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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

Ben Affleck introduces former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the annual Clinton Global Initiative award ceremony on September 25, 2013, in New York City. (Getty images File)

Ben Affleck: ‘Big Republican’ Actors Are Hard to Watch

Larry Elder January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Travelling leftward to Dilma Rousseff, Brazil has built a huge current-account deficit while pulling back on free trade. (AP/ Ismael Francisco)

A left turn in emerging markets endangers investment paradigm

Lawrence Kudlow January 29, 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 Photo/Larry Downing)

America is getting over Barack Obama

Cal Thomas January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Tom Perkins unequivocally refused to back down from his message defending the "creative 1 percent."

Standing up against wealth-shaming

Michelle Malkin January 29, 2014 5:00 am

If President Obama's minimum wage increases are implemented, teenagers and entry-level workers of tomorrow will have a harder time finding work -- as will some others who might really need the money to afford staples like groceries. (Photo: Thinkstock)

The minimum wage is rarely a household’s sole sustenance

David Freddoso January 29, 2014 5:00 am

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

Restating the State of the Union

John Stossel January 29, 2014 5:00 am

A TSA official checks passengers entering a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in November 2010. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The government’s ‘no-fly’ list rightly takes a hit

Steve Chapman January 29, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama delivers the State of Union address in the House chamber Tuesday. (AP/Larry Downing)

A chastened and weary Obama reports on State of the Union

Michael Barone January 29, 2014 5:00 am

American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald poses for a portrait in the 1920s. (AP Photo/File)

F. Scott Fitzgerald could have done a lot with the tale of Bob McDonnell

Noemie Emery January 28, 2014 5:00 am

One of the problems with so many discussions of income and wealth is that the intelligentsia are so obsessed with the money that people receive that they give little or no attention to what causes money to be paid to them, in the first place.

The income inequality bogeyman

Thomas Sowell January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Many government contractors work in highly technical fields, so an increase in the minimum wage doesn't apply to them. (Thinkstock)

Obama’s minimum wage order is out of step with America

Diana Furchtgott-Roth January 28, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

‘Populist’ Obama pushes corporatist policies

Timothy P. Carney January 28, 2014 5:00 am