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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

Advocates for transgender people march from the South Dakota governor's mansion to the Capitol in Pierre, S.D., on March 11, to protest a proposed ban on transgender girls and women from female sports leagues.

The extreme transgender movement is hostile to women

Kimberly Ross March 12, 2021 4:00 am

Byron York’s Daily Memo: Keep your eye on the things that matter

Byron York March 11, 2021 3:16 pm

Biden’s open borders immigration policy — why?

Michael Barone March 10, 2021 6:07 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris, listens as President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Washington. TheÂ Senate approvedÂ a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools, state and local governments, and businesses.

Beware Biden in the equity market

Hugo Gurdon March 9, 2021 3:53 pm

Dr. Seuss is the cultural revolution’s latest victim

Dan Hannan March 8, 2021 5:00 am

Chris Frye is helping stage New Castle’s comeback

Salena Zito March 7, 2021 5:10 am

How much do Trump supporters, conservatives, and Republicans overlap?

Kristen Soltis Anderson March 4, 2021 3:34 am

Joe Biden, Donald Trump.

Biden’s bungling anti-Trumpism starts to fray

Hugo Gurdon March 3, 2021 8:35 pm

The 1996 welfare reform law was only possible through the joint efforts of a Republican Congress led by Newt Gingrich and a Democratic president, Bill Clinton — a legislative history that seems both mythical and little short of miraculous in the hyper-polarized political context we live in today. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Is there any reason to think this time will be different?

Michael Barone March 3, 2021 5:18 pm

Byron York’s Daily Memo: Reassessing Trump and Covid

Byron York March 1, 2021 2:30 am

Then wokeness came for Shakespeare

Dan Hannan March 1, 2021 12:00 am

Harvey Charles stands outside Corsa Coalâs Acosta Deep mine in Somerset County, Pa.

As an industry faces destruction, it grows a voting coalition

Salena Zito February 28, 2021 5:00 am