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Pittsburgh, PA - Inside mission control at Voyager’s North Side headquarters, where engineers will steer the Griffin lander to the moon. (Shannon M Venditti)

Pittsburgh’s moon shot

Salena Zito · November 6, 2026 12:55 pm

marco rubio and jd vance

In the GOP, a new 2028 race

Blue wave congress

America does the right thing after exhausting every other option

Ken Paxton election night watch party

The Red Wedding election

From left: Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D-ME) celebrates his victory over Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 3, 2026; Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) celebrates in Austin, Texas, Nov. 3, 2026; and Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) thanks supporters at a victory party in Overland Park, Kansas, Nov. 3, 2026. (From left: Scott Eisen/Getty; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty; Austin Johnson/AFP/Getty)

Character matters, unfortunately for Republicans

"Alone Yet Not Alone" has had its Best Original Song Oscar nomination withdrawn for allegedly violating ethical rules.

Disqualification of Christian film nominated for Oscar smacks of prejudice

Cal Thomas February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Last week, at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's annual threat-assessment hearing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that one of the leading groups in the Syrian rebellion -- the al Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front -- would like to attack the U.S. homeland. (AP Photo)

Al Qaeda’s Syrian rebels have ‘aspirations’ to attack US

Terence Jeffrey February 5, 2014 5:00 am

In recent years, abortion has been falling by 4 and 5 percent a year. (Thinkstock)

On the abortion front, good news for babies

R. Emmett Tyrrell February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Americans from fishermen to insurance agents are getting tired of being victimized by overregulation, according to a report by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. (Thinkstock)

Watchdogging Obama’s regulatory state

Ron Arnold February 5, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama (AP/Susan Walsh)

Obama, suffering from his own hubris, blames everyone else

Noemie Emery February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama speaks at General Electric's Waukesha Gas Engines facility on Jan. 30 in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo)

Obama’s solution to phony wage gap is another job-killer

Diana Furchtgott-Roth February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Jan. 28. (AP/Larry Downing)

Obama and the grievance industry

Mona Charen February 4, 2014 5:00 am

K Street in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

How the party leadership and K Street won the farm bill fight

Timothy P. Carney February 4, 2014 5:00 am

In 2013, 46 percent of Philadelphia eighth-graders scored below basic, and 35 percent scored basic in math. Below basic is a score meaning that a student is unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at his grade level. Basic indicates only partial mastery. (Thinkstock)

Schoolteacher cheating creates fraudulent diplomas

Walter Williams February 3, 2014 5:00 am

No Labels is no real alternative to conventional politics

Gene Healy February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Students protest immigration laws at the Capitol in Denver, Friday, April 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Retreat on immigration will hurt Republicans

Cal Thomas February 3, 2014 5:00 am

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One brave doctor stands up to Obamacare

David Limbaugh February 3, 2014 5:00 am