relationship between our two nations.

April 24, 2023

Biden’s ‘clean’ debt ceiling hike is a dirty deal

When President Biden and his team talk about a clean debt ceiling increase, it is one more example of Washington using language to deliberately mislead the American people.

April 24, 2023

Protecting women’s sports: A Bud Light moment for Democrats

On Thursday, Americans will have an opportunity to see just how extreme the House Democrats have become.

April 19, 2023

Trump indictment not about the law or anything rational

Shortly after former President Donald Trump's arraignment hearing, I was on a radio show, and the hosts kept talking about the 34 counts of the indictment.

April 10, 2023

In American politics, reasonable vs. extreme may be theme of 2024

As the dance over the debt ceiling and the budget continues, a definitive choice about our nation's future is taking shape.

April 4, 2023

Gap widens between Democrats and American values and beliefs

The Democratic Party has become the anti-Lincoln party.

March 29, 2023

Strengthening Social Security and Medicare starts with cutting taxes and regulations

The American people are, once again, ahead of the politicians and news media. Americans instinctively know that we are in financial trouble and only economic growth will get us out of it.

March 27, 2023

Haters bring Trump much closer to becoming Republican nominee

Alvin Bragg's attempt to indict and convict former President Donald Trump is one more example of Trump haters making his nomination virtually inevitable and his election increasingly likely.

March 22, 2023

Incompetence of Defense Department’s leadership puts America’s safety at risk

As you watch the newly released, declassified video of Russian pilots harassing and colliding with a U.S. Reaper drone over the Black Sea, it's important to keep things in perspective.

March 20, 2023

Supporting the Parents Bill of Rights to counter a poisonous school curriculum

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans have given the American people an opportunity to dramatically strengthen the role of parents in the education of their children.

March 6, 2023

Aliens among us: Our major concern is CCP, not flying saucers

There has been a lot of speculation recently that some of the spy balloons, or whatever they are, may be from another solar system rather than another country.

February 20, 2023

Current American government monstrosity attacks freedoms

The longer I have been involved in government and public policy, the more I have been convinced that the current system is permanently broken. It must be profoundly rethought and replaced, not reformed.

February 13, 2023

America’s universities corrupted by Chinese Communist Party funding

The arrogance, corruption, and dishonesty of many of our most prestigious universities have become so bad that the only reasonable historic American parallel is Lincoln Steffens' 1904 book "The Shame of the Cities."

February 1, 2023