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Gov. Josh Shapiro at a campaign rally in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

Salena Zito · October 27, 2026 3:08 pm

PHILADELPHIA- U.S. Senator David McCormick hosted the inaugural Pennsylvania Red Tape Dialogues last week at Temple University in Philadelphia with the goal of bringing together C-suite executives, small business owners, policy experts, and federal/state regulators to identify and eliminate burdensome government regulations. (credit Sen. McCormick's office)

McCormick takes on Pennsylvania’s red tape, one binder at a time

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Another 2026 polling wrinkle

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

The logic behind Trump’s ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ appeal

President Donald Trump touches his ear as he talks about the noise from the new ballroom construction before a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The closing economic pitch Republicans are too scared to make

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick at the Energy Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

Lutnick says Pennsylvania is poised to fuel the AI revolution

Salena Zito July 16, 2025 8:47 am

Sorry, folks … there is no Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy. Here’s why

Joe Concha July 16, 2025 8:14 am

A crash course in Article II

Byron York July 15, 2025 11:58 pm

Neera Tanden made the warning about at $15 minimum wage in an April 2015 email to top Clinton campaign staffers John Podesta, Robby Mook, Jake Sullivan and Jennifer Palmieri. (AP Photo)

Democrats — the last word in politics and hypocrisy

Hugo Gurdon July 15, 2025 2:23 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio accompanied by from left Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi speaks to the media before the Indo-Pacific Quad meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

A sensible look at the State Department cuts

Byron York July 14, 2025 4:13 pm

Dave McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell McCormick

Dina Powell McCormick will kick off energy summit with a bang

Salena Zito July 14, 2025 1:03 pm

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. President-elect Donald Trump will choose Sean Curran, right, as Secret Service Director.

One year later, Butler still has few answers

Salena Zito July 13, 2025 8:00 am

Many of the beneficiaries of this larger SALT deduction will be parents, but many will not.

For parents, ‘big, beautiful bill’ is pretty drab

Timothy P. Carney July 11, 2025 5:47 am

The third-party breakthrough already happened — under Trump

Dan Hannan July 11, 2025 5:10 am

Director James Gunn arrives at the premiere of "Superman" on Monday, July 7, 2025, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.

Superman is an immigrant? Hollywood succeeds in ruining another classic

Joe Concha July 10, 2025 5:34 pm

ICE, antifa, and the Democratic Party

Byron York July 9, 2025 4:54 pm

Gender icon on wooden blocks.

The gender gap grows wider and wider

Michael Barone July 9, 2025 3:21 pm