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Pittsburgh, PA - Inside mission control at Voyager’s North Side headquarters, where engineers will steer the Griffin lander to the moon. (Shannon M Venditti)

Pittsburgh’s moon shot

Salena Zito · November 6, 2026 12:55 pm

marco rubio and jd vance

In the GOP, a new 2028 race

Blue wave congress

America does the right thing after exhausting every other option

Ken Paxton election night watch party

The Red Wedding election

From left: Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D-ME) celebrates his victory over Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 3, 2026; Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) celebrates in Austin, Texas, Nov. 3, 2026; and Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) thanks supporters at a victory party in Overland Park, Kansas, Nov. 3, 2026. (From left: Scott Eisen/Getty; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty; Austin Johnson/AFP/Getty)

Character matters, unfortunately for Republicans

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives in the Capitol for the Senate Democrat's weekly lunch on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Fetterman says if we want peace, Israel needs to be able to destroy Hamas

Salena Zito December 7, 2023 8:11 pm

Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelensky, accepts the Dissident Human Rights Award on behalf of the people of Ukraine for their brave fight against Russia from Dr. Edwin Feulner, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, at the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

For true evil, look not to Israel or America but to communism

Michael Barone December 6, 2023 11:21 pm

Major Garrett smears citizens for policing voter rolls

Quin Hillyer December 5, 2023 4:20 pm

Trim the government and give people fewer things to fight over

Dan Hannan December 4, 2023 12:19 pm

In this Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014 photo, One World Trade Center towers above the lower Manhattan skyline in New York. Thirteen years after 9/11 forever changed the New York skyline, officials say developments at the World Trade Center are on track and on budget. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Pennsylvania Society at 125 retains its luster

Salena Zito December 1, 2023 11:11 pm

Bidenomics short-circuits electric car hopes

Timothy P. Carney December 1, 2023 9:43 am

Biden’s false choice

Dominic Green December 1, 2023 3:40 am

Kilmeade’s book on Booker T. Washington and Teddy Roosevelt is excellent

Salena Zito November 30, 2023 6:19 pm

Orwell and Monroe got it right

Michael Barone November 29, 2023 11:11 pm

Palestinians search for their belongings from the rubble of a destroyed building in Jebaliya, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, on the fifth day of the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

The Gaza conflict threatens the West

Dan Hannan November 28, 2023 7:05 pm

One year after Winter Storm Elliot, our grid problem remains dire

Salena Zito November 27, 2023 10:42 pm

People, stop being crybabies: Life is better now than ever

Quin Hillyer November 27, 2023 4:07 pm