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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

When the leading candidate has a large and rock-solid minority of about 37 percent, it means 63 percent of the party is voting against him, and a lot of people are going to be very mad. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Blasts from the past

Noemie Emery April 26, 2016 4:02 am

As Berin Szoka of think tank TechFreedom puts it: "Europe has a collective insecurity complex about the Internet." When it isn't attacking Google, it's trying to regulate blogs. (istock photo)

The European Union picks a fight with Google

Dan Hannan April 25, 2016 4:02 am

Will Harriet Tubman's presence on currency end even a single injustice toward women or blacks in this country? No. That's not to say she doesn't deserve to be honored. (AP Photo)

I don’t care if there’s a woman on our money

Ashe Schow April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Ted Cruz and John Kasich could find themselves working together during the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Brokering a convention, part V

Hugh Hewitt April 24, 2016 9:02 pm

We're encouraged to believe ethnicity doesn't matter much any more; only race does. This is the implicit assumption behind the analyses that divide the electorate into four racial categories. (AP Photo)

Ethnicity still matters in the politics of 2016

Michael Barone April 24, 2016 4:07 am

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Trump’s Harriet Tubman reaction highlights GOP problems with black voters

Philip Klein April 21, 2016 11:12 pm

The GOP may rig the convention — in Trump’s favor

Timothy P. Carney April 21, 2016 10:13 pm

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both have to contend with some weak positives and formidable negatives. (AP Photos)

Michael Barone: New York’s home state winners have November problems

Michael Barone April 20, 2016 10:21 pm

Former lobbyist Katie McGinty has spent three decades in politics getting rich off the companies she regulated and subsidized. (AP File Photo/Matt Slocum)

The revolving-door path Katie McGinty took to the Pennsylvania Senate race

Timothy P. Carney April 19, 2016 10:14 pm

The British media's complaint, it soon became clear, was that David Cameron was richer than the rest of us, which was meant to make us all very angry. (AP Photo)

What Great Britain can learn from Texas

Dan Hannan April 18, 2016 4:02 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has nearly a 2-1 advantage over his next closest Republican rival Sen. Ted Cruz, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Brokering a convention, part IV

Hugh Hewitt April 17, 2016 9:00 pm

New York, like Donald Trump, loves winners and disdains losers. (Bloomberg/John Taggart)

New York exceptionalism and Donald Trump

Michael Barone April 17, 2016 12:00 pm