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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

A campaign for the ages: SteynForSenate.com

Hugh Hewitt August 19, 2013 4:00 am

Some within the Republican Party are considering having the party produce the presidential primary debates itself, rather than having the news networks produce them. (AP File)

Republicans look to change structure of campaign debates

Byron York August 19, 2013 4:00 am

A federal gas tax financed 90 percent of the cost of Interstate highways, with states paying the other 10 percent. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

Use private capital for roads and bridges, not taxpayer money

Michael Barone August 18, 2013 4:00 am

Former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told a green-energy lobbyist in 2009 to email her personal account, an apparent violation of open-government rules. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How Lisa Jackson skirted Obama’s good-government pledge

Timothy P. Carney August 17, 2013 4:00 am

Rain runs down the face of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Work to refinish part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial where a disputed inscription was recently removed may not be done until after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Let’s not forget that Dr. Martin Luther King was a Christian pastor

Star Parker August 17, 2013 4:00 am

The American Land Conservancy issued a $178 million grant to the California Rangeland Trust â Hearst Ranch, the single biggest Big Green grant. (AP File)

Top 10 jumbo foundation grants fund Big Green

Ron Arnold August 16, 2013 4:00 am

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives to his election night rally in Boston on Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Fractured GOP struggles to exploit Obama’s weakness

Byron York August 15, 2013 4:00 am

A constitutional cure for what ails us

Cal Thomas August 15, 2013 4:00 am

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, candidate for Maryland governor, chats with festival-goers in Crisfield, Md., Wednesday, July 17, 2013, during the 37th annual J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake. A handful of Maryland politicians got an extra early start on campaigning for 2014 at the outdoor all-you-can-eat affair, a "must-do" event for state politicians during election years. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Maryland’s race-baiters are at it again

Gregory Kane August 15, 2013 4:00 am

The Restaurant Opportunities Center has published a praising restaurants that pay employees high wages. (AP File)

ROC United Diners Guide will keep teens out of the job market

Diana Furchtgott-Roth August 14, 2013 4:00 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, left, greets Democratic challenger Terry McCauliffe at the start of the Virginia Bar Association convention debate at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. Saturday, July 20. (AP/Steve Helber)

Off-year elections will turn on personal factors, not issues

Michael Barone August 14, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What is your foreign policy, Mr. President?

Cal Thomas August 13, 2013 4:00 am