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President Donald Trump imitates a golf swing after speaking at a campaign event in Park City, Kansas, US, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Nick Oxford/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When good enough is good enough

Timothy P. Carney · October 24, 2026 8:00 am

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Demonstrators rally during a "Stop Sexual Violence" protest at the Washington Monument, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Our bodies, our choice, our 60-year mistake

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump has killed the American-led world order

Timothy Miller, 76, arriving at Portsmouth Magistrates Court, to face charges of wearing or using an item to conceal his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth city centre on Saturday September 12. Picture date: Wednesday October 14, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)

Timothy Miller, an innocent woman

What Trump loses when he takes the bait

Fred Barnes July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Republican candidate for this 3rd Congressional District in Michigan, Peter Meijer, pressing the flesh outside the Grand Rapids chamber of commerce.

Party, personality, a big name, and a primary in Western Michigan

Salena Zito July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Ask the question, and answer it

Hugo Gurdon July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Democratic presidential candidates, author Marianne Williamson, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., listen to a question during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.

Democrats: Prisoners of the past on the economy

Michael Barone July 10, 2019 11:37 pm

Former New York Yankee Mariano Rivera pitches during the Old Timer's Day game at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Interview: Yankees legend Mariano Rivera explains why he’s a strong supporter of Israel

Philip Klein July 9, 2019 7:20 pm

Time’s up, Mr. Biden

Hugo Gurdon July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Knitting and fraying in a divided culture

Salena Zito July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Unhappy Democrats

Fred Barnes July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Let the bad times roll

Hugo Gurdon June 21, 2019 3:00 am

Richard Trumka and Big Labor try to come home

Salena Zito June 21, 2019 3:00 am

Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, along with former Vice President Joe Biden, are shown.

2020 Democrats have no realistic plan to pass their agenda

Philip Klein June 21, 2019 1:00 am

Something is amiss in the tribalist GOP

Dan Hannan June 20, 2019 11:00 pm