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Bucks County demonstrators.

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

Salena Zito · October 21, 2026 4:18 pm

El Sayed and Rogers.

What’s ahead if the polls are right — or wrong

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

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office.

More immigration moves

Byron York January 13, 2026 8:09 pm

Major General Philip Schuyler

On This Day: Washington learns of Montgomery’s death

Salena Zito January 13, 2026 3:02 pm

Mississippi arsonist burned synagogue

Who radicalized the Mississippi synagogue arsonist?

Salena Zito January 12, 2026 10:07 pm

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

The prime of tough-guy progressivism

Byron York January 12, 2026 3:52 pm

Artist John Trumbull memorialized the death of hero Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery, who tried to enter Quebec during a blizzard, but after part of his army deserted, British and Canadian troops ambushed the Americans.

On This Day: Washington asks injured Benedict Arnold for supplies

Salena Zito January 12, 2026 11:09 am

Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Minneapolis shooting: That settles it

Byron York January 11, 2026 1:19 pm

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) campaigning

In reelection launch, Josh Shapiro admits violent attack almost drove him from race

Salena Zito January 9, 2026 3:02 pm

Copy of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" the 47 page pamphlet originally released anonymously in Philadelphia. It immediately sold out and is credited with igniting the fires of the American Revolution.

On This Day: Common Sense

Salena Zito January 9, 2026 12:09 pm

This combination of pictures created on January 06, 2026 shows Greenland's Head of Government Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 8, 2025) and US President Donald Trump (at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025). Greenland's prime minister on January 5, 2026 called for renewed talks with the US after President Donald Trump repeated that he wanted to annex the mineral-rich Arctic territory. "The situation is not such that the United States can conquer Greenland. That is not the case. Therefore, we must not panic. We must restore the good cooperation we once had," Jens-Frederik Nielsen said, adding "we must try to re-establish contact". (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Caligulan grab for Greenland

Dan Hannan January 9, 2026 4:57 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks on Jan. 7, 2026.

Mayor Mamdani’s false choice

Timothy P. Carney January 9, 2026 4:56 am

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) announces that he will not be seeking reelection at a press conference at the state Capitol in St.Paul, Minnesota.

Walz withdrawal doesn’t solve Minnesota’s scandals

Guy Benson January 9, 2026 4:54 am

President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat.

Trump, Venezuela, and the midterm pivot to the economy

Byron York January 8, 2026 5:22 pm