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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

Rep. Peter Meijer

The Left’s ‘Save Democracy!’ talk was always just cover for ‘Elect Democrats’

Timothy P. Carney August 3, 2022 4:05 pm

Susan Collins (R-ME) has indicated she will not support a controversial bill ensuring access to contraception when it gets to the Senate. Pictured here: Collins speaks to reporters on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, amid the fallout from a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The lumpen grumpy Left meets to talk with Sen. Susan Collins

Hugo Gurdon August 2, 2022 7:51 pm

The new PM won’t be a white man, and it’s not really that big a deal

Dan Hannan July 25, 2022 4:00 am

Ponce Harry, exceptional nitwit

Dominic Green July 21, 2022 11:00 pm

How the Left and royalty shut down debate

Hugo Gurdon July 20, 2022 1:59 pm

Rep. Liz Cheney speaks out on Supreme Court leak for the first time. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Is Liz Cheney toast?

Byron York July 18, 2022 3:13 pm

A retreat from the Enlightenment and back into tribalism

Dan Hannan July 18, 2022 12:06 pm

Hunter Biden during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 18, 2022.

Hunter Biden: Filmmaker for the apocalypse

Dominic Green July 14, 2022 11:00 pm

A statue of former President James Madison is shown in front of a mural of the Constitution in the education center at Montpelier, Madison's home, in Orange, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.

James Madison, 21st-century pundit

Michael Barone July 13, 2022 8:02 pm

The real-world consequences of green extremism

Hugo Gurdon July 13, 2022 2:46 pm

What are you having fun for?

Jay Caruso July 8, 2022 3:00 am

Messing and Klain

Dominic Green July 8, 2022 3:00 am