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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

Dan Hannan · October 17, 2026 8:05 am

President Donald Trump waves as he walks past presidential portraits along the Colonnade.

Inside Trump’s job approval crisis

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed, talks to the media after a televised debate with Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers at WOOD-TV, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

El Sayed’s cure for high gas prices would make them worse

Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson

What Pittsburgh can teach the next House majority

Trump.

It’s nothing like it was under Biden, but inflation still vexes Trump

Col. John Nixon at the Pennsylvania State House sharing with the men, women and children — gathered to hear the announcement that the 13 colonies had declared themselves independent states (image public domain).

On This Day: The crowds of Philadelphia, the guns of New York

Salena Zito July 8, 2026 11:34 am

President Donald Trump, right, walks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

No, Mr. President, Turkey is not a ‘great ally’

David Harsanyi July 8, 2026 11:06 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lights the Empire State Building in celebration of America 250 at The Empire State Building on July 4, 2026 in New York City.

A glimmer of light in the socialist tunnel

Hugo Gurdon July 8, 2026 7:00 am

Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore.

Trump’s anti-communist manifesto

Byron York July 6, 2026 5:47 pm

Illustration of a naturalized immigrant child holding an American flag.

Actually, debating immigration law is good

Timothy P. Carney July 6, 2026 5:36 pm

George Washington at Fort Necessity courtesy of Young George, Washington movie

Young Washington: History’s ultimate gritty origin story

Salena Zito July 6, 2026 5:29 pm

The $TRUMP meme crypto coin web page is displayed on a mobile screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on January 19, 2025.

Donald Trump is a Third Worldist at heart

Dan Hannan July 3, 2026 1:01 pm

Kamala Harris.

Kamala and the communists

Byron York July 3, 2026 11:34 am

George Washington.

George Washington remains America’s indispensable man

Sean Durns July 3, 2026 9:33 am

"The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army—Our cruel and unrelenting Enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance, or the most abject submission; this is all we can expect—We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our own Country’s Honor, all call upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world." -Gen. George Washington's General Orders July 2, 1776 (photo courtesy of Mount Vernon)

On This Day: From Philadelphia’s heat to New York’s shore: The untold 250-year-old story of July 2, 1776

Salena Zito July 2, 2026 11:52 am

Graphic of Trump and his products he has profited from

Bibles, cologne, and sneakers: All the ways Trump makes money

Rob Crilly July 2, 2026 11:45 am

An employee at a robotics factory in Western Pennsylvania walks past machinery

How Mike Rowe’s ‘Build Freedom’ aims to restore the dignity of American work

Salena Zito July 1, 2026 11:14 am