Opinion

Gov. Josh Shapiro at a campaign rally in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

Salena Zito · October 27, 2026 3:08 pm

Demonstrators wave placards during a news conference

Colorado and Washington voters must reckon with transgender athletes and surgeries

Election over, Israel-UK intelligence cooperation will thrive again

Drugs and a stethoscope sit atop bills to illustrate rising healthcare costs.

Voters want lower drug prices. GOP lawmakers should listen

Doctor drawing up COVID-19 vaccine from glass phial bottle and filling syringe injection for vaccination.

mRNA shouldn’t have a party affiliation

Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano speaks during a news conference outside the county courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)

Democrats can’t fight crime by freeing criminals

Washington Examiner October 26, 2026 5:00 am

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

The logic behind Trump’s ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ appeal

Byron York October 25, 2026 9:08 pm

talarico texas magazine illustration

James Talarico’s extremism and the Texas race that should not be close

Daniel Ross Goodman October 25, 2026 2:00 pm

Federal Reserve inflation graphic.

The Fed thinks it’s fighting inflation. It’s starving the cure

Dan Varroney October 25, 2026 1:00 pm

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward our planet Earth in the distant background. This picture was taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.

What it took to put Americans on the moon

Samuel J. Abrams October 25, 2026 12:00 pm

angie nixon

Florida cannot afford to give socialism a chance

Steve Crisafulli October 25, 2026 12:00 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

Is Trump’s new swamp any better than the old swamp?

Eric Wargotz October 25, 2026 10:00 am

Cross on a bible.

Salvation lies within a sealed envelope

Jay Rogers October 25, 2026 9:00 am

**FOR USE WITH AP LIFESTYLES** Polish Easter Almond Babka is seen in this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 photo. This light, springy cake has a delightful almond flavor with subtle lemon undertones. (AP Photo/Howie Rumberg)

What a Muslim baker and a Jewish recipe can teach us about coexistence

Ariella Noveck October 25, 2026 8:00 am

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s former labor chief betrayed you for Mexican beer. Now, expect a Democratic midterm blowout

Ronnie Shows October 25, 2026 8:00 am

Collage of France riots

For Europe to survive, it must go back to church

Michael Levin October 25, 2026 7:00 am

NFL sports football history book

If you love the NFL, read Peter King’s ‘The Game’

Michael Taube October 25, 2026 6:50 am