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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FILE - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait on April 19, 2023, in Atlanta. Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Democrats’ Ponzi scheme: In Fulton County courthouse, things go bump in the night

Serious question: Do the people in Fulton County, Georgia, run their elections the way they run their courthouse? Published August 17, 2023

President Joe Biden walks on the beach with his granddaughter Natalie Biden, left, and his daughter Ashley Biden, right, Monday, June 20, 2022, at Rehoboth Beach, Del. The president spent all or part of 197 days in his home state of Delaware, traveling most weekends to either his home near Wilmington or his vacation home at Rehoboth Beach, according to an AP tally. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Beach bumming in ‘Bidenomics’: Will Hawaii wildfires become president’s Katrina moment?

You might be tempted to dismiss President Biden's latest press mishap as just another desperation story in the dog days of summer. But the story is actually a perfect encapsulation of his presidency. Published August 14, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Trump is the greatest defender of the Constitution alive today

Former President Donald Trump's entire political career can be boiled down to a four-month period in 2018. Published August 10, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising event for U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

More cowbell: DeSantis loses ‘Jeb!’ wing of Republican Party

Uh-oh. Now comes the "Let Ron be Ron" phase of the Incredible Sinking Ron DeSantis campaign. Published August 7, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters Friday, June 9, 2023, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents according to an indictment unsealed on Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Special counsel Jack Smith outlaws free speech, elections and democracy

It is now against the law for a politician to tell a lie, according to the Department of Justice's highly enthusiastic prosecutor Jack Smith. Published August 3, 2023

Illustration on Joe and Hunter Biden by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Media protects Biden men and their ‘foibles’

Late on a Friday afternoon, on the eve of a 10-day vacation at the beach, President Biden finally acknowledged his granddaughter that he and his wife have feverishly erased for the first four years of the child's life. Published July 31, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the Turning Point Action conference, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Lethargy versus tyranny: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for a revolution

As grievously dismayed as Thomas Jefferson would be over the state of tyranny in our country today, he would also cheer the arrival of pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy on the political battlefield. Published July 24, 2023

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrives to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Thursday, July 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In this strange political moment in America, few things are stranger than realizing that the Democratic Party's version of Donald Trump is named Kennedy. Published July 20, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) Summit 2023, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ron DeShrinking blames struggling campaign on pity for the Don

Ron DeSanctimonious is now playing the DeSympathy Card. He claims the reason Donald Trump is leading him by 30 points in early polls is that people feel bad for the former president over all the political indictments against him. Published July 17, 2023

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey, walk in the July 4th parade, July 4, 2023, in Merrimack, N.H. DeSantis is defending an anti-LGBTQ video his campaign shared online that attacks rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people, despite some of his fellow Republicans calling it homophobic. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

Is incredible shrinking candidate Ron DeSantis the Kamala Harris of 2024?

In 2019, when then-Sen. Kamala Harris announced her campaign for president, she was immediately crowned "the one to beat" by all the political experts in Washington. Published July 13, 2023

The West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Professor Plum in the White House Library with the crack pipe

Introducing our newest version of the popular board game -- Clue: White House Cocaine Edition! Brought to you by Hasbro. Published July 9, 2023

Gov. Chris Christie photographed on a New Jersey beach in 2017 during his ordered shut down of New Jersey beaches (Photo by Andrew Mills/NJ Advance Media via AP)

Christie, DeSantis, Trump celebrate Fourth of July with a ‘food fight’

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the two leading contenders for the Republican nomination are acting like teenagers. Published July 3, 2023

In this July 24, 2021, file photo, former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Trump at his best when challenged

When it comes to interviews with the political press, Donald Trump basically has three gears. Published June 22, 2023

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign event April 19, 2023, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Trump vs. Kennedy 2024: Party crashers steal the limelight in historic political showdown

For the media and political establishment, the problem with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the same problem they have with Donald Trump. He cannot be ignored. Published June 19, 2023

UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal gestures toward former President Donald Trump as he visits Versailles restaurant on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Miami. Trump appeared in federal court Tuesday on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department's efforts to get the records back. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump dominates ‘Indictment Primary’

Ron DeSantis needs to rob a bank. Published June 15, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Despite tales of Biden’s treason and bribery, Trump impeachment circus goes on

You would think that after six years of fevered obsession with impeachment, the folks in Washington might know an impeachable offense when they saw one. Published June 12, 2023

FILE - This undated photo originally released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, shows actor John Belushi in a scene from the 1978 film "Animal House." When a force of nature like Belushi is lost, 25 years isn't time enough to ease the grief or erase the laughter. (AP Photo/Universal Studios Home Entertainment)

Trump stars as Bluto in ‘Animal House’ presidential primary

FOOD FIGHT!!!! The "Animal House" primary is underway. Published June 8, 2023

President Joe Biden falls on stage during the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

First walk, then run: New York Times whitewashes Biden presidency

If Bud Light had hired The New York Times to spin coverage for them, all of America would still be pissing rainbows. Published June 5, 2023

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

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