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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

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 24, 2026 8:03 am

Trump.

Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Abdul el Sayed.

Is it too late to move the midterm needle in Michigan?

Bucks County demonstrators.

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

Sen. Kay Hagan is blasting her Republican opponent for âsid[ing] with the special interestsâ because he opposes a corporate welfare agency that gives most of its subsidies to Hagan's campaign contributors. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Export-Import Bank fan Kay Hagan claims Thom Tillis defends corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney July 27, 2014 2:00 am

Only about 31,000 people left the disability rolls to return to work in 2012, according to Social Security Administration data. (iStock Photo)

Let low-income Americans opt out of Social Security

Star Parker July 26, 2014 10:00 am

Teachers are underpaid. In politics and also in everyday life, this is almost universally accepted. (iStock Photo)

Are teachers underpaid? Let’s find out

David Harsanyi July 25, 2014 3:43 pm

It was five years ago this summer that 20,000 white-collar nonunion workers from Delphi (a leading auto parts company spun off from GM in 1999) had their pensions sabotaged as part of a rotten White House deal with Big Labor. (AP Photo)

Still fighting: The Delphi workers Obama robbed

Michelle Malkin July 25, 2014 3:40 pm

Texas Department of Safety Troopers patrol on the Rio Grand along the U.S.-Mexico border, Thursday in Mission, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)

Stop the fear mongering on border security and illegal immigration

Linda Chavez July 25, 2014 3:39 pm

Israeli soldiers enter a tunnel discovered near the Israel Gaza border. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Hamas’ triumph

Mona Charen July 25, 2014 3:08 pm

Following the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, one of the key talking points that emerged from enraged opponents of the ruling was: "My boss shouldn't be involved in my health care decisions." (iStock Photo)

Opposition to Hobby Lobby decision highlights problem with mandates

Scott Rasmussen July 25, 2014 3:06 pm

President Obama speaks about the economy at the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College in Los Angeles on Thursday on the final day of his three-day West Coast trip to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Obama’s utopian statism is both below and on the radar

David Limbaugh July 25, 2014 2:46 pm

An unidentified Arizona state prison guard adjusts the straps on the gurney used for lethal injections at the Arizona State Prison at Florence in this undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Corrections)

Could Arizona fiasco lead to firing squads for death penalty?

Byron York July 24, 2014 10:30 pm

Smoke billows out of a chimney stack of steel works factories in Port Kembla, south of Sydney. (AP/Rob Griffith)

Australia’s carbon tax debacle shows why it’s a bad idea

Shikha Dalmia July 24, 2014 9:00 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Braley talks to supporters Karen and Dennis Swallow of Waukee, Iowa during a barbecue lunch Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, during the Bruce Blues & BBQ fundraiser for the Braley campaign at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Scott Morgan)

Lesson for lawmakers: Don’t be AWOL when oversight is required

David Freddoso July 24, 2014 9:00 pm

There has to be a way to push sensible limited-government policy reforms without making unmarried Americans feel left out. (iStock Image)

Republicans can’t leave unmarried Americans behind

Philip Klein July 24, 2014 7:26 pm