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Abdul el Sayed.

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

Byron York · October 21, 2026 10:37 pm

Bucks County demonstrators.

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

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

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney points at President Donald Trump as they speak.

It is dangerous to be an American ally

Dan Hannan October 31, 2025 3:10 am

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to the media after a jury found President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, May 30, 2024, in New York.

Alvin Bragg and the Trump trial that never happened

Byron York October 30, 2025 5:01 pm

A vehicle drives along the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Democrats want open borders, most Americans don’t

Michael Barone October 29, 2025 3:58 pm

President Donald Trump dances.

Trump’s triumph in Japan began at a steel mill in Pennsylvania

Salena Zito October 29, 2025 3:55 pm

Mike Donilon, aide to former President Joe Biden, apperars on Capitol Hill on July 31, 2025 for the Biden autopen investigation. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The man who stood to make millions if Biden won in 2024

Byron York October 29, 2025 2:41 pm

NFL Columbus Day

Why has the NFL ignored Italian American Heritage Month?

Christopher Tremoglie October 29, 2025 12:26 pm

FBI director Kash Patel speaks at a press conference announcing the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting and illegal gambling, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in New York.

Stop giving credibility to these gambling apps

Timothy P. Carney October 28, 2025 11:48 am

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano, who was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Oct. 6, honoring some of the longest-tenured employees who have been with the Social Security Administration for over 50 years.

Bisignano meeting the urgency of now in running the Social Security Administration

Salena Zito October 28, 2025 11:10 am

New York State Assemblymember and Democratic New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Be careful what you wish for in the New York City mayor’s race

Hugo Gurdon October 28, 2025 6:00 am

Former CIA Director John Brennan arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, May 21, 2019.

How John Brennan lied to Congress

Byron York October 26, 2025 9:44 pm

mehdi hasan

No, Mehdi Hasan, slavery didn’t build America

David Harsanyi October 24, 2025 2:00 pm

Hundreds of people gather at Town Square in UC San Diego while Charlie Kirk sits in the middle of the plaza. Turning Point USA founder and American conservative political activist, Charlie Kirk sets up in UC San Diego's Town Square fielding rapid-fire questions from students and community members in a signature "change-my-mind"-style forum, while campus police and private security ring the perimeter to keep the busy plaza orderly. (Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Post-Kirk authoritarianism reaches England

Dan Hannan October 24, 2025 4:05 am