https://hotair.com/greenroom/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary on politics, media, culture, and current events.en-usSun, 15 Nov 2026 12:22:07 -0500<![CDATA[Voters sent an unmistakable message in the midterms: the Iran war and the energy disruptions it caused imposed real costs on American families and small businesses. Gasoline averaged under $3 a gallon before the February strikes, climbed above $4.50, and only this week fell back below $4, still a record for November. Diesel remains above $6. Brent crude has swung sharply with every threat to the Strait of Hormuz. Ending the Iran war is the single fastest way to deliver relief at the pump, reassert America First priorities, and seize the cost-of-living issue from the Democrats who will soon control both chambers of Congress.]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 12:20:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/15/five-steps-for-president-trump-to-lower-energy-prices-lock-in-american-energy-security-n3821003<![CDATA[Britain’s welfare bill is out of control. Everybody knows. Even the Labour Chancellor John Healey says it is immoral and unsustainable, though he seems to balk at actually reducing it.]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 11:40:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/15/labour-fiddles-as-the-uk-approaches-a-welfare-tipping-point-n3821005<![CDATA[The U.S. flag fleet is too thin, and the twice-extended waiver, set to expire on Sunday, makes things worse. It undermines what is left of a capability gap. The Jones Act, written after the First World War to ensure the country would not depend on foreign ships in conflict, requires any goods shipped between American ports be carried on American built, owned, crewed, and flagged vessels. Since March 17, foreign tankers have carried energy cargoes within America for one reason: not enough American ships.]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/15/the-jones-act-costs-four-cents-a-gallon-here-is-how-to-make-it-two-n3821002<![CDATA[This morning’s Gospel reading is Matthew 25:14-30:]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/11/15/the-return-of-the-king-sunday-reflection-n3820984<![CDATA[Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ended a more than decade-long&nbsp;partnership between Brown University and the Naval War College, asserting this week that Brown was the only institution more ideologically biased than its Ivy League peers Harvard and Columbia. &nbsp;]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 10:20:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/15/dod-ends-partnership-between-brown-naval-war-college-n3821000<![CDATA[The talks in Abu Dhabi demonstrate that the Ukraine peace process is finally moving in the right direction. Whether it will reach its goal is of course another matter.]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 09:40:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/15/kushner-and-witkoff-do-the-abu-dhabi-shuffle-ukraine-peace-ahead-n3820999<![CDATA[The CIA has reportedly been warned by Mossad that Iran has plotted to assassinate Donald Trump using explosive drones.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/15/trump-scales-back-appearances-after-cia-mossad-intercept-plans-for-iranian-drone-attack-n3821018<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Some businesses fail, and people lose jobs.]]>Sun, 15 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[John Stossel]]>https://hotair.com/john-stossel/2026/11/15/try-try-again-n3820981<![CDATA[Sasquatch has been ripped from his native habitat in Albany County, and his neighbors want him back.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 20:20:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/ahats-steal-sasquatch-statue-in-albany-county-residents-demand-return-n3820997<![CDATA[So we took turns a-clicking in the browser at the tabbies, 'til boredom overtook us and he began to link ...]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 20:00:48 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/11/14/saturdays-final-word-n3821014<![CDATA[The morning after Republicans suffered the most devastating midterm loss in recent memory, Vice President JD Vance posted his response to the election results on X. Vance’s poignant diagnosis has garnered over 72 million views and widespread support from both the administration and voters on the right.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 19:40:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/vance-is-right-the-iran-war-lost-republicans-the-midterms-n3820995<![CDATA[A small hill slide in Dana Point along Coast Highway has &nbsp;closed the road in both directions between Camino Capistrano to Palisades Dr. on Friday morning.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/friday-the-13th-remains-undefeated-section-of-pch-closed-by-hillslide-n3820994<![CDATA[Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan’s son was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Friday on charges related to child pornography, a law enforcement source confirmed to the Daily Caller.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 18:20:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/ex-cia-director-john-brennans-son-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-n3820991<![CDATA[ven before the polls closed on election night, it was clear that a ballot initiative banning biological boys in girls’ sports was passing comfortably amid a “blue-nami” in one of the most liberal states in the country.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 17:40:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/seattle-aclu-tee-up-fight-over-new-transgender-sports-ban-n3820960<![CDATA[For all the worrying about what Jensen Huang’s departure means for Nvidia, we suspect the people with the most to lose are in China. They have just lost one of their most effective lobbyists in Washington, and finding a replacement may be harder than finding someone to run a chip company.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/its-a-huang-derful-life-n3820971<![CDATA[My favourite place in the world is outside Bank station, where Lombard Street meets Cornhill. To your right is Lombard Street, a name macroeconomists will recognise from Walter Bagehot’s 1873 book, which popularised the idea of the central bank as lender of last resort and which Ben Bernanke leaned on heavily during the 2008 financial crisis. To your left is the Bank of England. In front of you is the Royal Exchange, which is far more than a fancy drinking spot for bankers.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 16:20:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/british-history-needs-celebrating-not-rewriting-n3820963<![CDATA[Yesterday we had SpaceX's Starship test flight 15 and, as I described here, the launch looked really good this time. None of the Raptor 3 engines went out on the climb toward space. Stage separation went as planned and the ship itself would eventually boost itself into orbit for the second time with no problems.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 16:00:19 -0500<![CDATA[John Sexton]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/11/14/heres-why-the-flight-15-booster-catch-was-abandoned-n3821015<![CDATA[As we head into the Advent and Christmas season, a relic attributed to Saint Nicholas (the bishop who inspired Santa Claus) was stolen from a French basilica.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:40:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/st-nicholas-relic-stolen-from-french-basilica-allegedly-burned-and-crushed-n3820992<![CDATA[I will give the Democrats their due credit for outwitting, outsmarting, and outplaying MAGA in the midterms. They got a major assist from Tyler Robinson, who was radicalized in the right direction and took out one of the Right’s most important leaders, Charlie Kirk.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0500<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/14/still-crazy-after-all-these-years-the-dems-just-learned-how-to-lie-better-n3820962<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;ERIE, Pennsylvania -- In the last week of October, fall foliage in Pennsylvania's Appalachian Mountains reached its peak, with native hardwoods and understory trees ablaze in red, orange, yellow and purple. A Democratic governor cruising to reelection had no obvious reason to travel through these rural counties, but Josh Shapiro went anyway. A lodge in coal country was one stop on a bus tour that took him and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis through 29 counties in the campaign's final 10 days. Fourteen of those counties voted against him in 2022.]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -0500<![CDATA[Salena Zito]]>https://hotair.com/salena-zito/2026/11/14/the-wave-beneath-the-wave-n3820979