Opinion

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Looks like starter homes will remain in illegal in much of Massachusetts

Timothy P. Carney · November 4, 2026 11:25 am

Hawaii and Arkansas players run down court as Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile (7) dribbles the ball during the second half in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Portland, Oregon, on March 19. (Amanda Loman/AP)

Congress can end college sports’ courtroom season. It should measure what comes after, too

National debt spending deficits.

Don’t raise the ceiling without a plan

President Donald Trump listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks.

Only Donald Trump could cut off Israel — and win a Nobel Peace Prize for it

Blue picture of networks of AI ‘worms’ (resembles a bacteria bunch) that have been reported may be able to self-replicate on home devices within months.

Is ‘frontier intelligence’ a sustainable business strategy?

YOUNGSTOWN-One of the main stays in the Mahoning Valley is the MVR, Mahoning Valley Restaurant, part of the legendary Steel Valley, which for generations voted for Democrats, flipped for Republicans for the past 10 years, and came back to their ancestral home in Tuesday's midterm elections.

The Mahoning Valley came home, but it did not come back

Salena Zito November 4, 2026 9:55 am

President Donald Trump walks from the podium after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington.

Democrats campaigned on affordability. It took two hours to show it was a lie, and they just want to investigate Trump

Christopher Tremoglie November 4, 2026 8:39 am

ICE officer

Illegal immigrants didn’t ‘jump ahead’ of any line. ‘America First’ means path to legal status

Joseph Castleberry November 4, 2026 8:00 am

Activists protest outside the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, as it opens hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Activists are targeting judges, and there must be consequences

Christina Bobb November 4, 2026 8:00 am

Turkish President Recep Erdogan

A Turkish UN secretary-general would serve the Erdogan regime

Sinan Ciddi, Helin Unal November 4, 2026 7:00 am

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed speaks during a campaign rally at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

Eleventh-hour election interventions

Eric Wargotz November 4, 2026 7:00 am

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) speaks during a news conference.

Josh Shapiro receives the curse of more power

Timothy P. Carney November 4, 2026 6:47 am

President Donald Trump stands on a stage wearing a white "USA" hat.

Washington’s dangerous miscalculation on Iran

Heyrsh Abdulrahman November 4, 2026 6:00 am

European Union flags flap in the wind outside EU headquarters.

Is the European Monetary Union in terminal decline?

James Rogan November 4, 2026 6:00 am

Trump.

The arrival of divided government

Byron York November 4, 2026 2:56 am

President Donald Trump speaks in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the Washington Monument, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington.

Trump’s hubris and failure get their voter payback

Washington Examiner November 4, 2026 12:02 am

Collage of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, President Donald Trump, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Maybe don’t bully your own Senate majority out of existence

Tiana Lowe Doescher November 3, 2026 11:49 pm