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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

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Ron Arnold: Meet the little nobody from Texas with big power at EPA

Ron Arnold June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Seven months after Superstorm Sandy swamped New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a nearly $20 billion plan to protect the city from the effects of global warming and storms. (AP photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Mona Charen: Government subsidizes disaster

Mona Charen June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Trustees make clear Social Security, Medicare must be reformed

Veronique de Rugy June 13, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in the presidential election without publicly endorsing a candidate, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. On Friday, Khamenei delivered a salty rebuke to U.S. questions over the openness of the presidential contest , telling Washington "the hell with you" after casting his ballot in a race widely criticized in the West as pre-rigged in favor of Tehran's ruling system. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Linda Chavez: Another sham election in Iran

Linda Chavez June 13, 2013 4:00 am

If, as liberals like to argue, it's a moral imperative for Americans to scale back personal liberty to build a cleaner, fairer and healthier world, shouldn't we be willing to do the same to protect the nation from terrorists?(Photo: Thinkstock)

David Harsanyi: Left guilty of hypocrisy on freedom, terrorism

David Harsanyi June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Ohio Department of Insurance officials announced last week that average premiums in the Buckeye state would soar 88 percent once President Obama's health care law kicks in. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Philip Klein: Obamacare’s rate shock hits the Buckeye state

Philip Klein June 12, 2013 4:00 am

The Democratic party survived President Clinton's scandals in the 1998 midterm elections, but President Obama may not be so lucky. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Noemie Emery: The Clinton Effect may not help Obama

Noemie Emery June 12, 2013 4:00 am

R. Emmett Tyrrell: Give Edward Snowden what he deserves

R. Emmett Tyrrell June 12, 2013 4:00 am

After the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft pushed through the Patriot Act, which set the groundwork for the National Security Council's controversial phone-tapping program. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Steve Chapman: Presidents, 2, Democracy, 0

Steve Chapman June 12, 2013 4:00 am

Seven Army soldiers and two Marines received administrative punishments, but are not facing criminal charges, for their part in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia in 2012. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza, File)

Cal Thomas: Americans’ foreign affairs strike home

Cal Thomas June 12, 2013 4:00 am

For both Obama-haters and Bush-haters, a smaller government reduces the amount of influence and control the "wrong side" has over the other. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Larry Elder: Scandals demonstrate evil of big government

Larry Elder June 12, 2013 4:00 am

On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated In Jackson, Miss.

Gregory Kane: Remembering Medgar Evers

Gregory Kane June 12, 2013 4:00 am