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Huge GOP election losses spur debates about populist economics

Zach Halaschak · November 13, 2026 7:05 am

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Three-quarters of House members seeking statewide office lost

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference after signing a memorandum of understanding with Spanish company Grupo Cox in San Salvador. Under the agreement, Grupo Cox will invest $2.9 billion in the country's water and energy sectors, an investment Bukele said is part of the government's goal of making El Salvador "the fastest-growing economy in Latin America." (Photo by Camilo Freedman / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

In Haiti, Bukele cracks down where UN failed

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

KJ Apa in "Jimmy." (Courtesy of Burns Co.)

‘Jimmy,’ with KJ Apa as Jimmy Stewart, is sharp, wholesome entertainment

A television broadcasts oil price news on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. The war in the Middle East sparked fresh turmoil in global markets as oil smashed through $100 a barrel, spurring losses in stocks and bonds. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Why I’m not ‘Panican’ over oil markets

Tiana Lowe Doescher March 13, 2026 7:08 am

House Republican leadership.

Conservatives complain GOP Congress isn’t doing enough ahead of midterm elections

W. James Antle III March 13, 2026 7:00 am

A tip jar containing $1 and $5 bills.

Second round of March Social Security payments goes out in five days

Asher Notheis March 13, 2026 7:00 am

Social Security money 3.

April Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 19 days

Asher Notheis March 13, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump.

Trump ignores chance to get housing win amid White House distractions

Mabinty Quarshie, Ramsey Touchberry March 13, 2026 7:00 am

Timothee Chalamet at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards in Los Angeles on March 1. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Timothee Chalamet critiques not the opera, but the audiences that have abandoned it

Tiana Lowe Doescher March 13, 2026 6:56 am

Members of the Taiwanese honor guard take part in a change of duty ceremony at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. (Ng Han Guan/AP)

Western-style progressivism comes to Taiwan, challenging its national identity

Timothy Nerozzi March 13, 2026 6:32 am

At left and center, underground metro stations used as bomb shelters in Ramat Gan, Israel, host a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 2, 2026, and makeshift sleeping quarters, March 10, 2026; at right, an improvised wedding in a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2026. (Left and center, Oded Balilty/AP; right, Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty)

How Israelis are experiencing the latest war with Iran

Michael M. Rosen March 13, 2026 6:29 am

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in 'The Bride!' (Niko Tavenise/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Feminist Frankenstein: Review of The Bride!

Peter Tonguette March 13, 2026 6:16 am

Noah Wylie in The Pitt. (Courtesy of HBO Max)

HBO’s excellent medical propaganda

Graham Hillard March 13, 2026 6:13 am

Trump Machado

Trump warns opposition leader Machado it’s unsafe to return to Venezuela

Washington Examiner Staff March 13, 2026 5:30 am

President Donald Trump.

Trump warns of escalation in Iran war: ‘Watch what happens’

Washington Examiner Staff March 13, 2026 2:18 am