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Aleppo-Workers giving visitors a tour 900 feet down the Bailey coal mine that straddles Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania. (Salena Zito)

In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money

Salena Zito · October 20, 2026 1:07 pm

Jake Loosararian, CEO of Gecko Robotics

Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics expands its Navy contract to $300 million

People wearing all black in Lyon, France, protest and peer at the arson of their own demise of a burning tourism office.

France on fire — a dangerous inflection point for the West

Abdul el Sayed.

Slick Abdul

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

The Rev. Jesse Jackson listens to speakers at the Tabernacle Baptist Church during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

The canonization of Jesse Jackson

David Harsanyi February 18, 2026 4:10 pm

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.

Marco Rubio: More than just the good cop

Michael Barone February 18, 2026 1:10 pm

"Interior of the old Jersey prison ship, in the Revolutionary War," engraved by Edward Bookhout, 1855. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

On This Day: Washington’s compassion toward prisoners of war is discreet but effective

Salena Zito February 18, 2026 12:16 pm

United States Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby.

NATO 3.0 is here, and that’s a good thing

Sean Durns February 18, 2026 9:50 am

Family members spending leisure time in their front yard. Grandfather playing ball with his son and grandchildren outside with kids and pet dog.

The point Rep. Randy Fine made so badly

Hugo Gurdon February 18, 2026 7:00 am

George Washington.

On This Day: Action feels imminent with Washington in Boston

Salena Zito February 17, 2026 2:04 pm

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore.

‘Doing nothing’ about Social Security means bankruptcy in four years and a 28% benefit cut

Tiana Lowe Doescher February 17, 2026 11:17 am

Paczki is a popular Polish-American tradition celebrated on Fat Tuesday.

How faith and community form around paczki

Salena Zito February 17, 2026 9:46 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Democrats go scorched earth on redistricting

Guy Benson February 17, 2026 8:34 am

Painting courtesy of the Library of Congress depicts the new militia from Connecticut arriving at Cambridge and Roxbury.

On This Day: Time is ticking in Boston for Washington

Salena Zito February 16, 2026 11:58 am

President Donald Trump’s first 365-ish days back in office have come and gone, but unlike the president’s previous first year in government, 2025 saw no Cabinet-level departures. Here's who's on the hot seat heading into 2026 (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Should Trump shake up his Cabinet?

Byron York February 15, 2026 10:20 am

A group of anti-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters shout slogans in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 27, 2026. US President Donald Trump said on January 27 that he would "de-escalate a little bit" in Minneapolis after the fatal shootings of two civilians fueled a storm of criticism over his signature immigration crackdown.

Missing the story between the lines

Salena Zito February 13, 2026 6:36 pm