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Mary Peltola

Alaska — a stain on Democrats that the blue wave can’t wash clean

Hugo Gurdon · November 4, 2026 4:00 pm

Supporters cheer as they watch early election results before Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico arrives to speak at an election night event in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

More than a thumping, possibly a realignment

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Looks like starter homes will remain in illegal in much of Massachusetts

Trump.

The arrival of divided government

Collage of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, President Donald Trump, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Maybe don’t bully your own Senate majority out of existence

Donald Trump, the liberal Hillary Clinton donor who has conned Republicans into nominating him for president, has shown this week that he thinks like a (slightly addled) liberal on judges. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Donald Trump’s view of judges is disqualifying

Timothy P. Carney June 7, 2016 10:36 pm

"Somme," wrote a Prussian veteran afterwards. "The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ghastly word." (AP Photo)

The Battle of the Somme 100 years on

Dan Hannan June 6, 2016 4:03 am

Donald Trump is seated behind his desk. A single camera feeds the shot to all networks that want to carry it. They all want to carry it. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Ghosting for Donald, The Trump Tower Chats, No. 1

Hugh Hewitt June 5, 2016 9:00 pm

While Hillary Clinton's speech was also about foreign policy, the criticisms of Trump that rang true were of his temperament. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump’s missing Republican defenders

W. James Antle III June 5, 2016 8:01 pm

With negative ratings above 60 percent, Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate Hillary Clinton easily defeats, according to available polls. (AP Photos)

Neither candidate is getting the immigration issue right

Michael Barone June 5, 2016 4:03 am

When Trump says the media lies, is it any wonder people believe him? (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Blame Katie Couric for Donald Trump

Timothy P. Carney June 2, 2016 10:39 pm

Paul Ryan is delusional about Donald Trump

Philip Klein June 2, 2016 9:31 pm

Most of Clinton's campaign's attacks on Trump have been lame. (AP Photo/John Locher)

For Clinton, it’s Trump University or bust

W. James Antle III June 2, 2016 4:01 am

Old issues have been replaced by a different kind of barking or braying: angry rhetoric, nostalgia for imagined pasts and litanies of laughably unrealistic policies. (AP Photo)

The dogs that didn’t bark in 2016

Michael Barone June 1, 2016 9:24 pm

Is this the dawn of bake-me-a-cake libertarianism?

Timothy P. Carney June 1, 2016 5:02 am

The entire Austrian establishment piled in behind Alexander Van der Bellen, with Jean-Claude Juncker insisting that there must be "no debate or dialogue with the far Right". (AP Photo)

What’s the matter with Austria?

Dan Hannan May 30, 2016 4:03 am

Many hope that Trump will take concrete steps to allay the fear that animates #NeverTrump. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Never #NeverTrump: Hillsdale’s Larry Arnn

Hugh Hewitt May 29, 2016 9:02 pm