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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

Spying’s the story, not Edward Snowden

Gene Healey June 28, 2013 4:00 am

John Lewis, left, and Stuart Gaffney embrace outside San Francisco's City Hall shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California on Wednesday. (AP/Noah Berger)

An Authority higher than the courts

Cal Thomas June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is among the many whistleblowers being prosecuted by the Obama administration.

Washington keeps getting worse for whistleblowers

David Freddoso June 28, 2013 4:00 am

Members of the media wait for court rulings in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Stop the political games over recess appointments

Philip Klein June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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President Obama

Will Obama go down in history as the ‘fracking president’?

Sean Higgins June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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President Obama is a talented orator, but his speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin last week fell flat.

Obama bombs out five months into his second term

Noemie Emery June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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While many Democrats are feeling some disappointment with President Obama, the Republican party is divided on several issues.

Dems struggle with scandals, GOP can’t agree on policy

Michael Barone June 28, 2013 4:00 am

Republican mascot

Republicans on the attack against corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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Farm bill defeat in House is chance to start entitlement reform

Veronique de Rugy June 28, 2013 4:00 am

The Supreme Court's narrow 5-4 decision to strike down a central component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is a welcome recognition that times have changed and that especially Southern states must not forever bear a "mark of Cain" for past discrimination against racial minorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Voting Rights Act not only decision in need of updating

Cal Thomas June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was long the man Republicans in the Senate deferred to on immigration reform. (AP file)

Marco Rubio’s immigration strategy worked brilliantly, but disappointed many

Byron York June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, calls President Obama's Climate Action Plan "a declaration of all-out war on coal." (Thinkstock)

Europe exits climate money pit as Obama jumps in

Ron Arnold June 27, 2013 4:00 am