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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

Democrats are on a mission to spend pandemic relief funds on problems they created

Fred Barnes May 1, 2020 3:00 am

A business owner hands a bag to a client.

Encouraging innovation and getting back to work

Hugo Gurdon April 29, 2020 8:50 pm

The importance of being essential

Kristen Soltis Anderson April 29, 2020 4:00 am

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

We get the leaders we deserve

Dan Hannan April 27, 2020 12:00 am

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Small-town America: ‘One bad season away from bankrupt’

Salena Zito April 26, 2020 4:00 am

Trump and Republicans committed to helping Hispanic-owned businesses

Ronna McDaniel April 24, 2020 4:01 am

The coronavirus spending spree

Fred Barnes April 24, 2020 3:00 am

The crackup of extreme social distancing

Hugo Gurdon April 21, 2020 10:36 pm

COVID-19 is changing politics in ways good and bad

Dan Hannan April 20, 2020 4:00 am

Bryce Rohrer, 19, of Boonsboro, puts empty bottles through the cleaner at South Mountain Creamery in Middletown, Maryland, on April 16.

While the economy goes bust, farm-to-table booms

Salena Zito April 19, 2020 4:00 am

Big government, Trump, and Reagan vs. Bernie

Fred Barnes April 17, 2020 3:00 am

The Coronavirus Generation

Philip Klein April 16, 2020 1:09 pm