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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough

rscarborough@washingtontimes.com

Rowan Scarborough spent over 30 years at The Washington Times covering national security, including the Democrats' "Russia Hoax." He wrote two books, "Rumsfeld's War" and "Sabotage." A Navy veteran, Mr. Scarborough graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. He reported for The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal and Defense Week.

Articles by Rowan Scarborough

Democrats' playbook against the Trump administration illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Democrats planning a Mao-like payback

Billionaire J.B. Pritzker has leaked Democrats' dark plans for President Trump and the president's aides, friends, family and associates should they take back power in 2029.

March 24, 2026
Democrats helping illegal immigrants illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Democrats abandoned America for illegal aliens

How Joseph R. Biden illegally opened the southern border to Mexican drug cartels and their human smuggling machine is the story of how the Democratic Party left America.

February 24, 2026
Don Lemon attends the 15th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

A look at the indictment of Don Lemon

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon brainstormed with a Black Lives Matter leader about how to invade a St. Paul, Minnesota, church on a Sunday.

February 3, 2026
Trump Media and Technology Group and nuclear energy illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump Truth Social goes nuclear

Turns out President Trump is not just an oil-and-gas man. The family business he founded has embraced a new technology to replicate the sun's energy right here on Earth.

December 31, 2025
This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

A look at accused pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr.

Brian Cole Jr. told investigators he was "disappointed" by the 2020 election results the night he placed two pipe bombs near Republican and Democratic national headquarters on Capitol Hill.

December 9, 2025
The United Nations, Al Jazeera and Hamas illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

U.N., Al Jazeera: Hamas bedfellows

The Israel Defense Forces has collected a cache of Hamas secret papers that reveal how two supposedly neutral organizations betrayed their professional duties to help attack Jews.

November 27, 2025