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What Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke and George Mason can teach conservatives about introspection and debate.

What Burke, Paine, and Mason can teach conservatives about debate

Jason Thompson · October 30, 2026 6:30 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot. (Washington Examiner Illustration; Joe Raedle/Getty; Noam Galai/Getty)

An inconclusive outcome to Israel’s first election since the Oct. 7 invasion

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Aristotle and the midterm elections

Michigan Senate candidates Abdul el Sayed and Mike Rogers.

Michigan could save the Senate for Republicans

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Congress should block Trump’s dangerous Saudi nuclear deal

Members of the group Patriot Front wear masks as they march through Washington before Independence Day events honoring the nation's 250th anniversary, Saturday, July 4, 2026.

I refused to stage a fake Nazi rally. Someone else won’t

Adam Swart October 10, 2026 6:00 am

A gull flies overhead as a boy stands with his bicycle on a beach overlooking commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran shows Trump’s opportunity in escalating Hormuz attacks

Washington Examiner October 10, 2026 5:00 am

U,S, Vice President JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally to support the GOP gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds in Lakeland, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)

Minnesota fraudsters didn’t just steal $250 million. They stole our trust

Chris Bullivant October 9, 2026 9:00 pm

Edith Wilson's birthplace.

Take the Wilderness Road and you’ll find the Appalachian first lady who fooled Washington

Salena Zito October 9, 2026 8:31 pm

Marco Rubio.

What Rubio gets wrong about the West

Conn Carroll October 9, 2026 4:13 pm

Mike Rogers and Abdul el Sayed.

Increasingly insulated Democrats struggle in debates

Zachary Faria October 9, 2026 3:13 pm

President Donald Trump looks ahead at a reporter, listening with a long face.

Trump’s not-so super intelligent effort to rename artificial intelligence

Tom Rogan October 9, 2026 12:45 pm

Former president George H.W. Bush pauses for a photo before an NFL football game in Houston between the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Texans.

America is finally firing itself as the world’s policeman

Malik AboRashid October 9, 2026 12:00 pm

A Union Pacific freight train

Your packages are stuck in 1869: Why America still doesn’t have a real coast-to-coast railroad

Charles Nottingham October 9, 2026 12:00 pm

John Fetterman speaking to reporters.

Ignore Fetterman: Look at the 250 socialists quietly taking his party

Scott Walter October 9, 2026 12:00 pm

The Palestinian flag waving in a crowd.

Stop rewriting 1948: How the myth of Palestinian independence led to Oct. 7

Robert Cherry October 9, 2026 11:00 am

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Accenture said it ditched DEI. The DOJ just caught them running secret race scorecards

Douglas H. Napier October 9, 2026 11:00 am