John Hayward

National Security Deputy Editor

John Hayward

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I'm a conservative because there is so much about the American tradition that is worth conserving. I worry that people aren't as frightened of authoritarians and totalitarians as they should be. Freedom and capitalism are inseparable, because without capitalism, freedom just means shouting your opinion and hoping somebody important is listening.

National security, technology, global political and economic strategy

Associate in Arts, Edison Community College, 1986

Hayward has been a writer for Breitbart News Network since 2013. Prior to that, he worked for two decades in computers and business consulting before becoming an amateur blogger under the pseudonym "Doctor Zero" for Hot Air. As he developed a large following, he also received criticism for being an anonymous voice, so he decided to reveal his full name and go public. Shortly thereafter, he began doing radio interviews across the country for his writing and was contacted by Human Events in Washington, D.C. to become a full-time professional columnist.

Management at Breitbart News noticed his work and invited him to join Breitbart.com. Hayward jumped at the opportunity to "join a platform with so much reach, to be a part of something so huge."

Hayward's work has been cited by radio and television outlets from Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to Fox News. His essays have been incorporated into several high school and college textbooks, and he gives occasional lectures on media analysis and writing online. He frequently guest-hosts Breitbart News Tonight on SiriusXM channel 125, the Patriot Channel.

Articles by John Hayward

Trump to Tackle ‘Anti-Christian Bias’ with White House Religious Office

President Donald Trump on Thursday told a prayer breakfast in Washington that he will create a task force to “immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible, the IRS, the FBI and other agencies.”

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Australian State Lawmaker Changes Name to ‘Aussie Trump’

West Australian (WA) independent lawmaker Benjamin Letts Dawkins legally changed his name to “Aussie Trump” this week, a move he described as a protest against “the tyranny and systematic corruption of the Labor government in WA.”

President Donald J. Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison participate in a jo

China’s Shein to Slash $50 Billion from Valuation After Trump Ends Import Loophole

Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein is reportedly preparing to slash its valuation for a prospective listing on the London stock market by $50 billion, losing almost a quarter of its value after President Donald Trump closed the “de minimis” loophole that allows small import shipments to evade duties and customs inspections.

Isidora Olave, 20 years old, receives her order from fast fashion e-commerce company Shein

Israel Leaves U.N. Human Rights Council

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Thursday that his nation has withdrawn from the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) because the organization protects abusers of human rights around the world, pushes antisemitic rhetoric, and constantly harasses Israel.

Israeli Flag draped (Joel Pollak)

Uganda and Rwanda Get More Involved in Congo Guerilla War

Uganda has reportedly dispatched another thousand soldiers into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), joining a rapidly-escalating battle in which a vicious Rwanda-supported insurgency called M23 has captured a regional capital and set its sights on the seat of government in Kinshasa.

An M23 officer talks to prospective recruits in Goma on February 6, 2025. More than a week

China Harasses Google to Get Revenge for Trump’s Tariffs

China’s retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs has thus far included a levy on imported American energy products, an extra fee on imported American agricultural equipment, and a menacing “antitrust” investigation of Google.

Photo taken on July 6, 2023 shows the Google logo at an exhibition in Shanghai, China. Oct

Iran Calls Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Policy a ‘Failure’

Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday claimed President Donald Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran’s nuclear ambitions was a “failure” during Trump’s first term, and would fare no better during his second.

A young Iranian woman walks past an anti-U.S. mural on a wall of the former U.S. embassy i

Jailed Pakistani Ex-PM Imran Khan Compares Himself to Trump

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, jailed since August 2023 on various corruption charges he dismisses as politically motivated, compared himself to U.S. President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News Digital on Sunday.

Pakistan's cricket fans hold a poster with imprisoned former premier Imran Khan follo

China Tries to Spook U.S. with Army of Dancing Robots

China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday marveled at the high-tech entertainments on display for this year’s Spring Festival, praising a troupe of dancing robots as evidence the Communist nation has become the world’s leading tech power.

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Trump Pushes India to Buy More American Weapons

President Donald Trump has reportedly been pushing India to purchase more of its military hardware from the United States, dangling relief from the heavy tariffs he might impose against the other BRICS nations as an incentive.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21,

Russia Sends First Delegation to Post-Assad Syria

Russia sent a delegation of high-level diplomats to Damascus on Tuesday, the first official contact between Moscow and the insurgent government that overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in December.

Mikhail Bogdanov, Ahmed al-Sharaa

Gustavo Petro Retweets, Then Deletes, Trump Migrant Flight Victory Post

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday retweeted a post from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that essentially declared President Donald Trump’s absolute victory in the showdown over Colombian deportees. Petro deleted his retweet a few hours later.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for new commander o

Over a Dozen U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in DR Congo Guerrilla Chaos

At least 13 U.N. peacekeepers and other foreign soldiers were killed in heavy fighting near the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Sunday, as the M23 insurgent group closed in on the strategically vital city.

Guatemalan soldiers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democr