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Pittsburgh, PA - Inside mission control at Voyager’s North Side headquarters, where engineers will steer the Griffin lander to the moon. (Shannon M Venditti)

Pittsburgh’s moon shot

Salena Zito · November 6, 2026 12:55 pm

marco rubio and jd vance

In the GOP, a new 2028 race

Blue wave congress

America does the right thing after exhausting every other option

Ken Paxton election night watch party

The Red Wedding election

From left: Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D-ME) celebrates his victory over Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 3, 2026; Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) celebrates in Austin, Texas, Nov. 3, 2026; and Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) thanks supporters at a victory party in Overland Park, Kansas, Nov. 3, 2026. (From left: Scott Eisen/Getty; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty; Austin Johnson/AFP/Getty)

Character matters, unfortunately for Republicans

A new survey by the St. Louis-based moving company United Van Lines shows that net migration out of Michigan has stopped after 16 straight years of more people moving out than moving in. (Photo: Thinkstock)

COVID only accelerated the blue state exodus

Michael Barone December 28, 2022 8:07 pm

Three big surprises of 2022: Weakened Russia, weakened China, weakened American economy

Michael Barone December 21, 2022 7:55 pm

The Left’s new worries about an ‘imperial court’ are risible

Quin Hillyer December 20, 2022 8:48 pm

America is not ‘an extraordinarily racist country’

Dan Hannan December 19, 2022 6:46 am

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX U.S. Derivatives.

Are the Silicon Valley fraudsters today’s robber barons?

Michael Barone December 14, 2022 6:24 pm

An Iranian girl holds up her country's flag during a street celebration after Iran's national soccer team defeated Wales in Qatar's World Cup, at Sadeghieh Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 25, 2022.

Iranian protesters need our support

Dan Hannan December 12, 2022 5:15 am

The ‘Trump effect’ destroyed Republicans this year

Quin Hillyer December 7, 2022 7:01 pm

Republican nominee Donald Trump could have trouble grabbing headlines this weekend after Friday's "big" FBI bombshell. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

The downward spiral of disgraceful misconduct

Michael Barone December 7, 2022 6:53 pm

DeWine says voters looked for competence and good managers when they picked governors this cycle

Salena Zito December 5, 2022 2:33 pm

Student protesters call on Chinese President Xi Jinping to resign during a rally for victims of a recent Urumqi apartment fire blamed on rigid anti-virus measures.

Coming to terms: The COVID lockdowns were all for naught

Dan Hannan December 5, 2022 8:48 am

Brian Kemp had to beat Donald Trump and Stacey Abrams

Salena Zito December 2, 2022 1:13 am

The Democratic Partyâs candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, speaks to a crowd as he launches his general election campaign on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Johnstown, Pa.

Justin Merriman

The quiet populism of Josh Shapiro

Salena Zito November 29, 2022 6:03 pm