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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

Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian flag during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, on June 22, 2025.

America owes Mahmoud Khalil nothing

David Harsanyi October 7, 2026 1:06 pm

Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, right, hasn't just been following Trump's (seen left pointing while looking frustrated) populist playbook, she's been expanding it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How populist politics succeeds and fails

Michael Barone October 7, 2026 12:58 pm

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D).

Keith Ellison quiet on alleged Somali gang activity that ruined homecoming in suburban Minnesota

Guy Benson October 7, 2026 12:35 pm

Steve Witkoff shows off a tribute tattoo to his late son, Andrew.

Steve Witkoff keeps the light on

Salena Zito October 7, 2026 7:00 am

Josh Shapiro.

Data centers become a boogeyman in Pennsylvania

Timothy P. Carney October 6, 2026 5:47 pm

Protesters at Cornell.

The political path of the Cornell rape allegation

Byron York October 5, 2026 6:37 pm

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

EPA’s Zeldin spotlights Bucks County’s farm-to-pantry network in Pennsylvania

Salena Zito October 5, 2026 2:13 pm

A student runs out the teargas during a protest against under-resourced schools in Lyon, France, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Where do you want to find your immigrants?

Dan Hannan October 3, 2026 5:45 am

children walking

Walkability, but for children

Timothy P. Carney October 3, 2026 5:30 am

AI writing

The write stuff

Dominic Green October 3, 2026 5:15 am

Susan Collins Maine

The Susan Collins firewall

Guy Benson October 2, 2026 5:45 am

A help wanted sign is displayed at a gas station

A leaner federal workforce is a win for taxpayers

David Harsanyi October 1, 2026 2:39 pm