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PHILADELPHIA- U.S. Senator David McCormick hosted the inaugural Pennsylvania Red Tape Dialogues last week at Temple University in Philadelphia with the goal of bringing together C-suite executives, small business owners, policy experts, and federal/state regulators to identify and eliminate burdensome government regulations. (credit Sen. McCormick's office)

McCormick takes on Pennsylvania’s red tape, one binder at a time

Salena Zito · October 26, 2026 4:08 pm

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Another 2026 polling wrinkle

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

President Donald Trump touches his ear as he talks about the noise from the new ballroom construction before a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The closing economic pitch Republicans are too scared to make

Trump.

Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

In this May 22, 2014, file photo, Wesley Simon-Parsons, civil and environmental supervisor at Dominion Terminal Associates, stands near piles of coal at the company's coal terminal in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Under assault from Big Green, coal is fighting back

Ron Arnold August 26, 2014 11:11 pm

Export-Import Bank faces rocky path to renewal as Congress returns

Timothy P. Carney August 26, 2014 10:56 pm

Christian refugees from Mosul find a home in Merga Souva, Iraq. The group has a church by its compound which holds currently 140 Christians who have all fled from the terror jihadist group Islamic State. (Photo by Gail Orenstein/NurPhoto/Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP images)

Obama tries, but he cannot avoid evil

Noemie Emery August 26, 2014 9:31 pm

Huge bank settlements after the financial crisis are just election-year ATMs for the Obama administration. (iStock)

The Obama bank shakedown

Lawrence Kudlow August 26, 2014 2:07 am

Police advance through a cloud of tear gas toward demonstrators on August 17, in Ferguson, Mo. (Getty images/Scott Olson)

Facts vs. visions

Thomas Sowell August 25, 2014 11:45 pm

At Michael Brown funeral, Al Sharpton’s double-edged eulogy evokes anger

At Michael Brown funeral, Al Sharpton’s double-edged eulogy evokes anger

Byron York August 25, 2014 11:41 pm

Weak family structures not only create poverty and dependency but also contribute to the social pathology. (iStock)

Blacks must confront reality

Walter Williams August 25, 2014 10:56 pm

Voters cast their ballots in a school gymnasium as others wait in line in the background Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Ferguson, Mo. Voters waited in line for hours at the location in order to cast their ballot. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Democracy and Ferguson

Steve Chapman August 25, 2014 10:11 pm

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

How Obama made a federal agency Big Labor’s ‘litigation arm’

Sean Higgins August 25, 2014 9:00 pm

The images coming out of Ferguson, Mo., recently -- body-armored, camo-clad "peace officers" with sniper rifles and mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles -- have a lot of Americans wondering whether that has become a meaningless distinction. (AP Photo)

Fight against militarized police is a culture war worth having

Gene Healy August 25, 2014 9:00 pm

Muslims pray during the Eid al Fitr prayer marking the end of the Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Exhibition Center of the Parc Chanot, in Marseille, southern France, Monday, July 28, 2014. France has seen its Muslim population explode to more than 8 million, and it is growing, according to the Gatestone Institute. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

What will U.S. do if ISIS attacks again?

Cal Thomas August 25, 2014 9:00 pm

Broward County canvassing board member Judge Robert Rosenberg examines a disputed absentee ballot Saturday, Nov. 25, 2000, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Republicans need to be ready for Democratic election lawfare

Hugh Hewitt August 24, 2014 9:00 pm