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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

Multiple students in Maryland have been suspended after fear-of-gun hysteria hit administrators throughout the state. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Gregory Kane: Hypocrisy reigns among the gun hysterics

Gregory Kane June 5, 2013 4:00 am

Walter Williams: Lawmakers rely on people with bad ideas

Walter Williams June 4, 2013 4:00 am

John Stossel: Other countries haven’t tried austerity

John Stossel June 4, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama is ready to bend rules and even to break them in cases when push comes to shove. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Noemie Emery: Obama’s schools of hard knocks

Noemie Emery June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Michelle Malkin: Obama’s transparency pledges age poorly

Michelle Malkin June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Steve Chapman: Immigration bill puts people who forged documents on path to citizenship

Terence Jeffrey June 4, 2013 4:00 am

The California Supreme Court ruled that Service Employees International Union Local 721 has the right to contact information for its union members as well as those who have not joined. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Sean Higgins: Californians must pay union dues whether they join or not

Sean Higgins June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Tax simplification is key to growth, fairness

Diana Furchtgott-Roth June 4, 2013 4:00 am

The domestic political protests in Turkey have rattled Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Austin Bay: Protests rattle Turkish politics

Austin Bay June 4, 2013 4:00 am

Mona Charen: Obama hopes we forget the war in Afghanistan

Mona Charen June 3, 2013 4:00 am

Obama's flight from responsibility punctured the stratosphere in his recent speech on "the Future of Our Fight against Terrorism" at the National Defense University. (Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP file)

Gene Healy: The buck stops where?

Gene Healy June 3, 2013 4:00 am

Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., holds the championship trophy after he won the National Spelling Bee by spelling the word "knaidel" correctly last Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cal Thomas: How to spell success

Cal Thomas June 3, 2013 4:00 am