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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

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Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

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

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The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, greets Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as Republican presidential hopeful former, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, right, mix on the stage during a break between the televised Republican and Democratic presidential debates in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Three ‘black swans’ who have upended political calculations for 2014 and beyond

Noemie Emery July 22, 2014 9:00 pm

A Malaysian air crash investigator takes pictures of wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)

What really needs resetting in Obama’s relationship with Russia

Mona Charen July 22, 2014 3:06 pm

Moral equivalence is usually moral negligence

David Limbaugh July 22, 2014 11:07 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses the crowd during her appearance at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit on Friday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

While Hillary Clinton offers a resume, Elizabeth Warren offers a plan

Byron York July 22, 2014 12:31 am

Major newspaper editorials condemned Hamas, but their condemnation was hedged by calls for "restraint" on "both sides" and "proportionality" in Israel's response to the attacks. (AP Photo)

The best way to help Palestinians is to stop helping terrorists

Cal Thomas July 21, 2014 9:00 pm

"We are exceptional in a certain way that no other nation is," Secretary of State John Kerry told U.S. embassy staffers in Vienna last week. (AP/Ronald Zak)

An exceptional America is more than just American exceptionalism

Gene Healy July 21, 2014 9:00 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)

For Obama’s labor policy, no setback is permanent

Sean Higgins July 21, 2014 8:33 pm

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Do blacks need favors?

Walter Williams July 21, 2014 7:37 pm

Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)

Immigration crisis is bordering on madness

Thomas Sowell July 21, 2014 7:28 pm

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama dragged down by chaos at home and abroad, not by the economy

Michael Barone July 20, 2014 9:00 pm

I have not talked with or received an email from former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in months, and the last time I asked him if he was thinking about 2016 -- on air before a national audience -- his answer was a firm "No." (AP Photo)

Don’t be surprised if Mitt Romney is on the GOP primary ballot

Hugh Hewitt July 20, 2014 9:00 pm

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The CIA’s Twitter #fail

James Jay Carafano July 20, 2014 9:00 pm