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President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

Dan Hannan · October 30, 2026 8:14 am

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An eleventh-hour GOP surge, or a looming blue blowout?

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

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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

Hunter Biden speaks at the Organization of American States on April 12, 2016, in Washington, DC.

The Hunter games

Dominic Green December 8, 2022 10:00 pm

Trump’s losing Senate record

Byron York December 7, 2022 3:49 pm

Student protesters call on Chinese President Xi Jinping to resign during a rally for victims of a recent Urumqi apartment fire blamed on rigid anti-virus measures.

Coming to terms: The COVID lockdowns were all for naught

Dan Hannan December 5, 2022 8:48 am

The World Cup scores an own-goal

Dominic Green December 2, 2022 7:30 am

Pictured are President Trump, left, and Joe Biden, right.

Forecast: Two hard years

Byron York November 30, 2022 4:12 pm

$Protestors from an anti-fracking group wait for the start of a demonstration outside EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a framework for climate and energy policies beyond 2020 and up to 2030. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)$

Demands for ‘climate reparations’ are laughable

Dan Hannan November 21, 2022 5:30 am

Trump is back, at Republicans’ peril

Dominic Green November 17, 2022 11:29 pm

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Trump promises restoration — and that’s the problem

Byron York November 16, 2022 5:41 pm

Former President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk together after voting at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on November 08 in Palm Beach, Florida.

The Trump delusion has finally started wearing off

Dan Hannan November 14, 2022 6:58 am

Blessed are the liberals

Timothy P. Carney November 11, 2022 3:00 am

The architecture of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The law and public opinion agree: College admissions racism is wrong

Dan Hannan November 7, 2022 5:37 am

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves during a rally at Freedom Park in the Solivita retirement community in Poinciana, Fla., on Nov. 3.

Republicans can do better than Trump as the party’s 2024 presidential nominee

Kimberly Ross November 4, 2022 10:30 am