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Abdul el Sayed.

El Sayed and the art of conning voters

Hugo Gurdon · October 28, 2026 6:00 am

Gov. Josh Shapiro at a campaign rally in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

PHILADELPHIA- U.S. Senator David McCormick hosted the inaugural Pennsylvania Red Tape Dialogues last week at Temple University in Philadelphia with the goal of bringing together C-suite executives, small business owners, policy experts, and federal/state regulators to identify and eliminate burdensome government regulations. (credit Sen. McCormick's office)

McCormick takes on Pennsylvania’s red tape, one binder at a time

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Another 2026 polling wrinkle

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

The logic behind Trump’s ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ appeal

Trump and the polls: Is he up or down?

Byron York February 25, 2025 7:45 pm

Ramaswamy stirs the pot in the Buckeye State

Salena Zito February 25, 2025 4:48 pm

Undermining Trump in Ukraine

Byron York February 24, 2025 6:10 pm

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and former President Donald Trump

Donald Trump, the quid-pro-quo president

Timothy P. Carney February 20, 2025 11:25 pm

America backs Russia against NATO

Dan Hannan February 20, 2025 11:00 pm

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

Pennsylvania Democrat loathes her constituents

Salena Zito February 20, 2025 6:24 pm

Candace Kushner Smith and her family.

Meet Candace, a mother who is a mother solely because of IVF

Christopher Tremoglie February 20, 2025 4:19 pm

President-elect Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas.

Why Trump is so threatening to the permanent bureaucracy

Byron York February 20, 2025 1:05 pm

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, New York, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.

RFK Jr.’s reprehensible anti-vaccine crusade

David Harsanyi February 20, 2025 11:03 am

DNC chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

New DNC chairman makes a pitch to working-class Pennsylvanians

Salena Zito February 19, 2025 8:11 pm

The policies of European elites end in tears

Michael Barone February 19, 2025 1:27 pm

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, attends a news conference on Republican's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023

Democrats are learning: It’s not 2017 all over again

Byron York February 18, 2025 6:03 pm