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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

New technology has led to a boom in oil and gas production and turned the nation into a net energy exporter. (AP File)

Should we know who wants to drill on public lands?

Sean Higgins December 9, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama, second from the right, waves as he stands with, from left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, during a group photo opportunity as part of the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on June 18. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Obama abandons friends abroad in hopes of appeasing foes

Michael Barone December 8, 2013 5:00 am

Warren Buffett, right, and Bill Gates, shown here during a May 6 interview in Omaha, Neb., "overwhelmingly made their money by inventing well and investing well." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

When is inequality harmful? When it’s caused by cronyism

Timothy P. Carney December 7, 2013 5:00 am

It was not by accident that President Obama chose a theater in a poor black neighborhood in Washington, where the average income is barely half the national average, to speak this week about economic opportunity and fairness. (AP Photo)

Obama promotes despair to those who need economic freedom

Star Parker December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is pictured in October 2007.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

Remembering the two Nelson Mandelas

Cal Thomas December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's real job will be to get Big Green's influence out of her department. (AP File)

National Park Service is supposed to work for America, not for Big Green

Ron Arnold December 6, 2013 5:00 am

A TSA officer directs travelers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle on Nov. 26. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Time to get rid of the TSA

Veronique de Rugy December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are both considered candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. (AP File)

Obama has shown how a future GOP president can gut Obamacare

Philip Klein December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Detroit is $18 billion in the hole thanks to its debt and long-term liabilities, such as pensions it could not afford and people abandoning the city in droves, which led to an erosion of the tax base. (Thinkstock)

Bankruptcy gives Detroit its comeuppance

Cal Thomas December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Obama hasn't said much about trying to help people buy more affordable health insurance. (Photo: Thinkstock)

No talk of affordable health care in Obamacare PR push

Byron York December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley suggested to current Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake that she adopt the "crime-fighting" strategies O'Malley used when he was mayor of the city. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Maryland governor isn’t the crime-fighter he wants you to believe he is

Gregory Kane December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Obamacare has caused people problems they never expected and were promised they never would face. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Obamacare highlights Barack Obama’s inverse genius

Noemie Emery December 4, 2013 5:00 am