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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

After the party

Dominic Green November 4, 2022 1:00 am

Paul Pelosi and David DePape.

Democratic reaction to Scalise shooting is model for GOP today

Byron York November 1, 2022 3:01 pm

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, second from left, holds his first Cabinet meeting in Downing street on Oct. 26.

No one cares that Britain’s new PM is not white — except angry anti-racists

Dan Hannan October 31, 2022 1:08 pm

Barbara Dale, from Atlanta, mother of a transgender child, waves sign reading "Love Knows No Gender" at Gay Pride Transgender March at Piedmont Park in the city's Midtown District in Atlanta, Ga.

Biden goes Big Trans

Dominic Green October 28, 2022 2:15 am

This campaign’s missing issues: Foreign policy and economic redistribution

Michael Barone October 26, 2022 4:56 pm

Liz Truss fell because COVID has made us all socialists

Dan Hannan October 21, 2022 2:30 am

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Nov. 8 is past the Democrats’ sell-by date

Hugo Gurdon October 18, 2022 3:54 pm

Supporters of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera salute during a march in Madrid for the anniversary of his death. Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera was a supporter of the Franco dictator coup in the Spanish Civil War.

Civil wars are too easy to start — just ask the Spaniards

Dan Hannan October 17, 2022 4:15 am

Tulsi Gabbard speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.

The gift of the Gabbard

Dominic Green October 13, 2022 11:45 pm

Protesters lie on the ground in front of the Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport as the Florida Board of Medicine meets inside on Aug. 5. On the agenda was a discussion about a proposed rule to ban doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or providing puberty blockers to transgender minors.

It’s never been about transgender people — it’s about respecting reality

Dan Hannan October 10, 2022 12:15 am

Mr. Biden and Dr. Strangelove

Dominic Green October 7, 2022 1:15 am

Joe Biden, the 82-year-old candidate?

Byron York October 4, 2022 5:58 pm