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Mary Peltola

Alaska — a stain on Democrats that the blue wave can’t wash clean

Hugo Gurdon · November 4, 2026 4:00 pm

Supporters cheer as they watch early election results before Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico arrives to speak at an election night event in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

More than a thumping, possibly a realignment

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Looks like starter homes will remain in illegal in much of Massachusetts

Trump.

The arrival of divided government

Collage of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, President Donald Trump, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Maybe don’t bully your own Senate majority out of existence

The 1953 Senate group included Albert Gore Sr., above; John Kennedy and Prescott Bush, whose families remain involved in politics.(Photo: AP file)

Noemie Emery: A story of three political families

Noemie Emery February 26, 2013 5:00 am

United States Supreme Court in Washington DC.

Sean Higgins: If you like the current Congress, thank the Voting Rights Act

Sean Higgins February 26, 2013 5:00 am

The Office of Personnel Management paid more than $156 million for government employees to work as representatives of unions instead of on government duties. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: The federal employees who don’t work for taxpayers

Diana Furchtgott-Roth February 26, 2013 5:00 am

California Gov. Jerry Brown talks with students of a second-grade class at Perkins Elementary School on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in San Diego. California was once considered an "excellent" education system, according to RAND Corp, but now ranks in the bottom three states for eight grade math and reading levels. (Lenny Ignelzi/AP file)

California In Crisis: California’s expensive education failure

Conn Carroll February 26, 2013 5:00 am

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter criticized Libertarians for wanting to "suck up to your little liberal friends." (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

John Stossel: Libertarians and conservatives are still awkward bedfellows

John Stossel February 26, 2013 5:00 am

Knife cut paper with budget

Gene Healy: America in denial as fiscal tsunami approaches

Gene Healy February 25, 2013 5:00 am

California Gov. Jerry Brown promised Californians that "the budget is balanced," but the numbers show his goal may be unreachable. (Photo: Gregory Bull/AP file)

Conn Carroll: The California spending rush

Conn Carroll February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul, a surprise decision from the vocal critic of President Obama's plan. (Photo: Bill Cotterell, The Tallahassee Democrat/AP)

Cal Thomas: Rick Scott to Florida voters: Nevermind

Cal Thomas February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Demonstrators march past the state Capitol during a protest on home foreclosures in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 25, 2012. About 100 protestors gathered at the state Capitol and marched to two different banks, demanding that the governor, attorney general and lawmakers declare an immediate moratorium on home foreclosures in the state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Conn Carroll: What happened to the Golden State?

Conn Carroll February 24, 2013 5:00 am

Although Osama bin Laden is dead and the main al Qaeda core reduced, the group remains a major worldwide threat. (AP Photo)

James Carafano: Intelligent delusions on al Qaeda

James Jay Carafano February 24, 2013 5:00 am

Hugh Hewitt: Obama the anti-Lincoln

Hugh Hewitt February 24, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama sent a very different message about guns to Congress in his State of the Union address than he did to students at Chicago's Hyde Park Academy less than a week later. (Photo: M. Spencer Green/AP)

Gregory Kane: Which Obama is talking about violence today?

Gregory Kane February 24, 2013 5:00 am