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DC’s most pressing post-midterm question: What to do about Social Security’s pending insolvency?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 31, 2026 6:15 am

Democratic candidate for US Senate James Talarico and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Photos by Ronaldo Schemidt and Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

Extremist Democrats boosted by corrupt Republicans

From left: Eos CEO Joe Mastrangelo, U.S. under secretary of energy Alex Fitzsimmons, and Eos COO Michelle Buczkowski.

From China to Pittsburgh, Eos bets on American manufacturing

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Iowa.

Has no tax on tips/overtime/Social Security helped the GOP?

President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

Was Donald Trump's response -- "I don't think you heard me" -- a dig at Rand Paul's hearing impairment? (AP Photo)Â

A truly educational debate season

Hugh Hewitt August 16, 2015 9:00 pm

"No leader or policymaker involved will claim to have gotten everything right in the region, Iraq especially," saidÂ Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Jeb Bush and the dangers of refighting the Iraq war

Byron York August 13, 2015 9:24 pm

At Occidental College, the accused student even tried to bring forward a counterclaim of sexual assault in order to prove just how biased the system was. (AP Photo)Â

One year in, ‘yes-means-yes’ policies begin to fall apart

Ashe Schow August 13, 2015 5:00 am

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Incapable of embarrassment

Michael Barone August 12, 2015 9:38 pm

A leader in the social conservative movement said Donald Trump's promise to restore "order" on the border with Mexico has wowed voters so disgusted with Washington that they have given up voting. (AP Photo)Â

Donald Trump: The rat that roared

Timothy P. Carney August 11, 2015 9:00 pm

"Their questions to me were much tougher than to other people," he whined to Byron York, among others, after the debate last Thursday. (AP)

Big boys don’t cry

Noemie Emery August 11, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders was shouted down, and the event at which he was scheduled to speak was taken hostage by Black Lives Matter protesters. (AP Photo)Â

Bernie Sanders retreats before Black Lives Matter protestors

Byron York August 10, 2015 10:55 pm

The no votes of Sen. Schumer and House Foreign Affairs ranking Democrat Elliot Engel, also announced Thursday, mean there will be a large bipartisan majority against the Iran deal.Â (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A tough day for the president and his party

Michael Barone August 10, 2015 4:01 am

Pundits -- and part of my job is punditry -- are notoriously unaccountable. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Great games’ for MLB players come in all sizes and shapes

Hugh Hewitt August 9, 2015 9:00 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Donald Trump is a problem that will solve itself

W. James Antle III August 8, 2015 10:59 pm

A huge expanse of ruins were left after the explosion of the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, in Hiroshima. (AP Photo)Â

Hiroshima at 70: In fog of war, let principle be the compass

Timothy P. Carney August 6, 2015 7:43 pm

The Republican presidential field has numerous candidates; a feature that used to be common with Democrats. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Too many candidates to fit on a stage: Democrats then, Republicans now

Michael Barone August 5, 2015 9:00 pm