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Abdul el Sayed.

Slick Abdul

Byron York · October 19, 2026 4:45 pm

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump has killed the American-led world order

President Donald Trump waves as he walks past presidential portraits along the Colonnade.

Inside Trump’s job approval crisis

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed, talks to the media after a televised debate with Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers at WOOD-TV, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

El Sayed’s cure for high gas prices would make them worse

Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson

What Pittsburgh can teach the next House majority

Trump.

It’s nothing like it was under Biden, but inflation still vexes Trump

Byron York October 14, 2026 4:28 pm

A collage of pictures of Trump working at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania.

Has Trump broken his McDonald’s promise?

Michael Barone October 14, 2026 12:27 pm

Tom Mulholland at his grocery store in Ohio.

While the public fears AI, these Ohio and Iowa business owners are finding relief

Salena Zito October 13, 2026 5:22 pm

The scene of an ICE shooting in Marble Hill.

Meet New York Democrats’ new anti-ICE poster child

Guy Benson October 13, 2026 2:58 pm

Shadowed image of Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan Abdul el Sayed glowing slightly with soft stage light on his face against a black background.

The high cost of Abdul el Sayed

Byron York October 12, 2026 4:52 pm

Martha MacCallum book

Martha MacCallum and the stories that define us

Salena Zito October 12, 2026 4:21 pm

A protester shouts at a police officer during a protest marking three years since the 7 October attacks on Israel in London, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Marches and matches

Dominic Green October 10, 2026 10:18 am

The Falkland Islands welcome sign at Port Stanley. (Getty Images)

If Britain has no right to the Falklands, the US has no right to half its territory

Dan Hannan October 10, 2026 9:58 am

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

Senate 2026 midterm elections voting

Are the polls overestimating Senate Democrats again?

Guy Benson October 9, 2026 5:45 am

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed Speaks at a General Election Kickoff Rally for Michigan Demcrats at Renaissance High School Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Detroit.

In GOP midterm calculation, avoiding the unthinkable

Byron York October 8, 2026 4:01 pm