Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt was the Opinion Editor and is 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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Columns by Charles Hurt

The Bidens’ last dance as Dr. Macbeth scrambles for family’s financial survival

First lady Jill Biden -- that's "doctor" to you! -- has been widely portrayed in recent weeks as some kind of scheming Lady Macbeth, propping up her husband and concealing his mental deterioration. Published July 10, 2024

Media insurrection: Bedwetters over Jan. 6 suddenly lose interest in ‘democracy’

You may have a hard time finding much written about this insurrection in the political press because it is the political press leading the charge in this insurrection. Published July 8, 2024

Stephanopoulos flinches, Biden’s brain buffers in first post-debate interview

George Stephanopoulos, the longtime Democratic Party hatchet man and former bushy-headed wunderkind of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, had only one job Friday night: Either save President Biden's campaign, or sink it. Published July 6, 2024

Joe and woe: Love in the time of dementia

You could call it The Tale of Two Joes. One on a leash and the other who holds a leash. One a slave. The other a master. Both named Joe. Published July 5, 2024

Soldiers of fortune: Bamboo jail cell in a Banana Republic

"Steve Bannon Is No Longer a Free Man," gloated one left-wing website. Monday this week was, by any measure, a dark and grave moment in American political history -- one concealed only by its absurdity. Published July 3, 2024

Democrats are the party of dementia, derangement and dysphoria

ATLANTA -- Like Alzheimer's, dementia and addiction, mental illness is an affliction that attacks whole families. Sometimes these diseases are actually worse for those not diagnosed with the disease, but rather sentenced to a special kind of hell caring for those who are -- out of love, obligation or family. Published July 1, 2024

Elder abuse in America: Democrats scramble to prop up Biden

Former President Donald Trump came into the debate here Thursday night ready to rumble. President Biden came in ready to mumble. Published June 28, 2024

The left turns on Biden

And just like that, the whole reason Joe Biden ran for president goes down the drain. Published June 24, 2024

Trump in Washington Fight Club: Most dangerous man alive

Washington today is designed to be president-proof. And Congress-proof. Ultimately, citizen-proof. Published June 17, 2024

Trump set for greatest political comeback in history

Former President Donald Trump's blaring motorcade snaked its way up to Capitol Hill on Thursday, marking his first visit to the Capitol since he was drummed from power nearly four years ago. Published June 13, 2024

The real reason Trump is running again

Barack Obama was America's first social media president. But he was not smart enough or strong enough to use that independent power against the government machine. Published June 10, 2024

Rock bottom for Hunter Biden

It is most certainly true that if Hunter Biden's last name were not Biden, he would not find himself passing through a throng of media every day this week into a Delaware courtroom to face charges that he lied. Published June 6, 2024

Who is Biden really working for? It’s not the American people

The central question for any incumbent president running for reelection is, "Are voters better off today than they were four years ago?" Published June 3, 2024

Trump makes offer only big-L Libertarians could refuse

In the end, all Americans are Libertarians. Published May 30, 2024

Trump’s Empire state of mind

Under smiling skies last Thursday night, former President Donald Trump ventured far beyond Yankee Stadium into a tough Democratic neighborhood in the South Bronx to be greeted by an adoring, enthusiastic crowd waving red, white and blue. Published May 28, 2024

Bronx or bust: ‘The Art of the Possible’ and Trump’s unlikely comeback from political doom

In April of last year, when New York's Democratic prosecutor Alvin Bragg indicted former President Donald Trump on lapsed federal charges from eight years earlier involving byzantine campaign finance regulations and relying on testimony from deeply corrupted witnesses, Mr. Trump looked like a finished man. Published May 23, 2024